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So if you love Survivor, I think you're gonna love OnFire. Follow and listen to On Fire with Jeff Probst on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. No JR tonight. You got me for the next four hours. I'm the sports machine Sean Levine with my guy Ryan back in studio spinning the wheels for us.
So. Get comfortable, lean back in that recliner. Turn on the black light, pick up the peace pipe, whatever you got to do. And turn your radio up. We're talking sports.
You want to talk with us? The number is 888-710-4ISN, and we got plenty of sports to talk about. We'll talk some baseball, even though the World Series doesn't start until Friday. We've got another full slate of Sunday NFL football games, and we're getting to the point where. It actually matters, you know what I'm saying?
Some of these teams, if they lose, their playoffs chances are looking pretty bleak. We'll get there. And then of course we'll talk some basketball because tonight for the first time on an NBA court, we'll get to see Cooper flag. For the first time in a long time on an NBA court, we'll get to see Joel Embiid. And maybe you're a Knicks fan listening to me right now, or an hour away from tip-off.
between your knickerbockers And the favorite to win the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although it's your next, it should be the favorite. We'll get there in just a little while. Before we talk about any of that, I gotta talk Halloween because Halloween is now nine days away by my math. And I've been talking to this girl.
And she is convinced that we're going to go As a couple, and we're going to wear one of those cutesy couples costumes, ketchup and mustard or whatever. You guys know what I'm talking about. And I gotta be honest, I've gone 40 years. Without I don't know. Either having the pleasure of doing that with somebody or the embarrassment of having to be dragged around all night.
With somebody, Raggedy And Raggedy Andy, or whatever it is. And so we came up with a solution. She's like, what about being a pirate? We can just both go as pirates. Would you be cool with that?
And I'm like Yeah, that sounds good. 'Cause pirates are cool. And once I have a couple of pops, I can walk around and go, yarrd. That's a terrible pirate impersonation, but you know what I mean. I just don't want to wear the patch, I don't want to wear the patch.
And I can't decide if I really want to wear a hook or if I don't want to wear a hook, but I feel like patches and hooks are necessary if I'm going to be a pirate. But Earlier today, I'm just strolling down Main Street. And I go into a thrift store, which isn't really my style, but I'm thinking maybe this is the place that'll have the pirate outfit. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't where else do you go?
Seriously, where do you go to get a pirate outfit? If anybody knows, hit me up. 888-710-4ISN. Don't say the internet. Of course, I can go to the internet, but I wanted to walk into a store and try it on and make sure that everything felt right, especially the patch.
And so I go into the thrift store and they don't have a pirate. outfit board they did have. is a Don Slot T-shirt jersey. Brian, when I say the name Don Slot, does that mean anything to you? Should it?
I feel like I've never heard of that, and I feel like if I should know it, it's something inappropriate. It's not inappropriate. It sounds inappropriate. It's slot. S-L-A-U-G-T.
Get your head out of the gunner. Like Slaughter? Like Sergeant Slaughter? Yeah, exactly. That way, but without the ER.
He was a catcher for the Pirates between 1991 and 1995. And apparently, he bawled out in 1992. He hit 345 for a while. Anyway, I didn't know who he was either. But I think that is the pirate uniform for me.
I think I got out of having to wear the patch and all that. I think that's funny. And I feel like there are some people, especially Pittsburgh Pirates fans of the 1990s, that are remembering the good old days, Bobby Mini, Andy Vance, like Doug Drabeck. Damn, they don't call you the sports machine for nothing, are going, yeah, it's funny. A Don Slot jersey.
I don't know if she's going to think that's funny. If she shows up in full pirate gear and I show up in that, I don't know, man. The goal should be maybe Ghost Pirate. Like you're like a Like a pirate that's maybe passed away. I don't.
I think Don Slot's still with us. I don't know if you could Ty Cobb, maybe? Go as Ty Cobb. Maybe that's the move to make as I find a dead pirate. Because the thing is, if I want to go as a specific pirate.
The only ones that I know are Captain Hook. And we Whatever Johnny Depp's name was in that movie. That's it. That's the only pirates I know. Should we no more pirates?
Oh, I guess we should. That's pretty good. Yeah, Blackbeard, uh there's okay, that's three.
Well, yeah. I don't even think we'd come up with a Mount Rush more pirates between you and I. No, there's a. Here we go. Blackbeard.
Isn't there a red beard? No, see? You start a line. Not. My best friend's got a red beard, Ian.
He's a ginger, but he's not a pirate. I know. Oh, Barb. No, I was just going to name. I was just going to start naming Pirates.
