NBA Playoff Predictions, Great White Hype Debate & Leviathan Shark Fears

Alright. Now it's time for Cam's favorite part of the show, NBA. Starts next week, baby.

Are you excited? I am excited. I am excited.

So bronze fan. I got I got I got two more years of my favorite player of all time, the GOAT. Okay.

Not the GOAT. The GOAT. Not the GOAT.

But we're gonna get to something real quick. With the season starting, I wanna go ahead and get to NBA playoff predictions. Okay?

It's way too early for this nonsense, but I'm all about it because you know I like to overreact and we all know I like to go ahead and, you know, put my money where my mouth is. So sometimes these bets cash and sometimes they whoop my ass, but that's a whole another story and a whole another situation. So Cam, give me your playoff predictions for...

Well, wait. We got food coming in. Damn it.

Did you just take a shrimp? Okay. See, I need a recount of the dry rub shrimp.

Alright? Because I don't appreciate this shit. Alright.

Okay. NBA playoff predictions. I'm a let you take the East since your boys in the East.

Give me your... Is it eight or is it eight or 10? Eight.

Eight. We'll go eight. Yeah.

Eight. Okay. Yeah.

We'll go eight. Eight playoff teams for the East. Dipset, on you.

Alright. So start off one seed. Mind you, this is also regular season.

Okay? I got Cleveland. Oh.

They got... They bring their whole squad back. You know what I'm saying?

They were already good in the regular season last season. So I feel like they're just gonna build upon that. Lounge, Donovan, I think that backcourt, they're they're gonna put up numbers as always.

Cleveland? Yeah. I was not expecting that.

Go ahead. Cleveland, number one. Philly, number two, because it's gonna take a little time to get to get acclimated.

You know what I'm saying? I think he's gonna have Philly in the top three. Oh, yeah.

Of course. I got New York number three. I think they're...

I think I just gotta deal with the championship hangover because you're gonna get everybody's best shot now. You kinda snuck up on everybody last season. So this season, they know you're there.

Big time. And the and the cat contracts. Yeah.

Yeah. The cat contract is gonna make them... You know?

I don't think I don't think Dolan's gonna let them leave, though. I don't think so. Think that is one of the cornerstone pieces that you you have to keep.

It's a... It's really hard to find very good shooting bigs in this league, and you arguably got one of the best ones ever. Not a fact.

You know what I'm saying? So so we got... Yeah.

We got New York three. I got Boston at four. You get a healthy Tatum back.

You're adding Paul George, of course. Four? Yeah, you add Paul George who knows who he is at the moment, so he's not gonna play out his role.

Okay. You know what I'm saying? You add Mitchell Robinson who's gonna...

They need a big. You know I'm saying? Somebody that can roll, shots, all that.

We got Toronto at number five. Not a bad pick. I really feel like Toronto on the defensive side.

Yes. Yes. They are going to be a nightmare.

Yeah. You know what saying? And then they also needed they needed a player that can close games, and that's what they bring in with Kawhi.

Facts. You know what I'm saying? So and to help those young guys that they have, also help Scotty Barnes take that next step.

Yeah. They're they're they're gonna be a really tough team to beat. Also, Indiana at six.

Healthy. Okay. A healthy Indiana.

You get you get the boy back. You know what I'm saying? Right.

Alley. Yeah. He's gonna make everything so much easier for everybody.

Yes. Because they struggled last season with getting open shots. Right.

I saw... I I read a a a really weird stat that it was three players on Indiana's that their shot percentage dropped, like, 10%. Damn.

I was like, Lord. Without Hawila? Without Hawila.

Wow. So you bring Hawila back, you get you get easy shots. You know what I'm saying?

And, I mean, that's their leader at the end of the day. Right. So you got Miami at number seven.

Really? Yeah. I'm surprised you have him so low.

I feel like it's gonna... What's gonna come now to them, I think the lack of consistent shooting is going to be what hurts them. Because, of course, you got Giannis.

You know what I'm saying? K. You got Bam.

K. I mean, what's... Ain't nobody fucking with that.

Ain't nobody fucking with the Twin Towers, new Twin Towers. Yeah. That's tough to beat when you're hitting...

But with them, you're hitting straight twos. But if you... If Tim Hardaway Jr, if Clay can find his form, this ain't Golden State.

So here's my thing about that. Alright? So I I listen to a lot of Miami podcasts because, you know, it was sport.

I listen to the Dan Levitar show and stuff like that. If you list... If you look at the stats, though, when Clay plays, his his three point percentage was still in the thirties last year.

