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Bill Walton Part 1

Wednesday, March 8, 20179 takes

The guys are on the road in Arizona after spending the day with Bill Walton in Las Vegas ( - ). MVP Talk, Dirk's 30,000 point and a call to brand new Pardon My Take correspondent Lebron James ( - ). Bachelor Talk for guys that don't watch the Bachelor ( - ). Hot Seat Cool Throne ( - ). Bill Walton joins the show to talk about John Wooden, his life changing back surgery, and the meaning of life in general ( - ). Segments include Sorry not Sorry for Lebron's hunt for greatness, Spinzone Mike Glennon to the Bears, Bad Visual Ciara, PR 101 for Adrian Peterson, Kings stay Kings for Darren Rovell's Pizza Shoe and Hmmm for Lamar Ball

Mvp Talk

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Kevin Durant is the real NBA MVP because the Warriors are struggling without him

But you forgot the dark horse, the guy who gets injured, and the team's not as good, Kevin Durant. When he gets his knee injury and everyone says, well, look at the Warriors now. They're 2-2 since he got injured. Maybe he's the MVP, even though he's not going to play the entire season.

Durant did not win MVP; Russell Westbrook won it. Missing significant time usually disqualifies a player in the eyes of voters.
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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2017·Mvp Talk
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James Harden's MVP argument is just that he isn't as terrible at defense as he used to be

Basically James Harden's whole argument is he's not as shitty at defense as he used to be. He tries a little bit on defense. Was he slow playing us this entire time? Like sitting and bagging us on defense and just waiting for a season to give half of a shit?

While Harden finished 2nd in MVP voting that year, the 'defensive improvement' narrative was indeed a major talking point in his 2017 campaign.

Nba Talk

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2017·NBA Talk
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Dirk Nowitzki has one of the most underrated careers in NBA history

[Dirk Nowitzki] is by far one of the most underrated careers because you kind of just forgot about him after he won the finals but he has been like quietly incredible for so so long.

Dirk is widely regarded as a top-20 player and the greatest European player of his era, but the 'underrated' tag is a common sentiment among basketball purists.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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ESPN on-air personalities are 'snowflakes' on the hot seat due to massive impending cuts

My hot seat is all the snowflake on-air personalities at ESPN. Big time cuts coming soon.

ESPN did indeed lay off about 100 on-air personalities and writers in April 2017, just a month after this episode.
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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Kyle Shanahan is making a huge mistake by trading for Kirk Cousins as a first-year coach

Kyle Shanahan... Looks like he's going to trade for Kirk Cousins. Big mistake, Kyle. We as football guys, guys know the last thing you want to do if you're a new coach is get your guy in there day one. Because then you have no excuse. You have no backup plan.

Shanahan never traded for Cousins in 2017; the 49ers eventually traded for Jimmy Garoppolo later that season, and Cousins signed with Minnesota as a free agent in 2018.

Interview

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2017
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David Stern is the most important man in the history of basketball

David Stern, the most important man in the history of all basketball. He's PFT's size. Little tiny guy over here in a world built for preschool children, right? But here's David Stern, who never shot a basket, but he brought the business acumen... to use the NBA to make the world a better place.

Stern is objectively one of the most influential figures in sports history, though 'most important' is a subjective debate against figures like Naismith or Jordan.

Spin Zone

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Mike Glennon is going to be great and perfect for the Chicago Bears

Mike Glennon's gonna be great for the Bears he's gonna be perfect and he is exactly he's exactly who the Bears would get in this situation because when you look at all the Bears quarterbacks they all suck... you need the guy who half the city is like, I think he could be okay. And then the rest of the city is like, you guys are all idiots.

Glennon was notoriously poor for the Bears, starting only four games and throwing 4 touchdowns to 5 interceptions before being benched for Mitchell Trubisky.

Hmm

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2017·Hmm
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lavar Ball is just the basketball version of Kris Jenner

That Lavar Ball is just the basketball Kris Jenner. I don't know what that means, but I'm into it. He is basically going to market his sons so relentlessly and throw them in our face.

Lavar Ball successfully utilized a reality-TV style media blitz to build a massive brand and secure high draft spots for Lonzo and Lamelo.

Outro

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2017
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The Number 37 car will win the NASCAR race in Las Vegas this Sunday

We have a Natty Light Barstool race car in the Cobalt 400 on Sunday. We're going to be live there... Number 37 car. He's going to win. I feel good about it. I'm going to guarantee it for him. ... We personally guarantee number 37 car is going to win on Sunday.

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Chris Buescher finished 23rd in the 2017 Kobalt 400. Martin Truex Jr. won the race.