See? No, but you don't know Pirates. If you do, 888-710-4ISN is the phone number. All right. Let's talk some football, and then we'll get into the NBA because there's actually a lot of really good games tonight.
And let's say one, two, three, four. We're like eight or nine teams tip off the season. But let's start in the NFL. Where I don't know if I owe you guys a public apology wherever you're listening to me tonight on the Infinity Sports Network, or if it's the other way around and you owe me an apology. Because Heading into this season.
I heard a lot of the Chiefs are done. Chiefs are dead. Their dynasty is over with. Because of what happened in the Super Bowl. And it wasn't pretty.
That was one of the ugliest games that I've ever seen. Philadelphia boat raced him. That somehow that was a blueprint to beat the Chiefs. And then the season started, and the Chiefs stumbled out the gates and they lost a couple of games, and Mahomes didn't look Mahomes-ish, like we've gotten used to. And I came on the radio like a month ago, real time, and I said, you know what, y'all were right.
My babe. You guys know that I'm talking to you at this point, probably from Kansas City, and that my both my grandpa's are lifelong Chiefs season ticket holders and that it's been really good being a Chiefs fan. That's a really easy job over the last seven or eight years since Patrick Mahomes got to town.
So I'm stuck in this weird bubble where when I take phone calls from everywhere, sometimes people put me in my place. And after the first couple of weeks, I had to come on and say, You guys were right. The Chiefs maybe aren't dead, but I think the dynasty's over and it's the time for the Ravens, that's how dumb I was, or the Bills, or somebody else in the AFC. And what I should have done is said nothing. My dad gave me that advice a long time ago.
Now, it's not the best advice for a radio host. Like, my boss Davey probably wouldn't be too happy if I was like, hey, boss, I think I'm going to try something new on the next show. I'm just not going to say anything. But, like, you know, when you don't know 100%, just. Calibrate for a minute.
Sit back, relax. What I did was the Chiefs lost a couple of games and I came on saying the sky was falling. And I should have just waited a little while because a couple of things have happened in the last month. We don't know if there's any great teams in the AFC, and I'm including the Kansas City Chiefs when I say that. Buffalo certainly isn't.
Do we even know if Buffalo is the best team in their division? You could easily convince me right now, if you're a better like me, just to put your money down on New England because they already beat Buffalo, so they got the game in hand. If you look at the standings right now, technically, it's New England that's in first place. If they were a stock, would you want your money in the Patriots or the Bills?
So that's not a great team. Baltimore would probably have to win out at this point or maybe lose one more game. To make the playoffs. If we're just going record-wise, are we really saying that Pittsburgh? Is a really great football team that all of a sudden is going to win playoff games, and we're going to look up and it's the Steelers in the AFC Championship or the Indianapolis Colts.
I'm not there yet. It's still the Chiefs. Come on now. Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me, I'm wrong.
888-710-4ISN is the phone number about these two things. The Chiefs aren't the Continue to beat.
Something wrong about that. I don't know if the playoffs are going to go through Arrowhead because right now. Even Kansas City's not leading their own division. Denver, I don't know how they pulled off that game, and we can talk about that if you want to, but damn. And I was at home against the Giants, so I'm not going to give them too much credit for the comeback, but Let's look up and see if at the end of the year the Chiefs win the division again, because that's been kind of the magic trick that people don't talk about enough.
Where once the NFL went to one buy a few years ago, It became so much more valuable than it ever was because the Chiefs path through the playoffs pretty much the entire time since Mahomes have been the quarterback. has been you have a buy, so you get to sit at home. Watch the games on your 80-inch flat screen, have your old lady cook you up your favorite meatballs or whatever you like, sleep in your own bed, and then you get to play at home. You win that game. All of a sudden, you're already in the NFC Championship game.
You win that when you're back in the Super Bowl, Mahomes and the Chiefs. That's been their trick where Mahomes has only had to play two, three games in his entire career on the road in the playoffs. And can he do that and win? Obviously. But is it a whole lot easier to Cannot play, get to buy, win two games at Arrowhead and get back to the Super Bowl.
If the Chiefs somehow end up with home field advantage, I'm telling you right now, you might as well empty the bank account they're getting back. 888-710-4ISN is the phone number. And while we're talking about the Chiefs being the best, is he not still the best? Is Mahomes not the MVP? I was looking right now at the favorite, still Josh Allen, based on what?
And then it goes Baker Mayfield. Guess who's after that? And that's not hyperbole, Ryan. Like, I actually want you to guess.
So it's based right now. You can get at BetMGM. Plus 250, Josh Allen, 3-1, Patrick Mahomes, like 4-1, Baker Mayfield. Who do you think is next? Indiana Jones, Daniel Jones?
