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The NBA Draft, Stanley Cup Finals, and more with Luke DeCock

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June 24, 2022 2:57 pm

The NBA Draft, Stanley Cup Finals, and more with Luke DeCock

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June 24, 2022 2:57 pm

Luke DeCock of the News & Observer joined the show to talk about the 2022 NBA Draft, including Paolo Banchero of Duke Basketball being selected No. 1 overall by the Orlando Magic. Also, Luke talks about the Stanley Cup Finals and LIV Golf.

Also, Dennis gives his review of Top Gun: Maverick.

Plus, sports betting picks for the weekend.

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Tomorrow at the Durham Bulls athletic Park that music station with their little music Festival so refreshments and live music. Can't beat that combination.

It's also hard to be the combination that the Colorado Avalanche button on the ice with McKinnon and Rampton and Landis Goggin Condrey and Makar in getting good enough goaltending actually very good goaltending with Dorsey Kemper Luke to talk of the news and Observer taking some time out from a vacation to chat with us looking to start with the Stanley Cup finals were also to talk about the NBA draft. Is it over tonight.

Do you think I know I'm not prepared to count the lightning out to avoiding artificially done and I think in their minds, it's probably due to based on the waiting for ended and that that can be pretty strong motivation but yet no III don't think it's over, I didn't think going back before the start of finals that you know the lightning were to win the East and that Colorado if Colorado came on the Westwood would be the lightning just because they were better teams. I'm not necessarily surprised at the way this is gone, but the lady would be the Rangers at the I want to be deoilers not you want people lightning but I do think as was true in the Eastern conference until you actually beat the way you haven't been the lightning and so III think this probably still ends up going is not six seven-game lightning will be very hard to kill. You are more optimistic about this than I am I I actually picked the lightning to win the series because I thought that Tampa would come home and win twice and then that you know that mystique would sort of take over and they would steal a game five and close it out because are still no team in the NHL that locks it down better than Tampa Bay, but I just don't think that if they did look better than Colorado in game three, but even game for I just thought Colorado looked like the better team in front of the goaltender.

So Kemper played well.

Kemper held them in the first.

And then Colorado. Just look like the better team for the rest of the 148, 49, 50 minutes of the Gammage. The Colorado looks better yet and I think art is a better team, but as I said when you're dealing with the team like the lightning with the championship pedigree that it has the goaltender that it I just don't think until the head is off that snake just that I have to be at Audrey vessel at Scotia think it does almost in the sense that the way he plays on. On the other side of elimination games has been such a constant for Tampa.

I think that this is one of those games were you do sort of turn around and align your guy to steal one and then you get a chance coming home for game six to extend the series and then throw it into a yelling to the hacking. Seven. So yeah, I think it one of these next two games is going to be a vessel at CMI precisely has to be this one, but I think you can get away with it at home. I think on the road.

This is this a situation where you need to going when you and I probably your PowerPoint and and if they can do that than then they got a chance to extend the search Colorado's power play is only operating at about 50% in the fine. I mean really margins them in the very very very close it all. It's all perspective that lasted for six for 12 on the power play goal any helpless somebodies like there's been a carob is one does it off of the leg, but it doesn't matter to me. Tampa can't clear the zone in Colorado just I mean has tons of talent. It's just like having more teenagers on the power of this is you can close your eyes and see the same thing with the talk of an observer jutting out all right, so do CAD for first round picks second time they had for first read NBA draft picks and five picks overall. Trevor keels goes 12 second round 12 yet told the second round to the next. Just ballpark big picture what we saw last night from a deep respect will one I I'm having the number one thing that stood out to me about everything else is when I watch college basketball and I saw Jeff Holmgren and Jabari Smith following Carol play a lot of television obviously all through the point person during the NCAA tournament and then something terribly impersonal lot when I thought of that group. I thought Ben Carol was the one who looked like a potential NBA star Smith is a tremendous athlete I think will be good NBA player. II have a lot of doubts about.

