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Stipe Miocic on Dana White, Arian Foster, and NBA Playoffs
LeBron James just put the city of Cleveland on his back once again, and Big Cat has finally seen enough to give the King his flowers, albeit with a very specific ceiling. After a grueling seven-game series against the Pacers, the hierarchy of greatness has been reshuffled in the Chicago office.
Big CatLeBron James is now the fourth-best player of all time
I am now moving LeBron to fourth best all-time, right ahead of Kobe. So that's big of me. I've seen enough. You've got MJ, Magic, Bill Russell.
PFT and Hank weren't quite as ready to crown him without pointing out the theatrics. Between the floor-flopping and the mid-game locker room trips, the guys are convinced LeBron is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, specifically when it comes to his health.
HankLeBron James's Game 7 cramps were a calculated 'escape plan' to have an excuse if the Cavaliers lost
I actually have a theory that [LeBron's cramps] was an escape plan. Because when he went to the locker room, it was tied. So he was like, if I go to the locker room with cramps, it's an excuse in case we lose this game.
While the Cavs survive, the rest of the NBA landscape is a mess. The Wizards are a dumpster fire that needs to be extinguished immediately, and Russell Westbrook is out here taking 43 shots while his teammates look on in horror. PFT is genuinely concerned that Westbrook’s intensity might actually lead to a crime scene in the Oklahoma City locker room.
PFT CommenterRussell Westbrook is the most likely NBA player to kill a teammate
Also, you have to deal with Westbrook, who's probably the most likely to kill somebody in the NBA. I could see him murdering a teammate.
The Baddest Man on the Planet
Stipe Miocic joined the show with his heavyweight belt sitting right on the desk, and he didn't waste time addressed the fact that Big Cat bet against him in his last fight. Big Cat admitted he fell hook, line, and sinker for the hype train surrounding Francis Ngannou, mostly because Dana White seemed to want anyone but Stipe to be the face of the division.
Stipe’s humility is almost jarring for a guy who punches people for a living. He still works as a firefighter and paramedic back in Ohio, keeping him grounded even when he’s headlining pay-per-views. He’s so confident in his abilities that he’s ready to represent the Red, White, and Blue in a very literal way if the need ever arises.
Stipe MiocicI would win a one-on-one war for the United States against any other country's best fighter
Do you think that you would be the United States' best guy if we were to fight a one-on-one war against some other country? 100%. So you could win an entire war by yourself. Well, not a whole war. Like just one-on-one? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, for sure. Against anyone in the world. 100%.
The ESPN Post-Mortem with Arian Foster
In a rare moment of transparency, Big Cat and PFT sat down with Arian Foster to discuss the elephant in the room: the short-lived Barstool Van Talk. It’s been months since the show was canceled after just one episode, and the guys finally opened up about the internal politics and the "legacy seduction" that led them to Bristol in the first place.
PFT CommenterGoing to ESPN was a mistake fueled by the brand's legacy seduction
I think it was a mistake for sure. It was a mistake to go back to ESPN. I'll be honest. We got, speaking for myself at least, got a little bit seduced by the fact that, hey, we're going to be on ESPN. I mean, I grew up watching ESPN. It's a brand.
Big Cat reflected on the experience as a turning point for how they view their own growth. While the sting of cancellation was real, it proved that the podcast is a powerhouse that doesn't need the validation of a traditional network to reach the next level.
Big CatSometimes you don't need legacy media to reach the 'next level' in your career; you can reach it on your own
The natural evolution of what we had created on the podcast was putting it on some kind of television platform... when in reality, the lesson I learned... Sometimes the next level isn't needed. Sometimes you go to the next level on your own.
NHL Parallax and Shaq Math
As Caps fans, the guys are doing a lot of heavy lifting to defend Tom Wilson and a disallowed goal that cost them dearly. PFT has turned to high-level physics to explain why the puck was never actually in the net, citing the "Parallax Effect" as a universal truth that essentially renders every goal in hockey history questionable.
PFT CommenterDue to the 'Parallax Effect,' there has actually never been a goal scored in the history of hockey
There's a little something called the parallax effect... Depending on where you're standing in the arena, the puck can never be in the net. So we're good... That was not a goal. That was a great call by the official. The presence of mind to use the parallax effect in the middle of a game... you can't teach that.
The episode wrapped up with a breakdown of Shaq’s incredible appearance on Inside the NBA, where he tried to explain that filling up a gas tank halfway actually saves you money. While the logic would make a math teacher weep, PFT found a way to make the numbers work in Shaq's favor.
PFT CommenterFilling up your gas tank more often for $20 saves you $60 compared to an $80 full tank
You're saving yourself 60 bucks because you're only paying 20. So I think Shaq's right. Yeah. Okay. All right.
If PFT has to head to Central Park to eat horse shit because the Capitals beat the Penguins, at least he’ll know he saved $60 on the drive there.
