NBA Cup Starts: Klay Thompson's Impactful Return to Golden State

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00:00Tonight, the NBA Cup starts and I was just talking about whenever they play for money,

00:10the games get, you know, physical and guys play harder and that's just all there is to

00:14it.

00:15Like that basketball tournament, when that thing gets down to like the final four, those

00:19games are violent and there's a million dollars on the table when they get to that last game.

00:24I mean, it is all out war and it's the same way in the NBA.

00:29These guys actually like playing for that money.

00:33They do once they get there, once they realize that there's money at stake.

00:37But a lot of players don't even know that it's a cup game or what's at stake, what does

00:43it actually mean?

00:44I think a lot of fans don't really know or care either.

00:48To be honest, it's an in-season gimmick.

00:52I can't pretend to care or to get excited about it.

00:56It's cool when they get to Vegas and they get into the final four and all that.

00:59The teams do care.

01:00I'm not going to say that once you get there, but you know, the NBA, to me, it's just such

01:06a gimmicky thing here, Scott.

01:08You know what I'm saying?

01:09Let's just be real.

01:10Like their players never play.

01:11So what?

01:12They have to, you know, getting paid $48 million a year isn't enough.

01:15They need to add like another, you know, oh, you're going to get an extra $250K if you

01:19actually care and you actually show up.

01:23I am intrigued tonight, Scott, by Klay Thompson's return to the Bay Area.

01:30And I'm seeing like from a sentimental standpoint, everybody's betting on Klay Thompson tonight.

01:35Right?

01:36Oh, well, Klay Thompson's going back to the Bay.

01:38Klay Thompson's going back to the Bay.

01:40His prop tonight, Scott, is 15 and a half points.

01:44He scored 16 or more points once this year.

01:48Once.

01:49All right.

01:51The dude's scoring nine points a game, 10 points.

01:54So what?

01:55Suddenly tonight, because it's in San Francisco, he's going to go off.

02:00You know, I'm not really buying that.

02:01Doesn't mean, you know, he won't hit a shot or two and there's going to be a sentimental

02:04moment along the way.

02:07But I'm going to be the anti-Klay fade tonight, Scott.

02:10I just saw a tweet from a sports book that said 94% of our bets are on Klay Thompson

02:15to go over two and a half, three point shots, mate.

02:19You know, I'm going to go under.

02:20I'm going to go under.

02:23It's like, okay, you guys are all just betting because of this sentimental stuff.

02:26The numbers don't back it up.

02:28And listen, he might hit three threes and I'll lose the bet.

02:31I don't think he gets the 16 points tonight.

02:33And oh yeah, by the way, it's not like the Golden State Warrior players are going to

02:37say, oh, it's Klay Thompson's back.

02:39Why don't we let him score 30 points on us tonight?

02:43There's a lot of new dudes on this team and just sort of, it's a new, right?

02:47I mean, when you really look at it, they don't care, Scott, exactly.

02:50They're going to shut his ass.

02:53It's like, dude, you're not here anymore.

02:54I am.

02:55Good for you.

02:56You won a bunch of times.

02:57He's never mattered since those injuries, bro.

02:59He's never been, they let him go.

03:00They just, they knew that he wasn't the same player.

03:04He's never been, when he went down there, he was donuts a couple of games.

03:08It was embarrassing.

03:09There's no denying he can shoot.

03:11He's always been able to shoot, but he's not a main cog in that wheel in Dallas.

03:18For me, for Klay Thompson, if I was going to have him on a team, Scott, you bring him

03:21off the bench, hit some threes, you know what I mean?

03:24When your starting unit is not on the floor, but he's not a top tier player anymore.

03:29I'm not trying to pick on him.

03:30He's a cool dude.

03:31I hope he has a great time tonight going back there, but I'm just going to be, I guess I'll

03:35be the Grinch that stole Christmas early here.

03:37I'm going to go, I'm going under on Klay props.

03:40I don't think you're wrong.

03:42I really don't.

03:44How do you think Embiid's going to do finally?

03:47It looks like we're going to see him.

03:48I'd say he's going to be fat and slow.

03:51Dude, I'd rather see Taylor Swift in like the press box than I would hear about Joel

03:58Embiid anymore.

03:59I'm so tired of this dude constantly.

04:02It's never me.

04:03Only five players and this and that, and I'm going to play for three, you know, I'm going

04:07to choose which best country to play for in the Olympics.

04:11I'm just done with Joel Embiid, pushing reporters around, not a reporter, you know, it was a

04:16jackass thing to write.

04:17I would have banned the guy actually if I was a Sixers, but I'm just tired of the Embiid

04:22act.

04:23The Knicks as well.

04:24All I heard before the year started, but all the Knicks are like the big contenders to

04:28the Celtics.

04:29No, they're not like, okay, maybe, you know, I look at the Knicks with their little six

04:34man rotation.

04:35Timberdow is going to run these guys to death before Christmas time.

04:39They're going to be all worn out.

04:41So, you know, this, this whole game, I'm not, I can't feign excitement for this one either,

04:46to be honest with you, Scott.

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