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Nate Silver
The guys are playing slightly hurt (hungover) but are ready to recap the wild weekend in sports . Power Rankings of least surprising story lines include the Wild imploding, the Clippers losing a game late and Tim Tebow getting a hit on Easter ( - ) . Who's back of the week ( - ). Nate Silver from 538 joins the show to talk about Sabermetrics, the difficulty in analyzing political polls, advanced analytics in the NBA, and who he likes to win the title ( - ). Segments include PR 101 for Dwyane Wade's missed dunk, Hurt or injured Jesus, Talking Soccer for Tim Howard, Aaron Hernandez update, Problematic for Sidney Crosby crying mask, and Trouble in Paradise for the New York Knicks.
Recap
PFT CommenterI am not worried about the Capitals losing home-ice advantage to the Maple Leafs
I'm not worried at all. It's not time to press the panic button. My overtime genes are still 1-0 in single overtime. I'd just like to point that out.
PFT CommenterThe Wizards are going to win their series against the Hawks easily
John Wall is really good at basketball... He's very good. The Wizards are going to win easily.
PFT CommenterRoger Goodell looks like a genius for waiting to punish Aaron Hernandez
Roger Goodell... looks like a genius in hindsight like he he played this discipline policy as perfectly as you can do it he would have been in serious serious legal trouble of his own if he had suspended Hernandez for these two murders and then he was found not guilty.
Who Is Back
HankIt is okay to be a fair-weather fan
My who's back of the week is fairweather fans... I think it's okay to be a Fairweather fan. I don't like the people that come out of the woodwork being like, oh, you only cheers for the Bruins in the playoffs.
Interview
Nate SilverLeicester City winning the Premier League was crazier than the Cubs or Cavs championships
[Leicester winning] was by far of those four. That's like kind of what we want people to compare... Leicester City, that was freaking weird, especially given how they're not very good this year either.
Nate SilverImprovement in pitchers is less suspicious than hitters developing late-career power
With pitchers, pitching is such a funny thing that I kind of am not suspicious when a pitcher all of a sudden gets good... But for a hitter to suddenly develop power... It's definitely weird to see guys improving at age 36.
Nate SilverThe San Antonio Spurs are the most impressive franchise in American sports history
The Spurs are the most impressive franchise in the history of American professional sports, right? They've been good for, like, 25 of the last 26 years.
Nate SilverRussell Westbrook is the obvious choice for NBA MVP
To me, Westbrook is the kind of obvious answer, I guess. And Harden is the second most obvious answer... Leonard seems like it's overthinking it a little bit.
Nate SilverGolden State is better with Kevin Durant than without him
So you think that they're better with Kevin Durant? Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think they were better this year than they were.
Problematic
PFT CommenterCrying about sports is the most manly thing a man can do
Crying about sports is the most manly thing that you can do... why not like grown men cry? That's OK. We can accept it.
Trouble In Paradise
PFT CommenterPhil Jackson is actively trying to get fired by the Knicks to get a settlement
Phil Jackson is actively just trying to screw up as much as he can on purpose... Everything that you thought that Phil could do to try to get fired and get a big settlement, he has done it.