All-Time Spurs Collapse & the Texas Tech Gambling Scandal

James and Spencer recap an NBA Finals swing in which the Knicks took a 3-1 series lead after coming back from down 29 to beat the Spurs 107-106, criticizing San Antonio’s late-game execution, coaching decisions, De’Aaron Fox’s mistake, and Victor Wembanyama’s fourth-quarter struggles while still arguing the Spurs’ talent could fuel a comeback and discussing Finals MVP and betting odds. They then cover the college football controversy involving Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby, who admitted to betting on his Indiana team, was ruled ineligible, sued citing addiction, and received a temporary injunction; the NCAA appealed, and the Big 12 and others discussed refusing to play Texas Tech, which they say is a major black eye for the sport. In “No Huddle,” they give picks for UFC Freedom 250 at the White House and touch on other sports notes including “National Choke Day,” Charles Barkley rumors, and NFL comeback odds.

00:00 Intro
00:27 Spurs Collapse Recap
03:49 Blame Game Wemby?
06:49 Spurs Still Alive
09:33 Odds & MVP Bets
11:03 Brendan Sorsby Gambling Scandal
13:46 Accountability And Double Standards
16:48 NFL Supplemental Draft
18:19 Texas Tech/Texas AG Pressure
21:18 No Huddle UFC Picks
23:49 National Choke Day
26:14 Charles Barkley To Be Fired?
27:13 Aaron Donald Comeback Odds

Transcript

Speaker 0:00

Big Game Energy, June 12th. James and Spencer hanging out with you. We are going to be breaking down the NBA finals. The Knicks are up 3-1 going into Saturday night's pivotal and potential elimination game. We are also gonna talk about the biggest drama in college football right now with Brenden- Right Swords be fighting the NCAA, and Texas Tech facing a ton of backlash for what they're doing in this situation. But first, James, previously on Big Game Energy, I made the declaration- Boom I made the declaration that I felt like if the Spurs won game three, then they would come back to San Antonio with the series tied 2-2. And for the first two halves, it looked like that was gonna be the case, and I was gonna get up here, puff my chest out, and say, "I told you so." But all-time collapse, I cannot believe what we witnessed last night at the time of this recording. The Knicks came back from down 29. A all-time choke job by the San Antonio Spurs. James, you literally thought it was over. You went to bed last night And then you woke up to see the news that the Spurs choked it.

Speaker 2 1:11

Spence, I was shocked, dude. I was totally shocked. I went to bed, it was 71 to 42. It was 29 points. We-- I was ready. I texted you, I said, "Spence, we are gonna get on this damn podcast and talk about we were right, we told you game three was a must-win for the Knicks." They blew game three. They're gonna blame Trump. Game four, the- the Spurs are shooting like the Golden State Warriors in the first half from the three-point line. They were just hitting everything you could think of. It was over, Spence. It was over. A team scored 76 points in the first half, that team usually is probably gonna win. And I went to bed, and no bull crap, Spence, I didn't see the text messages first. I woke up and I rubbed my eyes and I said, "All right, let me see what happened to the game." Spurs won how many points? And I scrolled and I saw the score. It was like a one-point game, and I thought I had the old notifications from game two it was 105-104. And I was like, "Damn, the Knicks won it 105-104?" I was like, "Hold on, let me delete this." And I went right back to it and it said the damn S- Knicks beat the Spurs 107-106, and I cashed my plus two and a half Spurs bet again. And I'm like, What the happened? I need to know. Did Wimby just break a leg? Did, everyone on the Spurs get ejected and they only had to play with two guys on the court?" You drop 76 points, you were up 29 and a half. Spence, usually you win the game. And I'm watching the recap from the second half and on. And I joked in our clip earlier this morning about Mitch Johnson. Hey, man. Knicks up on a 15-0 run. Hey, man, we might need to draw a play up for, to win the game. Hey, man, you could've called a timeout when De'Aaron Fox stole the ball. Now, he did come out there in that presser, Spence, and was like, "Man, I thought I could, beat out OG Anunoby for a layup, be up by three." You could've ran out the clock and been up by three on the two free throws. And, maybe Brunson's miss from the three, and yeah, the tip in from OG is now the Knicks are only down by one. And you're shooting another free throws. But I'm not gonna blame De'Aaron Fox. I'm not. I know it was a bonehead play. I enjoy, I did enjoy the aggressiveness because, you're in the finals. I don't know if he'll ever get back. Who knows? He'll probably get cut after this. But who knows?

