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The Bulls are back after hiring Billy Donovan

Your Chicago Bulls have just hired former Oklahoma City Thunder and Florida head coach Billy Donovan as their head coach... my darling Jake you have that Bulls are back.

LeBron James is definitely winning the NBA title this year

LeBron's gonna win [the] title... I ran some simulations and they're all kind of coming out the same way.

Brad Stevens is not on the hot seat even if the Celtics get swept

If the Celtics lose game three is Brad Stevens coaching for his job? No. Mmm. I wasn't gonna say that Hank I'm being serious is Brad Stevens on the hot seat right now? No if they get swept? No, no, he's not on the hot snot on my season.

Paul George is a third piece at best on a championship team

I'm doing playoff P your you're not a second dude, you're you're a third piece. I you're a third piece at best.

The Lakers will gentleman sweep the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals

I'll say right now Lakers... it's a gentleman sweep. I'm calling it a sweep four games to one. They're gonna gentleman sweep their way. I think the Lakers like I think they're going to win the series. I just don't I'm not going to say there. It's going to be sweep or five games. Yeah.

Bam Adebayo's block on Jayson Tatum was better than LeBron James' chase-down blocks

Definitely better than the chase Downs by LeBron. Those are just brought. Those are just be LeBron being lazy and like waiting for his moment. This is actually an impressive block it really it's more the Celtics part 14 in the fourth quarter

The Celtics will win three of the next four games against the Heat

I mean I feel like we should have won that game easily. We're gonna fight back and when like three of the next four, yeah, that's for me to feel good.

The Lakers will lose every Game 1 and then gentleman sweep their way to a title

I have a prediction... I think the Lakers might go through the entire playoffs losing the first game and then gentleman sweeping. We got a bet on them against the Clippers game one.

The NBA rigged Game 6 for the Raptors over the Celtics to get a Game 7 for ratings

I'm feeling nervous. I'm not gonna lie. Game 6 was clearly like the NBA and I understand where the NBA is coming from where they need the best ratings we could possibly get. If we could tell the refs, just call everything against the Celtics so we can get a game 7 for ratings. I understand it. It was clearly the post-game report admitted everything that happened on the stretch that was supposed to get called against the Celtics didn't.

The Lakers will win the Rockets series in a gentleman's sweep

The series is over. It's going to be gentleman's sweep for the Lakers. They are d-u-n done. James Harden picked it perfectly to suck in a playoff game because there was football on and no one cares.

Mike Budenholzer should be fired on the spot

The quotes that Budenholzer had after they lost game three... I actually think he should be fired on the spot. He was saying that Giannis and Middleton, they're playing 33 to 36 minutes of game, and that's about their ceiling in the playoffs. He's saying about his MVP, right, 36? ... basically admitting his incompetence to the whole world.

James Harden stinks in Game 7s.

James Harden stinks in the game 7. All is right in the world... I think I can still throw out some James Harden [slander]... and he does look fat, he does look out of shape.

The Bucks cannot beat the Heat or the Celtics in a seven-game series.

There's nothing about the Bucks team that makes me think that they can beat the Heat in seven games or the Celtics in seven games.

The Nuggets will get smoked by the Clippers in the next round of the playoffs

I think that the Nuggets Are Gonna Get Smoked next round. Yeah, I don't care how many inches they have on their team Clippers are - about my are million units Clippers game 1.

James Harden will never get in shape

Will James Harden ever get in shape? No. I mean he's late to the bubble. I want to saying because he was out of shape... he does that like he'll do it in a game. He'll drive really hard to the hoop. And then the next like three plays [be like] I'm not running up and down.

Nobody in the Eastern Conference can beat the Celtics

I don't see who's beating [the Celtics]. Okay, that's definitely not the Bucks because they stink.

Jimmy Butler is a top 20 NBA player

Jimmy Butler, I think we're witnessing the emergence of a top-20 player in the NBA. I am fully onboard... I think now Jimmy Butler is a top 20 NBA player.

The Celtics will smoke the Heat if they play in the Conference Finals

Everyone saying the Heat now... they could beat [the Bucks]. If we play the Heat in the Conference Finals, I think we would smoke them.

