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Ray Ratto on Steph Curry and a Surprise Call to Chris Cooley
The Washington Capitals are dead again, and PFT Commenter is taking it about as well as you’d expect. It’s a May tradition unlike any other: the Caps look like world-beaters in the regular season only to provide their fans with a slow-motion car crash in the second round. Big Cat isn't offering much sympathy, instead pointing the finger at the face of the franchise.
Big CatAlexander Ovechkin deserves the heat for the Capitals failing in the playoffs
I'm going to blame Ovi... Call me a dumb fan. That's fine. Call me a dumb fan... But if you want to be a top player in any league, you're going to get this heat. It just happens. It happens to every guy. It happened to Peyton Manning. It's happened to A-Rod.
While the hockey world mourns, the NBA is being set on fire by a unanimous MVP. Ray Ratto joined the show from a crowded airport to explain why Steph Curry is basically a mythological destroyer of worlds. Ratto argued that while the highlights are great, the most impressive part of Steph’s season happened in the voting booth.
Ray RattoSteph Curry getting 131 media members to agree on anything is more extraordinary than his play
The news on this press conference is not that he won. It's that he managed to get 131 media people to agree to the same thing at the same time because that's far more extraordinary than scoring 17 points in an overtime game.
Ray Ratto didn't stop there. He leaned into the chaos, suggesting that the Warriors might actually have a long-standing Curry problem dating back to a specific trade.
Ray RattoSteph Curry has been a detriment to the Warriors for years
I think Curry has been a detriment to this team for several years now. From the moment that he forced them to trade the eminently superior Monta Ellis.
Despite the Warriors' dominance, Big Cat is starting to see a path for LeBron James and the Cavaliers. While everyone has been focused on 73 wins in the West, the Cavs have been quietly dismantling the East. Big Cat thinks the lack of respect might be exactly what Cleveland needs to pull off the upset.
Big CatThe Cavaliers could beat the Warriors in the Finals
The entire season has been about the Warriors and then a little bit about the Spurs. The Cavs, they can do like the whole nobody believes in us shit, which is unreal with a guy like LeBron on your team. And I don't know, man. I wouldn't be shocked if they beat the Warriors. I really wouldn't.
A huge part of that confidence comes from the most statistically dominant player in postseason history. According to Big Cat, the math simply doesn't lie when it comes to Kevin Love’s impact on a series.
Big CatKevin Love is the best player of all time because he is 12-0 in the playoffs
People forget that Kevin Love is undefeated in the NBA playoffs... He's undefeated. 12-0. The Cavs literally never lost with Kevin Love. Kevin Love has literally never lost in the playoffs. He's maybe the best player of all time.
The episode took a legendary turn during an interview with Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post. While discussing Bryce Harper’s recent ejection and his habit of blocking local media on Twitter, the conversation shifted to famous contacts. Steinberg revealed he had Chris Cooley’s number, leading to the first-ever PMT interview within an interview.
Cooley picked up and immediately started riffing with PFT Commenter about wrestling in a Fox robot costume and his potential NFL comeback. The former tight end was surprisingly candid about his current standing in the league.
I could still play in the NFL, but I'm too washed up to get an invite
I think that I probably could [play]... [but] I got no real invites. I'm too washed up, man. Too much of a has-been.
Before letting the DC legend go, Big Cat tried to facilitate a new career move for Cooley: joining a New York men’s league flag football team alongside Pat McAfee. Cooley seemed more interested in the roofies and beer pong than the actual football, which is exactly why he’s a friend of the program.
Things got heated during the segments as the guys broke down the brewing feud between Darren Rovell and Dana White. Usually, the guys are the first to clown on Rovell for his obsession with brand synergy and stadium food prices, but in a battle between the ultimate nerd and the ultimate jock, Big Cat is rocking with the spreadsheet king.
Big CatI side with Darren Rovell over Dana White
Ravel and Dana White are in a fight, which is the nerd and the jock. I obviously side with Ravel here. It seems as though he's in the right.
To wrap things up, Big Cat revisited an old flame: his belief that he could take a punch from the greatest boxer of our generation. Despite PFT Commenter’s skepticism, Big Cat remains convinced that a three-month neck-training camp is all that stands between him and glory.
Big CatI could knock out Floyd Mayweather in a punch-for-punch fight
Punch for punch. I get three months to train my neck... Punch for punch. I could knock out Floyd Mayweather. People forget Floyd Mayweather is like 140 pounds, and I'm like 230, baby... As long as I can train my neck, that's the only stipulation I get.
If we see Big Cat wearing a weighted sombrero to the office next week, we’ll know the training has officially begun.