That's a great guess, actually, but no. It's um Drake May. Oh. Yeah. I guess where the quarterbacks are right now, as we speak, and there's no Lamar, there's no Joe Burrow.
Some of the dudes that we thought You know, you can get at long odds. It just looks wrong to me. It doesn't make any sense. And I'm certainly no fan of this guy. Discount double check.
You get Aaron Rodgers at 90 to 1. Right now, to be the MVP, I'm just saying. I said I'd take some phone calls. Let's do it. Let's go out to Maryland, where my guy Ed joins us tonight on the Infinity Sports Network.
What up, Ed? What's up, brother? How you doing? I'm chilling. What's going on?
Yeah. So it looks like you you have a bit of a dilemma. When it comes to the party.
Now, you're going with a young lady, right? Yeah. Okay. I mean sometimes You got to take one for the team because You know, and I'm getting I don't want to get too personal with this, But are you at the end of the night? you drink your pops and things like that.
Are you guys going to weigh anchor in the same In the same docker note. Oh, man. Yeah. I mean, I don't you know Say that. We don't answer that.
Don't answer.
Well, i i I suppose uh if everything goes perfect, then I will, uh I don't know the way to say this, make sure the ship goes down or doesn't go down. Yeah, yeah, that's the plan. Hopefully, yeah. Yeah, so dude, you just I'm not big on dressing up. I'm 60.
do. But if I had that opportunity ten, fifteen years ago and I had a chance, you know, 'cause you Think about it, man. It's it's a whole role play thing. Yeah. Crazy, but you're the one who's gonna be.
Oh, you should see. Like her Oh man. Yeah. Oh, it her outfit is it's you know how you know how girls do, and she's got the pirate patch and she's got the hook, and there's not a whole lot else really like to the whole outfit.
So, yeah, she's gonna and and thanks for the phone call. He leaves a line free at 888-710-4ISN. Um. I'm doing it for her? And I'm doing it for me?
And I'm kind of doing it for the homies. You're telling me there's not going to be some dude out there at the bar that looks at the back of my shirt and it says slot. That's slot, by the way. S-L-A-U-G-T, former Pittsburgh pirate catcher from 91 to 95, sitting next to this smoking hot girl dressed like a pirate. And they're not going to think that's hilarious.
I think it's funny. I think maybe here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to get a parrot. To put on my shoulder.
So, in case there's any confusion, because I don't want to wear, I don't mind the hook. I think the hook would be good. Because I like to drink beers that have you need like a twist-off thing. I don't like the twist-offs, is what I'm trying to say.
So I could use the hook. The patch though The patch is no good. I don't want to need the patch. Um all right back to the football. Where I'm looking at these divisions.
I think that ultimately. 17 games, end of the schedule, we look up. It's probably going to be the Chiefs. Give me... 12 and five if Denver also goes twelve and five.
I guess it's going to come down to who wins those games ultimately in the south. Everybody's a fraud. Except for Indy.
Sorry, Indy. And I need to really say sorry again because I remember this offseason. I was trying to name the teams, and I thought. were so bad they could end up with the number one pick. And this is back when we thought that We knew that there were going to be some good college quarterbacks coming out because I I don't know who's good colour.
They all stink. Manning stinks, Clubnick stinks, Nussmeyer stinks. These guys all stink, but I I think that You look at that division outside of Indy, because heading into the season, I can't be the only one who thought they were going to suck. I thought there was going to be them and New Orleans and the Jets. And I was right about New Orleans and the Jets.
But Indy, my bad. You don't suck right now. You got the best record in the AFC. Although. I couldn't have been the only one that thought that.
Heading into this season, which wasn't that long ago, like a month and a half real time. And let's be real. They were looking at Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson and going, All right, this is our quarterback room. Who are we going to go with? And obviously, it was the right decision, but there's no way the plan was that Daniel Jones was going to be playing at this level.
I mean, Daniel Jones has been better than... Mike Jones, John Jones, all the Jones. Like, he has been, all the Jones would be good for that matter. Mac Jones.
So India's going to run away with that division. Because everybody else is a fraud. The Texans are frauds. CJ Stroud's a fraud. Jacksonville's a struck total Front runner.
When things are going good, there they are. But look what happened to them the last couple of weeks. And I like Liam Cohn, I think it's a good coaching hire. My problem is just a quarterback. with Trevor Lawrence.
You know what? Who's the dude that calls me every time I'm on Saturday morning? I do that five-hour show, like probably three or four times during the month. And some guy calls me all the time. I can't remember his name, Derek David, something like that.
Might even not begin with a D. And says, give Trevor Lawrence his flowers, call me, hit me up, 888-710-4ISN. What flowers? Trevor Lawrence stinks. Jacksonville's terrible.
