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Joey Chestnut, NBA Free Agency, Mt Rushmore Of MLB Names + Our Dingers Only Baseball Draft

Monday, July 3, 202310 takes

We should've been NBA players because everyone is getting PAID. We talk winners and losers from the first few days of NBA Free Agency plus Rickie Fowler is confirmed back (-). Who's back of the week (-). Joey Chestnut joins the show to talk about 4th of July, the hot dog record, how he's feeling and how long he can stay on top (-). We then do the Mt Rushmore of baseball names and then the long awaited Dingers Only baseball draft where we say a bunch of baseball names while drinking some Coors Light (-).

Nba Free Agency

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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·NBA Free Agency
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Anything said at a championship parade should be protected by client-patient confidentiality

Anything you say at a Championship parade should be, that's like, that's client patient confidentiality. You can't, can't hold that against anybody. You're drunk at a parade. You're gonna say what you want.

This is a subjective opinion about social etiquette during championship celebrations.
Win
Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·NBA Free Agency
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Jeremy Grant contract was the straw that broke the camel's back for Damian Lillard

The biggest loser in free agency is Jeremy Grant. Jeremy Grant got 150 million to return to the Trailblazers. Now on paper you're like, wow, that's a great deal. But the contract was the straw that broke the camel's back for Dame. He was like, this is, this is what we're doing in free agency. We're resigning Jeremy Grant. Yeah, fuck you guys. I'm out.

Lillard officially requested a trade on July 1, 2023, the day after the Grant deal was reported. While long-term issues existed, the timing supports this being a catalyst.
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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·NBA Free Agency
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Big CatBig Cat

The theory that Portland should treat Dame Lillard 'correctly' to attract future free agents is the dumbest theory in the world

The the theory that the Blazers should treat Dame correctly so that they could get future free agents is the dumbest theory in the world. They're not gonna get future free agents. They should get whatever they can get.

This is subjective, but the Blazers eventually traded Lillard to Milwaukee (not his requested destination of Miami) for a package of assets.
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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·NBA Free Agency
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Houston Rockets are paying $128 million for Fred VanVleet's 'culture' more than his on-court talent

Houston did a lot of things in free agency and they did the most with VanVleet... Three for 128... He's a culture setter. They're paying for the culture. It is like paying $123 million for m and m's if he was actually good.

VanVleet did help improve the Rockets' culture in 2023-24 (they went from 22 wins to 41), but whether it was worth $128m remains a subjective debate.
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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·NBA Free Agency
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Big CatBig Cat

James Harden will start the season on the Sixers and get traded around Christmas

I think it's gonna be a Kevin Durant kind of situation where he might get traded later in the season. But I don't think anyone's gonna offer what Daryl Morey wants for this year for the Sixers... I think eventually Morey's gonna get something out of it, but I think it's gonna probably be in like, by like around Christmas time.

Harden was traded to the Clippers on October 31, 2023. This was before Christmas but did involve him starting the season on the roster (though not playing) and a delayed trade as predicted.
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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·NBA Free Agency
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Every NBA team needs one 'irrationally confident stupid guy' to win

And you also, every single team needs one like irrationally confident stupid guy who thinks that they can stop LeBron in a seven game series. That's not a bad thing to happen. No. Like you want one of those guys, you don't want a whole team of those guys, but you need one of those guys who thinks they're the best player in the world.

This is a philosophical sports take and cannot be objectively proven or disproven.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·Who's Back
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Billy FootballBilly Football

There are more trees in Canada than there are stars in the Milky Way

You know what I learned today? There's more trees in Canada than there are Stars in the Milky Way. Is that true? Damn. Yeah. I went to a museum today.

There are estimated to be 318 billion trees in Canada. The Milky Way is estimated to have 100-400 billion stars. So this is scientifically accurate.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023
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Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut

I can break the hot dog record of 76 if the weather stays dry

That record of 76, it could go down. The weather's looking a little bit iffy. They're, they're calling for thunderstorms and it, it's been a long time since we've had rain... if it's good condition, I I see a record.

The 2023 contest had a major rain delay. Chestnut won but only ate 62 hot dogs, falling short of his record. The rain factor he mentioned proved critical.
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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

Joey Chestnut belongs on the Mount Rushmore of all-time athletes with Jordan, Tiger, and Secretariat

I'm being serious Joey like I know you're a humble guy and I appreciate that, but when I think of like the greatest athletes of all time, it's like Michael Jordan secretariat, tiger Woods, Joey Chestnut. I think that'd be my Rushmore right there.

This is a subjective Mount Rushmore take.

Picks

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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023·Picks
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MaxMax

Fernando Tatis Jr. is a 'vibes guy' you want in your clubhouse despite the PED suspension

Tatis is a vibes guy. I mean, that's a guy you want. That's a guy. I wanted my clubhouse... Tatis is a vibes guy. I mean, that's a guy you want. That's a guy. I wanted my clubhouse. [PFT: He's always suspended] Nah, he's a great guy.

Clubhouse 'vibes' are entirely subjective and can't be measured.