Fade The Field Ep. 9

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another edition of Fade the Field, a Seven Oracles production. I'm your man Arumala, Coach Jean Clemens, joined as always on my guy CJ Chris James, chopping it up with CJ Podcast. CJ, how you doing, man? Making it happen as usual. How about yourself? I'm doing well. I'm I'm Listen, I'm still on a high. You can't ask for a better game one to a series than we got last night with the Spurs and and OKC. It It was well worth losing sleep, staying up for the double overtime. Um I I had invested in a um first half under um for the the total the points total and a full game over for the points total just based off of how they've played both hit. So I felt really good about that. Um what else is what else is new in in in your world? Did you catch that game last night? definitely caught the game and it was overall great. Not just because, and I'll give credits to the Thunder, they played a hell of a game, but them losing made it that much better. Double overtime, Vic getting it done. Uh trying to get OKC out the paint. Yeah. Yeah. No, like it's it's it's real. I I think it was some real interesting strategy. Some stuff that I liked, some stuff that I didn't like. Um, we're going to all we're going to talk about it. Um, but but to put a wrap or to put a bow on some stuff that we talked about last week, um, we we told people Cleveland um, if you like Cleveland, take Cleveland in six. Um, it ended up being Cleveland in seven. We told you that, hey, put the money everywhere. Five, six, seven, spread it out. Make sure that you can make the money to. We said take them in game five because that's going to be the catalyst for them to win if if they if they get it done in game five. They did um they they didn't get it done game six. Game seven came around and it was belt to um belt to ass like it's supposed to be. So um shout out to Cleveland. Um they they now um get to take on a well-rested New York Knicks team. We'll talk about that as well. Um but you know we man before we get started I just want to get your get your thought on it. A lot of people were giving Anthony Edwards um flack because I want to say eight minutes into the or with eight minutes left or something like that in the fourth quarter he walked over to um the Spurs side and and started giving out you know DAP and and congratulations and people lost their mind and of course the Stephen A. Smiths of the world, right? Like, and I was sitting there in my brain thinking about it because they were down by 30 at that time and I'm and in my brain I'm going, "Oh, excuse me. Don't 33. I apologize." Um, I'm I'm sitting there going, "Well, did like what are they what are they saying? Did he just stop playing after that? Was there a a change in his in his in his effort or did he just understand hey I can do everything I can do but if this is what it is is what it is like I don't have to be a hater just cuz I'm losing. So here's my position on it. You cannot like it and you can still understand it. And it felt like there were people of I'm probably part of that generation too, but people who the way they spoke on it was like he did the worst thing ever in the sport, which if you watch that series, he was the main reason they were in that series. So he took the time during a TV timeout to go over there, dap him off, show Grace, y'all play a hell of a series. I'm going to go sit my injured tail down because I am still injured. He didn't It's not like he quit playing. It's not like he took up time where he had to rush through and they're not getting the game plan in. I'm sure his coach understood the math. Also, I'm not sending you back in to get injured. The whole thing spoke to this actually a pretty good time to do it. You want him to wait till after the end of the game to go do it. the approach by the way that they handled that young man actually disgusted me because maybe it was the move in the 90s, maybe it was the move in 2000, but I commend him for going over there and congratulating those guys. And I don't have an issue with when he did it at all. Come at me if you got a problem with it. Yeah. No, I don't I don't either. I just don't understand why we like like obviously we are not we're not spring chickens. So, we were around in the ultra competitive. We were we're old enough to remember the bad boy the bad boy Pistons walking off the you know walking off the court like we but we came up underneath this guys of false sportsmanship right this we came up underneath this this this this aura of handshake lines like sometimes I don't want to shake them dudes hands like it wasn't a sportsman it it wasn't it it doesn't it it shouldn't be for me to be sportsman like if I don't feel like being sportsmanlike. But if I feel like going over and dapping you up and saying, "Hey yo, that's what's up. Good job. Hey, y'all