Danny Parkins Talks Tournament Bets, Cade Cunningham

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Sources tell me that Detroit Pistons superstar Kate Cunningham has been diagnosed with a mild,

collapsed lung, and he's expected to miss an extended period of time.

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ProgressiveCommercial.com. Danny Parkinson's with us now.

And Danny is hashtag one of us. Danny loves to buy in some brackets,

survive or contest, place some bets. So to you, I say my friends, happy NCAA tournament Thursday,

one of the high holy days on these sports calendar. How are you, my man?

I'm great. I'm devastated that I have to work today and tomorrow.

This is where we've, they're like, you work in sports. And I'm like, yeah, but like,

like, kind of like, you know, I mean, like, I work in sports, but like, objectively,

but like today, I can't just drink Moscow mules from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. and fire bets,

because I have to be on the air talking about whatever we're going to talk about on FS one

this afternoon. And so I will watch games, but it's just, it's different than being at the bar,

taking time off, being with the boys, fire in 15 bets. I then like, counting your stats at the

end of the day when they give you the tab. And it's like, we took down 180 wings, but 67 mules,

and nine buckets of beer. Like, good job, guys. But you know, as I just, I miss that. And like,

the group chat is going for all my boys back in Chicago and the bar they're going to tomorrow. So

like, it is a holiday. And I have a big boy job. And I'm very grateful for it. But, you know,

maybe I'll get the flu tonight. And I have to miss tomorrow's show. Who knows? I, I don't know,

my guess would be that wouldn't happen. And you forgot, by the way, smash, smash,

smashing the pen like it owes you money. I would add to the list with the Moscow mules and the

bucket of beers. And just to say this, because this is my first tournament in this time slot,

right? Early. And we were talking off air. It's great, because I'm off the air. And I get to watch

all the games today, which is awesome. How about like, when, when, when you better, you bet

it's a full on betting show. And I'm on the air during the games. And literally just like, there

are long swathes of time during the show, the last however many years, that I am just like

patatonic on the air and just like not speaking because everything, everything is gone to hell.

It's like, I'm not sure what you want me to say here right now. Like San Diego State is just

miss four free throws at the end of the game. And that is swung my account balance for the day.

How would you like me to now analyze the next slate of games? How am I supposed to do that?

Yeah, but at least that was endearing because it was a gambling show. When I would be on the air

in Chicago, doing afternoon drive, and it's like a pro town market, but they would have, they'd be like,

go to a bar because some bars paying for us to be there to like promote the NCAA tournament.

But it's like, you know, Cubs opening day is eight days away. And then like Dayton and Syracuse are

in a game and it's just they're fired up bricks left and right. And look, come on. I just

not paying attention to whatever guests we have on the air. You know, these are, these are very,

very, very high class problems. But yes, happy holidays to you and yours. It is a weird,

the tournament is changing before our eyes, I think, with Cinderella and NIL and favorites and

all of that. But these four days going from 64 down to 16, no matter how we get there is still

very special. I'm just I'm laughing as you're talking, thinking about like Danny on the air in

Chicago today, like watching like the end of like the six 11 game needing a three pointer to go

down. And here's like like Joe in the burbs being like, you know what, I'd like to talk about

Drew Dolman retiring and Garrett Bradbury, like coming over as the new center for the Chicago

back. I wouldn't. Yeah. Yeah, I got to know about high point. Yeah, it's just it's ridiculous.

And like I said, yeah, well, I said at the start of the show, you know, maybe in a previous life,

you know, high point would describe my state of mind in addition to the team that's playing

Wisconsin coming up a little later today. Before we talk about tournament, get your final four.

Cade Cunningham, collapse long for the Detroit Pistons. We were talking about this off air a little

bit. I would say extended period of time, which is the verbiage used by ESPN MBA insider,

Sham Sharania. To me, Danny, that indicates that we ain't seeing Cade for the rest of the regular

season. About 14 games left. They're three and a half games up on the Celtics for the one seed.

Your thoughts on this Cade Cunningham news, obviously very unfortunate for all parties.