I really I read just seeing him in person compared on TV so much more frail. I just have serious doubts about his ability.

NBA lessee puts on a ton away in the vomiting with respect I want to take a guy going to handle the banging pressure. Anyone who can shoot I think about main character was sought early in the season and then again in the postseason when he got that will into his game he was playing NBA style. You decide whether to guard the drivel or guard the shot and into me that's in the NBA. That's what you're looking so if I were GM I would've I would not have objected to someone taking player in his NBA body is 90 athlete and you will find ways to score contribute that's fine. But if you're asking me of the three. Which one do I think has the chance being NBA star taking with the number one pick. I absolutely would've said that Carolyn maybe I'm just there some exposure bias there but there was no doubt in my mind of those three guys that that's what we want for my team especially burn up as the other guys you think Mark Williams landing in Charlotte. That's that's exactly the kind of player. Charlotte needed last year. Quite frankly, I know centers and in those type abatement don't matter that much in the class but it didn't matter getting you there and I think over the course of the season. You need a guy you can bring in whether it's a starter off the Mexican guard the room and who can who can score and put back some things like that. I think Mark Williams can do both of those things are very mobile and in an incredibly smart kid, yet really getting get through the intricacies of the NBA game immediately very short runway took to to being a contributor in the league is good enough. Actually, I think at that level then you know I was actually kind of surprise. Agent Griffin as far as he did the disability issue. Then we yet? There is an end in the biggest questions went from an MBA perspective or defense in his ability to move the ball on the trip and and create his own shot to certain extent and we just don't know how much of that is the knees and will not get better with time is because he still periods shortly remove. He's also incredibly he's also incredibly young which is if you're drafting a 22-year-old with agent Griffin's needs. It might give you pause at his age.

I think he still has time to recover and rehab and get better as he put some distance between himself and would've been some pretty significant knee injuries. That said, I think drafting the top 10 top 12 if you're going to gamble and dictate family can you know can shoot right and if he gets healthier is a good enough athlete where he should be able to create his own shot and you should be able to guard at the NBA level and he's got MBA size is not NBA pattern so I even with the questions about his knees to me that that was a potential excuse for some of the shortcomings on the court and that that would sort of resolve itself so none of that necessarily surprised me. I I actually thought the players can Williams and Ben Carol in particular landed where they were supposed to land and obviously the other guys slightly different stories, but that that was.

I thought they currently number one, especially after all the talk that no Holmgren was a lock to go one and all that was was interesting but I also thought it suggestion NBA team that actually did it. Yeah I know what I liked about Orlando in real quick about jet Holmgren mean he's see-through knees that skinny and I don't know how much weight is going to put on. He's incredibly skilled and as long as he can put on enough weight to not breaking 1/2 when somebody you know puts a 265 pound body on then he's going to be a good player because he is that skilled but I love the fact that Orlando never work. Follow Ben Carol out they didn't. They brought Jabari Smith and they brought jet Holmgren in and what it says was that we saw enough of follow Ben Caro on tape.

We watched enough of his games to know what kind of play areas so were bringing these guys into see them up close and see what they're about, but they had probably in their mind that they were already going take Bancaire what you think about Darian C. Brun as an NBA player goes to New Orleans. Not undrafted but I think two-way contract is in his future with the pelicans if he has a shot. If he can develop and hold the jumpshot.

He's a pro to me. You got everything else important to shoot her sleep. That's why think it would've been, you're probably better for him in the abstract to come back fancy state.

No other guys. Sometimes concerts done with college know Seabright had registered for your he's older sometimes you just want to get out of the same thing with Trevor Lacey about the interlaced case time if hell had existed. Trevor Lacey was cleaned up, you would've made more playing.

Another one is finally your Nancy stated he would've been in the cypress leader where so on there that does coupled with but I guy get YC return Pro.

