The Beat of Sports

The NBA announced that Draymond Green would be suspended for his stomping incident and the Warriors find themselves trailing the Kings in their first round playoff matchup. Keith Smith talks about if we are seeing the end for the Warriors run of success, why the Cavs-Knicks series will go 7 and why they Bucks shouldn't be counted out.

Is the gap that big from Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State to everyone else? Maybe, at least right now. Those three have dominated recruiting in recent years and whether you believe in those star rankings or not, they are more accurate than you think.

The Athletic did another one of their NBA player surveys and Marc runs through some of the results and discusses the interesting responses.

The spring college football season is over with Spring Games wrapping up this past weekend, and Matt Murschel joins the show to recap all of the action. He talks about the brief look at the new UCF offense, what the Gators will do at quarterback and expectations for the Seminoles.

Draymond Green was ejected in the fourth quarter after stomping on the chest of Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis, which as led to a discussion about what sort of penalty should be leveled against him.

The Philadelphia Eagles and Jalen Hurts reached agreement on a five-year, $255 million extension, where Hurts becomes the highest-paid player in NFL history. Marc then wonders who is next up to get a massive payday and why Joe Burrow should get paid even more in his negotiations.

We are only 1 game into the NBA Playoffs and already the biggest stories is the injuries to several star player including Giannis and Ja Morant.

While it's hard to gauge exactly what UCF's offense will be in a spring game, there are signs of how Hinshaw has tweaked Plumlee's mechanics and added some wrinkles to help the UCF be more explosive as they head into their inaugural season in the Big 12.

Pat Williams joins the show to look back on when the Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA Championship 40 years ago.

For years after the one and done rule was removed the traditional route to the NBA was playing college basketball, but now with the rise of Overtime Elite and the G-League Ignite teams there are other options. Mike O'Donnell joins the show and makes the case for why college is still the best route for a player to showcase their abilities to the biggest audience.