y'all kicked our butts because you're not going to put me back in the game." And then after the game now, I got to have cameras all over me while I'm doing this. I tried to do this on a timeout on where the TV cameras weren't weren't around. Somebody chose to continue recording me going over and doing this. That's on y'all for being scummy. Like, that's on y'all for being creeps, for being creating something to talk about. No one should have known about this. But the but the fact that the camera is still on me following me from far away and that's how you know it wasn't supposed to be recorded because the camera's far away and having to zoom in on him and what he's doing. And to me, that's corny. That's cornball stuff. Yep. they they were more some people were more enthralled with the aesthetics of something than actually looking for nuance context and whatnot. Again, he didn't do it in the he didn't stop playing. First off, he wasn't even supposed to be playing. Secondly, they're not getting those wins without him. Third, he chose a decent time to do it. Perfect time. We can argue that. But I don't have an issue with it because the aesthetics of it weren't anything that was performative. It's one of the realest players in the NBA. So, I'm always kept it a bean. He's always kept it a bean. That's the That's the difference is this has been genuinely him. This ain't this He ain't been on no hate. He He He said, "Hey yo, I ain't I I I love KD, but I want to kill KD. I love LeBron. I want to kill LeBron." Right? He's been the one that says that. He's the one that went right at people's neck. He's not healthy. He's out there playing 75%. Like, what else you want from the dude? I just I just feel like sometimes we try to make villains or we try to make bad guys. We try to make people look corny or or make it look like they're sappy or something when really they they're just keeping it as real as possible. And and that to me is corny. I don't I don't like it. Shout out to, you know, shout out to to Anthony Edwards. Get well soon, man. You right back on their neck next year. One of my favorite players to watch in the NBA today. Um, and not because people think he's Michael Jordan's illegitimate son, even though [clears throat] I mean, and listen, MJ was in he was in the Eastern Conference. He's in Atlanta a lot. [laughter] You know what? Next topic. All right, CJ. Um, we watched game one. It was epic. But does game one's loss make you want to invest in the Thunder for a Western Conference win? See, that's a great question. And the odds flipped so aggressively. See, last week we told you, don't fade the field, take the field, because the odds didn't make any sense for OKC. If you followed them the last that that championship run, didn't they lose game one to Indiana? Didn't they lose game one to Denver? If you believe in them with the odds down, this is when you want to take them because you can actually get some some scratch back if you have belief in them. I personally don't, but this would be the opportunity to do it because too much money is being tanked in other directions and OKC's values come down way too quickly from where it was. I I'mma tell you why it is that I'm I'm really, you know, gung-ho on OKC and why I think this was a worst case scenario for people who believe the Spurs are going to go. They did all that. Wimby went crazy. It took them two overtimes to vanquish like that Titans that that that that that um you know that Thunder team, they're not going to shoot that poorly every night. You can't you can't rely on Shay missing seven and and eight and nine foot like jump shots in the paint. Like you're not going to be able they're going to change up their their rotation. They're not going to keep guys who aren't making jump shots out there. You're going to probably see more Isaiah Joe. They're going to give up a little defense to get a little bit more offense. They're not going to keep um Caruso on Wimby the entire time, right? Like there's just certain stuff they're going to do different to change up the looks for the Spurs. And and I would bet on I would bet on the Spurs to turn the ball over as much as they did in that game more than I would bet on Shay to have that that bad of a shooting game again. And so to me, like it's almost not even about whether or not I think the Thunder are going to win. It's just a value that now has has popped up because everyone's going to overexaggerate to the Spurs win, right? Everyone's going to, oh, Wimby 44 and 20 and 40 and like, yeah, it it looked great, but again, that's that's one game. And I and I look at the series and I go, what used to be overwhelming for OKC, you're now getting even money. like you're now getting you you you put a you put a unit up, you get two units back, right? Like that's that's worth that's that's juice. That's worth the squeeze now. As opposed to when you were putting a unit up and you were getting like 0.25 back or 045 back of a unit like right that's not that's not worth it if I can take the field, you know? So now when I look at the um when I look at the at the at the series and I look at the exact games, OKC 4-1 is a is is is 10x. OKC 42 5.9x OKC 43 4.13x. I went from not being able to make any money off OKC if I invested in them to being able to make up to 10x if I think they just turn this thing around and go crazy for the next four games. Like like to me that's what I'm looking at when I look at this at this matchup and what I saw in game one. Yeah. If if you trust in OKC and you believe in him, I'm doing a double. I'm hitting that 42 and that 4-3. 