I also get why he wasn't drafted and I think probably pretty sad pelicans to bring them in to a contract spent some time in the G league Body. I set the ability to get to the rim can rebound the fan is just he's just got to find a way to make people honor him as a threat offensively. I think he still going to play in the league because I think he's too good of basketball player not to, but I don't know what his upside future is I don't know kind of where the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow's end before making the three gamete jump shots but NBA threes particular because you just have to do that today. This isn't room for night you and I did not.

What I would look to God-given as an observer, yet I did not talk about live last week, but what you make of the DP world tour, allowing the live players to play this week in Germany next week in Ireland but not the following week in Scotland. It is interesting. I think they're trying to give players who are thinking about jumping you know a little more window to do it because it has been the slow trickle one player after another think a little less calculated. Yes, you know I the more I think about this the more compact one essential point that you and I talked about your off the air. Maybe in the podcast is not particularly novel, but the guys were going to skip Hartford or Fort Worth or Hilton Head to play the $2 million exhibition in a Qatar wherever they work, they want to be playing some of these terms. Anyways, then jumping to play an exhibition to is fine and the guises bodies are breaking down like – jumbo you know that's been in probably DJ to that's fine.

Just mortgages mind in terms of his level of interest in playing for rounds of golf rightly you that's fine. Let them go. In the end because your playing exhibitions and because you're gonna find yourself qualifying for the majors. I really think the tipping point in the live tour is not to be now it's getting next May when these guys are standing on the first tee in Rockville, Maryland. Realizing the play 36 holes on the hundred and 2° day 95% humidity just to get to the open that their exemptions are gone and that all of that. I know got my mind the Masters is a lot these guys to the British will find its own ways. The PGA will and he knew it that the entry paths without world golf rankings points. These majors are in their heart but in the ends to me because it's exhibitions because the 54 hole shot with the member guest. If you end up with is your tires are great.

A lot of people yet to watch the Harlem go turn the TV they sell a lot of tickets. Are the drivers a threat to the NBA. They are not. To me that's where this land. Still, I think, as you and I talked about previously. This is going to provoke some healthy much-needed long-overdue changes in the structure and format power. Power distribution on the PGA Tour. It's been a little too doctrinaire.

It's been a little too old by the board. No top down. I think all that's going to change for the players were staying and a lot more voice and things but I don't really see the live tour is as as an axis that will threat the way some people I I do because there's so much money involved, then it really depends what happens over the next couple of weeks with who else goes, if there are five more players out of the world top 30 that go it becomes a serious problem unless the PGA tour backs off of their resume knows how long this bed last and the type of the type of player that goes as well.

But you're right about the world golf rankings in the majors.

That's the tipping point, the Masters may not have to do anything other than you know me.

There could have a bunch of guys one the Masters forgot at they're going to have to let back in the Patrick reads the Sergio Garcia's I don't think the band those guys from coming back Dustin Johnson as well, but they might make qualification a lot more difficult but it is it does all come down to the world rankings, but I think the stores around the state because they're offering stupid money and this is not about it's not it's not even a cut.

It's not even competitive about talking about the golf and talking about the two situations because there's too much money and they can simply double what they've offered the public investment fund is worth $620 billion. The PGA tour spreads out 427 million this year. That money number can't go up that much. It just can't. They're trying to but they can't compete financially they have to tug on the history of the sport and it all depends on whether some of these guys give a damn about the sport and I think the difference in a professional golfer and a good amateur golfer or a professional golfer and a guy who makes a lot of money in Vegas money games is often the competitive spirit and I don't think a lot of these guys and find themselves fueled by the difference between the amount of money compared to playing for something that's real and plain for something that's not right.

I think that's what Lori asked what expression Jayaram express. I think if you're the kind of person who gets in the top 30 in the world golf rankings or in the PGA Tour, moneyless you have a competitive drive that distinguishes you from the people who are 60 to 120 and that's the kind of thing that's been keeping poignant real tournaments against other top players. I don't think there is other than maybe Dustin, I don't think there's a player who's jump to anyone says is among the best in the game. I mean Brooks was not too long ago, but his body is completely right wing him you know and and it's not like the money in the PGA Tour isn't good enough. It's just to me. Guys were jumping to the live tour the kind of guys who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. There's plenty of money to go around the PGA Tour as as Rory said in Feinstein's column the other day.

