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Ike Taylor on Steelers Drama and S8E2 Game Of Thrones Recap
We are officially balls deep in the first round of the NBA playoffs, or as PFT puts it, at least frenulum deep. The biggest story on the hardwood isn't even a superstar, it's the blossoming feud between Jared Dudley and the Philadelphia 76ers. Big Cat is fully leaning into his bias against Dudley for a last-minute PMT cancellation, but even he has to admit that Joel Embiid is playing on a different planet right now.
Big CatJoel Embiid is an absolute monster when he is healthy
Joel Embiid is a fucking monster. He is a monster. Like, watching him play. When he's healthy. But he was a monster on Saturday. When he is out there, he looks like he's playing with little kids. Like, his hands are so much bigger than everybody. He's so much taller. He gets the ball in the post. There's nothing anyone can do.
While the Sixers and Nets are providing the drama, the conversation turned to Ben Simmons and the flagrant disrespect he's getting for his lack of a jump shot. PFT thinks it's only a matter of time before the shooting follows the talent.
PFT CommenterBen Simmons will eventually develop a jump shot
I think [Ben] Simmons will eventually develop a jump shot to complement the rest of his game, but it's going to take him a while, and I think mentally it's tougher when you see an opponent giving you such flagrant disrespect to even get the confidence of the shooter.
As for the rest of the league, the Bucks and Pistons are putting on a display that makes Big Cat want to look away from the TV entirely.
Big CatThe Bucks-Pistons series is trash
Unfortunately, the Bucks just demolished [the Pistons] again. That series is trash.
The Curse of Barry Trotz
Transitioning to the ice, the Capitals are looking strong, but Big Cat is trying to manifest a new haunting for the franchise. He has officially declared a "Curse of Barry Trotz" now that the former Caps coach is leading the Islanders. PFT isn't buying the curse, but he is genuinely terrified of the energy at the Nassau Coliseum and the potential for Frankie Borelli to assault more elderly people if the Islanders keep winning.
Big CatThe 'Curse of Barry Trotz' will haunt the Capitals in the playoffs
Are you a little worried about the curse of Barry Trotz? Because I just decided there's a curse of Barry Trotz... where the team that fires him [gets punished]... now he's going to get his vengeance.
Ike Taylor Joins the Show
Two-time Super Bowl champion Ike Taylor joined the program for an interview that Big Cat immediately nominated for Interview of the Year. Ike is a premier storyteller who doesn't hold back, especially when talking about the legendary toughness of Big Ben.
Ike TaylorNo other quarterback could survive in Pittsburgh like Big Ben
There's no other quarterback in the league can play in Pittsburgh the way [Roethlisberger] have played... he's just a tough son of a gun.
Ike also provided some much-needed perspective on the fallout between Antonio Brown and the Steelers. While the national media loves to point fingers at Ben or Mike Tomlin, Ike points to the absence of a specific mediator in the locker room as the catalyst for the chaos.
Ike TaylorLe'Veon Bell's absence accelerated Antonio Brown's departure from the Steelers
The locker room wasn't the locker room until Le'Veon left. Le'Veon is the mediator of everything... his absence, you think, helped accelerate the Antonio Brown stuff? For me, 100%.
We also had to revisit the 2011 playoffs and the birth of Tebow Mania. While history remembers it as Tim's miracle, Ike remembers it as a specific physical mismatch on a slant route.
Ike TaylorDemaryius Thomas beat the Steelers in the 2011 playoffs, not Tim Tebow
It wasn't Tebow. It was DT... DT gave me a mean ass stiff arm... Everybody was like, Tebow Mania. I mean, it was. But that was DT, man.
Connect the Dots and Monday Reading
PFT has been looking into Greg Popovich’s obsession with expensive wine and thinks he has discovered a massive NBA sabotage plot. According to PFT, Pop is essentially playing the long game by getting every other superstar in the league addicted to the sheesh so the Spurs can keep the dynasty alive.
PFT CommenterGreg Popovich is trying to sabotage NBA stars with wine
I truly think that he uses it as an advantage to be like, I'm going to turn LeBron James into an alcoholic so my San Antonio Spurs can still look like we're still in dynasty mode.
Monday Reading featured a truly unhinged Instagram manifesto from Danny Amendola. After seeing his ex-girlfriend dancing with a DJ at Coachella, Danny decided to tell the entire world about their "fucking crazy" sex life and his disdain for "scrawny fucks." It was a hall of fame level post-breakup spiral that made Darren Rovell's Easter Sunday performance look sane by comparison.
Game of Thrones: Episode 2 Recap
We wrapped up with a breakdown of the second episode of the final season. It felt like a 60-minute locker room talk session before the big game, with everyone getting one last drink and a few jokes in before the White Walkers arrive. Hank is already looking at the math and predicting a bittersweet ending for the youngest Stark sister.
HankArya Stark will get pregnant and Gendry will die in Game of Thrones
Which probably means that Gendry's going to die, Arya's going to get pregnant. Because in this show, basically, if you have sex like that, you're pregnant.
Meanwhile, PFT is staying woke on the Three-Eyed Raven. Bran is acting far too weird for someone who is supposedly on the side of the living, and the theory that he might be more connected to the Night King than he lets on is gaining steam.
PFT CommenterBran Stark will either kill someone or is the Night King
I'm still very woke on Bran. I think that Bran is either going to kill somebody... he's the Night King... he could be the Night King.
Next week is the Battle of Winterfell, which means Jorah will almost certainly die in the ultimate friend zone without ever feeling a woman's warmth.