They're all frauds. We knew Tennessee was going to be bad, so I don't need to bash them.
So, Indy's going to run away with that division. In the East. We talked about it for a second in the AFC. Bills. Patriots, flip a coin.
I can't believe I'm saying that. Beginning of the year I thought at best Patriots would be a Maybe nine and eight and sneak in the back door of the playoffs type team, and Drake May would be a middle of the pack quarterback.
Well, Drake might win the MVP, and they might win the division. Talking about the Patriots, they already beat the Bills. They got a better record. They have an easier schedule. And when it comes to the actual way both quarterbacks have played, Josh Allen really hasn't had a great run after that MVP season last year.
He hasn't looked good at all the last couple of weeks. Baltimore, or not Baltimore, they stink. Buffalo is. much more vulnerable than I think we thought they were just a few weeks ago. After the first month of the season, it looked like it was Philly and everybody else and the NFC and Buffalo and everybody else in the AFC.
And what we've learned the last month is. We don't really know anything. I I'm going to twist my own arm and put some money on New England, I think, to win that division. And then in the north. Yeah.
It's just got to be by default, right? Like process of elimination. It's not Baltimore because. They're Obviously, their season is over with, and I think it was probably going the wrong way even before Lamar got hurt. Cincinnati Same thing, even if they had a healthy Joe Burrow.
We saw Joe Bertho Pearl be healthy last year and put up unbelievable numbers, and somehow they missed the playoffs. And the Browns, well, they're still the Browns.
So because those other teams have stubbed their toe, does that mean that Pittsburgh's good, legit? They're a playoff team. and they're going to host a playoff game. Do we really believe in Aaron Rodgers? Guess who Aaron Rodgers plays coming up this weekend?
That's right. The Green Bay Packers. Green Bay's a three and a half point favorite in that game. I know where my money's going. I'll tell you here in a little while, but let's switch gears on the other side and talk some NBA basketball because we're less than an hour away from tip-off between the Knicks and the Cavs.
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Made a couple of bets during that break. NBA. A lot of teams tip off tonight. I put a little triple double uh bet down on What's that ball's name? Lamello Ball.
Yeah, he's the ball with the horns. I can never remember. I know that LeVar. Had the incident with his leg.
So I know Lavar's only got one leg, but he still has three balls, right? He still has. He's still Lavar, L'Angelo, and Lonzo. I don't even know where Lonzo is these days, but if he can stay healthy, I'm telling you, that dude Lamello ball, he can ball.
So we'll get into the NBA lines tonight and we'll get into the outlook of the season because I think it's going to surprise you who the favorite is to win the championship. We all know that Thunder are the team to beat. And they've got two to one odds.
So at this point, it's basically the field versus the thunder. And I would argue it's a better bet to take the field if we knew that they were going to stay healthy.
So we'll talk about that. We'll talk about the championship odds, the MVP, and all that. Let's talk about tonight's games where you got the Knicks and the Cavs. And. I think that that's going to be a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Because I can't really convince myself that anybody else is any good whatsoever. Most of the time at the beginning of the year, Start of the NBA season. You're talking about the Eastern Conference? You start with the Boston Celtics, it's pretty easy.
Well, the Boston Celtics are a a figment of Our imagination. Let me pull up the Boston Celtics roster. I happen to have that here.
So, the Boston Celtics, this is the squad that they're going to put on the floor because they don't have Jason Tatum, and we know that Tatum is as important as his team is to anybody. Damn it, I can't find there. Anyway, it's crap, is what it is. I'll get there in just a second. It's easy to say that team's going to be a borderline playoff team without Tatum, without Drew Holiday, some of the other pieces that they have.
There's the shell of themselves.
So I'm going to kind of put them down on a team that probably makes the playoffs but doesn't make any noise. Philadelphia? Do we think if they can stay healthy with Joel Embiid? And that roster actually is kind of dangerous and kind of fun, but to me, that's a huge stretch. Orlando?
Okay, they made a couple of moves in the offseason, but the NBA typically. Works in incremental steps. Like if you're going to end up winning a championship, You kinda have to do. What the Thunder did the last few years, where you're going out there and you're winning a handful of games, going a little bit over 500, then you win 60 games, and then you go out there and all the 50 games, then you go out there and win 60, and everybody looks up and goes, okay, damn, that's the team to beat. And then you win the championship.
I think Orlando's still, I like the moves they made this offseason, but I'm not completely convinced.
So I think it's going to be these two teams that we see tonight. I think it's going to be the Cavaliers. And the Knicks. The Knicks are without a couple of their starters tonight, so I don't know exactly how tonight's game goes down. They do have Jalen Brunson, which is good news.