He didn't play a lot, though. That, I think, was the biggest thing. He was in the low thirties, but he was still in the thirties.

Is that is that Clay Standard? Yeah. I mean, He's arguably the second greatest shooter behind I can say arguably because they I think I'm the line.

Now. Stephen Clay, they were right there. Okay.

So Clay's shooting 30. But you don't need him to shoot 60 or 50 or four. You know?

Needs to 40. He needs to at least shoot forty forty and above. That's that's Clay's standard.

But here's my thing, though. Okay? So if you look at that, then you look at, okay.

Well, Clay, you know, that was with him having to create his own shot in Dallas. That was with him because there was no real other threat besides Cooper Flagg who had the ball all the time. You have now two players that you cannot leave single coverage on in in the paint, in the lane, in the...

You're gonna either have to let Giannis dunk on you or Bam dunk on you, or you're have to double them and lead Clay and Hardaway to shoot the three. No. Kill me with twos.

Right. We stay stay home on your shooters. You can kill me with two larvae.

Today. So you say that till till bam send send your shot all the way to the other side of the universe. Yeah.

Alright. No. No.

I I I fuck with it because as long as you got them in the playoffs, we good. Yeah. Yeah.

We got them in the playoffs. There's a lot of people that don't have them in the playoffs. Now here's where it gets a little tricky.

Right? Because like I said, I got my NBC. This is tricky?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Because I feel like with this eight seed, it can kinda go a lot of different ways. Okay. Right now, I got Detroit at eight.

Wow. I was wondering where the fuck they was at because I was like, where is Detroit? I feel like they didn't do anything to get any better.

Alright. Facts. You feel me?

Yeah. With everybody in the East getting getting better somehow, they're gonna take a step back. Yeah.

And then you were dealing with all this jay... Just Jalen during even still wanna be there, like, honestly, like, miss miss Gruber. But...

And then, I mean, Kay Kay gonna do Kay things at the end of the day. All day. I think it definitely comes down to us or if he can make a jump shot.

Okay. I think that team... They...

There will be no way they will be eight. If he can if he can actually hit some shots, there's no way they stay eight. I got you.

But if you can leave him open Yeah. And he ain't hitting. He ain't hitting.

It's over. That's gonna lose him a lot of games. Hey.

You got that check now, my boy. Like Yeah. That's usually when they play worse.

You should've you should've been in the gym Yeah. Putting some shots up. My god.

Alright. So let's go with the West real quick. We're gonna make this quick because we got the beer flight here.

We got the... We got some scrimps and some chicken. So I wanna...

You know what I'm saying? So for me, the West is a gauntlet like the East is sounding like now. Yeah.

For sure. So number one, I know what everybody's thinking, but I'm going OKC. So I think that San Antonio got lucky with facing an injured OKC in the playoffs.

I do feel like OKC regular season is just gonna be head and shoulders. They they got a chip on their shoulder now. Yep.

And they're gonna continue to play. They didn't lose anybody. Everybody's still hungry.

Chet put on, like, 10 pounds. So They look scrawny too. I know.

I was gonna say it's only 10 pounds, but, hey. Listen. Lizzie put something on, goddamn it.

And then I have San Antonio too. Mhmm. San Antonio is gonna be the two seed.

I think they're fine with that. I think they didn't lose anything. They're one year older.

They're one year wiser. Yeah. They're one year removed from losing the championship the way that they did in a four one series, and they are fucking angry.

So I think that they're gonna be two. Number three. I'm a surprise some people because I know I know we don't believe in the great white hype.

But I got the Lakers at three. I got the Lakers at three, and the only reason I have the Lakers at three, the great white hypes have played together. They have chemistry.

They have... They they they know how each other play, and skinny Luca during most of the season is gonna ball out. But once he gets fat after, you know, after New Year Couple of those sick years.

Yeah. After after New Year, he gonna have a couple beers, get a little chunky. Defense gonna lack.

That's why they gonna drop the three, though. They already gonna have such a high up before the all star break lead that that's why. I think they all...

Obviously, they're missing LeBron. I get it, but the core of the team is still there. The entire team is still essentially there.

I don't know. I feel like with LA. Right?

Mhmm. I think it is a little tough because you're betting on Luca to stay healthy. I'm not only betting on Luca to stay healthy, I'm betting on Austin Reeves to stay Yeah.

But, again, I think it... It's more about gelling. This this is more about, like, hey.

