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Duncan Robinson on the Heat, Jimmy Butler, and the Bubble Run
The Wednesday show starts with a mandatory celebration of Marcus Mariota Day, a holiday the guys created and immediately forgot about until Jake Marsh, the de facto PMT historian, held them accountable. After a quick look at Mariota's career stats and the realization that his name is essentially his only interesting fact, Big Cat and PFT pivot to the bizarre firing of Mets GM Jared Porter.
Sending 62 unanswered text messages to a reporter is a level of persistence that even the most aggressive salesman would find daunting. PFT points out that beyond the obvious creep factor, it’s just poor strategy.
PFT CommenterYou can tell a guy is a terrible negotiator if he is 'thirsty' and keeps calling when people won't call back
First of all, on top of everything else, obviously [Jared Porter] is a scumbag and he got fired... he's also a terrible negotiator. What do they teach you in negotiating school? Do they teach you to just look really thirsty and keep calling people when they won't call you back?
Big Cat thinks the whole situation highlights a desperate need for some basic societal training.
Big CatAdults need a one-month seminar on how to be normal human beings to avoid 62-text-message-type behavior
We need like a one month seminar where people can just learn to be normal human beings, because... throw out just the dick pic, which is way out of bounds... but 62 text messages over, like, a couple months with no reply... dude, you need to learn just a tiny bit of shame.
Divisional Round Cleanup and Mahomes' Health
Turning back to the gridiron, the discussion moves to Patrick Mahomes and his status for the AFC Championship. While he was in the concussion protocol, reports suggested a pinched nerve was the real culprit for his wobbly exit. PFT is already booking Mahomes' spot in the lineup.
PFT CommenterPatrick Mahomes will pass the concussion protocol and play in the AFC Championship
I'm ready to say that I think that he [Mahomes] will pass the concussion protocol test at the end of the week.
Big Cat is bracing for a potential lopsided affair in either direction. He’s tired of the safe "coin flip" analysis and thinks both the Bills and the Chiefs have the ceiling to turn the championship game into a rout.
Big CatThe Bills vs. Chiefs AFC Championship game could easily be a blowout for either team
I said the Bills could blow out the Chiefs. I guess I should have just phrased it the lame way and been like, it's a coin flip game... I'm saying a blowout wouldn't surprise me either way... both these teams are so fucking good that if either shows up with their A-plus game, they will blow out the opponents.
As for the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets are becoming the ultimate chemistry experiment. PFT compares the Harden, Durant, and Kyrie trio to a certain pop-punk band with a very specific role for Kyrie.
PFT CommenterKyrie Irving is the Tom DeLonge of the Brooklyn Nets
I think it's like Blink-182. I think that Kevin Durant and James Harden are Mark and Travis, and then obviously Kyrie's Tom. And then he's off somewhere studying aliens. And then he's going to get pushed off to the side eventually.
Hot Seat Cool Throne
Hank leads off Hot Seat with Novak Djokovic, who apparently spent his quarantine sending the Australian Open a wishlist of selfish demands. Between his super-spreader event and his new demands, Hank is officially out on the world number one.
PFT puts the Houston Texans on the Hot Seat, specifically the rumors swirling around the front office that are supposedly too scandalous for daytime TV.
PFT CommenterThe dysfunction in the Houston Texans' front office involves things too bad for television
Dan Orlovsky was talking about the Texans GM mess... and he said that it's worse than is being reported... and it's so bad I can't say it on television... How bad could it get that you can't say it on television? ... Is it satanic orgies?
Big Cat rounds it out by looking at the new NCAA Tournament schedule. While the loss of the first Thursday is a blow to productivity everywhere, he sees the silver lining in how the later rounds are structured.
Big CatI am okay with moving the Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen to Saturday through Tuesday
I do actually like that. They're the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. Sweet 16 is Saturday, Sunday, Elite Eight, Monday, Tuesday. I'm okay with that because Elite Eight is, it's weird when you have the Elite Eight on that Saturday and Sunday and you're like, wait, there's only two games... Whereas now you'll work all day Monday and then you get basketball at the end of the day.
Duncan Robinson
Miami Heat sharpshooter Duncan Robinson joins the show to talk about his meteoric rise from Division III Williams College to starting in the NBA Finals. He clarifies that he never actually bought a $20 cup of coffee from Jimmy Butler’s Big Face Coffee, but he does defend his captain’s reputation against the "bad teammate" narrative.
Duncan RobinsonJimmy Butler is a great teammate and the media perception of him is wrong
Jimmy Butler is a great teammate. I don't understand the media twist on what he is... he challenges people and he pushes people, and a lot of people aren't willing or wanting to maybe hear that. But in reality, it's just trying to achieve success... He's certainly had a huge impact on my career.
Duncan admits to being targeted on defense during the Heat's playoff run and shares a funny theory about how he might be able to earn more respect from the refs and his opponents.
Duncan RobinsonNBA officials might respect me more if I had a tattoo sleeve
I've thought that [getting tattoos]... from just a respect standpoint, you know, like whether it be officials or the opposition... particularly like in the playoffs, I got targeted a lot on defense. I figured maybe that would happen a little bit less if I had some [tattoos] on me.
Being a 26-year-old "rookie" comes with its own set of challenges, especially when your team leader is two years younger than you. Duncan jokes about the possibility of a little birth certificate manipulation to help his longevity.
Duncan RobinsonFaking a birth certificate to seem younger would do wonders for my NBA career
I think that that [faking a birth certificate] would do wonders for my career. I think unfortunately now that they kind of break it out that I'm 26 and in my third year, which is incredibly old. But if I could retroactively go back and make that happen, I think that would really be advantageous.
We wrap things up with a little Guys on Chicks where Big Cat explains the paradox of the internet and why taking a week off might actually be better for your sanity than taking an hour off.
Big CatIf you don't look at the internet for four hours, you miss 10 years; if you don't look for a week, you miss nothing
The internet's a weird thing like that. If you don't look at the internet for four hours, you feel like you missed 10 years. But if you don't look at the internet for a week, you feel like you missed absolutely nothing.
If you leave your used nicotine pouches on the bedside table for your infant son to find, you're a psycho and your wife should probably start leaving used tampons in the sink to even the score.
