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You Better You Bet

Zach Harper Talks NBA, Tanking & More!

You Better You Bet

Audacy

Sports

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Zach Harper stops by the show to share his thoughts on the tanking issue around the NBA right now. Plus, Zach shares his thoughts on LeBron James' career, why he thinks Minnesota will make the Western Conference Finals, and MUCH MORE!

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0:00.0

Breaking defeats, no matter your team, no matter your game. We talk sports. The fan, Rochester.

0:13.6

You are aware that you are funny, correct? I think I'm funny. There are a lot of people that don't.

0:20.4

But I think I'm funny. I make myself laugh. Are there people that don't think you're funny? Oh, there are people that do not like me and do not find me charming, funny, whatever. Yeah, that's for sure. Yeah, I'm not for everybody. I get that. Are we talking so like the people that don't find you funny are like haters of yours. Like they don't like you, period. Yeah. Like you know what? Like I'm I like a I like a dry sense of humor. I like some dumb puns. Like there's some stuff in there that I get like is not for not for everybody. But I also think just people are just, they just like being angry about sports.

0:55.0

And I refuse to be angry about sports.

0:56.9

I think sports are great. I think sports are fun. I think sports are dumb. I think sports are smart. Like it's, I don't know. Like if you get angry, I just don't get angry about sports. And I would never will. what I would say is, you know, like the people that hate you, like the people

1:12.7

that hate me, you know, I, um, not to brag. I just books like a pretty, pretty expensive

1:20.5

vacation to Palm Beach with my family at the, at the end of April. Isn't that a great feeling?

1:25.9

Yeah, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank

1:28.8

the haters, because without you, without you, none of these trips would be possible. So thank you. Thank you very much. Long ago, real quick, long ago, my first comment, when I was working at ESPN briefly, my first comment where they're like, this dude needs to be fired, my boss at the time, Chris Ramsey said it to me and said,

1:44.9

congratulations, you've made it.

1:46.6

That's when you know you've made it.

1:47.8

Exactly. this dude needs to be fired. My boss at the time, Chris Ramsey, said it to me and said,

1:44.9

congratulations,

1:45.7

you've made it.

1:46.7

That's when you know you've made it. Exactly. When people want you fired. My wife will sometimes will, like, see comments. Like, mostly my wife's not on Twitter, but on Instagram, people will be like, you suck, like die, whatever. And she's like, She's like I want to write something back to this person.

2:00.2

I go, I go well like no because like you know like, I want to write something back to this person. I go, I go, well, like, no, because like, you know, like that love bracelet that you're wearing?

2:03.9

Like, this person helped me buy it. Like, yes. Yeah. Like, they're great. I'm sorry. I don't like the bucks as much as you do. Like, I'm by that. Like, that's on me. I'm sorry that I think the

2:15.9

2005 Seattle Seahawks are merely

2:18.1

the 18th best team of all time instead of the eighth.

2:20.9

I apologize. Right, exactly. For this grievously terrible thing I've said that has ruined your day and hurt your feelings. I mean this sincerely. Shout out to everyone out there who's passionate enough to get mad about takes. I mean that. I love all of you. We came back here, Zach,

2:34.4

and we'll talk a bunch of stuff going on in the NBA. But we literally, this was great timing.

2:38.9

During the commercial break, we got the news on the suspensions for the Pistons Hornets

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