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Max Verstappen & Sergio Perez, Kyrie Opts In & Mt Rushmore Of America With Kate

Wednesday, June 29, 202210 takes

Kyrie has opted in ending the dumbest 2 days on nba twitter. Does John Wall have dog in him and what type of dog is it? (-) Hot Seat/Cool Throne including talking tennis. (-) Red Bull F1 Drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez join the show to talk about the season, Max not being on Drive to Survive, Sergio’s golfing and tons more. (-) We finish with the Mt Rushmore of America with our favorite marine, Kate. (-)

Recap

Push
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving's teammates probably don't enjoy the drama despite what they say publicly

I would guarantee his teammates don't love this. I don't know. But he gets so much... I feel like all of his teammates that have ever talked about him publicly have said how much they love him. They like go out of their way to come up them playing with him. Yeah. But he, the problem is he hasn't been playing that much.

While speculative, subsequent reports of internal friction and Kyrie's eventual trade suggest his teammates likely grew tired of the distractions.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

The Clippers are going to be a problem in the NBA this season

John Wall moving to the Clippers. Club's going to be a problem. So Clippers are an issue right now. Playoff P is back this season... Kawhi is him. They have three hims. He plays every other year... he comes back and plays one insane year and they're like Kawhi, best player in the league.

The 2022-23 Clippers were a 5th seed and lost in the first round of the playoffs, largely due to injuries again. They were not the dominant 'problem' predicted.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Deshaun Watson will be suspended for an indefinite year

We're first reporting on Pardon My Take that Deshaun Watson will be suspended for an indefinite year. Yep. On Friday. Yeah. So we just know Roger Goodell that much, that that's what could happen... My guess is it will be a suspension for a year. And then the appeal is going to come through... And then Goodell is going to be like, okay, I'll reduce it to 14 games or 12 games.

Watson was eventually suspended for 11 games following an appeal, which is very close to Big Cat's '12 games' guess during the appeal reduction phase of his take.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Wait until the last week of August to do your fantasy football drafts

Just a reminder. Don't do your fantasy drafts until the last week of August. Yeah. Even maybe the Tuesday before the Thursday kickoff. That's usually what I do that Monday or that Tuesday. The freaks out there that draft their fantasy team in July and then they're shocked when half the roster is gone before the season starts stop doing that.

This is logically sound advice to avoid drafting players who might get injured in training camp or preseason.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Win
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

Nuclear-powered 'air cruises' are fake and would definitely crash

It's a plane cruise. Yeah. It's like a massive, massive, massive, bigger than whatever name like four aircraft carriers... 20 electric engines powered by nuclear fusion. I'm just going to say this. If this is real, I will absolutely laugh when it crashes and everyone dies. There's no way to test fly this until you actually make the real thing.

The 'Sky Hotel' concept Hank is referring to has never been built and remains a CGI concept, supporting his claim that it isn't real/feasible.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NHL beat writer who celebrated with the Stanley Cup should be fired for a lack of integrity

There was a Colorado Avalanche beat writer that picked up the Stanley Cup and celebrated with the team and called it one of the best nights of his life. And frankly he should be executed. Yeah. Send him to the LIV tour. They should chop his head off. That's not what journalism is supposed to be in America. It's supposed to be fearless truth tellers, impartial scribes.

The take is a satirical value judgment on journalistic ethics; the writer (Mike Chambers) was indeed criticized but the 'execution' part is obviously a joke.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Neon is officially back this summer

I feel like this summer neon is back. The eighties are coming back. Like for real, it's going to be crazy... I do think that this is the summer where everyone's like, man, finally COVID is over. We're going to do neon now. And look, it's been enough time where you can look at us. Neon looks good if you have a tan, it just does.

Fashion trends are subjective, but neon did see a resurgence in 2022 alongside 'Barbiecore' aesthetics.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022
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Max VerstappenMax Verstappen

The 'Drive to Survive' series fakes rivalries and misrepresents F1 driver personalities

I think there were a few things yeah where I was not really happy with. And especially, you know, faking rivalries between drivers. That to me is a tough one because of course it did wonders in America. But also I think sometimes they portray a few drivers differently to how they actually are. And then of course the people who are new to F1 think, oh, this guy is a bit of a Dick or whatever. Which in real life is not.

Producers of DTS have admitted to using creative editing to heighten drama, and several other drivers (including Norris) have backed Max's claims about misrepresentation.

Mount Rushmore

Void
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

Light beer is the only thing the United States specializes in making better than other countries

Light beer. America was like, you know what? Beer is good. I wish there was slightly less taste that you could drink 10 times as many them... Light beer is the only, like, I don't know any other country that specializes in making light beer. There's really none. Every, every other is like, we'd like more flavor us. We're like, no, we just want to get drunker.

While light beer exists elsewhere, the 'Lite' category is a cornerstone of the American beverage industry and culture.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 29, 2022·Mt. Rushmore
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

American arrogance is just a statement of fact because we are the best

Just arrogance is American. Well, we're the best. Is it arrogance? If you just know that you're the best or is it a statement of fact? Yeah. It's actually being humble because we don't say how good we are all the time when we could. Yeah. Winning. Winning is American.

The take is a subjective value judgment on national identity.