But what don't the Knicks have? is what I'm asking you New York basketball fan. Because I understand Why are you a pessimist? See, some people in life are always told, Why are you so negative? Why are you such a jerk?
And the answer is, you know what, kid? Because I've lived a pretty lough life. Look. I sound like a dog now. I've lived a pretty rough life.
Things haven't always gone easy for me. That's the Knicks. That's the Knicks fan. It hasn't always been smooth sailing.
So, I understand why, heading into a season when somebody comes on the radio like me and says, Not only are you going to win the Eastern Conference for the first time in a long time, get to the NBA Finals, but you're going to win the whole thing, it hits the ear a little bit funny. But I'm asking Knicks fans, and tell me if you have the answer: 888-710-4ISN is the phone number. What doesn't this Knicks team have? to win the championship. Even if they happen to go, we can fast forward.
And if everything goes perfect head to head, even against the Thunder, does anybody else match up pound for pound, player for player, better with the Thunder? than the Knicks. I would argue that outside of Oklahoma City, the Knicks aren't just the most dangerous team in the East. They're the most dangerous team in the NBA.
Now I can hear you shouting into your radio. Up there on the East Coast, Jersey and New York. You guys are yelling into your radio going, I know what the problem is, sports machine, you idiot. I'm dumb. The problem is Mike Brown.
Wait. Let's give that a minute.
Okay. Because with Tom Thibodeau Remember how that whole thing went? It took a while for Knicks fans to to think that he was the right guy. In fact, if you just go back. to the beginning of last year.
The Knicks were coming off a really good season where they won where they win 60-something games, a couple of playoff series. Jalen Brunson kind of introduced himself as, if not the best point guard in the league, definitely in the top three or four. He was the dude. And then last year, the Knicks. Yeah, it was a little bit of a disappointment the way they ended up going out.
But did they really need a fall guy? Were things going that bad? My dad told me a long time ago, he didn't give me that much good advice growing up, but he did tell me: hey, son, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And the Knicks were not broke. I wouldn't have been that surprised if the Knicks made a splash with a player.
Like, remember all the Giannis talk in the offseason? And Giannis was under contract, so that was always going to be. Just a perfect scenario, probably for both teams, if that was ever or is ever going to happen. I don't want to say that's completely dead because who knows what happens with the Bucs if they get off to a hot start and Giannis gets pissed. I do think he could still end up in New York, but.
We can cross that bridge when we get there. This offseason, I thought they might try to do something to add to the team that was really good last year. I didn't think they needed to. The fact that they decided to get rid of Tom Thibodeau, who finally Knicks fans, I would say. heavily liked.
Is that fair, Knicks fans? Maybe not loved, but finally really liked. Because at the beginning, he was just another Knicks bum coach. And then a couple of years in, he's winning some games. And then a couple of years ago, it's like, oh, okay, maybe he's the right guy for Jalen Brunson.
I think most Knicks fans, I think in the consensus of the New York Knicks fan, Is that They got worse at head coach. That the roster's the same, that the team is good enough to take the next step to make it to the NBA Finals. Damn it, they were good enough last year. and that they made a move just for the sake of making a move. All I'm saying is, let's at least give Mike Brown a chance because his job's already difficult enough.
Which is part of the reason why I think basically everybody that we thought was going to land the gig either turned it down or said, I don't even want to take the interview. Because when you've got that type of expectation, with that type of fan base, with that type of media, and it's championship robust for the Knicks, that almost seems unfair. But tell me I'm wrong. At least get to the championship or bust. If this New York Knicks team.
Doesn't at least take the next step from what they've been the last couple of years, then what are they really doing here? What's the point? What's the top line on their resume? Why'd they fire their coach? There have been a lot of moves, a lot of shake-ups, both on the court and now off for the Knicks to get to and win the NBA championship.
And now is the time.
Sorry, Mike Brown. You're the guy. And maybe not even sorry. Maybe you could look at it like the guy got The keys to the Ferrari because he kinda did. Am I too optimistic, Nick fan?
Hit me up. 888-710-4ISN. I wouldn't be surprised if y'all run away with the East. And then the playoffs come around if you can stay healthy, get to the finals, and then we'll see what happens if it is the thunder on the other side.
Now We saw a couple of games last night. We saw Kevin Durant's first game. That was epic. Couple of overtimes. Lost to his old team in the Oklahoma City Thunder.
I don't know how well that's going to ultimately work out for the Rockets. I don't think it's going to work out the way they think it's going to. If I ask you right now, where you ever listen to me on the Infinity Sports Network? Maybe you're coming home from work, getting a little groggy, getting ready to go home, eat some dinner, smoke a cigar, let the dog out. But if I ask you right now, Who finished in second place in the Western Conference last year?
