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Michael Davies, Celtics/Sixers Tied 2-2, NBA/NHL Playoffs, Kentucky Derby And The King's Coronation

Monday, May 8, 202311 takes

The Celtics/Sixers are tied 2-2 and Max and Hank have swapped their confidence levels going into Game 5 (-). We talk Warriors/Lakers, the Heat somehow being really good now and Nuggets/Suns with Devin Booker going nuclear the past 2 games (-). Did the Leafs actually make it to the second round (-). We talk F1, Kentucky Derby and the King's Coronation with a jam packed weekend of sports (-). Who's back of the week (-). TV executive Michael Davies joins the show to talk about Jeopardy Masters, Who wants to be a millionaire, being the Executive Producer of Barstool Van Talk and how everything went down plus Soccer (-). We finish with the Lottery Ball (-).

Recap

Win
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

If James Harden scores more than 30 points in a playoff game, you should sit him the next game

I'm a big believer and if James Harden scores more than 30 points in a playoff game, you should sit him the next game. Give him a nice little sit and then it's back to Philly. I'm sure that James Harden will be great in game seven like he always is.

Harden followed a 42-point Game 4 with 17 points in a Game 5 win, then struggled in Games 6 and 7. The take is satirically proven right by his inconsistency.
Win
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

Jason Tatum is better than Joel Embiid in the playoffs

[Jason Tatum] is the best player on the court. He's better than Joel Embiid. I'm sorry, like in playoffs, Joel Embiid, he had a very good game, but the fourth quarter he looked like the most gassed person in the world.

In the deciding Game 7 of this series, Tatum scored 51 points while Embiid struggled with 15 points, largely validating this take for that specific season.
Push
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

The Celtics will beat the Sixers in seven games

I do think this is gonna go seven and I think the Celtics are gonna win in seven because the Sixers didn't win game three. The Celtics are gonna have a reinvigorated effort on Tuesday night. Win that game. Sixers reinvigorated effort on Thursday, win that game back to Boston for game seven. Celtics win game seven.

The series did go to seven games, and the Celtics did win Game 7 in Boston. The sequence was: Celtics won Game 5, Sixers won Game 6, Celtics won Game 7.
Open
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James will play three or four more years and will not decline in quality

I think LeBron's gonna play what, maybe like four more years. Three more years maybe? And I don't think he's even gonna get worse. I think he kind of is what he is at this point and old less, slightly less athletic LeBron is still a fucking monster and so he's just gonna play until he decides to walk away and he's still gonna be super healthy at that point.

LeBron is still playing at an All-NBA level as of the 2024-2025 season (2+ years after the take) without a major drop-off.
Loss
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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HankHank

The winner of the Celtics vs. Sixers series will go to the NBA Finals

The whole time the game was bad... I did spend the whole time thinking, obviously now I would say whoever wins the Sixers-Celtics series is going to go to the finals.

The 8th-seeded Miami Heat beat the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals to go to the NBA Finals. Hank was wrong.
Void
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Phoenix Suns are better without Chris Paul

I think in a sick way they definitely are better without Chris Paul. 100%. Because if you got Devin Booker and Kevin Durant, those guys, they can both create their own shots. They're not really reliant on Chris Paul to run their offense and they get along just fine without him.

While the Suns won Games 3 and 4 without Paul, they lost the series 4-2 to the eventual champion Nuggets. It's a subjective ranking of team quality, but they didn't advance.
Void
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

If Nikola Jokic gets suspended for shoving Mat Ishbia, it's absolute bullshit

That was a crazy scene because if Nikola Jokic gets suspended, that will be absolutely bullshit because Mat Ishbia... he grabbed the ball, wouldn't give it up, and then he kind of like chested into Jokic and then Jokic gave him a little shove. If Adam Silver suspends Jokic for this game, it's bullshit.

Jokic was fined but not suspended for the incident, making the 'bullshit' scenario moot.
Loss
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

The Maple Leafs' round one series win doesn't count if they get swept in the second round

Do we count the Leafs getting into the second round if they don't win a game? I don't think it counts. If they don't win a single game in the second round, I don't think they got to the second round.

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The Leafs lost the series 4-1 to the Panthers. They avoided the sweep, so by Big Cat's logic, it 'counts.'
Loss
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Meghan Markle attended King Charles' Coronation in a disguise

They're saying that that was Meghan Markle wearing a prosthetic, pretending to be a dude to sneak into the coronation. I have no idea if it's true or not, but I now I believe it because these people care so very deeply about it.

Meghan Markle was in California during the coronation; the person in the photo was Sir Karl Jenkins, a composer.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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Michael DaviesMichael Davies

Ken Jennings is the undisputed GOAT of Jeopardy

The host is Ken Jennings, who is the GOAT. He's the greatest Jeopardy player of all time. Won the most consecutive episodes... When they played a primetime event named GOAT to determine the greatest of all time, Ken Jennings won that against James [Holzhauer].

This is a widely held opinion backed by the results of the official 'Greatest of All Time' tournament.
Void
Take Slip·May 8, 2023
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Michael DaviesMichael Davies

Barstool Van Talk was going to be a hit TV show

Barstool Van Talk was gonna be a hit TV show. And as I poured over the 18 to 34 demo results of that first episode, that was a hit TV show. So that was the one that got away.

The single episode aired on ESPN2 did well in the target demographic, though its 'hit' status is a projection.