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Guy Fieri, Blake Griffin To The Nets, CBB, And NBA All Star Weekend

Monday, March 8, 202112 takes

Blake Griffin is on the Nets and we're now a Nets podcast ( - ). College Basketball had its final weekend and we discuss the biggest storylines going into Championship week, Coach K retiring, and Bo Boroski ( - ) NBA All Star Game and Mike Greenberg's dumb rules for the Dunk Contest ( - ). Who's back of the week ( - ). Guy Fieri joins the show to talk about his new show, his career, eating with Mark Davis, and the nuances of Flavortown and Triple D ( - ) . We finish with Just Chill Out Man for Trevor Bauer, PR 101 for the WFT, and late night texts from Billy.

Recap

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bulls are one year away from being title contenders

Obviously, I wanted [Blake Griffin] to go to the Bulls, but I think the Bulls are probably a year away from being title contenders. Yeah, one year. One year away from being title contenders. And I still have actually enjoyed watching this Bulls team, and I have high hopes for them to make the playoffs.

The Bulls did not become title contenders in 2022; they were a 6th seed and lost in the first round.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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Blake Griffin will dunk for the first time since 2019 this year

I'm really hoping that Blake goes there and then he can just immediately play like old Blake again. Change of scenery will be good for him. He's going to dunk for the first time since 2019. Mark my words. 2021 is the year of Blake Griffin dunking again.

Blake Griffin dunked in his first game as a member of the Brooklyn Nets on March 21, 2021.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Duke should look at firing Coach K right now

Over 30,000 people want Coach K fired. So I put up a poll when they were getting the shit kicked out of him by UNC. I said, should Coach K retire after this game or after the ACC tournament? ... I would look very hard at firing Coach K if I was Duke right now.

Coach K was not fired; he announced in June 2021 that the 2021-22 season would be his last.
Open
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If Gonzaga doesn't join the Pac-12 in five years, they are on a fraud countdown

I'm setting the law down right now. If Gonzaga does not go to the Pac-12, actually, within the next five years, they're on a fraud countdown. Anything longer than that, and you're doing it for your Mickey Mouse game?

Gonzaga is still in the WCC as of late 2024, though they have accepted an invitation to the Pac-12 starting in 2026.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Replay review has ruined the watchability of basketball

Review in NBA and college basketball has ruined the watchability of basketball games because it just the last five minutes take forever. And they look at every little piece of the game and did it go off this guy? It was unwatchable. They need to dial it back.

This is a subjective opinion on the quality of the product.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

There should be a shot clock on replay reviews

I want there to be a shot clock on reviews because not only would it speed it up and make it, like, if you can't figure it out within 30 seconds, stop, right?

The NBA and NCAA have not implemented a strict shot clock for reviews, though they have introduced 'replay centers' to speed it up.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Baseball is the only All-Star game that actually works

I really don't understand like the all star games. They just don't. Baseball is really the only all star game that really actually works because you can't not throw hard. It's one on one. It's just like no one's even playing.

This is a subjective opinion on entertainment value.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NBA All-Star winning team should get extra salary cap space

What if it was East versus West again and the winning team got more salary cap room for the next year? Then people would play hard? They get one extra mid-level exception. One extra guy.

The NBA has not adopted cap incentives for the All-Star Game winner.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Joe Lunardi is secretly miserable because other people are catching up to his bracketology

I think Joe Lunardi is secretly miserable. Because in 2021, it's the Mel Kiper theory, right? ... Now there's a shitload of people who do draft stuff. I think Joe Lunardi is just constantly looking over his shoulder. Like, there's going to be a kid someday that comes and just nails it every single year. And if I slip up, if I put BYU on the 9 seed and they end up being a 10, it's curtains for me.

Lunardi remains a staple of ESPN's coverage, though many other bracketologists have gained prominence.

Interview

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021
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Guy FieriGuy Fieri

Mark Davis orders orange chicken and fried rice at P.F. Chang's

I know Mark. Mark's a wonderful guy. I think Mark would play it right up the middle. I think he would go orange chicken, chicken fried rice, egg roll. Right up the middle. I don't really see him diversifying it.

Mark Davis is famously seen at P.F. Chang's frequently, and while his exact order isn't public, orange chicken is the consensus bet.

Just Chill Out Man

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021·Just Chill Out Man
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Throwing a no-hitter on LSD is the most impressive athletic feat of all time

He should try doing it on LSD like Doc Ellis did. If you want to talk about the most impressive athletic feats of all time, I'd say throwing a no-hitter on LSD is probably number one and number two.

This is a subjective ranking of athletic achievements.

Pr 101

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2021·PR 101
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The Washington Football Team paid for Twitter bots to praise Dan Snyder

I started to notice that over the last two days, there were a shitload of accounts that had been created in October of 2020 that were all tweeting things about Dan Snyder. It'll shock you to find out that there are more than likely hundreds of bots that were all created around the same time to just heap praise on Dan Snyder. Dan Snyder, essentially, somebody in the Redskins organization paid for a shitload of Twitter bots to just do nothing all day but tweet praise for Dan Snyder.

It was later confirmed through investigative reporting (including from the Washington Post) that Snyder used bot farms and coordinated PR attacks.