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2X NBA Champion Matt Bonner

Monday, June 12, 201713 takes

The Cup is staying in Pittsburgh as the Penguins win back to back Stanley Cups ( - ). Power Ranking sports trophies ( - ). NBA Finals update and Draymond embracing full heel ( - ). Who's back of the week ( - ). Former San Antonio Spur and 2X NBA Champion Matt Bonner joins the show to talk about the NBA Finals, playing for Pop, and chasing a Stone Cold Steve Austin belt in the late 90's ( - ). Segments include Talking Soccer and Pulisic mania, Trouble in Paradise, Torch Update for Tennis, PR 101 for Sebastian Telfair, and Sorry not Sorry for Jeff Van Gundy telling us to say sorry to Khloe Kardashian.

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Winning back-to-back Stanley Cups is basically cheating

I didn't know you could win back-to-back Stanley Cups, so that's kind of cheating in my mind. I hate the Blackhawks. We never knew that those rules existed.

OpinionHockeyMildSarcastic
The Blackhawks did not win back-to-back titles during their modern dynasty; the Penguins became the first to do so in the salary cap era in 2017.
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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The U.S. government should use being a hockey fan as an interrogation technique for terrorists

The United States government should make one of their new enhanced interrogation techniques for terrorists. Just make the terrorists become a hockey fan. Watch three overtimes. And then have to watch playoff games until their team loses in the Stanley Cup Finals.

This is a subjective, satirical comparison that cannot be factually proven.
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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James's legacy is intact only because the Cavaliers avoided a sweep

The two other stories we had, one is because the Cavs didn't get swept, LeBron's legacy is intact. It's a lot of legacy talk. If you get swept, the legacy is out.

LeBron's legacy remains a top debate regardless of the 2017 Finals outcome, though he did avoid the sweep.

Power Rankings

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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017·Power Rankings
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The Lombardi Trophy is the toughest trophy in sports to win

My number one is the Lombardi, actually. Toughest trophy in all sports to get.

Whether it's the 'toughest' is purely subjective and debated against the Stanley Cup (length of playoffs) and World Cup (frequency).
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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017·Power Rankings
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Big CatBig Cat

The NCAA basketball championship plaque looks like an employee of the month award

I had three that plaque they give the NCAA basketball champion, which just looks like employee of the month plaque. Like J.D. Power Associates giving Audi their award for best foreign car.

The NCAA championship trophy is indeed a rectangular wood plaque with a gold-colored insert, often criticized for its modest appearance.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2017 Yankees are fully back

The Yankees are fully back. Pinstripes for everyone. Aaron Judge hit three home runs on Sunday. His 21st of the year. Also the longest home run of the year... They have the best run differential in the league.

The 2017 Yankees did reach the ALCS, losing in 7 games to the Astros, which was considered a 'back' year for a rebuilding team.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017
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Matt BonnerMatt Bonner

LeBron James is a murderer and a scary dude on the basketball court

His intensity was night and day. Not just his intensity and his competitiveness. I mean, he has a killer instinct. He's a killer out there. He'll tear your head off and dunk it... He's an intense, scary dude. You don't want to get in his way.

LeBron is widely regarded as one of the most physically imposing and competitive players in history.
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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017
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Matt BonnerMatt Bonner

The Ray Allen Game 6 shot in 2013 was the worst loss of my entire life

That Ray Allen shot and that loss was the worst loss in my entire life, easily... It was over. We won the championship. And then, bam, we missed free throws. They get offensive rebounds. They hit a couple threes, ending with that Ray Allen one. And we lost the game, and it was, like, just so crushing.

This is a personal feeling from the speaker about his own life and career.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017
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Matt BonnerMatt Bonner

The Spurs were like the Blues Brothers on a mission from God in 2014

We were like the Blues Brothers on a mission from God that next season to get back to the finals and make right by that loss. And so once we got to the finals and matched up with Miami again, the rest was history.

The Spurs famously defeated the Heat 4-1 in 2014 with one of the greatest team performances in Finals history.

Talking Soccer

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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017·Talking Soccer
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Big CatBig Cat

Celebrating a tie in soccer is un-American and makes me want to puke

The amount of celebration over a tie makes me want to puke... Very un-American. We play to win the game. That's why we've won every war we've ever been in. That's America.

In sports culture, celebrating ties is often seen as negative, though strategically in soccer it is often necessary. The claim about winning every war is factually debated but fits the character.

Torch Update

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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017·Torch Update
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Big CatBig Cat

You cannot be the GOAT of tennis if your specialty is clay

I don't think that you can be GOAT if your specialty is the clay. It's like basically Steph Curry using the three-point shot as his crutch. If we want to get into it, really the goat should just be the best player on grass.

Nadal has won all four Grand Slams, but Big Cat's point about clay dominance is a common, if flawed, point of debate among fans.

Sorry Not Sorry

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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017·Sorry Not Sorry
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Van Gundy is white-knighting for Khloe Kardashian because he has a thing for her

But what it sounded like, it sounded like Jeff has a little thing for Khloe... So he's white knighting, really. He's trying to fuck Khloe.

There is no evidence that Jeff Van Gundy has a romantic interest in Khloe Kardashian.
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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017·Sorry Not Sorry
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Big CatBig Cat

It is a social law that you are allowed to say mean things about the Kardashians

Jeff Van Gundy needs to realize that like we've a long time ago made it kind of like a social norm that you can say anything mean about the Kardashians. It's okay. That's just become an internet law... That's the social contract we have all signed a long time ago.

The existence of an informal 'social contract' or 'internet law' is a matter of cultural opinion.