I feel like the team... All three of my teams have played with each other from last year to this year. Right.

Pretty much. Right? Right.

For the most part. Number four, I got Denver. I feel like Denver put a piece or two together with Rosen...

The Rosen, excuse me, and and Bagley. And I feel like if they can stay healthy and create shots where Djokic doesn't have to do it himself, The greatest European of all time. Excuse me, Dirk.

I'm sorry. But that man dribbles, shoots, passes like white chocolate. Man, that...

Bro, the pass, the the... Yes. Listen.

I was like, who is he throwing that to? Oh, shit. What?

I'm telling you when I... Like, listen. Jokic is...

And he don't even care about basketball. That man wanna be with his horses. Yeah.

He wanna be with the horses. But I feel like Denver did what they were supposed to do and built around him some players that can create because just Murray's just not getting it done. Braun's not getting it done by himself.

And I feel like that... They also have played very well and and together. And they they all...

They just added a couple Number... We got five? Yeah.

I got Memphis. I mean, I mean, Memphis. Minnesota.

Excuse me. Minnesota. Minnesota.

I'm sorry. Minnesota. Ain't no no Wrong him.

Devin. Wrong him. Wrong him.

I think that the reason they'll be five is because they just have the talent. Absolutely. They have the talent.

Now do I think that Ball and Anthony Edwards are going to instantly get it together? There's only one damn ball, and the ball wants the ball. And Anthony Edwards wants the ball, and Rudy Gobert sometimes he want the damn ball.

We ain't worried about Rudy Gobert. Shit. You better be worried about him in the paint.

As far as that, I feel like they will mesh together really well because Mello wants... He wants to pass. Like, he he will pass the ball.

I think when it came to him in Charlotte Hey, man. That was absolutely crazy. They were there wasn't enough.

So he had to shoot the shots that he had to shoot. Okay. But now you're playing with a whole a whole lot of talent.

Okay. And I think that talent is definitely gonna be on display when it comes to Minnesota for sure. I feel you.

And, again, I don't have them out of top five. I have them five. Number six, this is probably going to get me shot.

But I got Houston. Houston to me, again, gelling. Yeah.

Haven't lost anybody. I feel like KD got a chip on his shoulder this year maybe because Phoenix didn't look better. Phoenix look actually better without him.

And that was all the news was talking about. Houston won the same exact games that they won the season before he got there to the season he got there. And then the playoff out that he got, they they they were a good team before, and they're gonna continue to be a good team, but I just feel like they're gonna be in the bottom of the eight.

I think so with Houston. Right? Houston is...

That can be a little... They're a little different. Right?

Because you're getting... You're also getting your point guard back. You didn't have Fred last year.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I feel like that can really help them. Again. Yes.

And we'll we'll we'll see. We'll see. Just...

I I think that the West is very tough. I think the West is a gauntlet again. I feel like the first five teams that I said, all championship caliber teams.

Absolutely. Like, all championship cal... Even the great white hypes.

Yeah. All championship teams. And and, like, let's...

Their pedigree is there. You know what I'm saying? So I feel like that's why Houston ain't there yet because Houston ain't been that far.

You know what I'm saying? They're still very relatively young. Van Fleet has won a championship.

Mhmm. KD has won championships, but they're still all around that. Them two are very very relatively young.

Yep. So Yeah. Number seven.

This might be a little nostalgic, But I got Golden State. I got Golden State. I know.

People probably like, what the... But I got Golden State. I think that Curry's gonna hold them in.

I think Steve Kern coming back this year proves that they're going to have the gelling and have everything going. And I think the young players that they have are impressive. I've watched some of them preseason.

They're impressive. I give them some kudos. And I don't think I I don't think they like where they're at right now.

Does that make sense? Like For sure. They they feel like they're being overlooked, and they they too have the chip on their shoulder.

Yeah. Because you... Even if you look at, like, a couple of seasons ago, they Were They were champions.

And Jimmy Butler's not gone. Yeah. He's not I I really forgot about Jimmy Butler.

I'm like, Jimmy Butler's still at Golden State, man. So seven is is is love. Like, seven is...

You know what I'm saying? Like Okay. I'm Seven is, you know, injuries, clock management because Curry getting older.

Yeah. You know, Draymond Green is a nuisance. Yeah.

You know, he gonna be suspended about the Draymond gonna do Draymond. Draymond gonna do Draymond things. And number eight, this was tough for me.

