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Wright Thompson on Tiger and MJ, Mike Florio's NFL Preview, and Pacers Magic
The Indiana Pacers have officially become the team that simply refuses to die. Big Cat and PFT were left shaking their heads after Rick Carlisle’s squad went into Oklahoma City and stole Game 1 in the most Pacers way possible: getting bullied for 45 minutes and then becoming absolute killers in the final three.
Big CatThe Indiana Pacers' game plan is to lull you to sleep and then fuck your world up in the last three minutes
The Indiana Pacers have done it again. They stole game one in Oklahoma City. These pacers, they just keep doing it... The Pacer's game plan is to lull you to sleep, being giving you a 10 point lead and then in the last three minutes, fuck your world up.
Tyrese Haliburton is turning into a postseason legend right before our eyes, hitting shots that should be impossible for a guy with that jump shot. PFT pointed out that Indiana’s strategy of trailing for 99% of the game might actually be the most sustainable model in sports, even if it’s giving every fan in Indianapolis a heart attack.
PFT CommenterIf an NBA game were only 45 minutes long, the Indiana Pacers would be a lottery team
Surely they can't do this again, right? They didn't need until 0.3 seconds left in the entire game. If NBA playoff, if NBA games were 45 minutes long, the Pacers would be a lottery team.
Despite the incredible game, Big Cat was mostly preoccupied with the fact that the NBA has decided the Finals shouldn't actually feel like the Finals. Between the lack of a proper intro and the total absence of a "Finals" logo on the court, it felt like a Tuesday night game in February.
Big CatThe NBA Finals don't feel special because there is no 'Finals' script on the court anymore
How do you not have just like a script NBA finals? How do you not have anything, maybe even on the baseline there? It's the same argument I make with the throwback jerseys... When I watch a highlight of this game 10 years from now, I wanna know it was the NBA finals and there's nothing on the fucking court except YouTube TV.
Wright Thompson on the Cost of Dreams
Legendary writer Wright Thompson joined the show to discuss his new book *The Barn* and his career profiling the biggest icons in sports. When you get a guy like Wright on the mic, you’re going to get some incredible perspective on the loneliness of greatness. He broke down the fundamental difference between Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, and why the marketing machine that worked for one ended up being a disaster for the other.
Wright ThompsonTiger Woods is an extreme introvert who was broken by being forced into the Michael Jordan marketing playbook
It's always astonishing that no one in that room at Nike... occurred to no one that the playbook had been built around Michael Jordan, who is an extreme extrovert. And they applied it to Tiger Woods, who is an extreme introvert and like, honestly feels like they broke him.
Wright also didn't hesitate when asked to settle the ultimate debate between the two legends he's spent years studying.
Wright ThompsonMichael Jordan is the GOAT over Tiger Woods
[Big Cat]: who's better? Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan? [Wright]: Michael Jordan.
Beyond the GOAT talk, Wright shared some wild stories about Ted Williams, the "mask eating the face" of celebrity, and his deep-seated love for the Grateful Dead. It was a masterclass in storytelling that ended with Big Cat and PFT trying to figure out how to get their hands on Jerry Garcia’s Tiger guitar.
Mike Florio and the NFL Summer Cycle
Our good friend Mike Florio stopped by to talk all things NFL as we head into the dead zone of the off-season. The biggest news of the day was Aaron Rodgers finally confirming he’s heading to Pittsburgh to join the Steelers. PFT immediately floated a theory that the league office might have had a hand in the timing of the schedule release to force the hand of the 4-time MVP.
PFT CommenterThe NFL colluded to schedule the Jets vs. Steelers in Week 1 to force an Aaron Rodgers decision
Do you think that the NFL secretly colluded to putting the Jets as the Steelers week one opponent to try to make Aaron Rogers make his decision as soon as possible?
Florio also touched on the vibes in New York, where the Jets are surprisingly trying to build something the right way for once. Instead of the usual circus, they seem to be taking a page out of the Detroit Lions' book.
Mike FlorioThe New York Jets are adopting a 'meat and potatoes' approach similar to the Detroit Lions
I like what the Jets are doing... They're trying to do what the Lions did... They didn't have a big splashy off season where they're in the middle of all sorts of discussion and hype... it was a very meat and potatoes approach.
We also got some spicy coaching predictions, with Florio suggesting that Bill Belichick might not be out of the league for long, specifically eyeing a certain warm-weather destination if things go south for the current regime.
Mike FlorioBill Belichick will eventually coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
I feel like Belichick has been eyeballing the bucks... The Buccaneers are willing to do kooky things if they think it's gonna make them better... It would make sense if you can hand him a talented team in a weak division where he could cobble together enough wins to get to the playoffs.
Fyre Fest of the Week
Fyre Fest featured a tragic update from Zach, who is currently being tormented in the world of Marvel Rivals. Between high-level players creating new accounts to bully people and a specific weather-based animal phenomenon, morale is at an all-time low in the gaming chair.
ZacSmurf accounts and the 'Sharknado' meta are ruining the Marvel Rivals experience
The developers of Marvel rivals... are tanking the game. So they're, they're allowing these guys to do... Smurf account... and then they've changed the team up and now there's a sharknado that you can light on fire and the sharknado is ruining the game.
Big Cat celebrated the arrival of the office ice cream machine, which has already led to him eating five cones in a single day and discovering the "sauna cold tub" effect of mixing hot coffee with soft serve at 9:15 AM.
Never underestimate the power of a soft serve machine and a dream.