No were already getting paid too much to place and I think the guys really want to be the best. The guys were that competitive right right that distinguishes the best in the world.

Something or not to go. I can't imagine Michael Jordan Lee leading the NBA for Saudi back basketball league of all they were doing was going horse what you and I agree on that but I think were going to find that there are going to be more players that go that are probable that probably know that they're not going to be among the greats in history, but are contenders doing major championships, but ultimately the fact that they can increase their take-home by I know tenfold that matters and that matters more them and let them go right but a lot of the market to be messed with. How many guys in the lives were genuinely right now is anyone in this DJ I would icing my actually calico to the PGA tour. I would argue, not even DJ I would argue that only one player on that on that series that the PGA Tour wishes didn't go. And that's Bryson because he is a draw. DJ is not a draw Is not a draw Bryson to shamble was a draw some of those guys. Amen. You can get rid of Patrick read by all means I'm in danger would would obtain the Saudi's to start only to get rid of that is that they took badger grade was going to cheat on the PGA Tour.

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So it's a traffic light. I hope it's green for you 800-661-7383 or text Adam to 21000 per Coach Pete throat it's halftime will will get into a lot more things about the draft and the Big Ten ACC challenge in our Roundtable and 45 your time. I know in a minute only give you my review might be some spoilers from letting one know what to talk about my review of top dumb maverick finally see it last night. All right, let me let me hear about delegates without social spoilers for people may not know, did you you you watch at home would you go theater you took the highway to the danger zone. I did yes I did. Kenny met me there is very much. It was a fun movie. I had a blast and they they they tap into some the nostalgia stuff perfectly right beginning to get jets taken off down the runway.

Yet Kenny logins highway danger zone were playing it all worked out.

We have worked our right right at the beginning like here we go over rewriting new music and under no others don't listen to Jessica in their future. Kenny Loggins write another song, no Muslim enemy had to play that anyway so were right off the beginning and then you see Tom Cruise maverick grabbed his bomber jacket.

The walker he's taken off his motorcycle jets and suffer taken off all the best movie of all time. Not mobile like this is the mazelike that but everything I've heard about it and it looked I'm the guy that thinks the Top Gun is just okay yeah I don't hate Top Gun but it makes people lose their mind. It's sort of like diehard right diehard was a fun movie right great fun but people lose their minds over diehard may be under no Bruce Willis walking barefoot on glass does it for you and that's okay. Also Hans Gruber I mean short good character, but everything I've heard about Top Gun maverick is that is just a fun movie. It is, and that you know they did the advance the plot from the previous movie that Osama remake or anything know this is something that they they built the economy, explained like what's been going on since the last. How does cruise look in the movie like he's 42.

Time stood still and in time did standstill, but there was a plot used it directly to what's going on in all honesty, this movie we look at the plots is there's there's a mission that they have to okay, got it right to measure the combat mission eyes. It*if he is he still sees the light flying combat missions. He does in this one yeah what did the first one come out like 87 something like that.

But either way either way. This movie will still be flying combat missions is that if they think that that that's the whole point that they got to get in that like maverick is still bad dude anyway. The whole plot. This whole mission right it's Star Wars a new Hope all relates 100% like they literally go.

It's all right. We got a hit this target.

It's only about 3 m wide. It's their real estate word is like we got hit this target uranium.

It's really bad for the world. If you know whatever I get to fly down this trench got hit this exact target at the exact time all get avoid these guns own there's other fighters that might become at it won't get a flight out a trench at top speed and hit this target owned by the way, we got hit this target and one guys targeting system goes out much like Luke Skywalker hitting the hitting the exhaust port without his targeting computer protons repeated like this is a new Hope on earth. I have a question for you based Star Wars.

