Rico Has A Counter For Mike's Pistons Optimism

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Rico plays devil's advocate with the Pistons conversation.

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0:00.0	We'll get right to the people.
0:01.4	I've given you five reasons for hope the Pistons can do this.
0:04.6	And just like we talked about last Friday, when we kind of predicted they were going to go to Orlando and lose game three,
0:09.9	why are you only plus 200 to win this series?
0:12.6	Why aren't you plus 500, plus 600, plus 700?
0:16.4	You're down 3.1.
0:18.0	It's only got a 5% chance to happen.
0:24.7	Because of some of the things I offered is reasons for hope.
0:28.3	Look, maybe they go out and they flatline tonight.
0:33.0	And honestly, I wouldn't even be mad because these games are just, they're not fun to watch.
0:33.3	Yeah.
0:37.1	But I wanted to offer reasons for hope because I can't lie to my audience.
0:38.5	You have not heard me. Say the words they're done because I can't lie to my audience. You have not heard me.
0:40.6	Say the words they're done.
0:41.4	I haven't said it.
0:42.0	You haven't.
0:43.5	Because I don't believe it.
0:45.0	And I get that.
0:46.6	But David will be right.
0:49.1	Here's where I go with David's argument.
0:53.1	When I saw this on the show sheet, I was like, I couldn't have said it any better.
1:00.3	It gets to the point where is it better to just go ahead and end it now?
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