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Hour number three, Mark Sanchez is going to stop by in five or six minutes.

He's got tape. We love that. Jay Mack. Next Monday. NFL Draft Week. One of my favorite weeks. Nugget Lakers series starts this weekend, I think, Saturday. I love this time of the year so much. How about Rick Buecker saying he's going to take the Knicks over the Sixers? That's not a hot take.

The Knicks are going to win that series.

What do you mean it's not a hot take?

Who's favorite in the betting market? I haven't looked at it. Knicks are a slam dunk for me. Come on, Sixers are not good. They got bailed out by Nick Batum last night. He's like 35 years old. Come on. Jalen Brunson, lock it up.

Maxie and Bede, Batoon, Buddy Heel, Tobias Harris.

Tobias Harris. Tobias Harris. I wouldn't even pick up Tobias Harris on my men's league team. Okay? Two out of a take me? 18 a game in the NBA. You wouldn't pick him up. Willing defender. We're targeting Blake Griffin. Blake Griffin on your rec league team is fine. He lives. Blake, let me give you heads up. You'll never see the ball if he ends back in that. He's worse than Patrick Ewing. You give it to him, you never get it back. That's okay. All right, Mark Sanchez right around the corner. All right, the 76ers are advancing in the playoffs. I like them as the seventh seed in the east, thanks to skillful play by their superstar

center Joel M. Bede in the fourth quarter.

Miami led at half.

Miami, it was bleeding big chunks of the game, third quarter.

And then the game, and these two teams miami and the miami in

philadelphia play very close games just like denver and the lakers play a lot of close games and then

what did they do it's not about the revs not about the coaching they got mb the ball the best player

on the floor took over the game he got the touches in the fourth. You're going to see this in the Lakers Nugget series. They'll play close games. Miami and Philly play close games. M. Beez-O. was the best player. And Lakers Nuggets play close games. Yokich is the best player. And the Lakers and Nugget, you're going to blame Darvinham. You're going to blame the refs in Los Angeles. No, Yokic's the world's best basketball player is going to close the

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