Dirt & Sprague

The NBA Playoffs and National Wine Day intersect in this week's edition of Stat or Story.

The guys continue their debate over the potential value of DeAndre Ayton as a Blazer. Swag has a new release of Stat or Story centered around National Wine Day. Then the All NBA teams were announced and there appears to be a problem with the system. And the guys make their picks for tonight's playoff action.

The debate between Dirt and Sprague is heated over whether the addition of DeAndre Ayton to the Blazers roster is worth the cost it would take to get him and sign him.

Kevin Zimmerman covers the Suns for AZSports.com and the Empire of the Suns podcast returns to the Ticker with more reports on the Suns potentially trading DeAndre Ayton and if Portland is a legitimate destination and what that offer would have to look like.

The guys discuss their overaggressive pride in lawn care. Then more rumors of the Suns potentially dealing DeAndre Ayton have Blazers fans hoping for a blockbuster deal this summer, would it be worth it. Kevin Zimmerman covers the Suns and returns to the Daily Ticker with the latest from Phoenix.

The guys still mourning the tragedy in Texas and trying to find the right mood to balance sports and life. They dive into the Mavs Game 4 win in the WCF and wonder how the events of the day affected the game given Steve Kerr's comments before the game. And Sprague continues to wish the Mariners to become MLB's lovable losers the way the Cubs were for a century.

It is a full sack today with thoughts on favorite animals at the ballpark that leads to mating tales at the Zoo, plus favorite current TV shows and other frivolous discussions.

The guys with some random college football thoughts, then an extended male sack that gets distracted with Zoo mating tales and disturbing nightmare situations. Then they answer the poll questions and pick tonight's WCF Game 4.

The guys discuss Pete Thamel's recent article about the SEC pondering Secession from major college football as we know it.

2 football stops today beginning in Denver with Ryan O'Halloran of the Denver Post on the beginning of the Russell Wilson era of Broncos football, then to College Station with Jeff Tarpley of gigem247 on the fallout of the Jimbo Fisher press conference.