The Rockets will beat the Lakers because Mike D'Antoni's system will overwhelm them

I really, really want to see the Rockets versus the Lakers because that is a Frankenstein series... D'Antoni's system is Mickey Mouse basketball, but it's still going to beat the Lakers. LeBron James is going to it's going to be a flop out.

Bronny James joining FaZe Clan is a money-laundering scheme for Coach K

So we're gonna snitch on Bronny. What percentage of FaZe Clan does Coach K own? It's dark money that's going into no one knows who finances it.

A unified Yugoslavian Olympic basketball team would be one of the best in the world

Doncic, Bogdanovic, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jokic, Vucevic, Dragic... If Yugoslavia remained today, their Olympic team national team would actually be pretty good.

NBA games will likely resume by Saturday following the protest

My sense is, the games will either begin Friday or Saturday. It's seeming more and more like Saturday because you want to give maybe these guys one more day of self-care and really practice for some of these teams.

The Jazz and the Nuggets are the exact same team

I have to admit fully. I think the Jazz and the Nuggets are the exact same team. Both altitude, kind of similar colors. Like if you tell me Jazz nuggets, nuggets Jazz, I'm just like yeah, those are all the same guys. Like if you use lists the names and like you could tell me Donovan Mitchell's on the Nuggets. Neither of them are winning the championship, right? Correct.

Every NBA lottery team should have the exact same odds to win

He [Mike Greenberg] thinks that every team in the lottery should have the exact same chance of winning the lottery. That's actually not a crazy crazy idea that's actually been talked about because it would basically take away tanking. It's the anti-tank rule. I don't hate that.

Chris Webber is a terrible announcer

Chris Webber is a terrible announcer and he's getting exposed because he's been calling it feels like the important game every single night and holy shit does he suck. Chris Webber is the Michael Scott? Sometimes I start a sentence and I don't even know where it's going. It's hard to trend as an announcer two nights in a row without saying anything actually controversial... he's just trending because he's bad.

Allen Iverson is one of the greatest basketball players we have ever witnessed

I will tell you, one of the greatest basketball players that we have ever witnessed with some of the quickest handles and some of the best most precise pivot movements ever. He's a good face for the Tidewater area, I would definitely say that for sure.

Luka Doncic is a generational superstar and the teams that passed on him missed out on 20 years of greatness

I'm just going to say it to the Hawks who traded him on draft night to the kings that took Marvin Bagley... They worry about it. They do you miss on a generational super Star that is going to be incredible in the NBA for like the next 20 years shit happens man

Paul George is a pathetic second banana who stinks in the playoffs

playoff P play. Off PP. Holy shit. That guy stinks. I don't understand how you can be like considered... one of the... you would say that playoff p is at the top of the list for second bananas and then the playoffs come around and it's like dude have you played basketball before... Paul George just pathetic.

Giannis Antetokounmpo must make the NBA Finals this year or the narrative will turn against him

I got to take about giannis... he's got to go to the finals this year. That's all I'm going to say because when he dunks on the magic up 20 and like pounds his chest... if he gets stopped in the Eastern Conference Final again, like you can't do that where you just in the first round your piece and then in the second and third round you get shut down.

The Sixers cannot win a championship with both Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons together

The the like sports radio call-in like you need to trade one of the two and just build around the other I think is actually now true like someone in Philly. Has been saying has been calling Angelo and Phil he's been calling into the last three years screaming about this Angel and Phillies. Correct? I do not think that you can win with both those guys.

The Chicago Bulls will draft Obi Toppin

The Chicago Bulls are going to get Obi Toppin very exciting... I just know from a blogger podcasting perspective when you can say 'ain't no stoppin' Obi Toppin' it pays for itself.

The Rockets will win the NBA title because the bubble environment eliminates their weaknesses

I've had a thought bubble in my head that I just think the Rockets are going to win the title just so that we can all discount Daryl Morey and James Harden and be like, that's not real... there's no fans behind the back distract[ing]... no strip clubs inside the bubble. That's a bonus for Harden.

