The Morning After Sports Betting

Gabe Morency and Joe Raineri continue the debate on if Zion Williamson should come back to play for Duke this year or sit out and go to the NBA after injuring himself in the first minute of lasts nights game vs North Carolina. Gabe thinks that he should shut it down completely and not too risk suffering a serious injury that could put his NBA career in jeopardy. Joe thinks that this shows that college athletes need to get paid in the case where they get hurt playing college sports they have something to fall back on. Gabe tells a interesting story about how Jim Nantz received a championship ring when UConn won a national championship, getting a ring with real diamonds while the players on that team only received replicas; he says this points out the mockery of college sports and some of the rules the NCAA has put in place. Cam Stewart joins the show to discuss tonight's hockey slate and what games he is looking at as a gambler, sharing some of his picks for tonight.

Gabe Morency and Joe Raineri open the show looking at Zion Williamson's knee injury in last night's game where Duke lost to UNC, with Gabe questioning if top players like Williamson should be getting paid, as they keep risking injuries to play for nothing. The guys are joined by former NBA Coach, Lionel Hollins, as he gives his take on Zion, and what to expect from the second half of the NBA heading in to the playoffs.

Gabe Morency and Joe Raineri open up the third and final hour with news coming out of Rutgers that they will now serve beer and wine at there football games for now on. This leads to stories by both Joe and Gabe about going to college football games and not knowing it is a dry campus. ESPN released more details about the NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who is famous for fixing game that he officiated during the mid 2000s. College basketball analyst Chris Spatola joins the show to discuss tonights matchup between North Carolina and Duke, as well as previewing the upcoming conference and NCAA March Madness tournaments.

In today's Get Off My Lawn segment Gabe Morency goes after the insane ticket prices for tonight's game between North Carolina and Duke. Instead of making it affordable for the regular fan he says that by making it as expensive as it is, it turns into a rich person meet up. After getting fired up about ticket prices, Joe tries to calm down Gabe as they talk about if they find any value in this game betting wise, Gabe and Joe both agree that Duke is very hyped up so the line is inflated in UNC's favor with them getting 9 points on the road, while being the 8th ranked team in the country. Former MLB manager Bobby Valentine joins the show to discuss all things baseball, including MLB's new rules that will make it harder to steal other teams signs during the game. They also talk the upcoming season in the MLB and who he feels will have a good year.

Gabe Morency and Joe Raineri open up Wednesday's show previewing tonight's game between North Carolina and Duke, discussing the insane ticket prices with some seats going for upwards of 10 thousand dollars, which leads to the discussion of some sporting events that would be worth going to for that kind of money. With Gabe going to Toronto to attend Demar Derozan's return to the Raptors, Joe asks the question of who won that trade. Gabe admits that Kawhi Leonard is a better player than Derozan, but since it is unsure if Kawhi will stay in Toronto past this year, he thinks that both teams got a good deal in the end. Fan Graphs' Jay Jaffe joins the show to discuss the impact of Manny Machado's record deal with the Padres and the trickle effect it will have on the free agent market for years to come.

Gabe Morency and Joe Raineri open the third and final hour discussing whether it is time to move on from the NBA dunk contest and find another event in its place, saying that the MLB Home Run Derby is a lot more entertaining than the NBA's equivalent. Arizona Hotshots GM Phil Savage joins the show to discuss how he ended up becoming the general manger of Arizona and the learning curves that comes with running a football team. He also gives his opinion on Kyler Murray and if the Oklahoma QB is worth a top 10 pick and if he will succeed while being a smaller QB like fellow Sooner Baker Mayfield or a bust like Johnny Manziel. Phil also gives us some players to look out for in the upcoming draft on the defensive side of the ball.

Joe and Gabe discuss this years NFL draft and where and how many of the Quarterbacks will go in the first round. With the Arizona Cardinals having the #1 pick and their new head coach in Kliff Kingsbury saying that if he had the #1 pick in this years draft that he would take Kyler Murray before being hired by Arizona, leads to a discussion of where Murray may go with Vegas putting the over under on 9.5 picks. On today's segment of Get Off My Lawn Gabe Morency attacks the MLB, Rob Manfred, and it's owners for being the only league in pro sports that doesn't sign their best players in free agency right away, while also falling way behind other leagues in promoting their players even though they have so many young stars.

Gabe Morency and joe Raineri open the show looking in awe at Phil Mickelson's calves, but also in awe that he is obviously flexing them. Joe and Gabe are starting to understand the AAF, and learning trends, including many of the favorites (Orlando and San Antonio) can score at will. NY Post Knicks Beat Writer Marc Berman joins the show to talk about the Knicks tanking job, and how David Fizdale has proven even as the losses add up, the Knicks are competitive every night.

The final 60 of the show starts with Teddy Covers joining the show to give his top betting odds for the AAF, and also how the league will fare with their ratings when they move to CBS Sports Network. The guys talk about how soft the "controversies" in the NBA are today, citing Ben Simmons talking selfies with the Kardashians; the guys remember when the big issues off the court revolved around the deaths of players like Hank Gathers, Len Bias, and Reggie Lewis.

Gabe and Joe open the second hour of the show looking at the betting odds for the NBA All-Star Rising Stars Challenge, with the Gabe taking Team USA, and Joe thinking the World team will win. Gabe tells the the Cleveland Indians arbitration team, Trevor Bauer's arbitration team, and the $20 million man, Colin Kaepernick, to get off his lawn. Joey Odessa joins the show to give his betting odds for Bellator and UFC this weekend.