Do you remember? Because I know that you know that it was the thunder. with one of the best records in NBA history. You know what the second best rec remember those two seed was? The Houston Rockets So, I don't think they're going to win enough games to catch the Thunder and get the one seed.
Fred Van Bleet's hurt. And you brought in Kevin Durant. And Durant looked good last night, and it was a fun game. But we're talking about at this point a what, 30-hour five, 36-year-old. Kevin Durant, and sometimes We're fools for trying something new.
You know what I mean? Like you go to the store and you love a certain brand of shrimp, but you're like, yeah, that's on discount. I think I'm going to try that stuff. And then that's on you. You should have just gone with what you know.
It feels like Teams have tried the last few years to still make Kevin Durant what he was. Way back in the day with the Thunder, when he was the best scorer in the league, and even those couple of years when he won the championships with Golden State. That was a long time ago now. We've seen the experiment in Brooklyn go as south as it possibly could have with Kev Durant. And I'm not just blaming Durant, Hardin, and Kyrie in the front office and injuries.
There was a lot of. Stink, stink, stunk on that whole experiment. But Kevin Durant was the guy they built it around. And look at that roster now and going forward. They're a train wreck.
I would say the biggest reason why the Brooklyn Nets are going to suck for the next five years is because the Kevin Durant experiment exploded right in their face. And then somehow Phoenix Went, what is that piece of dynamite there? I'm gonna pick that thing up, and guess what happened? It exploded. All over the Phoenix Sun, surprise.
The Suns last year, at this point, heading into the season, had the fourth best odds to win the NBA Finals. You know why they didn't win the finals? Because they didn't make the playoffs. You know how hard it is to miss the playoffs in the NBA? In 2024, 25, whatever it was.
Damn. And I would say the main reason for that was because they decided to break up the team. They went to a championship a couple of years before to build around Kevin Durant. How'd that go? And then somehow Houston thinks that makes them better this version of Kevin Durant.
It's almost like, have you to the single guys out there, Have you ever gotten with a girl because back in high school, she was like the prom queen or she was really hot? And then 15, 20 years later, you're like, man, she doesn't look as good. And like, she's got a couple of teeth missing, smells like cigarettes. Put on a few pounds, whatever. But that that was Jenny.
Jenny. You know what I mean? That's how teams still look at Kevin Durant. I don't get it. He's not that guy anymore.
Let's look at tonight's games. Cavs Nicks. Cleveland's one and a half point favorite. Because the Knicks are without a couple of starters. Nets at the Hornets.
Is Charlotte ever going to be good at basketball? Like, it feels like ever since Bobcats, I guess, were good for like, they had that one good year, right? And uh or is I just making that up? No, the Hornets have sucked forever. Man, remember Larry Johnson?
Alonzo Morning? I guess that was like thirty years ago. You probably don't. A heat magic tonight. Raptors and Hawks.
Seventy Sixers Mbed is back. Tatum is not. Pistons at the Bulls tonight. Detroit's a two and a half point favorite. Pistons, one of those sneaky, fun.
Defensive-minded. They got a superstar in Cade Cunningham-type teams. Or you're going to look up the end this year and go. What do you mean they won 58 games? What do you mean the Pistons at the two seat?
Remember, you heard your first. Pelicans at Grizzlies. Both those teams tip off the season tonight. Memphis, a four and a half point favorite at the crib. Bucks, an eight and a half point favorite in Milwaukee against the Wizards.
Clippers on the road at the Jazz. A lot of people are buying into the Clippers, or I don't know if people are actually buying into them, but Las Vegas is trying to get us to buy into the Clippers. They've got the fourth best odds right now. To win the whole thing, the Clippers. Like, I feel like I'm missing something here.
Spurs at Mavericks. That's going to be a fun one. That's Victor Wenmanyana. I don't know why I put the emphasis on that syllable. of Victor Wimbunyama.
taking on Cooper flag tonight. I put in a little bet that Cooper Flag was going to score more than 20 points at three to one odds. It's not crazy, right? I don't know. Maybe it is now that I think about if he has Wimbunyama on him, that's not good.
Kings at Suns is your late game, and Timberwolves on the Road at the Blazers. Minnesota is a four and a half point favorite in that game. Coming up on the other side, I got a Levine's list for you. Speaking of the NBA, These are the best players. The best careers.
since the year 2000. Where's Kobe? Where's Steph Curry? Did Jokic make the list? Who's number one?
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You're listening to the JR Sport Brief. Here's Sean Levine. That's me, no JR tonight, but you got Ryan. And myself for the next three hours and change on the Infinity Sports Network. 888-710-787.