A new Hope. Here's what I don't know other than return of the Jedi, which was the second one that was the third one third one for about six okay have a new hopes the original OZONE based Star Wars Star Wars the original were they destroyed the death Star return of the Jedi was the third one yet so the original will they destroy the death Star get it to fly down that trench hit that checkpoint the exact right time and to get out in time right that's this movie.

That's what this movie is fine. It was awesome. I love again like fun, I'm all about fun and maverick is still that dude now what was there any reference to goose his family. Oh yeah will his son is actually one of the pilot of core yeah it is sons call sign is rooster railway up really very nice there. Is there a picture of goose is driven photo literally had words their flashbacks. So the man has to be hold the whole thing is that so that his son goose his son was in the original movie is very likely get so big, so does make sense. There is good, very nice Tom Cruise doesn't drive a motorcycle cruise drive a seven okay great, always on a motorcycle. No helmet, uncle Dave aviator sunglasses management. Of course there's the spoiler ending for Top Gun for everyone. In terms of also in music. We talked about that music that's a stamp place right now. It actually started up 30 minutes ago yes over durables athletic part so Lotta great musicians all celebrating North Carolina music this weekend so the big time headliners steep Canyon Rangers and try Steve King in the Rangers were not available. I swear you said Steve King last time that I mean that's that's that's why I said Steve King, I never heard of steep, steep king in the Rangers steep Canyon much like the steep canyon that Top Gun I was headed Canyon. Yes, I see I thought you said Steve King, no yeah did not say that deep canyon as much like the steep canyon that maverick and all the other pilots had to get out of in their mission Top Gun maverick. I know you know they're only 10 G0 Evelyn Bednarz screaming gold. It's steep canyon. I really thought you said Steve King, and the Rangers sure that's okay. What steep Canyon Rangers. The main headliner tonight at durables athletic part their ship there set starts at 915. While see American aquarium Delta Ray Jason Adamo band. Also performing tonight. Tomorrow Chatham County line.

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So the mountain goats autumn Brandon Kevin Stewart there's a lot of again North Carolina bands all performing at durables athletic part which is funny because North Carolina sports wise minor-league baseball is a very big thing.

Yes durables are very popular mightily franchise honestly based off of bull Durham. Lotta great North Carolina musics with celebration of all these severe chance to come out to the triangle to Durham. You should check these out. Tickets are still available said to that music Fest.com you can still buy tickets it's had a great time. I will be there this weekend that just sells it. What a great time. Dennis will be there I will be there live music and refreshments. Yet there are tickets you can buy. You can actually sit in the in the stands. If you want to to watch the music you can actually do and I sit on third base.

You actually can sit in the field by ticket you can bring like a lawn chair with direct camping chair so you can sit in the infield.

You can sit on the first base line at home plate that would actually be great. Hope all actually claim home plate. I would like to set up where I want to sit my final bit of news here so rockstar games has a couple of big major properties that they put out red dead redemption Grand Theft Auto big ones that they put out now. People been waiting for Grand Theft Auto six to arrive. Grand Theft Auto five or G tabs on people. I prefer is been out for several years. There's obviously been updates to the game and in added features and added storylines to the game that is through regular updates. Now there been rumors that Grand Theft Auto six might come out in the couple years but that rumor might be dissipating a little bit because there's a theory that Grand Theft Auto four might get a remaster in some other games might actually the previous ones might get a remaster to in order to fit current consoles. That's actually something we might see with red dead redemption we've seen a red dead red dead redemption to come out but Lynn appears that red dead redemption can be coming off a P a PlayStation streaming service and that's again the theory that they're going to re-master the game to release it for people out there because they can make money that way to play on current consoles like that ever seen the movie gone in 60 seconds. Yeah right Nicholas Cage Angelina Jolie was the name of the car they were trying to steal steep Canyon Rangers yes exactly Steve King was the name of the cop know it was not Eleanor Eleanor. Eleanor was the thing was a Mustang. Okay think it was a Mustang trust and this comes up because when you Grand Theft Auto okay gotcha okay it's right was soon as you said Grand Theft Auto. I know what that's were I went right, but a fun movie on 62nd June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 with the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak of figuring it out on the fly became the 25th anniversary of the presented by the Carolina listen now my this is Delta Ray Delta Ray she's fantastic correction on the car from going 62nd wasn't Eleanor window was Eleanor got that part right was not a Mustang.

