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Mark Titus on College Basketball, NBA Trade Drama, and Patriots Parade
It is officially Life After Football, and Big Cat is so deep in the post-Super Bowl haze that he opened the show thinking it was September. While the rest of the world is moving on, Hank is still basking in the glow of another Patriots championship, even if Skip Bayless thinks a sixth ring somehow hurt Tom Brady's legacy.
Hank defended his team’s honor, explaining that he prioritized the Patriots over every other Boston sports team because of the limited time left in the dynasty.
HankI wanted the Patriots to win another Super Bowl now because Tom Brady's window is closing
I would say the Patriots just because Brady's window is closing. So the more he can get in before he retires, the better.
On the parade front, Rob Gronkowski was predictably shirtless and hammered, while Julian Edelman reached the final boss level of sports media by punching a photo of Max Kellerman. As Big Cat noted, once a championship team starts specifically shitting on you, your career as a professional troll is complete.
The NBA Tampering Dance
The NBA trade deadline is looming, and the Lakers and Pelicans are currently engaged in a high-stakes game of chicken over Anthony Davis. Between Davis’s dad listing teams he won't play for and Magic Johnson trying to avoid another tampering fine, the whole thing feels like a choreographed production. Big Cat is convinced the fix is in, pointing to the sudden reappearance of a certain outspoken father as the smoking gun.
Big CatThe Anthony Davis trade to the Lakers is basically done because LaVar Ball is talking again
LeVar comes out of the rock he was under, silent for the last six months, now saying he wants Lonzo to go to Phoenix... that just tells me the trade's been done because LeVar knows he no longer has to worry about LeBron paying him his hush money.
With LeBron James and Rich Paul pulling the strings, it feels like only a matter of time before the Pelicans cave. Meanwhile, Kobe Bryant is out here telling people he could still drop 40 if he wanted to, but he just doesn't feel like it. Classic Kobe.
Mark Titus and the College Basketball Landscape
Mark Titus joined the show to help the guys transition into college hoops season. The conversation immediately turned to Kentucky and the undeniable aura of Brad Calipari. While some might mock the coach's son for his high-fashion sideline looks, Big Cat thinks the blue-and-black jean jackets are actually a weapon.
Big CatBrad Calipari's presence on the sideline is a psychological advantage for Kentucky
I truly do think [Brad Calipari] is a plus for Kentucky... when you show up and you have to play Kentucky, you're already in an uphill battle because they're a good team. And then you see this guy just mean mugging you with his half black half blue jean jacket... it just adds to the whole mystique of Kentucky basketball.
When it comes to the actual play on the court, the consensus is that Duke is in a tier of their own. Zion Williamson has turned the Blue Devils into must-watch television, and Titus isn't seeing many teams capable of standing in their way come March.
Mark TitusDuke is the best team in college basketball, and it feels like they are definitely going to win it all
Duke is better than everybody, it feels like, right now... Duke's definitely the best team they deserve. I mean, for God's sakes, Duke is still the heavy favorite to win it... which is terrible because that means Duke is definitely going to win the national championship.
However, in a shocking twist, Titus is actually buying stock in a perennial letdown artist. After years of watching Tony Bennett’s squad fall short, he believes the Cavaliers have finally fixed the glitch in their system.
Mark TitusThis is finally Virginia's year to win it all
I actually believe in Virginia this time. Honest to God, hand to God... This is their year. No, I don't know if they're going to win. Their offense is better this year than it has been every year.
As for the rest of the country, Titus wasn't exactly bullish on the Big Ten. Despite having several teams near the top of the metrics, he doesn't see a champion in the bunch.
Mark TitusNo Big Ten team is good enough to win the national championship this year
I don't think the Big Ten has a team good enough to win the national championship if they're here. I really don't.
He also offered a scathing review of the Pac-12, attributing their total lack of basketball relevance to the fact that it's simply too nice outside to stay in a gym and practice.
Mark TitusThe Pac-12 is just soft because the weather is too perfect
The Pac-12 is just soft. Their only hope is to like import kids from the East coast... who wants to go to UCLA and like be in a gym all day, every day and work on your game? No, that's not why you go to UCLA.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a deep dive into the mysterious injury of John Wall, who managed to tear his Achilles while "slipping" at home. The guys are skeptical, with PFT wondering if he was actually doing ollies in the driveway.
On the Cool Throne are people of wealth—don't call them billionaires—after Howard Schultz suggested we use more sensitive terminology for the ultra-rich. PFT also checked in on the Bitcoin exchange CEO who allegedly died and took $200 million in passwords to the grave, suggesting he might just be hanging out with John McAfee.
PFT CommenterThe Bitcoin exchange CEO who reportedly died with the passwords is not actually dead
There's no way he's dead, right? There hasn't been a good fake death in a while... He is living it high with, he's probably fucking whales with John McAfee in wherever the hell they are.
The Bachelor and Guys on Chicks
In a historic moment for the show, Hank attempted to recap *The Bachelor* and accidentally invented a new country called "Chiland" while trying to describe Colton’s date in Thailand.
HankI read Thailand and I thought China, or I said Chiland, and then I said Thailand
Heather, who would never kiss anyone in her life, kissed Colton on their one date in Thailand... I read Thailand and I thought China, or I said Chiland, and then I said Thailand.
PFT offered some high-level psychological analysis of the house drama, noting that the labels the women throw at each other are usually just a mirror of their own behavior.
PFT CommenterOn The Bachelor, the person calling someone 'emotional' is usually the bully and vice-versa
I feel like the emotional one is actually the bully, and the bully is actually the emotional one... it's one of those I'm rubber or you call the other person what you really are. [You project it].
The show wrapped up with Guys on Chicks, featuring a woman who recently had a surgery to lengthen her tongue and a mother-to-be who is worried her child will recognize the PMT voices more than her husband's. PFT decided to use that platform to speak directly to the unborn child with a very specific truth.
PFT CommenterThe Houston Texans will never win a Super Bowl
The Texans will never win a Super Bowl.
Stay out of the mountain lion's way unless you're prepared to choke it out.