4-3 makes a lot more sense to me. That home crowd, you know, that that championship medal, all that stuff. The 4-2 could be in play also if for whatever reason, whether it's injuries or just durability because I think by far that was the most minutes he's played in the game this year uh in Wimby. There's two exchanges that tell me the Spurs will win in a long series over the Thunder. I'm not getting that Caruso game again offensively. That to me was almost like a back and forth with Shay because he's not going to get those free throw calls all that he's been getting with everyone else because of the way this team guards and Wimy's presence. The other thing those turnovers have to go down because you saw those young guys struggle to handle the ball late in the game and that's when the turnovers really ratcheted up. De'Aran Fox is there. I don't think they turn the ball over as many times as they did because that's what kept the game close to me when OKC refused to get into the lane and try to make anything happen. So, those two exchanges to me tell me and the 3-1 during the regular season that this is a terrible situation for the Thunder unless they start hitting some of those shots. And and we said we said that this is the worst matchup for OKC. Like we talked about that previously that they were they were pleading for Minnesota to do their do their work for them, right? I just I I'm I'm going to give the coaching staff for OKC a little bit of um leash a little leash to be able to figure it out. I didn't like I just did not like what they tried to do in this in in game one. And the reason Caruso was was wide open so much is because they just put Wimama on them. And I'm I assume that Spurs, who by the way, shout out to their head coach on the brothers getting it done out there. The I think that their their math was, well, let's see if if Caruso can be Sheay. Let's make Caruso, let's turn Kuso into Shay and see if Caruso can can can beat us. I think the problem they ran into is Caruso almost beat him. Like, yeah, like that's the problem. And I think the the the mistake was you've got you've got you got Jaylen Williams back and you got Caruso like this just might be a a series where a Lou Dort's got to get le less minutes cuz he doesn't he's not providing you the consistency shooting the ball from the outside that you need to open up the court so that Shay could work. You saw what happened in overtime and in the fourth quarter when they were able to open up the court. Shay was able to get by get by players and get the ball off on Wimby and Wimby was sending everything to to the left and right, you know, like he's got Chad Homegrren so scared out there. Chad Hungren look like he don't even want to play no no no no no basketball. Every time he guards Wimby Wimby lights up like a Christmas tree. Oh, all of a sudden he he be he becomes he becomes O2 Shack. Like like like what's going on here? Like what are we doing? Like I've never seen a guy be so happy to just absolutely like [ __ ] slap somebody like I like we see happens when you know a guy like Wimby gets a chat home room on him. There's levels to this chat by the way and and and he's a he's a fine player. He's a fine player. But remember when they were having that argument about what is it Chad or Wimi and Wim and Chad? Like they're going to be No. No. No. No. One's an alien and one's a really good basketball player. Yeah. No, in all seriousness, there will be adjustments and I'm just waiting to see what the adjustments are made because I'm not gonna discount the Spurs coach. They're doing some crafty stuff, too. They're working around things. Illegal defense was played quite a bit by Victor Wyama last night. Yeah. But the way that they did it, it technically wasn't illegal defense. They they do a lot of crafty stuff themselves. I want to see this chess match because on the coaching side, it's it's been great to see as well. Yeah. And and what and quiet is what they quiet as kept. They took that Lakers game plan of getting the ball out of out of um you know out of out of Sha's hand early with those double teams and allowing other people to control the ball