Giannis & Ja's Injuries Highlight Competitive NBA Playoff Weekend. Bruins Dominance, Leafs Curse Headline Cup Playoffs. Rays Finally Lose, Gerrit Cole's Hot Start. Hurts Big Payday. Too Soon?
Your favorite little sports podcast host may not have arrived on time to start off the week, but you best believe, I'm always coming correct, direct and in full effect on all that's happening in sports. On deck:
(2:37) I'll explain the delay of what is originally Monday's podcast (being released on Tuesday this week instead)
(3:25) The NBA Playoffs have begun. It has been exciting to say the least with some big surprise road wins by the underdogs (i.e. Heat, Clippers and Knicks), a few key injuries that could impact the postseason (i.e. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant & Tyler Herro) as I survey the opening weekend of the Association and where the week may take us as we get into Round 1.
(27:15) Hockey fans rejoice! The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here. I'll cover the three big storylines of this tournament (i.e. Can the Boston Bruins dominance continue to a Cup win? Will the Toronto Maple Leafs finally get over the first round series hump? And the West is as we've seen as a possible seven teams could be representative as a Cup finalist.) I'll break down all of the first round matchups with predictions and what we may expect over the next two weeks?
(46:16) The two big newsworthy items in the MLB are the Rays getting their 13 game winning streak out of the gate snapped in Toronto. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is off to a torrid start at 4-0, but can we see this in October. Plus, some thoughts on the Mets winning in Oakland and the Dodgers are currently .500?
(51:20) Eagles QB Jalen Hurts is now the highest paid player in the NFL. He signed a five year, $255 million dollar contract after one MVP-like season. Was this too soon for the Eagle front office to fork over the big bucks? Do you need to see more? Also, Cardinals safety, Budda Baker is requesting a trade out of Arizona? Will it happen?
Please subscribe, leave a rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, Spotify, Luminary, Amazon Music and iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.
If you'd like to contribute to the production of the podcast, please visit my Patreon page at: www.patreon.com/TheJAYREELZPodcast
Many thanks for all of your love and support.
Intro/outro music by Cyklonus.