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Mike McDaniel on Vaping Rumors, Tua, and Run Game Beauty
The Nuggets have officially taken control of the NBA Finals after a monster performance from Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. Watching Jokic roll out of bed and sleepwalk into a 30-20-10 stat line has everyone rethinking the hierarchy of the league. While the Heat managed to steal one in Denver, the return to Miami felt like a reality check. Big Cat didn't waste any time burying the remains of the season.
Big CatHeat culture is dead
Today is Friday, June 9th and heat culture is dead.
It’s not just that the Nuggets are playing better; they’re simply too big for the Heat to handle. Watching Miami try to guard Jokic and Aaron Gordon is like watching a JV team try to rebound against grown men. PFT is already looking past the coronation and toward a long-term takeover in Denver.
PFT CommenterThe Nuggets will be a dynasty and should win at least three NBA championships
I think that this nuggets team should win three championships. I think, I think this should be a dynasty... it will be a disappointment to me if the nuggets win fewer than three NBA championships.
Mike McDaniel Joins the Show
After months of the guys trying to track him down via text, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel finally joined the show. He clarified that he wasn't ducking their texts at the Combine, he just has "terrible phone behavior." The conversation immediately shifted to his obsession with the run game, which he describes with more passion than most people describe their own children. He broke down the influence of Mike Shanahan and how he motivates wide receivers to block by making the entire team watch run film together on Fridays.
Naturally, the guys had to ask about the most viral moment of the Dolphins' season: the alleged sideline vaping in Buffalo. McDaniel played it cool, claiming he doesn't even know what that technology is, but he did offer a definitive update on his habits.
Mike McDanielI've officially quit vaping cold turkey to stop people from talking about it
The idea of... that being something that people are talking about after a playoff game is annoying enough to provoke me to never do it again. And I've since quit classic McDaniel style cold turkey, just like alcohol. But I, you know, as far as a game, I... I don't totally know what you guys are talking about.
When it comes to his quarterback, McDaniel is as protective as they come. He thinks the polarization around Tua Tagovailoa is bizarre and likely rooted in people being uncomfortable with anything that breaks the mold.
Mike McDanielTua Tagovailoa is criticized because he is different and left-handed
The starting point is he he is, he is different. Different is kind of makes people uncomfortable. I'm not sure if you guys noticed he throws with his left hand. Yes. Not his right... I think anytime there's also a lot of conviction and when there's a lot of conviction with people and they're, they're over the top about it, people tend to speak up more in the negative.
He also gave a definitive answer on the "Fun Bunch" coaching tree hierarchy. While Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan have the rings, McDaniel thinks there’s one guy from that legendary Washington staff who stands alone in the mirror.
Mike McDanielMatt LaFleur is the best looking coach from the former Washington staff
He is the best looking guy. The best looking guy. He's the best looking. And I'll say this because I know Sean McVay would get upset, but he's, he's of the, of the fun bunch of that group. He's by far the best looking guy. Not even close.
NBA Detours and Ja Morant’s Toy Story
Away from the NFL, the guys looked at the absolute chaos surrounding Zion Williamson and Ja Morant. Zion is dealing with a very public and very messy tweet storm from Mariah Mills, while Ja Morant’s camp is trying to claim the second gun incident involved a toy. Big Cat thinks Ja might be onto a new strategy for moving past his "hollows" phase.
Big CatJa Morant is weaning himself off guns like a nicotine patch
Ja Morant who his camp is now alleging that it's a toy gun. So if it were a toy gun credit's a Ja because he basically like, it's like a nicotine patch. He's weaning himself off guns.
Fyre Fest and Linsanity
To wrap things up, the guys reviewed *38 at the Garden* on Max, reliving the two-week stretch where Jeremy Lin was the most famous person on earth. Hank used the documentary as an excuse to get his licks in on the city of Toronto, proving that his hatred for everything north of the border knows no bounds.
HankToronto is a bad sports town because Canadians can't win a Stanley Cup
Toronto was a bad sports town. Although, you know... That's just Canadians out. They, they gotta, Canadians gotta pass... They can't win a fucking Stanley Cup. And it's their sport.
Hank’s Fyre Fest was a legendary three-day stretch of being a "dumb person." Between packing his car so tightly he couldn't get his golf clubs out at the course, moving into an apartment with no power, and realizing his birth certificate is still in a lockbox in Hoboken, it’s clear Hank is struggling with the transition to being a thirty-year-old.
At least he’s not the one being called the worst gambler of all time by his own lawyers in a public hearing.