Speaker 3:28

Oh, no one's taking on that contract, man.

Speaker 2 3:30

No one's taking- I promise you,

Speaker 3:31

no one wants that contract now.

Speaker 2 3:33

That's what I'm saying, he gonna get cut. He not getting traded. He gonna get cut. They gonna be like, "Hey, De'Aaron. Hey, I'm sorry, man." You gonna have to get cut." But-

Speaker 3:38

Yeah, he's about to be a salary dump this off season. I really feel that's coming. He'll either be a salary dump in a trade, or it'll be like Damian Lillard, he gets waived.

Speaker 2 3:47

Yeah. He gonna get waived. But the only person I blame, and again, because we hold people to higher standards, we held, everyone held Jesus to a higher standard. Everyone held Michael Jordan to a higher standard. Everyone held LeBron James to a higher standard. And Wemby, you choked in the fourth quarter. You long arm, long leg, skinny Frenchman. You skinny, wimpy french fry. You wimped out in the fourth quarter. I saw that stat line. Missed free throw, missed free throw, missed alley-oop layup, missed this, missed that. The only thing that went well for you after the game was that dude who hit you in the head with the egg. That guy should play for the Jets 'cause nobody on the Jets can throw a lick.

Speaker 4:29

You know that guy is representative of New Yorkers, right? That is textbook. They can say, "Who doesn't represent all of us?" Mike Greenberg up there being all grandstanding on Get Up. Dude, people know that's how people are in New York. You're not fooling anybody.

Speaker 2 4:44

I'd rather get hit by an egg on my head than get my ass whipped by a bus sign. Them videos I saw of the dudes out there whipping dudes' asses with the bus sign. Yeah. I don't wanna be that guy. I've been egged on a few times, my car's been egged. Not a big deal. I can clean that up. I can't clean getting my butt whipped by a bus sign. I know. And Mike Greenberg they all love doing it on ESPN. Mm-hmm. "We hold ourselves to a high moral." Yes. You guys. And it's just like Guys, you guys don't even... Never mind. I was about to say, you guys don't even know what a woman is, but okay. Keep going, Spence. But no, in all honesty, I... Choke job overall by the, Spurs. The inexperience is just showing from coaching all the way down. Even De'Aaron Fox being a veteran is still bonehead play on his end. And Wemby just being young, and again, I know we talked about this a week or two ago, this just reminds me of LeBron '07. You know? You know the guy is gonna be the future, you know he's gonna go to more finals. It's just not his time right now, and that's okay. As a LeBron fan, I love it, but for Spurs fans, hey, it's okay, man. The future's bright still, 'cause you have a young core. So...

Speaker 5:53

Yeah, I'm gonna say something here that's gonna make me sound like a Spurs fan. So before I say that, let me just say this. To the Spurs fans that were coping on the internet about OG Anunoby fouling De'Aaron Fox on that putback attempt, and they were having still images, and it clearly does show OG Anunoby smacking De'Aaron Fox on the arm. Mm-hmm. Anyone that watched that game live knows it was the cleanest block of all time. He got the ball first and then smacked him on the arm, which is completely legal if you get the ball first. Mm-hmm. It's totally legal if it's one motion. Totally. And it was. It was clean. It was a boneheaded play by De'Aaron Fox. And I'll say this too, that trickles up a little bit more for me also. Mitch Johnson terrible job not putting in Dylan Harper for more minutes than De'Aaron Fox. De'Aaron Fox needs to be off this team because he's blocking Dylan Harper at this point, in, in my view. Agreed. But I say all that And I still think where we're at in this series- it could easily be 3-1 Spurs.

Speaker 2 6:57

It

Speaker 6:57

could. And I'm not ready to count them out. I think that there's a team that could do this- I'm gonna say- like the 2016 Cavs did. I really think that Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs are good enough, and they are better. They have more depth. I think they play tougher defense. Victor Wembanyama is still the best player on the court des- despite, yes James, you're 100% correct, struggles have been bad this finals. He's been very bad. But every time they play from here on out, it's a new game and it's a new opportunity for Victor Wembanyama- Yeah to remind people that he's a freaking alien. Yeah. And so for each of these next three games, potentially, I will not pick against the Spurs. I'm still gonna go with Spurs in seven. Like I said from the jump, I think this is gonna be a dog fight to the end. I'm not ready to crown the Knicks yet.

