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Alex Caruso From The OKC Thunder, Comedian Ray Romano, Indiana Pacers Are In The NBA Finals + National Sports Podcast News

Monday, June 2, 202510 takes

The Indiana Pacers are on to the Final and we talk about their big win Saturday night, how they got here and where the Knicks go from here. Jerry O'Connell calls Hank randomly and its the death of the Bing Bong (-). National Sports podcast and Scottie Scheffler is unstoppable and we talk some baseball (-). Who's back of the week including Taylor Swift and Rebecca Romijn (-). Alex Caruso joins the show to talk about the Thunder's run to the Finals, what it will be like to play in front of fans for a Finals, playing relentless defense, Jokic and tons more (-). Ray Romano joins the show to talk about upcoming golf tournament in Tahoe, sports fandom, and his kids growing up (-). We finish with lottery ball (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Tyrese Haliburton is the most important player on the Indiana Pacers

Tyrese Haliburton is the straw that stirs the drink. Correct. He is. I mean, without Tyrese, none of this works. The instant baskets after a made layup. Those don't happen without him out-letting the ball down the court. He's the most important player, I think on the team.

While Siakam won the MVP for that specific series, Haliburton is widely considered the franchise cornerstone.
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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The Indiana Pacers are the best team in the Eastern Conference

The Pacers played the best basketball, the most consistently of any team in the postseason. Is that fair to say? Yeah, definitely. Okay. So ipso facto, they're the best team in the East.

They are in the finals, supporting the claim that they were the most effective playoff team in the East for that season.
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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2025 NBA Finals is the 'Paul George Finals'

These are the Paul George Finals. Paul George was traded for, I think it was Sabonis and Oladipo. And then Sabonis became Tyrese Haliburton. And then also Paul George was traded from OKC that became SGA. It's the Paul George finals.

The trade lineages for both SGA (to OKC) and Haliburton (to IND, via the Sabonis/PG trade ripple) are factually accurate.
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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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HankHank

The New York Knicks will regret not going further in the 2025 playoffs

I think when time comes and you look back at this year, you're gonna regret not going farther. And you're gonna understand how golden of an opportunity this was to get to the finals with all of the injuries and the path just opening wide up.

This is subjective, as it depends on future Knicks success, but the 2025 East was notably injury-plagued.
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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Karl-Anthony Towns is the greatest scapegoat in NBA history

I think Kat [Karl-Anthony Towns] is the greatest scapegoat in NBA history in terms of like, this happened with him with the Timberwolves too. And I'm not saying the Kat is a perfect player... But Kat is not like your only problem. He's still a big guy. And you'd rather, if you have a problem on defense, you'd rather he be a large man than a small man.

Towns has a long history of being the primary target for criticism on his teams, making the 'scapegoat' label a valid point of debate.

National Sports Podcast

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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025·National Sports Podcast
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Big CatBig Cat

Cal Raleigh is a legitimate MVP candidate and deserves more national attention

Cal Raleigh is the catcher for Seattle Mariners. He has 23 home runs and that's insane. It's nuts that he's doing this as a catcher... He won't win MVP, but he's got my vote. First catcher with 20 home runs before June.

Raleigh is statistically one of the best power-hitting catchers, though winning MVP is unlikely for a catcher on a non-dominant team.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

The Oilers will win the Stanley Cup in seven games

I think it's Oilers. I got Oilers in seven. I think it's Oilers.

Pending the outcome of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2025 OKC Thunder championship will be the worst title of their upcoming dynasty

We have gotten ahead of it and we think this actually will be the worst Thunder team to win a title in their dynasty run. 'cause you guys [Alex Caruso] are probably gonna win like six in a row. So you're saying this is the worst this year? Yeah. We just back where we'll be like, can you believe that team won?

A double prediction: OKC wins multiple titles, and this is the weakest team. Extremely bold.
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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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Ray RomanoRay Romano

Justin Fields gives the Jets a chance because of his mobility

I guess my question is, you know, do we have a chance? I mean, he's a great guy. He is a runner. Right? At least we got a runner. I always have faith.

The effectiveness of Fields as a starting QB is a highly debated topic in football.
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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2025
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Ray RomanoRay Romano

Barry Bonds and Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame

I might be inclined to vote for Rose to get in, you know? And I think Barry Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame because everybody... most of the power hitters were, and he's by far the best hitter to ever play the sport. It's a museum at the end of the day.

This is a perennial debate in sports media with no objective resolution.