Yeah, right. So I mean, you know, I didn't know that collapse lungs could be mild. I'm not a doctor,

but that sounds bad and sounds scary. Three and a half game lead with 14 to go and just looking

at the schedule. A decent number of tanking teams in their path, you know, so in theory, you know,

they play the box. They play the Pacers. They play Washington. So a decent spot to feel like

that they can probably hold onto the one seed and maintain that three and a half game lead

over Boston. But Cade's usage is so high and he's such a high percentage of their offense.

It'll be interesting to see if their offense just completely collapses. No pun intended. Sorry,

that's in bad taste. I didn't mean it with the collapse log. But like if the offense just completely

goes away without Cade Cunningham, you know, you could you could silver lining it and say maybe

someone else will have to step up into the role and help shoulder a little bit of the burden

for their offense without him. But you know, I wasn't much of a believer in Detroit being able

to come out of the West anyway. I just think it's too much on one guy and I think that we see this

all the time in the NBA where there's like a try hard game that gets the one seed in the regular

season because they're approaching the regular season with a playoff like intensity. And then

when the rest of the league starts approaching the playoff with a playoff like intensity,

that gap just like, you know, evens out. I've seen it with an Atlanta Hawks team before we

seen it with a Chicago Bulls team a couple of times. The Raptors, but it was a little pronto.

Yeah, exactly. And so I just, but I think that there's a ton of reason for it's been a crazy

fun season, fun team to watch, you know, multiple All Stars crazy bright future. I would be very

surprised if this team came out of the East with Cade healthy. And now this obviously throws a

wrench into it. And we're just, we're just guessing on what extended period of time is. And like,

if my point is, if there would have been 19 games left in the regular season, you would have been

like, well, maybe he's coming back for game one of the playoffs, but there's 14 games left. So we're

like, well, maybe he's coming back for game one of the playoffs. Like what happens if he misses,

if he has to miss round one, like that's obviously on the board. He's like, can I throw this out

to you then? Because I played this out also. So as it stands, right, I think this is fascinating to

think about right now. Obviously, if Cade plays its difference. And this is more of like Cade doesn't

play or Cade's being eased back in. These are the four play in teams right now in the east,

like seed seven through 10. These are not like slappy curtain jerk and jebrony teams. I'm not

saying they're championship contenders, but you have the Miami Heat, the Atlanta Hawks who have

won 11 straight games, the sixers who obviously have the downside to like lose to any team on any

given night, but the upside if everyone's healthy to beat anyone on any given night if everyone's

going to play and everyone's darling the Charlotte Hornets. If Cade misses the first round, I think

they could lose to any one of those four teams in a seven game series. Hot take or just right.

No, just right. And I mean, you know, go one step further because Atlanta is, you know,

so Orlando is half a game up on the six seed. I mean, what if Orlando falls into a play in

situation and stumbles down the stretch and then you've got to deal with Sugs and Bancaro in a spot

where you're in that, you know, so I think all of those teams are live and I don't think that's

disrespectful to Detroit. I think it's respectful to Cade. Like in terms of how amazing he is and

how much he's like, he would be in my top five MVP ballot this year because of what he's doing

for that team and because they're the one seed. So yeah, I, I think it's a very tenuous time,

obviously, for Detroit basketball. But then again, we just have to we should do the glass at full set.

Maybe extended time is 10 games and he misses three weeks and he gets a few regular season games

back for a two and up to knock off and he rost and get his cardio back up and they're just fine.

And you know, we see them in the second round of the playoffs in a real series against however

that matchup shakes out. So, you know, it's a huge, it's a huge wrench to throw into the NBA season,

this cup close to the playoffs. You better, you bet on the Thursday, Westwood One Sports,

Danny Parkins is our guest. First things first on Fox Sports One on Twitter at

Danny Parkins. Uh, I know you've got a bracket. I know you've got bets. Do you think this is going

to be a chalky NCAA tournament? How do you see it playing out? You know, I do and I, I, I hate that

that is such a mainstream opinion. Um, I did my monologue on first things first on this yesterday

and, you know, the data is pretty overwhelming. So we've had NIL players in the tournament starting

with the 2022 tournament. From 2000 to 2021, we had 24, you know, 23 or 24. I'm doing this from

memory. Uh, 10 Cedar higher mid major schools advanced to at least the sweet 16. So more than one

per year. In the four tournaments where we've had NIL players, we've had two, two mid major

double digits higher, make it to the sweet 16. And in the last two tournaments, we've had zero.