Speaker 2 7:45

No.

Speaker 7:45

Cause I think Victor Wembanyama's still got some magic that he can pull out if he locks in.

Speaker 2 7:50

Yeah, no, they need to lock in because, again, we're going back to what we talked about when the Knicks were up 2-0. Now the Spurs are playing with house money now. You're down 3-1, everyone's counting you out again. You get game five at home. You win that game, cool. What I've seen you do two games in New York, if you do... You replicate that besides the second half of game four, I do believe the Spurs can win. There's a reason why the Spurs were a minus 200 plus team to win the finals. And again, you mentioned it, they could be up one, 3-1 right now. Hell, if you look at how much they led all four games- they should owe, swat this series. And what's crazy, what I worry about though is even though, and I know Brunson was a little bit more efficient game four, he is still not that efficient. I know, every week we talk about the Spurs, but the real question, Spence, is turning it around. Who you crowning finals MVP? The guy who scored the most points or the guy who's really been valuable?

Speaker 8:48

I can't answer that yet 'cause I still think there's a chance it's Victor Wembanyama.

Speaker 2 8:53

And man, you know what's crazy thinking about this too, Spence? And I know De'Aaron Fox is on this team. Imagine if you had- Just the veteran experience. Even though he lost his NBA finals debut with the Suns, imagine if you'd had a guy on your bench like CP3 to really close this out. You got someone you know who can coach these guys on top of a young coaching staff. Yeah, CP3 would really have helped in this moment, 'cause it just seems like sometimes the Spurs are just hooping. And you can see they just hooping. Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper and Champagnie, and they can hoop. It's just, they just ain't got that finer detail that's gotta be ironed out.

Speaker 9:33

Yeah, current odds heading into game five on Saturday. The Knicks are minus 500 to win the series. The Spurs are plus 380. So honestly, not the best odds. Victor Wembanyama, the finals MVP, plus 390. I think those two, you parlay those two together 'cause it makes a lot of sense.

Speaker 2 9:53

Man, yeah.

Speaker 9:54

I don't hate that bet at all. I really don't. If you- Yeah have plus 380 Spurs to win it all, plus 390 Victor Wembanyama finals MVP, that could make some money for some people. I'm just saying. Not gambling advice. We don't do that here.

Speaker 2 10:07

Yeah. Not gambling advice. Even from a financial advice, we don't advise you doing that. But if you thought of trying something crazy, and you still believe in the Spurs, 'cause-

Speaker 10:17

it's so stupid. I'm a Rockets fan. I should be hate- I do love seeing them choke in all-time fashion. I love seeing that. Yeah. But I also just, as a hoops guy, I just, every time Victor Wembanyama steps on the court, I'm just marveling at him. And so I just cannot pick against him right now. I just can't.

Speaker 2 10:35

Yeah. We'll see. I know Saturday's coming around. I can't wait to watch game five. I believe the Spurs will probably win by 20 plus. Bring this game back to New York and put the pressure on the Knicks. Mm-hmm. And again, seeing that, hey, we technically should've won both games in New York and we're coming to game six, and everyone's already counting us out. We got, we playing with house money.

Speaker 10:56

So that's actually a good segue here, James, just talking about these betting odds- Oh for the finals. Oh, boy. That leads us to the biggest topic in college football b- probably since the off-season began. Yeah. And that is Brendan Sorsby with Texas Tech and the gambling problem. Now, James, this is how we're gonna start the video off. Brendan Sorsby is about to lead Texas Tech to an undefeated season, and here's how he's gonna do it. So we know Brendan Sorsby admitted to gambling on his own team during his time at Indiana, placed over 40 bets on the Indiana Hoosiers when he was there. We know this is a cardinal sin in all of sports. You cannot bet on your own team while you are playing. That's bad, bad, bad. So the NCAA stepped in, immediately ruled him ineligible to play. He turned around and sued the NCAA because he was dealing with addiction. And so he was granted a temporary injunction by a Texas judge at the beginning of June. The NCAA immediately appealed, and now the Big 12 came out today, and they are discussing potentially not playing Texas Tech. The Big 10 is also talking about doing the same thing. But it's a way bigger deal that Brett Yormark, the commissioner of the Big 12, is potentially going to leave Texas Tech out. But James, it's got me thinking, right?

Speaker 2 12:21

Gotcha.