like they took that directly from you know from the Lakers. They they but but the difference is is they've got a play that can do it. Yeah. Like they can't they can't just attack the basket. The Lakers should have somebody in there to do that, but that dude, I don't know. He's too busy making chains about how how good he is instead of actually being good. What a just uh what? Talk about somebody just fumbling a a half a billion dollar bag. Like that's still buffing. Still buffering. Yeah. Yeah. It just it just You know what? Let's just move on. Yeah. Yeah, it's a glaze fest over here for Wimbe. And you know what? I don't feel bad about it at all. Like, I ain't gonna sit over here. I'm I'm too old to act like I can't just admire when somebody's out here doing major work. So the question is, is Winyama to win the Western Conference Finals MVP um what you would consider a lowrisk asset? I do consider it a low-risk asset and actually you may want to wait on game two. Game two could give you a small bump in a direction away from him if OKC wins. if you have that type of thought process. But discussing this, this could be one of the first series where you watch the impact of a player prove that they were the MVP. If it goes six or seven and he's just the best player on the floor, which he's affected the game, I feel like taking him to win it, you're not throwing your money away because a he's getting it if they win, but b this could truly be the first time we watch a guy win the MVP of a series in a loss. Yeah, I I was and like I said, we talked about this before, like LeBron is missing a NBA Finals MVP that he should have when um he played the the the 72 win, you know, or whatever it was the the the the record setting Golden State team. So, the one before that they were 67 and 15. Oh, 67, excuse me, when they lost love because Len lost his mind. They lost Kyrie and then they lost Kyrie practice. Yeah. And then Dela Badova was out there and they were up two-1 in that series. They were up 2-1 in the series. It was one man gang gang gang and he was out there busting heads wide open. And they gave the MVP. They gave the MVP to um who was it? Iguadala. Iguodala. And And the only reason they gave it to Iguadala was because Iala guarded LeBron James. not guarding him well because LeBron James had an average of 35 and I think he and every statistical category. Yeah. Something ridiculous video game stuff like like um stuff that you do when you're playing um like career mode. Yes. Right. Like that type of stuff. That's what LeBron did and and he didn't win it. But it's a more progressive voting public nowadays. like people are a lot more open to doing unconventional things. Um, so it I wouldn't be surprised if Wimyama continues to go out here and get 25 and 15 a night, right? Let's just be real. It don't have to be 40 40 plus and 20 plus. But if he just goes out here and get 25 and and and and 18 and and and seven and eight blocks a game and and just do all the stuff that he's been doing, you know, in extended minutes time, but they lose a seven game like heartbreaker. I could 1,000% see them going, you know what? Yeah, because Shay's probably going to win finals MVP if he gets there and wins it. But we're going to we're going to give this person love for what he did and maybe even make like a co- Western Conference Finals MVP, which is fine for me because you still get paid, you know, um on your investment. But I think it's a very low risk because if there's nobody else that's winning this MVP other than Win and Shay, like there's nobody else winning. So, I'm gonna go ahead and put these numbers on wax for him. I think he's going to average 32 a game in this series. I think he's going to average 16 rebounds. I think he's going to average five. Let's go ahead. Six assists and I think he's going to average four blocks. So, double double. You put that stat line out there. If if he's not given if he doesn't win the MVP of this series, then we need to just figure out what a what a most valuable player is because that sounds like one to me. Absolutely. I I it it's crazy what he's doing. Um I still go wo Nelly when people go, "Oh, well the the foreign born players are taking over because it's still only a handful of them that are actually really good. The rest of them are barbecue chicken anytime." Most of them don't play defense. Um Wimi only plays good defense because he's so long. He just blocks shots. It's not like he's stopping anybody from staying in front of him. Like you can blow past Wimby at at will. The problem is is that he only needs two steps to get from the three-point line to the rim and he's just waiting there for you when you get there. Like so so like from from those standpoints I look at it and I go well um yeah slow down with that. But to be impressed with what he's doing like I love it. And by the way, if you if you think