I hear yeah, but I really think people need to start thinking of places like ESPN as businesses over sports commentary or the NBA solely as just a sports league, especially once gambling became involved. SAS had Perk on his pod after the C's won, and they had logical takes. Perk and RJ are much different on the pod Road Trippin than NBA Tonight. I think we can agree that ESPN directs them to make their points, and I'm absolutely positive every morning they have meetings before the shows to decide whose going to make what crazy take to make sure they're in there, and who picks what side, no matter how tough to argue. It's not a far stretch for them to be told to push the Mavs narrative for betting purposes. Despite most of the shitty takes, they aren't really dumb enough to have so many people pick the Mavs over the Cs like they did without some direction. Outside of Boston no one will remember their picks in an effort to make ESPN more money