It was in 1967 Ford Shelby GT500 okay Ford right that that was the other car.

They saved for last.

Actually that might be a model of a Mustang for I know I'm not really a car guy but so that was the car and that was it was a special card to Nicolas Cage's character and that's why they saved for last, but and they gave all of the cars codenames but they saved Eleanor flat, fun movie, fun movie, and Angelina Jolie is in it and there's I'm I can't think of a downside. I lets simplest place our bets this is only one night I went over three year went over three so let's just move on right start us off Tampa Bay Lightning money line +160 tonight I'll take.

I think they went to the lightning on the road staying alive at +16 they will stave just for you. +160 to stave don't seem to have to say when just to stave to sustain very very nice.

I'm to start with the champions league qualifier opera over one on the sofa is not does not typically qualify, but stay away from my phone women's World Cup qualifying okay Ukraine and Scotland write more goals in the first half that in the second Scotland is a huge favor. I believe in game more goals in the first half in the second half at +205 okay all right you see this weekend because I always do pretty decent on the butcher record in three into that's that's very good arguments is a lightweight match of Armand Cerutti and takes on what tickets Dharma get aside general my polities on that light heavyweight Matt about my weight, lightweight batch of cascading think about anyway. Giving Armand Cerutti into Winton dad tomorrow by knockout TKO, or DQ +225 okay he's a heavy favorite to win these is one his last two fights by knockout somewhere to take that zone of five or six fight win streak right again is heavy favorite SON taken when by knockout part that all the I'll take your word for check and I get a lot of snow funny is not, you'll just tell me what happened to be out of sports to watch and then that'll be fun.

Just tell me what happened. I lets let's go to go to hockey now. Yes give me Miko Ranson to score the game's first goal with Colorado winning this colorized way to rented scores first Tampa Bay wins I get zero at +1300 okay Ranson_Raritan gets the first avalanche when +1300 okay I'm going to the premier Lacrosse league? Because why not already have a future vet out there with Will Manny going over for 1/2 points for the archer. That's +130 I write like how that's feeling right now.

I'm sure you Canon take on the chrome. Asher Nolting out of high points University for the canons over 2 1/2 is a +120.

I'll take it over to have points rational over for who Asher Nolting is a rookie in a pipe that's not a band playing outside vet stations music Festival yet sweet week that sound like a band playing at many get wait, wait, you guys here Asher Nolting. I have their first album. I'm sure you do on on the cassette that when you go why not just that I'm surprised you didn't say tract.cassettes fun I had done that actually wasn't cassette all right my my third my third and final wager am doing this and doing another hockey problem another one. Yes, maybe I'm just hoping that one of these. It Valerie to Christian score the first goal in the Avs win at +2200. So if you could scan or rented in scores. The first goal in the avalanche when I'm cashing it at the window, not to mention Ukraine, Scotland, with more okay so you know what one of these bets is not going to hit, but in fact one of them does good gosh I doubt I'll take the 1300 coming for for what it's worth, I met 3165 to the good units.

Despite my God, we can bury it. Let units on fire be like the live reads like money on fire. No matter. Plus, it's not real money, which is sort of the same thing as is going on there to talk about this more later in the market to get into anything deep about it puzzled me how many people are just so it's not a huge number, but there are people that are like outwardly pro destruction of the PGA Tour. I give your golf golf and whatever I don't care.

But this is good for the sport. It's just not good for the sport unless you have a financial stake in Brooks Kappa in his finances is good for the sport. It's bad for the sport. So I just don't understand the thought process behind being so pro live series. I just don't.

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