OKC is going to win it and you think that it well, if you think OKC is going to win it, you know, it's going to be because of Shay. And so now would be the time to start looking to throw your money on there because as they start winning games, his value is only going to I mean the the numbers on them only going to come down from where they are right now. So you might as well now. Is it true? Yeah. Let's move on to the Eastern Conference and see what So, we're we're into the Eastern Conference Finals finally because, you know, um the the Cavaliers were able to take care of Detroit. Um I'm not going to say they're one of the worst for number one overall seeds in the East that I've seen. But they sure don't they sure are not impressive anytime I look at them offensively. Um assur Thompson might be the best. He might be the the the 67 or 69 version of Wimyama. Like if Wimbyama was in 69 was 69 and like super like that's him. Like he's ridiculous out there. And and I'm sure Donovan Mitchell is like, "Oh yeah, bring on those those New York defenders cuz none of them are are a Sir Thompson." So like, shout out to him. But the rest of that team, they need to go and and get some jump shots in the off season, learn how to make some open threes, learn um tell the tell the man, "Hey, yo, we love you, but you got to pass this ball a little bit more." Um they got to learn how to attack the basket more. just just an overall better offensive output and and and Bicker Staff, is it Bicker Staff over there as the head coach of Detroit? Yeah. Yeah. Bicker Staff, who I know he's he's been reuped and all of that. And I and I I love to see the brother doing good things, but he he he better get it together offensively or they will scapegoat him in a heartbeat. They'll and they'll bring an offensive guy in who will who will essentially just make a couple offensive tweaks. Use your defensive philosophy and take that team to a championship and then people going to be like, "Oh, they did the brother wrong." No, no, no. help yourself out right now and go out and get with some people who really understand how to how to make offense flow and get to the front office and tell them I love how you keep bringing me in these defensive starts, but can I get anyone who can make a jump shot, please? And thank you. Anyone? Um, this is a weird situation because Detroit, they were the tryhard team. The reason they won so many games is because during the regular season, they're busting tail. We we kind of figured that would be out of here quicker than not and they extended the series and New York actually would have rather played Detroit because if New York gets hot shooting now that they're using Carl at the high post, Detroit couldn't score with them during the regular season. They were doing the Jaylen Brunson thing and it was back and forth. He was getting beaten up. Now they have a team that can score with him. This this is more of a tossup series than people want to give it credit for because you look at that Cleveland team, it matches up fairly well with New York unless New York just gets big in the post, which that's not Mitchell Robinson's game. And sometimes Carl refuses for it to be his game. Well, I will say Mitchell Robinson is going to be big when it comes to defense and being on the boards. Yeah, he's going to clean everything off the boards. So, like that's where that's where his superpower lies. Um, so from that standpoint, it'll be difficult for Cleveland because they won't be able to play New York the way they played Detroit cuz New York will put up 150 points on them. Like, you got to guard those dudes. Like, those goo those dudes will hit. Um, this is an interesting matchup of guards for me because you know what I think about Jaylen Brunson? I think Jaylen Brunson looks at all of these other guards like food. I don't think he looks at them as if they are on his level. Just he feels like nobody else knows it, right? Like they're not on my level. Nobody else knows it but me. So it's just my little fun game that I play with myself because I like playing with my food before I eat. And so um I think this is a bad game one. I love the Knicks in this first game. I'm investing heavily in the Knicks. I like the I like I want to invest in the in the over um on the total points in this game because I think that um that has a that has a better than likely chance of um of going of going over when you think about like what what these teams bring to the table um on a regular basis. I like the Knicks in this first game because I think that they're they're they're rested and that might that could be an issue, but I think overall what'll happen is is that they're rested and that they've had a chance to dissect the other team and what they don't do well. They'll exploit the stuff they don't do well. I think Cleveland might be a little gassed. That was a really