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JJ Redick on Duke, Clippers Dysfunction, and the Mount Rushmore of Animals
Big Cat is currently sifting through a graveyard of old tweets because Daniel Murphy is officially a Chicago Cub. It’s the ultimate baseball move: if a guy kills your team for years, you just sign him and hope he has some of that Nazi scientist jet propulsion energy left in the tank. Meanwhile, PFT is officially calling time of death on the current era of baseball in the nation's capital.
PFT CommenterThe championship window for this Nationals group is closed
I think the window we're talking championship window. It's probably closed on the [Nationals] for this group. ... the Nats are dead. They're done. Put a stake in them. Probably should have traded Bryce Harper.
With Bryce Harper likely heading toward some form of pinstripes in free agency, the guys are already looking toward the future. Big Cat isn't ruling out a move to the City of Brotherly Love for the superstar outfielder.
Big CatBryce Harper will be in pinstripes next year
Yeah, there's nothing you can do. So [Bryce Harper] will be in pinstripes next year. Whichever pinstripes, we don't know. Could be Phillies pinstripes.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
The VMAs happened, and while Big Cat and PFT realized they are officially "washed" because they didn't recognize half the performers, Hank was locked in on the drama. Nicki Minaj is on the Hot Seat for spiraling after her album debuted at number two behind Travis Scott. Hank thinks the writing is on the wall for the Queen of Rap.
HankNicki Minaj is rattled and taking a backseat to Cardi B
She's just very rattled. And it's clear that Cardi B's album did better than hers. Cardi B was better at the VMAs. It's just clear that Nicki Minaj is taking a backseat, and she's not happy.
Post Malone finds himself on the Cool Throne after his private plane safely landed following a blown tire. While the internet was panicking, PFT was looking at the footage with a skeptical eye, questioning the severity of the "emergency."
PFT CommenterThe tires on Post Malone's plane looked fine despite the emergency landing reporting
Are we staying woke on that, guys? ... a lot of people were saying, like, those tires look fine to me when the plane landed. ... those tires – They didn't look bad to me. That's all I'm going to say.
In football news, Joe Flacco is proving that some things never change. Despite the emergence of Pat Mahomes, Big Cat is still a sucker for the aesthetics of a Ravens passing attack.
Big CatJoe Flacco still has the best-looking spiral in the NFL
I think [Joe Flacco] still has number one most fuckable spiral in the NFL. ... Brady Quinn in college, Joe Flacco in the NFL. ... I threw a spiral on Monday Night Football, and it was like, yup, Joe Flacco.
On the other end of the spectrum, Paxton Lynch is in the ultimate doghouse. After getting booed just for stepping onto the field in Denver, his NFL career is looking like it’s on life support.
Big CatPaxton Lynch's days in the NFL are numbered
My hot seat is Paxton Lynch. I think I'm just going to put him on my hot seat until he's out of the NFL ... Paxton Lynch, your days are numbered, bucko.
Mount Rushmore of Animals for a Fight
The draft got heated as the guys selected four animals to defend them in a fight to the death. Hank went off the board early with a pick that Big Cat and PFT claimed he only found because he was too high watching Planet Earth: the African Buffalo.
HankAn African buffalo is a top-tier animal choice for a fight and can beat multiple lions
I'll go with the African buffalo... they're diesel. They're like basically like rhino buffaloes. They kill lions. They just fuck everything up in Africa by themselves. ... The African buffalo fucks up like multiple lions.
Big Cat countered with a King Cobra, leading to a massive debate about whether a snake could actually take down a diesel buffalo. Big Cat even resorted to some quick Google-based "manalytics" to prove his point.
Big CatA King Cobra bite would kill an adult male African buffalo
One half of a king cobra bite would kill an adult male African buffalo. ... The fucking African buffalo cannot ... I'm actually looking it up right now. I just Googled it.