For ISN, those are the digits around here. I'll get you Levine's list in just a few minutes. Since the NBA season has officially tipped off, I hate it when people say the NBA season's tipped off.
Now it's tipped off. Then I felt kicks off. The NBA tips off, dammit. Tonight's Levine's list is going to be. The best careers of any NBA player since the year 2000.
So you know the names. I don't know what order you got him. I know where I do. We'll get to that list here in just a couple of minutes. Um I got a text during the break.
We all have that friend that texts us. Nonsense all the time, right? Memes and links, and you just never open it. And I don't know if they know it or not, but. That's my buddy Nick.
He texts me probably twice a day. And for some reason, I decided to open this one. It was worthwhile. Because it was the most dangerous animals, the most likely animal to kill you in every single state.
So I feel like we have to get to that at some point also. Like, wait till you hear Tennessee. This is going to weird you out. Maybe if you're in Tennessee, no. But I bet it surprises the rest of you.
We'll get there. Before we get to all that fun in my list, I told you about that Boston Celtics depth chart. I found it. Check this out. Let's say that Jalen Brown is out because he's day to day right now.
then this is your starting five. Derek White. ANFERNY SYMONS, Josh Is it Minot? Do I pronounce the T's, or is that like Minot, French? This Josh fella.
Uh Sam Hauser. And Ryan, can you help me with this dissenter? Maybe do you know anything about a Nemius Cuida? There's no way I said that right. There's Nemias Keita?
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. He played a little bit last year, but I There's a couple guys here I know. I wouldn't know Say his name again?
Namias Keeta? Namias Kita? I don't even know if that's how you pronounce it. He was a rotational player that played very little last year. But he has a lot of money.
I hope that's how you say his name. That's a badass. When you say it, it sounds badass. Anyway, I wouldn't know that guy if he came in here with his full uniform on. And then you got Luke Garza and Xavier Tillman coming off the bench.
Obviously, Peyton Pritchard's a baller. Hugo Gonzalez? That's real? Max Shulga? and Chris Boucher.
Boucher. Bobby Boucher. That's the team. That's yes. That is your 2025, at least right now, Boston Celtics.
And I don't think Jason Tatum's coming back, even though. Modern surgery provides miracles all the time, so. Who knows? Um, that brings us right to tonight's Levine's list. If you've got some beats, Ryan, now would be the time.
Now that NBA season is here, I thought who are the best players? Let's say of this generation, I think that's fair, right? Like of the last 20, 25 years.
So I went back to who's had the best career. since the year 2000. As always. I only got room for five. Honorable mention.
Dwayne Wade. If you live in the 305. then you probably just ran your car off the side of the road, hopefully not into the water. But you're like what we ain't wait wait wait to go Nah, he was good. Board line great.
The thing about Dwayne Wade, and maybe it's not fair that I'm holding this against him because he did stay in Miami. I know he went to Cleveland for a cup of coffee, but nobody remembers that. He doesn't even remember that.
So he's basically a Miami guy his entire career, even when they weren't good. But he also knew if I just stay here, the free agents are gonna come. And they did. First it was Chikioneo. Then eventually it was this guy named LeBron and Chris Bosch, and they formed the big three.
So, as good as Dwayne Wade was. I just wonder how good he would have been if he would have had average teammates around him where he didn't buy a handful of those championships. I'm not taking anything away. He's just not in the top five of this generation. It pains me to leave Dirk off this list.
Because Dirk, when the Mavericks won that championship around him, was the most unlikely championship in our lifetime. And I don't care if you're listening to me and you're 16 or 36 or 86. And I'm talking about an all sports. How in the hell? The Dak Dallas Mavericks team.
By the way, remember who they beat? LeBron James. and that big three with Chris Bosch and Dwayne Wade that we were just talking about. The rest of his teammates, it was like, I'm trying to remember. Jason Kidd.
Jason Terry. Sean Marion. A bunch of guys you'd call unk. And somehow Dirk Nowitzki and that team won the championship. Don't look now, but Dirk is also the sixth leading scorer in the history of the NBA.
But I don't have him as one of the top five players since the year 2000. But don't get it twisted, I love Mesome Dirk. Kevin Garnett Garnett was I respect Garnett. More than I do, other guys that left to win the championship somewhere else. I always hold this against Kevin Durant, by the way.
You're not going to hear his name if you're expecting to hear the name Kevin Durant. You're not. He's not one of the top 10 best players, sorry, of this generation. He's certainly not one of the top five. If you want to argue, hit me up.