I ain't gonna lie because it's between... It is realistically to me between between Phoenix and Dallas. Because Dallas healthy is scary.

Have arguably one of the greatest white boys, rookies coming out. You got Luke all over again, but he's just taller. 16.

You know what I'm saying? And you know I'm for real. And you got Kyrie who's coming back in just astronomical, amazing, see the stars on the court Yeah.

Type of vibe. Like, he's just ready to ball out. And then the pieces that they have around them gel well.

Yeah. So I I can... I just convinced myself.

Dallas. Dallas number eight. Dallas number eight.

I have Dallas at eight, and I feel like, listen, that is going to be the Western playoffs barring injuries. Eastern same thing. Barring fucking injuries because, I mean, we all know a couple injuries could end this whole shit.

Absolutely. Now, it's time for the beer flight of the night. Yeah.

I know. We were talking a lot of food and, know, beer and sat there, got a little warm for me. Alright.

So... Alright. Well, not warm, but you know what I'm saying.

First up, we have Angry Orchard. And we have it as a crisp apple cider, and it is with the dry dry rub wings. You got the wings?

Yeah. Alright. Go ahead and eat some wings because this...

I don't think List them up for us. I already been eating the shrimp. Are the shrimps good?

The shrimps are good. Shrimp's always good. Shrimp's are always good at the scalp.

But we think about the wings. Okay. Okay.

Double up. Yep. Double up head shake.

Double up. Yep. The wings banging.

They're banging. We go ahead. I think we should make him try it with the orchard.

He ain't putting my my mark up. That's... See, I need y'all to get y'all shit together.

See? I think I had a cup after I'm done. That works.

Honestly, though, it does pair really well. The apple and the dry rub really rock. So I'm on this side.

You can have other side there, sir. You said you have on your your side? Yeah.

I'm on that side. Yeah. So it does really work.

Yeah. Like, it pair... It it...

The balance of salt and then the little sweet of the apple, crispy. I'm fucking with it. I'm rocking with it.

I don't even like ciders like that, but there we go. Alright. Next up, we have one of my favorites, Revolver, Blood and Honey.

They used to be down the street from us, and now they're not. It's very sad. Very sad.

You could've come out and hung out with us. Blood and honey. We could've done a whole day of revolver beers for you.

Oh, I'd have been in heaven. Low key kind of the same thing, though. The sweetness of the honey in the beer and the salty, very good.

Hey, man. Whoever paired this up this week kinda kinda went kinda went crazy with the sweetness. Shout out to y'all.

Yeah. Shout out to y'all, man. Because this...

Sometimes it'd be paired and it'd be, like, too clean, too, you know, whatever. But it it this sweet, salty, savory kind of thing I'm rocking with. I don't taste the sweetness in blood and honey like other people do.

I don't... It doesn't it doesn't taste sweet to me. Just tastes like beer.

Alright. But you can tell them not a beer drinker. Yeah.

I'm about to say, because what? How do you not taste any sweetness? Mm-mm.

Not a drop of sweetness. So, Revolver actually had a beer for a while that would tasted like a gin and tonic. It was like a 10%.

Oh my god. Was amazing. Well, I'm sorry.

Next up, we have Elsien Space Dust IPA. As you all know, Bri is not here, she can't tell you the percentages and all that good stuff. Ashley's doesn't do that.

Ashley... Yeah. Ashley is terrible at this.

This is why Bri is Ziggy's producer. Yeah. She don't she don't do this at all.

But revolver is American wheat ale. I forget the percentage, it's like 8%. Yeah.

It's it's out there about seven or eight. All I know about three of those and we having a good night. Okay?

LCN Space Dust is an IPA. It also works well with this... It's again, it's a sweeter IPA, so it has a little bit more of a citrusy taste, and it pairs good with the with the salty.

Listen. This is good. This is a great...

This was one of the greater pairings of the of the month. Shout out to them. Mhmm.

I don't know who did this, but... We're gonna give them... Give me the raise.

Some claps. Oh, I learned what this meant the other day. And why you do it with a certain finger versus another finger?

What the fuck are you talking about? So, like... What?

You gotta clock it. Know what saying? What is this?

This this one? What is... No.

It's... Oh, this one? What does this one do?

It's... Oh, like, they say it for somebody eight, and they do it with the a... They do it with the number eight.

Alright. Alright, fam. Alright.

So, yeah, we're gonna we're gonna move the fuck along because we don't do that on this show. I don't know what the fuck she talking about. I'm so proud was beer flight of the night.

