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Hello everyone, glad you could join me. Talked a little bit yesterday about the NFL slate and the results.

And we didn't talk too much about the NBA kickoff,

you know, two-game slate, a lot going on, so there's a, you can overreact a tad.

One thing I didn't get to talk about, but probably should have is Golden State, because people got to see Steph Curry back on the court for Golden State and how bad the warriors looked against the nets. The nets have one of the deepest teams in the league.

You know, in spite of K.D. and Kyrie, and I will still say this long term the reason why I am down on the nets I don't think that

relationship between Katie and Kyrie is sustainable long term short term yes the first half of the regular season yes I think that second

half of the season when the grind starts getting real you know it's a reduced

schedule if only 72 games and more compressed schedule I think they start

wearing on each other real quick so I think you're gonna see some dissension in the ranks with the nets, which is why I was down on them with the Vegas line being at 44.5 wins, I took the under.

I think they were going to come in right around 43 44 wins. I just don't see them

breaking that threshold again with their 15 games over 500. I you know could it happen. Yeah it could I just I just

don't see it with a 72 game schedule I don't see them being at like that 15 games over 500 type of team.

I think you know a team that a lot of folks are sleeping on would be more Philly. I think Philly takes that division. I think

Philly takes that division pretty easily to be honest I think Doc Rivers is

the kind of coach that can actually get the best out of

Ben Simmons and Joel MB. Now will they be a good playoff team? I still have no idea because we

don't know what Ben Simmons is going to be able to do but I think Doc

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