We can do that. We got time. 888-710-4ISN is the phone number. But whenever I talk about Kevin Durant and the championships, I always say that he ran scared. Because Kevin Durant, if we remember, played for the Thunder, stuck around for a while, and then he could hear people saying, It's not going to happen here.
You're the best player in the league without a ring. And he went to the most ready-made product, the Golden State Warriors, who, by the way, won a championship before and they've won a championship since. that I just Can't respect you necessarily for making that decision. I don't mind you leaving and chasing a ring. I actually give LeBron more credit for going to Miami and forming a super team than I do to Durant for going to Golden State to maybe the already most made super team that he had nothing to do with.
He just made it easier. And if anybody says, Yeah, but Sports Machine, he was the MVP of those finals.
Well, somebody else is going to get those shots and they're probably going to win anyway.
So I don't look necessarily at Kevin Garnett's championship the same way. He was a good soldier and he stuck around Minnesota for some pretty bad years.
So good for him to get that ring on the way out. With the Celtics, but he doesn't make my list. And the most debatable one that also is not on the list, and then we'll get there, Tim Duncan. Timmy Timmy was great, four-time NBA champion and did it with a bunch of dudes, really through a couple of different eras. But once I give you my top five best basketball players since the year 2000, tell me who we're going to take off the list if you want to fight me.
At number five. Nikola Jokic. Once Jokic gets a second ring, and I'm still confident that he's going to.
Now, there's also a chance, we know Jokic how much he loves his ponies and just kind of likes basketball. Doesn't it feel like basketball is just a hobby for Nikola Jokic? He's just really good at it, so he does it kind of in his spare time. That pays the bills. I wouldn't be surprised if he pulls an Andrew Luck in the next couple of years and he says, I'm going home.
Bye. It was fun. If he sticks around, Jokic is going to get another ring. He's too good. You don't win all those MVPs and average a triple-double at seven feet tall with that skill set and not win at least two rings.
Honestly, he might go down as the greatest American team sport athlete not to win multiple rings if he doesn't win another one. They all do. Shaq, Kobe, LeBron. Peyton Manning, Brady, Mahomes, all the best win multiple rings. Once Jokic does, then we have to talk about where he is all time.
Then we can start to talk about is that guy a top five all-time NBA player? But right now, I've just got him at number five of this generation. At number four, Steph Curry. Nobody changed the game of basketball throughout his career more than Steph. Just go into a local rec center and watch some 5'8 white kid with pretty good handle shooting from inside half court.
And his coach won't even tell him that's a bad shot. That's because of Steph Curry. The game's completely changed. There's no reason that a guy like that has had that type of a career where he turned out to be the greatest shooter of all time, four rings. And again, I've got him as the fourth best player of the entire generation.
Knocked down more threes than anybody, and that's going to be a hard one to catch. At number three. The diesel. The big Aristotle, Superman. Shaquille O'Neal, four-time NBA champion, three-time NBA MVP.
And when people say the most dominant player of all time, He was the most dominant player of all time. Especially playing in an era where there were other big guys. Wilt was playing against a bunch of dudes who looked like my uncle Stewart. No offense, Stewart, but come on. Uh number two.
Best basketball player in the last 25 years of the generation. Kobe Bryant. Five titles. And Kobe also, I hate to say it, but... Because he passed away the way he did, he's going to go down as the most legendary player of all time.
Probably even more legendary when you think about it than Michael Jordan. Not a better player, but just when you think about his career and then his life afterwards, the philanthropist that he was, and then unfortunately, the way that it ended too soon. I still think that's probably the hardest death for athlete death. For a lot of us to handle, where it's still like. Seriously, when I say it right now, isn't it like...
Damn, Kobe Bryant's no longer with us. I got him at number two as the second best player of the generation. And. You probably guessed at this point. Number 1.
Minute Bull I'm lying. A number one. LeBron James. 10 NBA titles. Four rings.
And to me, the thing that's most impressive about LeBron that I'm not sure even enough people talk about is his longevity. He's been in his prime his entire career. And he got in the league in 03, and now it's 25.
So this will be season number 23. I don't know what you were doing 23 years ago, but that's when LeBron James started playing in the NBA, and he's done it every single season since. Take his team to the playoffs. Had very minimal injuries, and if you just think about the other guys that came out of his draft class, so LeBron was one. Remember Darko Milichech?
He was number two. Darko Milichech has been working on like a wine farm with grapes for the last 15 years, and I'm not making that up. Carl Anthony's been retired now for five or six years. Dwayne Wade's been out of the game for damn near a decade. All these guys were in his class and they're still LeBron.
One hour down, three more coming up. Let's talk some football. You cool with that? I'm the sports machine Shama fan. Listen up football fans, you won't want to miss this.
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