Make sure y'all come get the dry rub. Dry rub is fire. It's very salty.

And make sure you pair it with one of these beers either angry orchard, apple, cider, or the blood honey. Oh. What the world?

What the fuck? Sorry, y'all. What the hell was that?

It was good to do that. We got gunshots going on over here with the fun It seems be applause. Oh, that doesn't sound...

It... That's not right. We're not doing that anymore.

I was trying to give you applause, Ziggy. You could just clap. Okay?

Give me the slow cap. Well, no. There's a...

I could give you fake applause. No. I won't.

The real one work better. Yeah. I want the real.

I want the real. We're gonna do fake right here. Want real.

Eight. No. Okay.

I said you eight. Now it's time for the hangover clinic. And honestly, there's a lot...

There's not a lot to talk about in pop culture this this week. Oh, no. What, Ashley?

I I don't have anything... I was like, listen. I was looking at you like...

I read books. You also pay attention to the Internet though. Sometimes.

So what is... What's been striking your interest in the Internet right now? Don't say voting.

I don't wanna hear that shit. No. I literally book talk is about all I see lately.

Really? Yeah. How boring?

I have a great time, man. I read 13 books as you already, though. So...

Oh, do do you wanna take a book count? You versus me? You read 13.

What'd you read? I wanna tell me what all would you read? Why would I wanna do a book count when a book married?

Tyler. What all have you read? No.

We ain't doing that. You're reading like you're reading like good for you books though. Last book I read or the book I'm reading now is Think Fast, Think Slow.

Think clubs in like South Texas. He was a man of many things. He owned a poker club.

He owned a game fishing team. He owned a funny car I guess it would have been the fifties and sixties. See, I don't...

Okay. Granddad was out here just doing shit, but he had no business and like... What's the one thing I wanna live.

Well, I don't know if I wanna live catching sharks and shit, but I'm out here. I'm out somewhere. I ain't gonna get some house out.

Think you would enjoy it. Marlin sharks and sailfish? Who enjoys catching jaws?

Who enjoys that? Have you not seen the great white? Have you not seen the mag?

It's a huge it's a huge industry, Ziggy. The mag? Like, what if you stumble upon some motherfucking big ass shit that eat your whole boat in one bite?

We're not going to Antarctica to find one. Put it back. No.

He's gonna put you not like you're looking for the Leviathan or something. Bro, what the... I don't even know what the fuck that is.

What? This is another thing. You don't know what the Leviathan is?

What? The Leviathan? No.

We'll talk about this offline. Okay. See, this is what I'm talking about.

The Leviathan is like a big I'm talking about this offline. Okay. Fine.

No. No. Don't say it now.

You got everybody hyped there. So, the Leviathan is is a biblical, like, monster Oh. That lives in the ocean.

Okay. And it... It's like the...

It would put the mag to shame in Godzilla and all those types of things. Like, it's a destroyer of worlds supposedly. So this...

Again, I don't wanna know nothing about this. This is why I don't fuck with the ocean like that. This why I've never been on a cruise because like, what if something like that just decides, you know what I just......

To live in. Yeah. That's what I'm saying.

What if what if what if something like that just wants to come out and play while I'm on a cruise ship stuck? Yeah. Have you seen Kid Hungry yet?

It's a great movie. No. I haven't seen that shit.

My my niece my niece has been begging me to watch it and I just haven't been over there. My niece watches it one time. Well, if I get invited to a tea party like I'm supposed to, then I'll watch it with her because it's my next time.

That's my dog. So my niece is three and she... We...

I don't remember why, but we were FaceTiming Ziggy or doing something and she took it... No. You were editing a you were editing a show from me.

I was editing something and she goes, he's pretty. I would take offense if it wasn't me. But then I talked...

Then I'd seen her, and she was, like, shy. I was like, yo, she's cute. Yeah.

She's my show. Sent him a video talking about how how pretty he was. Hey, man.

Listen. She's the only person in the world who call me pretty. Everybody else, handsome.

You call me pretty, we go square up. Motherfuckers. But anyway, man.

That light skinned stuff. Hey, it is. Definitely.

That is definitely light skinned in me. This is Beer thirty Sports O'clock. And, yeah, I act very licensed.

I can't help it. What the fuck? Shark hunting.

I'll show you pictures. I don't wanna see them. I'll show you pictures of the big of the big shirts.

Uh-uh. Hey. Yo.

I'm out. I'm out. I think...

You're really out? Okay. This is a Stolen Water Media production.