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Michael Rapaport And NFL Training Camp 07/29/16

Friday, July 29, 201610 takes

Football is back (sort of) and the guys are ready to tell you every possible training camp story line before it even happens. Mt Rushmore of old white guy words. Good friend of the show Michael Rapaport joins to talk about his "World Tour" through Milwaukee and Chicago, why Steph Curry is a fraud, and the time Isiah Thomas dunked on him at a youth basketball camp in 1984. Segments include "Thoughts and Prayers", "Lebron James Free Agency Update", "Hank Hot on the Streets", and "Jimbos of the Week"

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The best way to sneak into events without credentials is to wear multiple lanyards

If you don't have a credential... if I just throw like three lanyards around my neck, they're not going to look that close. It's like this guy's loaded down with lanyards. We better let him in.

The 'multiple lanyards' trick is a well-known, albeit risky, social engineering tactic often discussed in humor and security circles.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
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Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

All roads in the NBA super team era lead back to LeBron James

All roads lead to LeBron James with this super team friends and family shit. Just know that. There's always a way back to LeBron James. He started this shit and now it's corroding and polluting the NBA.

While many credit the 2008 Celtics or the 2010 Heat (LeBron), the 'friends and family' player-movement era is widely attributed to LeBron's 'The Decision'.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
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Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

Carmelo Anthony winning gold medals means nothing because the USA should beat China by 90

I think it's fantastic that Melo is winning another gold medal. It means jack shit to me. Like, they're down there winning those games if it's a big deal. Like, you're supposed to beat China by 94. I'm not impressed that you did a 360 dunk on a 6'3 Asian basketball player.

The sentiment is a common criticism of Olympic basketball, though 'meaning nothing' is an exaggeration.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
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Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

NBA players are garbage for dunking on kids at summer camps for social media

Why do these players keep shitting all over these little guys that play $2,500 to go up to their camp and they dunk on them, they humiliate them, and then they post it all over Snapchat? All of them. It's out of control.

This is a moral/cultural opinion about sportsmanship.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
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HankHank

The NFL conspiracy to take down Tom Brady is a proven fact

Do you think that they unfairly accused [Brady] of something and it's a conspiracy just to sit down the face of the NFL? ... Yes, that's actually a proven fact. ... Yeah, they just don't like the Patriots. Too much winning.

While many fans agree the NFL was harsh, it is not a 'proven fact' that there was a coordinated conspiracy solely based on 'too much winning'.
Push
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
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Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

The New York Giants will finish the 2016 season 10-6

Giants record for the year... Ten and six.

The Giants actually finished 11-5 in 2016, so he was very close.

Thoughts And Prayers

Loss
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016·Thoughts & Prayers
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Big CatBig Cat

Warren Sapp staged his shark attack to get back into the national media spotlight

Connect the dots. Warren Sapp doesn't have a job right now... Best way to get yourself back in the national media spotlight without saying, 'Hey, I want a job,' get attacked by a shark. ... I'm just saying, do we know what that shark looked like? No... That's for sure a fake shark. Truther Warren Sapp did not get bit by a shark. He rigged this whole thing.

There is no evidence the shark attack was fake; Sapp provided photos of the bite and was out lobstering at the time.

Lebron Blames

Win
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016·LeBron Blames
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Big CatBig Cat

I will be sad when LeBron James finally signs with the Lakers and the free agency update segment ends

And that was our LeBron James free agency update. I'm going to be really sad when it's over, when he finally signs with the Lakers and we have to stop doing it. It's going to suck.

LeBron James eventually signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in July 2018.

Hot In The Streets

Loss
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016·Hot in the Streets
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HankHank

The Arthur the Aardvark meme will be dead by the end of the weekend

Arthur the Aardvark memes. People can't get enough Arthur. ... [Burn rate] I don't think it makes it past the weekend. ... It's a strong sell. Get your Arthur's in tomorrow.

The Arthur meme, particularly the 'fist' image, persisted for months and is still used occasionally today; it definitely lasted past that single weekend in July 2016.

Other

Void
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia is trash

Number one, Pat's. Number two, South Philly. Number three, Geno's. Geno's is trash. I hate Geno's.

Cheesesteak rankings are entirely subjective.