Follow the Money | October 20, 2026 | Hour 2

SPEAKER_2 (0:02)

That's what I always say, you always follow the money. This is Follow the Money, with Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard on VSiN.

Mitch Moss (0:11)

Thanks for checking in here on a busy Tuesday. We're live, YouTube TV, Series XM Channel 189 Coming up in the next hour, by the way, an hour from right now, Doug Kazarian on the program, NBA preview with him, Celtics leading the Pistons right now, 92-84, early stages, fourth quarter. Derek Stevens on the program in 90 Minutes, owner of Circle Las Vegas. We will ask him to share any information that he can on the proxy gate that took place over the weekend in Grandisimo, where the pick did not get entered. And that's $100,000 up in smoke, and the entry was worth 550,000 at that time. We mentioned this previous segment, and win some, lose some. Before last night, Freddie Peralta was a big number to still win the American League Championship Series MVP, getting his second start, gonna make his third appearance, and he was really good before that.

They don't offer a lot of this stuff in Nevada. I didn't see it anywhere, but evidently, Dave Ross said it yesterday on the morning show here, thought he had a shot. B Earl Nelson tweeted me, and he said that DK had him at 16 to one.

How did we?

Pauly Howard (1:20)

I believe it though.

Mitch Moss (1:21)

Oh my Lord.

Pauly Howard (1:21)

Yeah, but nobody made enough of an impact to the voters offensively, that a guy who, I mean, it's not like he went five and a third.

Mitch Moss (1:31)

No, I understand that.

Pauly Howard (1:32)

He won two games, but went five and a third, and it was more about the offense and what happened too.

Mitch Moss (1:37)

Okay.

Pauly Howard (1:37)

So, Open made it interesting, but that's a bizarre decision that he gets the MVP.

Mitch Moss (1:42)

So, if we noticed that yesterday here, and I brought it up to you, you would not have bet it?

Pauly Howard (1:45)

No.

Mitch Moss (1:46)

Oh, this is a major whiff by me. Paul, if it ended last night, which it did, he could have been the main reason why, hence making his second great start already and a third appearance overall.

Pauly Howard (2:00)

I would have thought, though, he's got to go eight strong. Five and a third.

Mitch Moss (2:05)

Good job by Dave Ross pointing that one out.

Pauly Howard (2:08)

Incredible.

Mitch Moss (2:08)

Yeah.

Pauly Howard (2:09)

But you never know with voters. That stuff's weird.

Mitch Moss (2:12)

Of course. Of course. Okay. So, we're hot and heavy on the NBA. It starts tonight. I was looking last year. I went to war right away out of the gates with Dairy Bird to make threes. The book's never adjusted. He went over nine straight games to begin the year last year. I don't have that player this year. I have not been able to identify him yet.

Pauly Howard (2:29)

Yeah, you'll find someone.

Mitch Moss (2:30)

I did play a same game, Pauly, in that Oklahoma City game tonight. Again, Wembee, three plus blocks. Wallace, two plus steals at plus 142 What do you like? What are some of your favorite bets for the NBA season?

Pauly Howard (2:41)

Got that. I'm against Zach.

Zach Lowe laughed at this number. Wizards win total 34 and a half. He thinks it's outrageous that they're just.

Mitch Moss (2:54)

They're not going to be able to come together. No way. No games together.

Pauly Howard (2:56)

Because ADs always hurt. Who knows if they make a trade. The Atlanta Hawks said, please take Trey Young, get rid of them. We don't want them anymore. And in a competitive, loaded deep East, they're going to win 35 games.

So I'm with them on that one. Kings under, worst team in the league to me.

Horrible organization. The only tuning in to see how many points A-Cup scores. 76ers under, hit it twice. Lot of talent, one ball. Going to be chemistry issues. Guys finding their role, going to take time. Listen to LeBron when he speaks. He keeps saying it's going to be a process. It's going to take a while and develop chemistry. Plus the whole goal is let's just be healthy for April.

Mitch Moss (3:39)

You think, well, I'm not envious of any man who would have to be the head coach of that team. You think Nick Nurse is the right guy to make it work?

Pauly Howard (3:47)

Yeah, I think he's a good coach.

Mitch Moss (3:48)

I think so.

Pauly Howard (3:48)

Yes, I respect them.