JJ Redick Joins the Show
NBA veteran and current Ringer podcaster JJ Redick sat down for a massive interview covering everything from the dysfunction of the "Lob City" Clippers to the absolute hatred he faced at Duke. JJ was surprisingly candid about the Clippers, citing "passive-aggressiveness" as the reason that talented group never reached a conference final. He also touched on how he has managed to prolong his career by evolving with the league's math.
JJ RedickI am a better athlete now at 34 than I was at 22
I think just to the naked eye, it's not visible that I'm a better athlete, but I am a better athlete, even at my age than I was at 22. ... at 34, like, I feel like I move as well or better than I did at 27. I just can't leap like I used to.
JJ didn't hold back on the state of the college game either. While he's a Duke legend, he's not a fan of how the games are called at the amateur level, noting that it almost makes the product unwatchable.
JJ RedickCollege referees are not good and officiating in college ruins the game
College refs ... are god-awful. They're not good in any sort of definition of the word. They're just bad referees. ... they sit a guy down and you get two fouls in five minutes and you basically don't play until the second half. And it ruins the whole game.
Addressing the modern NBA, JJ defended Kevin Durant’s move to the Warriors, viewing it as a win for player autonomy rather than a move that ruined the league. He argues that the financial logic of the move is something every other industry would celebrate.
JJ RedickKevin Durant joining the Warriors was a great decision for player autonomy
I like seeing a player ultimately do what he wants to do, what's going to make him happy, even if he pisses a bunch of people off. ... to just take a pay cut to take a pay cut makes zero sense. And no one in any other industry does that.
Looking forward with the Sixers, JJ is incredibly high on the young core in Philly. He’s seen enough from the two young stars to know that their ceiling is basically the Hall of Fame.
JJ RedickJoel Embiid and Ben Simmons will be first-team All-NBA players in five years
In five years when I'm done playing, those guys are first team, all NBA players, you know? ... Joe, as good as he is and Ben is as good as he is, are still going to be so much better.
Of course, they had to talk about Coach K. JJ confirmed that while the hair dye is a mystery, the coaching brilliance is real, specifically because K refuses to be tied down to a single way of playing.
JJ RedickCoach K's greatest strength is his adaptability rather than a fixed system
I think [Coach K's] greatest strength ... is his adaptability. Coach K doesn't have a system. He's never had a system. ... he coaches every team differently. He coaches every player differently.
John Gruden’s Time Machine
John Gruden is reportedly looking to bring a jail and a courthouse to the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas, a move Big Cat fully supports as a return to "real" football culture. It’s the ultimate Gruden move to want to be the judge, jury, and executioner on the sidelines.
Big CatJohn Gruden and the Raiders should have an old-school stadium jail and courthouse in Las Vegas
The new stadium in Las Vegas is going to have a jail and a courthouse in the stadium, a la the old Vet in Philly. ... It's a great time machine back to the days when fans were really fans. ... John Gruden should have a gun and a badge on the sidelines.
To wrap things up, the guys discussed Baker Mayfield’s new underwear commercial. Big Cat thinks Baker is smelling himself a bit too much for a guy who hasn't won a game yet, while PFT is ready to go all-in on the Browns' hype train.
Big CatIt is way too soon for Baker Mayfield to be doing underwear commercials
I think this is way too soon for Baker Mayfield. ... I actually think he's going to be a good quarterback, but it's still the Browns. You still have to win a couple games. Otherwise, this all is going to look ridiculous.
PFT CommenterI'm leaning into my own stupidity and picking the Browns to win the AFC North
I'm just going to lean into my own stupidity and say I think the Browns are going to win the division. I'm with Hank now. ... 80% of the bets coming in are on the Browns to win that division.
If the Browns actually win the AFC North, the Vegas sportsbooks might actually need that on-site jail for all the people who are going to lose their minds. Keep an eye out for Friday's show, which Big Cat promises will be unlike anything PMT has ever done before.
