Analyst · 1-5 on settled picks
“Paolo, Ivy and Jabari to kind of perform well here”
Team Jazz (Jordan Clarkson, Walker Kessler, Collin Sexton) won the 2023 Skills Challenge; Team Rooks (Banchero, Ivey, Jabari Smith Jr.) did not win the overall competition despite winning the first round. (Team Jazz won overall; Team Rooks won Team Relay round only)
“I'm looking at Kevin Herter at plus 750.”
Damian Lillard won the 2023 Three-Point Contest; Kevin Huerter did not win. (Lillard 26, Hield 25 (final round))
“I am going to take Donovan Mitchell at 14 to one”
Jayson Tatum won 2023 All-Star Game MVP with a record 55 points; Donovan Mitchell did not win. (Tatum: 55 pts (MVP))
“I do like them to advance to the knockout stage, though. I think that Australia, Nigeria and Italy will probably beat up on Germany a little bit here. So it does give these teams an opportunity to maybe get the third team to advance. So especially if they can all kind of beat each other. so i do think that that's maybe the play that i would lean towards more uh which you can find at about minus 235 depending on the book that you can find it at which plays out uh nigeria to make the knockout stage”
Nigeria went 0-3 in group stage play and was eliminated, failing to reach the knockout stage. Australia, Italy, and Germany advanced from Group B. (nbcolympics.com/news/full-mens-basketball-standings-after-group-play-which-teams-advance-quarterfinals)
“little sprinkle on them to win group b i understand that it's a tough”
Nigeria did not win Group B — Australia went 3-0 in the group stage to finish first. Nigeria went 0-3. (nba.com/news/olympic-mens-basketball-recap-france-reaches-quarterfinals) (Australia 3-0 (1st), Italy 2-1 (2nd), Germany 1-2 (3rd), Nigeria 0-3 (4th))
“i'm bringing it back to france and i really like france to medal at plus 175 you know they have a lot of nba talent but the thing that i like about them is that i definitely think that they're going to advance.”
France won the silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics men's basketball tournament, losing to the USA 82-87 in the gold medal game. France medaled, satisfying the 'medal' prop. (espn.com/mens-olympics-basketball/game/_/gameId/401347899/france-united-states) (France silver; USA gold 87-82)