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Chris Broussard on NBA Insiders, Jay Onrait Beef, and the 'Brew Crew'
It is officially football guy season as media days are providing the pure, uncut nectar of Dabo Swinney quotes to get the blood pumping. Between training old and avoiding smooth hands, the grit is reaching manageable levels just in time for the British Open. Big Cat is already declaring a winner before the weekend even starts, noting that Brooks Koepka has a distinct advantage thanks to a caddy who basically knows every blade of grass in Northern Ireland.
Big CatBrooks Koepka will win the British Open
Brooks Koepka is back and he's going to win the British Open. He's killing it. He's three under. He's not in the lead. Two strokes back. But his caddy is basically cheating because he's from Portrush.
PFT is keeping an eye on the rest of the leaderboard, though he isn't exactly shaking in his boots over the veteran competition. After seeing the course chew up and spit out some of the world's best on Thursday, the guys theorized that the double-digit scores seen on the pro tour are a unique phenomenon because any normal person would have simply picked up their ball and gone to the clubhouse long before hitting ten strokes.
PFT CommenterNo amateur golfer has ever actually shot a 13 on a single hole
My theory is that nobody except for professional golfers have ever shot a 13 right? That's true because you just pick it up after a while.
Before getting to the guest, the Mount Rushmore of Juniors nearly tore the studio apart. Hank went chalk with Ken Griffey Jr., while PFT took a value route with the Arnold Schwarzenegger pregnancy cinematic masterpiece. Big Cat decided to take a stand on the candy front, arguing that the difficulty of finding a box of Junior Mints actually makes the experience better.
Big CatJunior Mints are S-tier because of their scarcity
The one thing I like about Junior Mints, I don't think you can get it everywhere... you go into even a liquor store, you can get a Snickers bar... it's just too easy to get. I like the fact you got to work a little for your Junior Mints.
The tension peaked when Big Cat tried to draft for the future by taking Bronny James Jr., a move that Hank immediately revolted against. While Big Cat is looking to buy the dip on the next generation of greatness, Hank isn't convinced the lineage guarantees a Hall of Fame jacket.
HankBronny James Jr. will be a bust
You are forgetting that this is all about a mountain of greatness. Not predicting future greatness... Plus, [Bronny James Jr.]'s going to be a bust.
FS1’s Chris Broussard joined the show to address the elephant in the room: the 'Brew Crew' and his status as a newsbreaker. Broussard was a great sport about the fan club Big Cat created for him, but he wanted to make one thing very clear to the listeners and his critics in the media. He isn't chasing the daily scoop anymore; he’s moved into the columnist phase of his career.
Chris BroussardI am an analyst and opinionist now, not a newsbreaker
I don't define myself as a newsbreaker. And I'm not even a newsbreaker anymore. I mean, that's one reason I left ESPN was because they wanted to keep me in a news-breaking role. And I wanted opinion and analysis. I'm so happy now to be in the role of an opinionist and an analyst because I do have an educated opinion.
This led naturally into a discussion about the recent Kawhi Leonard saga and the shots taken by Canadian media personality Jay Onrait. Broussard didn't hold back, calling Onrait 'soft' and pointing out the irony of being criticized for a 'miss' by someone who didn't even have all the facts about Broussard's own career path.
Chris BroussardJay Onrait is 'soft' and only criticized me out of bitterness and Canadian bias
Jay Onrait is soft. I think his ire with me stems from two things. One, bitterness that Fox Sports 1 didn't bring him back. And two, during the playoffs, I called Canada soft... I think some of it is people tend to think it because look, I'm not saying I would have broken the Kawhi story but I wasn't trying.
Regarding the actual basketball, Broussard provided some fascinating insight into how close the Lakers actually came to forming a triple-threat. While the Clippers eventually won the arms race by landing Paul George, Broussard still maintains that the Purple and Gold were the primary destination if that trade had fallen through.
Chris BroussardKawhi Leonard would have joined the Lakers if the Clippers hadn't traded for Paul George
I still believe that had the Clippers not been able to pull off the deal for Paul George, [Kawhi Leonard] would have joined the Lakers. I don't think he wanted to live anymore in Toronto. I think he wanted to be in SoCal, but he also wanted a second star.
Even with the Clippers looking like the deeper team on paper right now, Broussard isn't betting against LeBron James finding a way to hang another banner in the Staples Center rafters eventually. He predicted a championship is coming to the Lakers sooner rather than later, even if he thinks LeBron’s total ring count might have a ceiling.
Chris BroussardThe Lakers will win a championship within the next two years
I think the Lakers will win it [a championship] within the next two years. I was going to say that. I think the Lakers will win it within the next two years.
The episode wrapped up with the return of Jilly Football for a 'License to Jill' segment. Jill is still the queen of the one-liner, offering up some brutal honesty about the pain of childbirth and her personal vendetta against modern technology. When asked what she would change about the world today, she didn't hesitate to target the devices sitting right in front of the guys.
Jilly FootballLaptops should be abolished
If you could change any one thing in today's world back to how it was when you were in your 20s, what would it be? I would go without laptops. Get rid of laptops. I can't figure out a laptop. I barely can figure out a phone.
Stay woke: Pepsi once had enough Soviet hardware to invade a small country, so maybe show a little more respect next time a waiter asks if it's an acceptable substitute for Coke.
