WTF HAPPENED?! 😳

Nikola Jokić Just Wants To Go Home

This year's NBA Playoffs were incredibly exciting. We finally witnessed an almost unpredictable postseason, breaking away from the usual pattern of the same two teams dominating every year. It was truly a year unlike any other.

In the decisive match against Miami, Jokić displayed an impressive performance, contributing 28 points, 16 rebounds, and 4 assists, leading the Nuggets to their first-ever NBA title. Like every opponent the Nuggets faced this postseason, the Heat had very few answers for Jokić. His postseason performance was one of the most remarkable I have ever witnessed, earning him the well-deserved recognition of being awarded the Finals MVP.

When asked how it feels to be an NBA champion, Jokić told ESPN: "It's good. It's good. The job is done, and we can go home now."

Over the years, we have witnessed some of the most iconic NBA championship celebrations in all of sports. However, Jokić just wants to go home to ride his horses. 🤣

To contextualize the Nuggets' HORRIBLE NBA championship celebration, here are some of the most memorable NBA championship celebrations in NBA history. 👇

Kobe Bryant - Los Angeles Lakers 2010 NBA Champions

It's not something you see every day – a player claiming their fifth championship. Kobe took charge and led the Lakers to victory without Shaquille O'Neal, playing at an incredibly impressive level. And let me tell you, Kobe held nothing back. This image of him leaping on the scorer’s table will go down in NBA history.

LeBron James - Miami Heat 2012 NBA Champions

No one had more pressure to win a title than LeBron James when he joined the Miami Heat and created a Big 3 with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, especially after the way he left the Cavaliers and said this. 👇

He became the NBA’s new villain and was constantly tormented with the reminder that he had never won a title. However, in 2012, he finally achieved that long-awaited victory, and the GOAT couldn't hold back his overwhelming emotions throughout the journey.

Michael Jordan - Chicago Bulls 1996 NBA Champions

Michael Jordan dedicated the 1996 NBA Finals win to his late father and poured out his emotions on the locker room floor, showing that the championship is more than just basketball.

LeBron James - Cleveland Cavaliers 2016 NBA Champions

When LeBron James clinched the championship for his home team, he couldn't hold back his tears of joy. Sure, his emotional moment later became a meme, but witnessing his genuine happiness was surreal.

Kevin Garnett - Boston Celtics 2008 NBA Champions

When Garnett won his first NBA title with the Boston Celtics’ Big 3, he couldn’t believe his eyes and even went on to say: “Anything is possible.” The declaration became one of the most iconic moments/videos in NBA history.

Denver Nuggets 2023 NBA Champions

Kevin Garnett 2008: “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!”

Nikola Jokić 2023: “Finally I can return home to my ponies.”

WE HAVE SEEN ALL OF THESE ICONIC MOMENTS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET FROM THE 2023 NBA CHAMPIONS?! WTF 🤬

Honestly, I get that he wants to go home to his family. I do. However, dealing with the fans and the media comes with the territory of being a superstar. And complaining about it is not a good look for the NBA.

Tell me your thoughts?

Golden Knights Are Stanley Cup Champions!

Captain Mark Stone single-handedly dominated Game 5 with a hat trick, leading the Vegas Golden Knights to a smashing 9-3 victory over the Florida Panthers. It's a historic moment for the second-youngest franchise in the NHL as they clinched their first-ever Stanley Cup title in just their sixth year of existence.

Beers and babies deserve to fill that Stanley Cup after a well-deserved victory from the Vegas Knights. 👏

U.S. Open Predictions & Best Bets

The U.S. Open is golf’s most prestigious event. Though not the oldest major championship (The Open Championship reigns supreme), the U.S. Open is often regarded as the toughest test that golfers face on a yearly basis.

This year, the fanfare is at an all-time high, and that’s certainly saying something given the circumstances we entered this period in last season. Last year, LIV Golf was gaining steam and momentum, and several big names had already crossed the Rubicon of no return, resigning their memberships on the PGA Tour in exchange for wildly excessive paydays.

However, this year, we enter the week with possibly the biggest golf news ever: the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and the DP World Tour are all merging into one new entity that the PGA Tour will have operational control over, with the Saudi Arabian-powered Public Investment Fund acting as a majority investor. On top of all of this, Canadian Nick Taylor (250/1 this week) emerged victorious in a four-hole playoff over Tommy Fleetwood (40/1) to win last week’s RBC Canadian Open, so Canada is celebrating heavily right now.

Moving on to the event at hand, the U.S. Open moves to a venue that has not hosted a PGA Tour event in over 80 years: Los Angeles Country Club. We’ll dive into a course preview down below, so make sure you check that goodness out.

Last year, Matt Fitzpatrick (35/1) was able to fade a very talented field at The Country Club to win his first U.S. Open (and major) title after winning the U.S. Amateur nine years prior at the same venue. This year, Max Homa (30/1) returns to LACC, where he holds the course record. Can he make a run at his first major?

Max Homa Winner (+3000)

A lot of the talk around the course this week will focus on Homa, and it’s not only because he holds the single-round course record of 61 that he set in 2013.

Homa has had a rough track record in majors so far in his career, failing to record any top-10 finishes. But if there is any course that seems right for him to go get to that spot, this is the one. He is a very good bentgrass putter and has been solid gaining strokes off the tee this season, which will help you majorly at a course like LACC.

Given all the narratives surrounding him, he’ll be one of the chalkier picks to win this week, but this could be a time where the public bettor comes out victorious. I’ll be on him at this outright number as well as some placement plays.

Scottie Scheffler Top-5 Finish (+200)

Scottie Scheffler has been a model of consistency, delivering impressive performances in each of his last 15 PGA Tour events with top-20 finishes. On top of that, the 26-year-old golfer has already claimed two outright victories in 2023. One of these triumphs took place at the WM Phoenix Open back in February while the other came at the Players Championship in March.

Scheffler's talent has also shone through in previous U.S. Opens. He secured a remarkable second-place finish in 2022 and followed it up with a solid seventh-place finish in 2021. Time and again, he has come tantalizingly close to surpassing the entire field, and this time around, he has a fantastic opportunity to finally break through and reach new heights.

Hole in One for the Tournament: NO (+115)

This bet has not cashed for us either of the last two times I’ve bet it, but I’m going back to the well at Los Angeles Country Club.

There are five par 3s on this course, but three of them are extremely daunting, with stock yardages sitting at 224, 284, and 290 yards. The other two sit at 171 and 124 yards, but each sits on multi-tiered greens with elevation changes and numerous danger spots all around the green.

Birdies will be hard enough to come by here, let alone a hole-in-one.

Margin of Victory: 1 Shot (+225)

This is a U.S. Open, which means some things just naturally hold true, despite the rotation of courses on a yearly basis. One of the main things that does is that the course tests golfers, unlike 99% of the courses on the PGA Tour.

It’s very likely we see a grouping of golfers bunched up at the top, and that one is able to separate themselves just enough on Sunday afternoon that they are able to be crowned the champion.

Read more from Sam Wagman’s U.S. Open Predictions & Best Bets.

Tom Brady Coming Out of Retirement?!

Tom Brady knocked Mr. Beast's drone out of the sky on a $300 million yacht. 😳🏈

Brady said in the video, “If I hit the drone on the first try, maybe I should come out of retirement."

Conor McGregor Sends Mascot to Hospital 🏥

In an unexpected turn of events during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, former UFC champion Conor McGregor accidentally knocked out the Miami Heat mascot, resulting in the mascot being taken to the emergency room. 🤣