tough um that was a really tough series and even though they they blew them out in game seven, I think that you there's still some residual residual lag that comes from that and I think the Knicks will just jump on them and and get them out of there quick tonight. Well, I'd actually say to take the Knicks in the second half and here's my rationale behind that. So, the Knicks have been able to sit down. So, they are a little rusted. They might come out a little rusty shooting and they've done that in some of these playoff games so far, even in this run. Then Cleveland will still have a little bit to them, but the second half those legs will get a little tired and I think the Knicks get hot in the third quarter and that's where you see that gap in that separation. I agree with you. New York's probably going to put put be eight tonight, but I think it's the second half where it happens and that's where you want to put some of your money in another market. But for the game specifically, especially on some of these sites, yes, take the Knicks and the point spread. I didn't look to see what it was, but I would assume it's like eight if we're all right. So, if we're if we're if we're looking on caution right now and we're trying to get our money in the second half, here's here's what it looks like. Um, three and a half points. Knicks um to win by three and a half points. That's trading at 57%. You should go ahead and put anything that you own down on that. Right. Right. That's But if you if you push it to six and a half points now, you're getting 2.24 on your money. Like that to me is the is the is is that gangster. Like throw that gangster on there right now because and here's and here's the here's the here's the reasoning. It's twofold. Either they're losing in the in the first half and then they win by five, which means that whatever they were losing by is going to total your six and a half or over your six and a half or they're winning in the first half. Fourth quarter, Cleveland waves the white flag. Let's get ready for game two. And now they stretch it out. Remember that the Knicks are the only team in these playoffs who've been blowing people out by 30 and 40 and 50 points. So, they're not taking their foot off the accelerator when it comes to getting these things done. Yeah. No, completely makes sense. That's part that's part of what I'm saying as well is because they turned on in the second half. It's kind of like the game last night. Six and a half was way too much for for the Thunder to be favored by in a game one. I was like, that's easy money right there. Didn't expect the Spurs straight up. But I knew it wasn't going to be six and a half. Yeah. So, it'll be interesting. Some some good some tasty treats over there. Two um 218 and a half the total total points. I think that's a lot. Donovan Mitchell um player props. If you're looking at some some really good player props, Donovan Mitchell, um 25 plus. Jaylen Brunson um at 25 plus. Um Mitchell trading at 1.65x. 65x. Brunson at 1.52x. That means for every one unit, you're getting back a unit and a half. Um I I I like those. If you're if you're if you're looking for some other some other stuff, um player rebounds, I like Mitchell Robinson over eight. I just think that if he doesn't need he doesn't need 30 minutes. If you give him 20 minutes, he's getting 10 rebounds. like that's how efficient and how how brutal he can be on the boards. They don't have any answers for him um in there. And then player threes, you always got to go with the sassy one, right? Carl Anthony Towns two plus two plus threes. You know, he's going to get back there on his point center and and and jack a couple up there. Um that's got a chance to go in. Obviously, um James Harden um three plus three, you can see that happen. He averages three or more three-pointers a game for the season like made. It's not game seven, so he he might actually It's not game seven, so he's not gonna dis he didn't put his invisible cloak on yet. So, we'll we'll see what happens with that. Let's get to the last one. I'm sorry. Go ahead. The last thing I'll say is Jared Allen on over on rebounds as well because that'll be his whole focal point. The Mitchell Robinson minutes, he'll win in the rebounding area. So, you want to take that as well? Gotcha. No, I I like that as well because he has to neutralize. He has to be there to neutralize Mitchell Robinson or else it's a 50 point blowout. Like if Mitchell Robinson gets out there and he's able to clean up all those offensive rebounds, the Knicks are going to blow the the Cavaliers out. Let's get to the last one. So, who wins the Eastern Conference Finals and and what does it look like? What in your opinion this series? What are we looking at for an exact total in the series? The safe bet feels like it's 4-1 Knicks and part of that is just because of the rigors that have happened to this Cleveland team. They've been through back-to-back sevename series. The Knicks are also out playing them. I know they pick one up in Cleveland, so that's why I say the one, but New York wins the three games in New York, unless there's some sort of uh crazy shooting. There could be a little variance there. 