Last year, the big four conferences, big 12, big 10 SEC ACCC won their most tournament games ever

combined. I did there was not a single 13 Cedar lower that won a single game in last year's tournament.

I just think like the wealth inequality gap is growing in this country. I think the resource gap

in college basketball is growing significantly. And the formula for the mid major in the past was

maybe you have a player that they missed on, you know, the big guys missed on. And they got to stay

two, three, four years and develop chemistry with their teammates for two years. Like imagine to

your point, like Steph Curry's at Davidson or like Wally's RBX at Miami, Miami Ohio. Yeah. As soon as

they show that they are Steph Curry or Wally's RBX in November and December, the power five teams

are circle on the water. And as soon as they get eliminated their freshman year, they've got a

seven figure offer to go join a power five school. And so when we saw with Florida Atlantic,

right? They made that run and then they didn't bring back the team because everybody transferred

after that great final four team from a couple years. Dusty May went to Michigan exactly.

Right. The coach of course. So like, so I just, I think that the formula for that type of team,

it's so much harder because their young talent gets coached. There's so much money at the top

that I do think it could make for a better tournament late because these teams are better. They

more resemble pro teams. Guys are staying in school longer. You get to see blue bloods face off

against each other, giants going against giants. But I think the early upset, I think it's not

extinct, but I do think it's going in danger. All right. So we'll see how we get madness today

and tomorrow. Do you agree? Do you agree with the theory by the way? I mean, because you watch more

regular season college basketball than I do. Like, do you at this point in my career with what my job

is? Do you, do you agree with my theory that the gap is wider? I don't, I don't even think it's a,

I think it's kind of factual. I wouldn't even call it a theory. I don't think there's much to

disagree with honestly. So, so then like do you, in your bracket, do you have anyone below a three

in the final four? No. Okay. Okay. Me neither. Now. Do you have anyone to walk to? Yes.

Is it Illinois? Yes. Me too. Now, now I, I will say, so I, I have a couple different

practice. Um, all of them, I have to do losing early. Just as a little preview for what I'm going

to do next hour in the show for lights and bracket. Just if I'm while acknowledging to any

Duke animal in the tail, let's, but if I gong by doesn't come back, we know Caleb Foster is not

coming back. And is it St. John's? Is it Kansas? Is it Michigan State or is it Yukon that comes out

of that region? So, um, I do have Michigan State in one of my brackets making the final four.

And I do have a bet on Michigan State to win the region. That would be the other three. I don't see

it in the Arizona or the Michigan brackets. Yeah, I will be forward if Michigan doesn't make the

final four. Yeah, I agree with that. That, that, that, they, I thought got an incredible draw with like

text injuries. I would, obviously, Iowa State could shoot their into some of that Iowa State

Arizona game. Caleb, I'm the second best player. Just got arrested. You know, because he's

Nate Newton or Sir Smoke a lot. Yeah, this is all stuff that that should be taken into account.

Yeah, it just, it feels like they, like everyone in their region, he's, he's like a small team,

an arrested team, an injured team. I guess I will be absolutely gobsmacked if Michigan doesn't end

up in the, in the final four. Who's your champion? 10 seconds. Michigan, because I just think it's

the safest bet to get there to be playing for the games. Obviously, battle tested in the big 10

and an overwhelming amount of size. So I, I won't miss you again. What is your favorite first

round bet this could be today or tomorrow? 20 seconds. I think that Kansas has a really tough

second round game, but I think they could win by 50 tomorrow night. I think with, with the

embarrassment of the big 12 tournament, Peterson being motivated, I, I think Kansas legitimately

could win that game by 50 points tomorrow night against Cal, Cal Baptist. Just John, John's

great, great, great grandson, Cal Baptist. I don't, yeah, that's tough to disagree. They're

like in the can. I do like Kansas to cover as well coming up tomorrow. I'll give my bets at the

end of the show looking forward to that. My friends, happy March. I look forward to turning on

FS1 tomorrow and seeing you on the show. I'm going to, I'm going to give you like a worse code

distressing signal signal with my eyes. And I'm going to laugh when I see it. Danny Parkinson's,

our favorite team. High points. Our one done hour two for you coming up on the other side.

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