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Max Homa and Brooks Koepka on US Open, Nuggets and Knights Crowned
The job is finally finished and Nikola Jokic can finally go home to his horses. The Denver Nuggets are NBA Champions, and Big Cat and PFT Commenter spent the opening of the show marveling at the most relatable superstar in sports. Jokic putting his Finals MVP trophy down to pick up his daughter and then acting like he'd been told a family member died when he heard there was a parade on Thursday is peak efficiency.
Big CatNikola Jokic is the greatest value pick in NBA history
Jokic I think now goes down is the best value pick in NBA history without a doubt... he's a better value than all these [Steve Nash, Giannis] because he went 41st overall in the draft.
PFT Commenter wasn't ready to give Jokic the crown of the greatest value pick just yet, holding onto the GOAT's legacy even if MJ went 38 spots earlier in his respective draft.
PFT CommenterMichael Jordan was a better value pick at number three than Jokic was at 41
I still think Michael Jordan not being picked first overall and what he did becoming the best player of all time. That's a better value pick at three.
While the Nuggets celebrated, the guys officially performed the last rites for the NBA super team. Between the Nuggets, the 2021 Bucks, and even the 2022 Warriors, the formula has shifted back to building through the draft and actual chemistry rather than just buying three All-Stars and hoping for the best.
Big CatThe era of the NBA super team is officially dead
it's the official death of super teams as well. We declare that because... homegrown super teams don't play anymore. We had a decade of super teams. It's over.
But don't think PFT is letting the Nuggets off easy. He’s already moved the goalposts for their legacy before the champagne even dried.
PFT CommenterThe Nuggets need to win at least three championships to be considered true champions in my book.
They need to win at least three [championships] in order to be considered True Champions in our book because they've got Jokic and Aaron Gordon, who are both 27. Murray is 25 years old. Michael Michael Porter Jr. who actually stepped up in the last game. ... So they've got a good young core.
Over on the ice, the Las Vegas Golden Knights finished off the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup in just their sixth year of existence. Big Cat pointed out that while the Coyotes have been wandering the desert for decades looking for a home, the Knights just showed up and conquered the sport in record time.
Big CatThe Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup in six years cements hockey in the desert in a way the Coyotes never could.
The Las Vegas Golden Knights Stanley Cup champions. ... It's incredible. I mean, and to be in two Stanley Cup final in that time. ... What a way to cement hockey in the desert. And this is what the Coyotes never could do.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a massive milestone as Hank officially turned 30, much to the delight of Big Cat, who has been waiting for this day since Hank was a 19-year-old intern who didn't know how to use a toaster. Hank also took the opportunity to bury the Buffalo Bills after Stefon Diggs went MIA for the start of mandatory minicamp.
HankThe Buffalo Bills' dynasty is on the Hot Seat following Stefon Diggs' absence
My Hot Seat is the Bills Dynasty. Stefon Diggs no-showed for off season training program. They asked McDermott about it and he said he was concerned about it.
Speaking of GOATs, Big Cat stood tall for Novak Djokovic after his French Open win, officially declaring the debate over for all the "loser simps" who still think Roger Federer is the greatest.
Big CatNovak Djokovic is the undisputed greatest tennis player of all time
Djokovic won the French Open. He has 23 Grand Slams. He's the greatest tennis player of all time... He is the greatest. And I can't wait to win more... feels good to be vindicated that I was right all along.
Max Homa joined the show with a special guest—his seven-month-old son, Cam—to talk about the US Open at LACC. Despite having the course record (a casual 61 in college), Max was honest about why the Majors have been a struggle for him lately compared to regular Tour stops.
Max HomaMy struggles in Majors are due to being too anxious and trying too hard
I can just tell I'm like more anxious, trying too hard... it's not a mental block. It's like I know what I'm doing but I just feel more like high strung, more wound up instead of just playing golf.
Max also weighed in on the ongoing drama regarding the "roll back" of the golf ball, suggesting that the average guy sitting on his couch watching on Sunday doesn't really care if Rory is hitting a wedge into a par five.
Max HomaMost casual golf fans don't care about the golf ball being too good or moving too far.
I just don't think that for the majority of the fans that [the golf ball being too good] that big of a deal. And so it's, I'm just a little bit, I'm, I'm not so sure where I stand on it. ... I just don't know any of my many friends who casually watch golf who have themselves, 'I'm not turning this shit on on Sunday. I'm so fucking sick of watching Rory McIlroy hit Driver and then a wedge.'
To wrap up the US Open preview, Brooks Koepka hopped on while mourning his Florida Panthers. Brooks admitted he’d been on a legendary heater since winning the PGA Championship, but he’s sobered up just in time to try and hunt down major number six. He didn't stutter when asked if he was going to win this weekend, and he's already looking at the history books for his career total.
Brooks KoepkaI want to finish my career with at least 10 major championship wins.
Double digits man. That's where honestly, that's what I want. ... because I think what only three guys have ever had double digits.
Brooks thinks the setup at LACC is going to be a grind, predicting a winning score that reflects a classic, difficult US Open test.
Brooks KoepkaThe winning score of the 2023 US Open will be 6 to 8 under par
I think honestly I think winner will probably be six to eight under.
We finished the show with Guys on Chicks, featuring a girl worried about her boyfriend's obsession with a Vietnam Veteran hat he bought at an XFL game. Don't worry, the guys agreed—that man is a keeper.
Don't bet against the fat boy.