Speaker 12:21

The schedule's already made. So if the Big 12 comes out and says, "We're not gonna play Texas Tech," would that mean they're gonna reshuffle the schedule, or would that mean that every single team on Texas Tech's schedule in the Big 12 is going to automatically forfeit their game, therefore giving Texas Tech the win and an undefeated season, 'cause we know they'll take care of all their non-conference games and especially if other conferences are gonna join in on the Big 12 and not play them if they have this guy at quarterback. The Texas Tech Red Raiders might end up going undefeated this year because those D2 teams, you know they're still gonna play.

Speaker 2 13:00

Yeah.

Speaker 13:00

They want that Texas Tech money. They need that money. Yeah. They want that money. So the Red Raiders might end up going like 4-0 with a bunch of forfeits, undefeated season. Obviously, they won't let them in the Big 12 championship, and the playoff committee won't vote them in there. But we might see them throw a UCF National Champions banner up on their stadium because their quarterback gambled on his own team, and they went undefeated 'cause all the teams forfeited against them.

Speaker 2 13:26

Gosh.

Speaker 13:26

Just an idea, just a theory I don't know how that would work

Speaker 2 13:30

I don't know how that would work. You even talked about it, the Big 12 thinking about not even, like forfeiting the games, not even wanting to schedule. Georgia and Nebraska also on top of it. Literally freaking, they ban, like they ban scheduling Texas Tech because of this ruling. And, to even reel it in just a little bit, 'cause I know we're talking about schedules and all, Spence, this is a black eye on the sport. Like we already criticized about NIL and left and right, but you mentioned it, sports gambling is a sin. you could do a lot worse things. You could commit murder probably and might be able to play a sport. Maybe at Georgia. Yeah, that part, yeah. We know.

Speaker 14:10

Yeah.

Speaker 2 14:10

Yeah, yeah, Jalen. Yeah, remember Jalen Carter, man? He's still playing in the NFL, right? Yeah. Go Birds. Though, yeah, you mentioned it. I will say this, Pete Rose is rolling in his grave right now. Pete Rose is wondering, "Why couldn't I get this Texas judge when I got hit with this?" As soon as I heard of the reports about Nick Saban being, out there and the committee or the committee and Congress, blah, blah, blah, and everyone got on Nick Saban 'cause, the storyline was, Oh, because now they changed the rules, you can't have fun. You decide to get all, hissy in the pissy." Two things can be true. Maybe Nick Saban is being a little bit of a crybaby because it didn't work in his era, anymore. But this just does not make any sense. It doesn't make the sport look good. I Heck, like two weeks ago we were supporting Texas Tech, calling out Texas and being like, "Hey, we'll pay these teams and we'll play you week one." Giving Sark the business. The biggest thing about this whole story, number one- Where, one, where's the law and order? Two, where is any accountability? You know what I mean? I was always raised, your action has consequences. And this action just said, "Hey, you're not gonna play Abilene Christian and East Mississippi Valley." That is it. It's almost, and I don't wanna say similar, but it's almost similar to th- these guys in the NFL. They get hit with a domestic violence case, all of a sudden they're like, Hey, man, you can get that two-game suspension. Hey, we'll call it a day." But Calvin Ridley, hey, what'd he do? Bet on games he wasn't even playing. Boom, he got suspended big time. What did our boy J.O. Williams do? He wasn't even... He was betting college football games all the time. He was connected

Speaker 15:44

to the team's Wi-Fi- when he placed a bet on a different sport.

Speaker 2 15:49

Boom, got hit with it. look what Terry Rozier, bro. Where is he at? He, fixing games in the NBA. It's the biggest cardinal rule in... This might be worse than Adam Sil- Adam Silver might actually look good for once. I've always hated that- Well, let's

Speaker 16:04

not go too far now.

Speaker 2 16:06

I've always hated-

Speaker 16:07

That guy's the worst. He is the worst. He is the worst.

Speaker 2 16:10

He is the worst. I will give him that, 'cause he at least- He's

Speaker 16:12

my wote.

Speaker 2 16:13

He never has a backbone on these things. But the NCAA really didn't have a backbone on this, and they should've dropped the hammer. But until, again, they, it goes back to until they start regulating either these contracts, these money that's flowing left and right, and these transfers. Because what was gonna happen if he actually got hit with a full season? Okay, somebody's gonna transfer over to Texas. So they're gonna find a way to transfer a quarterback to Tech to do an emergency fill-in. And then Brenden Shoresby is just gonna transfer out, 'cause Tech don't want him.

