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Michael Rapaport on Knicks Super Team, NBA Grifters, and Training Camp Narratives
Football is back, or at least the feeling of football is back, as Big Cat and PFT Commenter prep for the upcoming season by calling out every single training camp story before it even hits the wire. From the kicker battles that mean absolutely nothing to the annual tradition of a player showing up in the "best shape of his life," the guys have the script for August already written.
Big Cat and PFT Commenter especially love the veteran kicker trope, where a young leg is brought in just to be sent home while the old guy teaches him how to hold a clipboard.
PFT CommenterThe veteran kicker will beat out the young leg in training camp 99 times out of 100
A lot of times you'll have a veteran kicker on a team to bring in a young leg... And the veteran kicker always wins the job, like 99 times out of 100.
They also touched on the inevitable hype around quarterback whispers and the hilarious trend of free agents leaving winning organizations only to realize they are now playing with actual garbage.
Big CatFree agent signings coming from Super Bowl teams won't be as good on their new shitty teams
The free agent signing who's maybe coming from a Super Bowl team and he's bringing a winning culture... [is] probably not going to be anywhere near as good as he was with the Super Bowl team because he was surrounded by really good players. And now he's on your shitty team, surrounded by trash.
Mount Rushmore of Old White Guy Words
Inspired by Joe Biden's use of the word "malarkey" at the DNC, the guys drafted a Mount Rushmore of words and phrases only old white guys use. Hank struggled early with some generic golf talk, but PFT Commenter brought it home with "roughage" and the "student union." Big Cat rounded things out with classics like "gee-louise" and "weisenheimer," though PFT Commenter took it to a dark place by reminding everyone about certain words old white people shouldn't say but definitely do.
Michael Rapaport Joins the Show
Friend of the program Michael Rapaport called in while on his three-city world tour to discuss the state of the NBA and his beloved Knicks. Rapaport, who can now see the guys on video, immediately went after PFT Commenter’s "man bun" and Tarzan-style hair. Once the roasting subsided, the conversation turned to the NBA super team era, which Rapaport traces back to one specific source.
Michael RapaportAll 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.
Rapaport also shared his disdain for modern NBA players using their summer camps to humiliate children for Snapchat views. He contrasted this with the time Isiah Thomas dunked on him at a youth camp in 1984, noting that the Pistons legend was at least humble about destroying a teenager's spirit.
Michael RapaportNBA 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.
Before letting him go, Rapaport gave his prediction for the Giants, and it’s the most Giants fan prediction possible.
Michael RapaportThe New York Giants will finish the 2016 season 10-6
Giants record for the year... Ten and six.
Segments and Jimbos
The show wrapped up with a very suspicious "Thoughts and Prayers" for Warren Sapp, who claims to have been attacked by a shark while lobstering. Big Cat isn't buying the story for a second, suspecting a media play from the former defensive tackle.
Big CatWarren 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.
In our recurring LeBron James Free Agency Update, the guys noted that while Richard Jefferson found a way to sign his contract despite being a thousand years old, LeBron is still apparently struggling with his Wi-Fi. Big Cat is already looking toward the future of this saga.
Big CatLeBron James will eventually sign with the Lakers
I'm going to be really sad when it's over, when he finally signs with the Lakers and we have to stop doing [the LeBron James free agency update].
Finally, the guys checked in with Hank, who had a chance to defend his past legal troubles in front of Rapaport. When questioned about his arrest for protesting on behalf of Tom Brady, Hank didn't blink, doubling down on the idea that the NFL is out to get the Patriots.
HankThe 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.
Between Arthur memes and stories of people accidentally drinking grandmother-shrine wine, it was a packed Friday show. Just remember: if you're in the car, anything goes, but once you step out, you've gotta respect the game.
