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Nate Silver and Sam Dekker

Wednesday, April 19, 201715 takes

NBA/NHL Playoffs and the guys are buying a Conversion Van ( - ). Panic Button time for various teams across the country (- ) . Hot Seat/Cool Throne featuring a spirited Alex Jones and JNCOS discussion ( - ). Nate Silver joins the show to finish off his interview, mean tweets are read and we ask whether or not the Matrix exists( - ). Houston Rockets Forward Sam Dekker joins the show to talk about the Russ Westbrook/Patrick Beverly feud, Aaron Rodgers, and what it's like guarding James Harden in practice ( - ). Segments include Mike Greenbergs Dumb Rules, Hmmmmm, Witch Hunt, Bad Visual for Tiger Woods' cargo pants, PR 101 for Carmelo Anthony impregnating a stripper, Sabermetrics, and a thats enough internet for today.

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

The Capitals will still win their series against the Maple Leafs

I still think the Capitals are going to win the series. I do. I really do. ... I watched the Capitals versus the Leafs and I was like, the Capitals are the better team. They turtled at the end there. They look like the better team.

The Capitals won the series 4-2.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

The Blackhawks will not come back against the Predators

The Blackhawks are the worst team by far in that series. The Predators have taken it to them every single period. Nine out of ten periods, they've just dominated them. So that's one of those ones like, Blackhawks aren't going to come back. They're not.

The Blackhawks were swept 4-0 by the Nashville Predators in the first round of the 2017 playoffs.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Maple Leafs play hockey like kids having sex

I will say this about the Maple Leafs. They... play hockey like their kids, like the same way that kids have sex. ... kids get out there and they start fucking and they're like, I'm going to go a million miles an hour and just go fast and score. That's what the Leafs do. So they come out and they skate too fast and they go a hundred miles an hour. They'll burn out.

The young Maple Leafs did eventually lose the series to the more experienced Capitals.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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HankHank

The Celtics look lost without a 100% focused Isaiah Thomas

But for Isaiah Thomas, who's clearly the Celtics' number one option in the heart and soul of the entire team, for him to not be 100% focused and 100% there for obvious reasons... it just makes the team look lost. You can just tell they're not fully in sync.

The Celtics actually rebounded to win the next four games and the series 4-2.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Void
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Oakland is a bad sports town

Oakland's a bad sports town. Derek Carr said that fans that don't follow the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas aren't good fans. ... You have to admit that he's right. ... Oakland has... a big enough sense entitlement as it is. ... Oakland come on get your shit together.

Subjective opinion on fan loyalty and city status.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
#PMT-2017-0419-19129
Big CatBig Cat

Paul George's rivalry with LeBron James is completely manufactured

All rivalries pale in comparison to the Paul George-LeBron James rivalry. ... Paul George said that his rivalry with LeBron James is for the culture. ... a crazy rivalry that I don't think anyone including LeBron James knew existed. ... it's kind of like what we're doing with that snowflake cuck Mark Cuban just creating a rivalry out of nowhere.

While they had many playoff battles, LeBron rarely acknowledged Paul George as a primary career rival on the level of his peers like Wade or Carmelo.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0419-19130
Nate SilverNate Silver

LeBron James should be in the GOAT conversation with Michael Jordan

I'm one of these guys who says that LeBron should be in the conversation with Jordan. ... Michael Jordan, probably the best NBA player of all time... but [LeBron] should be in the conversation.

Highly subjective and ongoing debate in sports media.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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Nate SilverNate Silver

Closers in baseball are used incorrectly by only pitching the ninth inning

Closers are not used well today. It's stupid to only come in the ninth inning. It's because you have the statistic 'the save' that actually measures things badly. ... You should be using them in the most high-leverage situation of the game.

The 'high-leverage' relief pitcher role has become a standard analytical strategy in modern baseball since 2017.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

James Harden has perfected the ability to get fouled whenever he wants

James has this unique ability to actually get fouled whenever he wants. It's unbelievable. He's asking for it. I don't know how he does it, but he has perfected it. ... If we're playing situational games in practice... I'll stick my arm out and he'll run through it and he can stop and start so quick... he does look for his little angles in practice to perfect it in a game.

Harden's high free-throw rate and the 'rip-through' or drawing contact on shots became a defining (and eventually rule-changed) part of his game.
Void
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

Aaron Rodgers is excited about the Packers' offensive weapons for the next season

He's back in Green Bay getting ready for the season. ... He's excited. He likes the weapons we're getting. I'm a Packer through and through.

The Packers went 7-9 in 2017, largely due to Rodgers' collarbone injury, though he had a high QB rating before the injury.
Void
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017
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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

The San Antonio River Walk is overrated and trashy

They are very proud of Alamo and a river that has trash in it. ... The river walk's overrated. ... Every building is gray and it's never sunny.

Subjective opinion on a tourist destination.

Mike Greenbergs Dumb Rules

Loss
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·Greenberg's Dumb Rules
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Big CatBig Cat

The MLB should use a radar gun to decide tied games after 13 innings

Just have a radar gun and just each team gets 10 throws. Fastest throw wins. Fastest combined average score. ... all nine players on the field have to throw. So whoever in the game... you get to see fun shit like first baseman throw and stuff.

Hot TakeBaseballFireSarcastic
The MLB did not adopt this; they eventually went with the 'ghost runner' on second base for extra innings.

Hmm

Void
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·Hmm
#PMT-2017-0419-19136
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James has a fake Instagram account for creeping on people

LeBron said that Coachella looked fun, but LeBron isn't on any social media. ... ZeroDark3023. So no Twitter, no Instagram, but Coachella looked fun. ... LeBron James has a Finstagram out there that he uses to creep on people. He has a fake Instagram. ... Shocker. LeBron James, not on social media, but says that Coachella looked fun. Hmm.

While not definitively proven, many athletes are known to have 'burner' or 'finstagram' accounts. LeBron's claim that it 'looked fun' implies he saw it on social media.

Witch Hunt

Win
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·Witch Hunt
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers is plagiarizing Jack Handey SNL quotes on Twitter

I'm going to read you a tweet that Aaron put out yesterday. 'If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might if they screamed all the time for no good reason.' ... Guess what? It's actually plagiarism, bro. That's Jack Handey. That was from SNL Deep Thoughts. No attribution given whatsoever.

The quote is indeed a word-for-word famous 'Deep Thought' by Jack Handey from Saturday Night Live.

Pr 101

Loss
Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·PR 101
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US has never bombed a country that could play basketball

We've never bombed a country that could play basketball. It's true. It's the NBA war theory.

The US bombed Yugoslavia (a basketball powerhouse) in the 1990s, and Iraq has a national basketball team, though PFT's theory is meant for comedy.