Speaker 16:47

I don't think he's transferring out. I think what the most likely outcome here is that the NCAA steps in and I would be shocked if Brenden Shoresby took the field for the Red Raiders this year. It would truly shock me if that happened. What I think's gonna happen is it's gonna get overturned somehow. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know how the legal system works here. But it's gonna get overturned in some fashion. He's gonna be ruled ineligible again, and he's gonna enter the rarely used but often interesting and intriguing to follow, the supplemental draft. And it will be interesting, there were scouts that were interested in Brendan Souersby as an NFL prospect before all this came to light. I'm willing to bet if he entered the supplemental draft, there would be some teams that would be likely to take a shot on him with a fourth or a fifth or a- Mm sixth-round pick. I don't think- Yeah he goes undrafted in the supplemental draft because he's a quarterback that had some intrigue with him, and we know quarterback's such a valuable position. Someone in the NFL would take a chance on him. I just- Yeah know they would.

Speaker 2 17:50

Yeah. You could think off the top of the head, you

Speaker 17:52

know. But his college career is done. Let me be clear on that. Yeah, I hope so shocked if he plays another down of college football in his life.

Speaker 2 17:59

I hope so. Yeah. Again I'm with you. I've, this is a black eye to the sport to allow this to happen. Actions have consequences. And I don't care you had a gambling addiction back in the day, blah, blah, blah. You, guess what? You're making all this money now. Y- there's gotta be a consequence for these things. And-

Speaker 18:16

I think they're gonna do what they can. I think they know this is wrong. But to me, it's not the NCAA, it's Texas Tech. You guys are shameless. This is disgraceful. And now they're getting the Texas attorney general involved. And he's putting out warnings to the Big 12 that, "Hey, if you do this, there's gonna be sanctions against you." Dude, we're bending over backwards to let this guy that gambled on his own team to play? I, I get it. People are gonna say, "Oh, he sought treatment. He had an addiction. It's no different than someone having an alcohol or drug addiction." People are saying there's no evidence that he altered the games to make a profit on his bets, right? There's no evidence of that, and I get that. But this is a slippery slope, and you cannot let things get progressively worse than this. Because again, if he does end up playing this year by some miracle, for Red Raiders fans, it would be a miracle. Yeah. But if he does end up playing this year, it's going to forever change how these disciplinary actions go forward when it comes to gambling on sports. This has to be a landmark case when it comes to the NCAA cracking down on gambling.

Speaker 2 19:20

Yeah. And you mentioned it, cracking down on gambling. We've, as side bettors, at the casinos and on, our online phones and crap spins- we joke about it all the time, and I don't think it would ever happen. And since DraftKings and FanDuel and all that's been implemented to all these sports commercials and broadcasts, I do believe they need to pull all that in my eye. No more advertising- Or just back it

Speaker 19:44

off a little bit.

Speaker 2 19:45

That's the issue with me. I actually enjoy it. I don't care for the 5,800 commercials with Kevin Hart and LeBron James and, "Hey, man."

Speaker 19:54

PrizePigs.

Speaker 2 19:55

Yeah, pri-

Speaker 19:57

But hey- Yeah if y'all wanna throw Big Game Energy a sponsorship-

Speaker 2 20:00

We are desperately- Our DMs are

Speaker 20:01

open.

Speaker 2 20:02

The DMs are open, bro. We'll take PrizePigs, Underdog. Yo, we even, I don't even care if it's Joe Blow BetStamp,

Speaker 20:10

kalshi, Polymarket. Yeah Robinhood. You know, you can- freaking bet on sports on Robinhood. That's so dangerous- Yeah dude.

Speaker 2 20:16

That is, that's dangerous. When I saw that, that's when I was thinking to myself, "Spence, okay, we need to either, A, eliminate online gambling or online whatever," because imagine your Robinhood account, and you're just like, "You know what? I think the Spurs are gonna win this game," and you just bet all your non-retirement money on that. They up 29, bro. Are we good? Easiest bet of my life. And you just lost it, just right there. It make me sick.

Speaker 20:42

So we condemn the actions of Brendan Sorsby, and we hope that the NCAA steps in, gets this taken care of, and that... I will say, I am interested to see if he does go to the NFL. I would... I'd be open to that.

