PMT DB
Blake Griffin - Detroit Piston/Clipper For Life
Philly is still cleaning up their premature confetti celebration and Brad Stevens has broken the process ( - ). Lebron has killed the Raptors, again, and he somehow gets better every game ( - ). Warriors are still the team to beat and we kind of hate James Harden ( - ). The Caps are a game a way from PFT eating horse poop and Brad Marchand licks people ( - ). Who's Back of the Week including DJ Khaled's refusal to eat his wife's pussy and Albert Pujols hit 3,000 hits ( - ). Detroit Piston Blake Griffin joins the show to talk about his trade from the Clippers, if the Clipper for Life ceremony is awkward in retrospect, how he's changing his game, and what the differences between Manhattan Beach and Detroit Michigan are ( - ). Segments include Kings stay Kings Skip Bayless, Hurt or Injured Matt Harvey, Stick to Sports Sportscenter, Sabermetrics American Pharaoh fucks a lot, and Stay Woke is Kanye performing an elaborate art project on all of us?
Recap
Big CatBrad Stevens is the best coach in the NBA
I mean, I think [Brad Stevens] is the best coach in the game. He's a mad scientist.
PFT CommenterBen Simmons is playing like a rookie because he can't shoot
It's a real problem that [Ben Simmons] can't shoot. He's playing like a rookie. So this actually... I've changed my mind now. He is a rookie based on how he's been playing.
Big CatBrad Stevens is a better coach with less talent than Gregg Popovich has ever been
I saw some people saying that Brad Stevens is doing more with less than Popovich ever has. [Big Cat:] I'd agree... Popovich had Tim Duncan, who's like a top 10 player of all time... People are pretending that [the Celtics] are not talented because they don't have their number one guy, but they still have a ton of talent.
Big CatI will not pick against LeBron James in the Eastern Conference until he actually loses
Looming is LeBron James, who I'm happy that I'm on the right side of history on this one because there was a lot of talk that he was ripe for an upset in the East this year, and I'm firmly in the I'm not picking against LeBron in the East until he loses, until I watch him lose in the East because it seems like it will never happen.
PFT CommenterLeBron James intentionally makes his teams worse as a GM so he can stand out more
One thing, we can actually make the argument that LeBron James is at his worst as a GM, but I think that he makes his teams... I think he makes his teams worse on purpose, so that he's the guy that stands out. And it's like, oh, look at these shitty teams.
PFT CommenterJames Harden is officially on my enemy list
James Harden, he's got to be the most annoying player in the entire world to guard... He's infuriating to watch. You know what? I've turned the corner on James Harden. I used to like him. I don't even like watching him play basketball... I'm putting James Harden on my enemy list. There we go. I have a feud now.
Big CatBrad Marchand licking people is one of the funniest things to happen in sports
The biggest story, maybe the funniest sports story of 2018 is Brad Marchand licking people. He can't stop. It's actually a great litmus test for who has a sense of humor because the people who get legitimately upset about that, fuck them. That is one of the funniest, trollest things to do.
HankTuukka Rask is good but bad in big moments, which makes him not good
The Tuukka Rask thing to me... if he was good, you wouldn't have to tell people he's good. He's good but bad in big moments. So it's like, is that really good? So that's kind of bad.
Who Is Back
Big CatAlbert Pujols is the best Angel of all time
3,000 hit club, Albert Pujols, Los Angeles Angels. Probably the best angel of all time, right? [PFT:] Angel for life. [Big Cat:] Move on. Best angel going into Cooperstown with that bronze angel hat.
Interview
Blake GriffinBaker Mayfield is a great competitor and will be successful with the Browns
No, [Baker Mayfield] is going to be great. He's, you know what, he's just got this thing about him that... Baker, he's just like a competitor, man. Like, I was happy to see him go number one. If anybody can, like, move forward with the Browns [it's him].
Kings Stay Kings
PFT CommenterIf LeBron James didn't call 'bank' on his game-winner, it shouldn't count the same
If you don't call bank in a situation like that, I don't think it should count. [Big Cat:] I'd rather be good than lucky... [PFT:] It was a bad shot that happened to go in. Correct. Which doesn't count the same as a good shot.
Hurt Or Injured
Big CatMatt Harvey will regain his form and have a good season now that he's left the Mets
Matt Harvey's going to still have a good year in his career left simply because it's the Mets... If you're a team looking for a pitcher, you should probably take a flyer on Matt Harvey because it would just be so perfect Mets for Matt Harvey to regain his form.
PFT CommenterThe new Monday Night Football booth will be Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten, and Booger McFarland
Booger, he got the gig as first reported by me. The Monday Night Football gig. So it's going to be Booger, Jason Witten, and then [Joe Tessitore]... as far as I know, the first to say it was me.