42, but I'm saying 4-1, that's probably the safe bet for your money. 4-1 Nicks 4-1 brings back um 4.0x. That is um for every one unit, you're bringing back four. That's beautiful money, beautiful investments. um for um Nick's 42 brings back 4.7x. So if if that's the sweet spot um either 41 or 42, that's where you probably should sprinkle your money at. I like everything Knicks. So um and and I like I like extremes. I like extremes, right? So, I would be willing to sprinkle a little something on 4-1. I mean, on 4-0 that they just they just keep the, you know, to keep the good times rolling. Um, but I'm with you. I think this is probably a gentleman sweep. 4-1. That's where my that's where my mind says 4-2. if for some reason the Knicks start tripping a couple games, you know, and and and get they get them out of there in in epic fashion and we get, you know, we get one step closer to the the Bizarro OKC in, you know, in the in the championship. Yeah. So, I mean, I I think I think from from that standpoint, it's pretty easy. I don't think there's a whole lot to to dive into. there's good value on the Knicks. Um, and to invest in the Knicks if you just like them in a particular um in a particular win total if you just like them overall. Not a lot of value in there. Pretty much everybody thinks that the Knicks are going to win. So, you're not going to really get m on your money. You're probably 1.27 back, you know, um, on your on your on your investment. If unless you're out there investing major major money, then you probably don't want to put all that on there. If you're in the extremes, like Jean just said, I would tell you to do the following. I'd say take the Knicks to sweep and then if you get a situation like the 01 finals where Cleveland just plays the tail off in game one and wins one, then I double down by taking the Knicks 4-1 in the series because the odds are going to move in the favor of Cleveland at that point. The Knicks are just constructed better at this particular point in time. The there's some holes on Cleveland's side even though they played their tails off. So think the Knicks will take this in either a true sweep or a gentleman's sweep. The 4-2 is is a hedge, but that is more so on the side of gota got to hope that Cleveland can pull two out in in Cleveland and we know that that is inconsistent as all get out. Yeah, I'm with you. I I that is a good call. If they if the if the if Cleveland gets it done in game one, then double back to that four 4-1 and 42 because those are going to be even better, you know, odds. But if you like the Knicks, then just find the best way to value the Knicks, right? Like find the best way to value the Knicks. Um don't ever obviously don't ever invest your your entire bankroll. um be smart about it. Spread your investments out. But when you see the move, you can't be afraid to to jam a a sizable portion of that of that bankroll when you see the move open up for you. Um let tell them know where to get where they can find you at. What you got going on, CJ? So yeah, you can find me on any place that you find your favorite podcast, Apple Pod, Spotify, etc. Uh it's chopping it up with CJ. Right now, I'm completing the 2026 NFL draft grades as they go. I was recently also on Broncos country, so sometimes you'll catch me on other podcast and radio uh hits as we go along. So, you'll find out about it there. And yeah, as we get closer and closer to the season, I'll be talking more and more about your teams and even fantasy sports on Chopping It Up with CJ. Absolutely. You know where you can find me anywhere um at 7 or Hey, stay tuned tomorrow. Um, we're going to be, if you're, if you're following the sevenoracles.com, um, on, you know, social media, make sure if you're not following, make sure you follow at the seven oracles on X or anywhere. We're going to be doing a really fun thing. We we have a we have what we call the the the the Bitcoin edge tool, right? And today we were we were rolling around with the Bitcoin edge tool. And it's a tool because um on Koshi and shout out to Koshi um they have markets that that replenish every hour on where Bitcoin is trading at where the the the amount of number where Bitcoin is in the hour. And if I'm just going to tell you, your boy went crazy today. Like there was there was there was there was bread to be made everywhere and and we were going ham just and this was really more just us cuz before we want to we want to make sure that the tool is something that's valuable. 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