Speaker 2 20:56

But if he does somehow step on the field, Spence, I ain't gonna lie, if he steps on the field for Tech, any team playing him, if I'm defensive coordinator, all-out blitz every play. I don't even care if they score a touchdown. All-out blitz, bro.

Speaker 21:09

Hey, someone go get Greg Williams. We need that bounty system out here for Brendan Sorsby. Someone get Greg Williams on the phone now.

Speaker 2 21:16

Now. Oh, man. All right, Spence, man, let's wrap this bad boy up, man, with No Huddle.

Speaker 21:21

Yep, let's do it. So James big all-time sporting event is going down this Sunday- weather permitting, because they're gonna be on the lawn of the White House for UFC Freedom 250, Topuria versus Gaethje. Yeah. It is an- Mm-hmm absolutely stacked fight card. I'm gonna run through my picks for every single fight. Diego Lopez versus Steve Garcia, I'm going Diego Lopez by decision. Mm-hmm. Bo Nickal versus Kyle Daukaus, I'm going with Bo Nickal, the favorite. Michael Chandler versus Mauricio Rua, I'm actually going with the underdog. I think Michael Chandler, he's a little old, he's a little washed, he's lost some fights. I think he comes out on the stage of the White House and he pulls an all-time UFC upset. Josh Hokett versus Derrick Lewis. I'm an H-Town guy, I love Derrick Lewis, but Josh Hokett is the up-and-coming superstar. He is gonna take care of business with Derrick Lewis. Sean O'Malley versus Iman Zahabi. I'm going Sean O'Malley. Gotta stick with Sugar Sean. Cyril Gane versus Alex Pereira in the co-main. I'm going to go against the grain here, and as much as I hate to say this, as he's one of my favorite fighters, I'm not going to pick Alex Pereira. I'm going with Cyril Gane, a very- Nice underrated heavyweight, and I think he's gonna come out and impress some people and get another rematch with Tom Aspinall. And in the main event, Ilia Topuria, Justin Gaethje. There is no doubt in my mind, Ilia Topuria is built different. Hands of concrete. He's gonna get it done. First round knockout, just like he's saying, and Justin Gaethje goes into retirement with an L.

Speaker 2 23:00

And then the main fight, Trump versus Biden, bro. Just get it going, bro. Let's just end it like- In golf

Speaker 23:07

in golf No,

Speaker 2 23:08

I wanna see

Speaker 23:08

that golf match.

Speaker 2 23:09

The golf match, yeah. Yeah, you know what? Drop all the politics aside I would love to see Trump versus, Biden or whoever in politic golf. That would make... You know what crazy? Screw all, "Hey, we're betting 100 a hole." Yo, we're betting policies on the hole, bro. Like yo, let's just up this, man. It's yo, look, if I win this hole, man, yo, we dropping all this BS. Yo. You know what? I would watch, and then have Charles Barkley on the match crew commentate. Oh, I'd kill to

Speaker 23:38

watch. Yeah. The freaking pro-life versus pro-choice comes down to a par five with a dogleg left. That would be wild.

Speaker 2 23:49

Yo, yesterday, I know, was June 10th. I'm gonna call June 10th, man, National Choke Day, Spence. Why? We already know about the Spurs. They blew a 29-point lead in the third quarter. But man, the Nationals were up nine to one in the eighth inning and lost the game to the Giants, and the Dodgers were up six to one in the seventh inning and found a way to lose to the Pirates.

Speaker 24:12

I saw

Speaker 2 24:12

that one. Yo, National Choke Day, Spence. Are we down for it? June 10th. Are we gonna remember this day?

Speaker 24:20

I- I'm just gonna say no because this sounds sus. Hey, yo.

Speaker 2 24:29

Yeah, man, it's already- I'll give

Speaker 24:30

you something to choke on.

Speaker 2 24:33

Yo, it already fits with the June month and Pride Month. Yo, it's like- Yeah choke game, man, on the 10th. Bro, I know I forget the day. Oh. What's the day that is National Steak and BJ Day? No, June 10th, National Choke Day, man. Whoa. Where we going now, Big Dog? Oh, man. All right, Spence. Hey, Spurs, man. First team ever in NBA history to have 76 or more points in the first half and have 30 or fewer points in the second half in any game, any regular season, any playoffs. Spence, grading the Spurs game four performance last night.

