Mayweather/Paul, NBA Playoffs, Julio Jones to the Titans, and Sal’s Road Trip to See deGrom

Cousin Sal took the family to San Diego this weekend to see the Mets and Jacob deGrom pitch as he lowered his ERA even further to 0.62. Dave recaps his weekend of going to the beach and trying to cleanse himself (02:00).

Sal didn’t watch the Floyd Mayweather/Logan Paul fight and thinks the whole thing is bad for boxing. Dave argues there should be even more fan interaction in sports (08:00).

The guys discuss the NBA playoffs as James Harden is out for Game 2, Brooklyn (1-5.)/Milwaukee and potentially the series, Dave thinks that injuries are really hurting this year’s playoffs. The Clippers win Game 7 against the Mavericks and Dave likes them to continue against the Jazz. Sal gives his picks for Monday night with a Suns/Deandre Ayton parlay (16:30).

Dave explains his process for coming up with the winners for the Sheky Awards as he gave buttermilk donut of the year; Sal questions how he does it. Then, the Titans traded for Julio Jones but Dave doesn’t think this makes them a Super Bowl contender and Sal thinks the Titans miss the playoffs completely. Dave thinks the AFC is loaded and the Patriots could potentially bounce back (36:00).

The guys give their Crown Royal, King of the Court awards- as Sal pays tribute to the Atlanta Hawks and Dave gives Luka his due. They discuss John Rahm being forced to withdraw at the Memorial golf tournament because of a positive Covid test and the gambling implications. Would the PGA have done the same with Phil (50:00)?

Finally, they discuss Islanders/Bruins (-184), the Redsox sweep the Yankees and Sal loves to yell about pitchers not observing the :30 pitch clock. Jim gives his bad point of the show and defends the Mayweather/Paul fight (59:45).

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