The Trail Blazers are not going to win their series against the Lakers

What I've said from the start is the Blazers aren't going to win this series and they're not gonna win this series. That is the worst shooting team I've ever seen though the Lakers... I am I do want the Lakers to lose very badly. Um, but I just don't think they're going to lose this series.

The Lakers will not win the NBA title this year

So I like the Lakers, they're not going to win the title. I can guarantee you that... watch them tonight. And I was like this team is broken.

The Milwaukee Bucks stink

Hank was magic earned their pins cake. I want to give you credit and for saying the buck being the first to be the Bucks stink guy. Thank you. That was your call because you were right on that.

The Clippers are the best team in the NBA

I think the Clippers are still the best team... I still think when the like chips are down like Kauai is the type of guy. I just don't care how he looks right now. It's like once they get to the end of series like in the Western Conference Finals, like that's all I care.

No one in the NBA can stop Luka Doncic

Luca is incredible Lucas so fucking good... I just don't think there's anyone could stop Luca. That's how good he is.

LeBron James and Dwight Howard are real Lakers because they wear the uniform

I don't know about that. Finally puts the Jersey on and wins a championship. That's all we care about... here's the way I look at it is we put the uniform on your liquor in my book.

The Lakers are going to destroy the Blazers in five games

The Lakers are going to fuck the Blazers up. Put it up, put it right down, quote it. Five games. Maybe [four]. ... The Blazers play pickup basketball. They do not play defense. And they play against the Lakers. I think the Lakers just need to get three consecutive stops and the game's over.

The Blazers will beat the Lakers in six games

I think [the Lakers] will get a cat hashtag Blazers. No, I just bet. I just made that bet. ... Blazers in six. Blazers.

The Bucks will sweep the Magic in the first round

It's the bucks first the magic sweep

The Raptors will probably sweep the Nets in the first round

Raptors verse the Nets. Probably sweep

The Blazers could beat the Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs

Although the Blazers. I mean they are I think they are a team that could beat the Lakers first round. No I said could yes.

Draymond Green's $50,000 fine for recruiting Devin Booker was worth it

Draymond get fined $50,000 for saying Devin Booker needs to get out of the Phoenix on the set of TNT. Well, so people are saying that there shouldn't be these tampering laws anymore like $50,000 of Draymond Green is absolutely nothing. It's actually probably worth it In terms of just like the message that he was sending to Booker at that point.

There are more teams 'nobody wants to play' in the NBA playoffs this year than ever before

Right now off the top my head. There are more teams that nobody wants to play in the playoffs in the NBA at this point than there have ever been... No one wants to play Toronto in the playoffs. No one wants to play the Heat in the playoffs. No one wants to play Oklahoma City... No one wants to play the Rockets.

Kobe Bryant had the most 'rockstar quality' and charisma of any athlete

Kobe was a rockstar. Like I've never really been around anyone like that... it was like, oh yeah, we should ask for more money because this guy just had a sort of Charisma... Kobe had the sort of rock star like you used to fly... in a helicopter like it was like hanging out with Batman.

LeBron James being a genuinely good person makes him a harder athlete to hate

My thing about LeBron LeBron is... what that guy stands for what you've done... I have a big my he's a that's the thing that kills me because I like hate LeBron, but I know he's such a good guy which drives me insane that drives me insane... I want him to be like I want something like yeah, he's a real asshole.

Devin Booker is officially 'a dude' because of how he celebrated his game-winner

I'm on board the Devin Booker train just watching his body language after he made the shot. He basically went to sleep... a person that reacts like that, that guy is a dude.

Alex Caruso has become 'overratedly underrated'

He has become, I wrote this down when I was watching the game, he started out being underrated but then he was so underrated that he became overrated but now it's swung back and now he's like overratedly underrated. So now he's underrated again.

The Pelicans not playing Zion Williamson more minutes is failing the whole reason they were invited

The Pelicans not realizing the whole reason they were invited was to get Zion in the playoffs and playing him 29 minutes over two games... we wanted to watch Zion. Yeah, he's a little heavy but we still wanted to watch him and you played him 29 minutes in two games... the Pelicans are not going to play ball.