Speaker 25:09

It gotta be an F, right? All time- God choke job choke job. All time choke job. We've never seen a choke job like that ever, ever. Actually, Dames, that's not true though. You and I, back when we were in high school, went to a Rockets versus Thunder game. And we saw an extremely similar turnout. We watched the Rockets score 72 points in the first half and score 19 points in the second half. It was one of the most egregious displays of offense in the second half I've ever seen in my life. KD went for 35, I think, that night. He might have gotten 40. He might have. But it was just the most ridiculous game, and I actually, it's funny also, I went to a game this year with my girlfriend, and the Rockets were playing the Spurs and same thing happened then. Rockets were up by double digits at halftime, and they just fell apart completely and scored 10 points in the fourth quarter. It was horrible.

Speaker 2 26:00

Yeah. It's

Speaker 26:00

ridiculous. Horrible. Against the Spurs though.

Speaker 2 26:03

I don't know.

Speaker 26:03

I don't know. Something's in the water down here in Texas.

Speaker 2 26:05

Something is in that water, and I know it ain't in Galveston, as Charles Barkley says, that dirty beach water.

Speaker 26:11

Dirty ass water. Hey, by the way, since it's No Huddle, we can talk about this. If they fire Charles Barkley for this Cardi B, Cardi D comment, which is let's be honest, that's not even Charles Barkley's most offensive thing he's ever said before. Yeah. Even recently, yeah, we know about all the women jokes back in the day. Yeah. Where he, that was probably not something that would have aged well today. But like- Charles Barkley always just says whatever comes to his mind. You cannot predict what this man is going to say. And if they fire him- Mm-hmm we will riot.

Speaker 2 26:44

Yeah. We will riot. We already didn't like ESPN for what they're doing and all this crap with Disney and ABC. We will definitely riot, man, if Charles is gone. But hey, Charles said he wouldn't mind getting fired 'cause they gonna pay him the next six, seven years and-

Speaker 26:59

That's what he's trying to do. He's trying to get fired. Get that paycheck. Get that paycheck.

Speaker 2 27:02

Oh, man. All right, Spence, two more, man. We... Oh, actually no, I got three more. Who knows? We'll see.

Speaker 27:08

S- We- we're getting up against it, James. Let's put some of those in the chamber. Give me one more and let's wrap it up.

Speaker 2 27:12

All right, one more, man. Hey, guess what? We've been hearing the rumors since Miles Garrett been signing with the Rams that Aaron Donald, is he gonna make a comeback? Is he not? Who knows? Everyone's teasing around like a freaking strip club around here. But Aaron Donald on Bleacher Report betting odds, the fourth best odds for NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Spence, what do we take of this? Aaron Donald's got better odds than Micah Parsons, Travis Hunter, Daniel Jones, Fred Warner, Malik Nabers, George Kittle, Nick Bosa, Brock Bowers, Tucker Kraft, and Cam Skattebo.

Speaker 27:49

Who's the favorite?

Speaker 2 27:51

Pat Mahomes at plus 200.

Speaker 27:52

Oh, dad, don't waste your money on this bet. It's Pat Mahomes'. Easily. Just have him go up to the stage now. He is going to just be a- automatically given that whenever the Chiefs inevitably go 10 and 7 at a minimum.

Speaker 2 28:09

Hell yeah. Pat Mahomes number one plus 200 odds. Jayden Daniels plus 430, and Kyler Murray plus 550. Aaron Donald plus 1400.

Speaker 28:17

Aaron Donald have better odds than Kyler Murray? No. I would say I would rather bet Aaron Donald than Kyler Murray. I would. That one I'll take. I'll definitely take that one. You'll go there. And I'm a Kyler guy, too. I would rather take that one. All right. Well, good episode, James. A lot of stuff going on in sports. The dog days of summer continue, but we're getting closer. I smell it. We're

Speaker 2 28:36

getting closer, man.

Speaker 28:37

Soon,

Speaker 2 28:37

man.

Speaker 28:38

But we will be back on Monday. We will be maybe wrapping up the NBA finals or previewing a game six. We'll talk about that, and we'll wrap up the UFC fight card, and I'll give a World Cup update as well. A lot of stuff going on to get us through the summer. Yeah. So good episode, James. We will be back next week. Until then, for James, I'm Spencer. Hey, y'all take it easy.

Speaker 2 29:02

Come on, America. Beat that country on Friday.