00:00You were looking, Carver High, at these odds for the NBA championship,
00:05and it makes me sick seeing some of those teams on there.
00:08I got to tell you, if I look at that list right now,
00:12I'm not budging off the Thunder at all for any of those teams whatsoever,
00:16not one of them.
00:18Yeah, I wouldn't budge off the Thunder either, to be quite honest with you.
00:22It seems like those are the guys that you got to go with.
00:25I mean, the odds are – it's hard for me to bet a team plus 220
00:29when there's a year until they can win the title.
00:33But you need to hope they maybe catch a little losing streak,
00:37somebody gets hurt, et cetera,
00:39and try to get yourself a better number down the road.
00:42For me, it's either you go after them or nothing if you were trying to bet it today.
00:46Are you going to sit here and tell me that there's no way
00:52that I'm betting on the Cleveland Cavaliers for any reason whatsoever?
00:57No.
00:57Ever. Ever.
00:59Like, when they had LeBron James, it was a different story.
01:02I do not believe – I think Spida's great.
01:05He's no LeBron.
01:07I don't see him carrying them to a title.
01:10And I don't believe in the Knicks at all.
01:12The Knicks never get it done.
01:15Ever.
01:16It's been 70 and 73.
01:17That's it.
01:18And, I mean, that is so long ago.
01:20I mean, I'd rather have Disco come back.
01:22I mean, look, and honestly, if, you know, they have the Celtics below those two teams,
01:29and I know we don't like rooting for the Celtics, but, you know, it's not like –
01:33I know they don't have Tatum for the regular season.
01:35It's not like their roster's so bad that they're going to miss the playoffs.
01:38And they're going to get Tatum back around playoff time next year.
01:42I mean, I know he won't be probably 100% coming off that injury, but, I mean, I'd put more trust in them than the Cavaliers, to be quite honest with you.
01:52Fair enough, but I don't have any faith in him coming back at that point, you know, and joining them, what, at the beginning of the playoffs?
02:03That's his first, you know, endeavor is coming back then?
02:09I think that it would behoove them to have him play several games in the regular season before –
02:17like, you're going to tell me they're going to roll him out in a playoff series, and he hasn't played once in a year?
02:23That's what we're going to get?
02:24I don't buy that.
02:26I don't buy that a guy can just walk on the court after missing a year and do what?
02:31Dominate?
02:32And do what?
02:33Start knocking down 30-footers?
02:36Because – now, listen, I know that guy can shoot in his sleep, but I'm telling you, I have never seen anyone –
02:44who is it that you've seen come back from an Achilles that isn't different?
02:48Kobe was different.
02:50Everyone is different coming off an Achilles.
02:53Was Aaron Rodgers different?
02:55You better believe he was different.
02:56He was never the same.
02:58Most guys come back from this injury are never the same.
03:03They aren't, and I don't believe for one minute that Halliburton will be the same.
03:07I heard Carlisle say he'll be fully recovered.
03:10Sure, everyone is fully recovered from it, but are they ever the same, Mike?
03:16No.
03:17Nobody's ever fully the same.
03:19Was Clay Thompson ever the same?
03:22No.
03:24No.
03:24Never.
03:24Never the same.
03:25It's hard, and especially when you determine what age you get it at.
03:29Now, Halliburton's obviously on the younger side from those other guys that have gotten it in the past,
03:34but still, same thing with Tatum.
03:37But still, it's a very tough, grueling rehab to go through.
