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NBA Draft With Ryen Russillo, The Bears Suck, And Guys On Chicks

Wednesday, November 18, 202012 takes

The Bears make football terrible. We clean up MNF and the death of the Bears 2020 season ( - ). Theo Epstein steps down from his job with the Cubs and PFT has a new idea ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Big Cat retiring from predicting injuries ( - ). Ryen Russillo joins the show to talk NBA Draft, how much Billy lifts, and whats going on with the NBA right now ( - ). We finish with guys on chicks.

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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Big CatBig Cat

Nick Foles is not a consistent starting quarterback in the NFL

Nick Foles... He's not good. He's not good at playing football. Like, he's not good at being a quarterback. It's just... Objectively, he's just not. He's just found himself in a couple good situations. Right. He's reached incredible heights, and he's had incredible moments. But, like, game to game, he is not a consistent starter in the NFL.

Foles was benched shortly after this and never reclaimed a permanent starting role in the NFL, serving as a backup for the rest of his career.
Push
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bears will be chasing the mistake of drafting Mitch Trubisky for a decade

These are the repercussions of missing. When you take a swing for the fences on a quarterback in the first round and you miss, you feel it for a decade going forward. The Bears will be chasing that mistake for a very long time.

The Bears struggled for years to find a QB, eventually moving on to Justin Fields (who also failed) and then Caleb Williams in 2024. The 2017 miss defined the Pace/Nagy era.
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Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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Big CatBig Cat

Theo Epstein will be the next MLB Commissioner

I actually think he'll be the next commissioner. He should be the next commissioner. I think Manfred's got to be nervous because Theo Epstein's a fucking genius, and everything he does turns into being great.

Rob Manfred is still Commissioner as of 2024, though Epstein did eventually join the MLB league office in a consultant role.

Tired Ideas

Void
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020·Tired Ideas
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Big CatBig Cat

Vine was the perfect social media app

Vine, it was the most perfect app that's ever been invented. Vine was everything that TikTok and Instagram stories and fleets always wanted to be. Vine was the perfect app. Six seconds. It also, Vine was like the greatest, because TikTok, anyone can do anything... Having to be funny in six seconds or less is very hard to do.

This is entirely subjective.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Loss
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will be addicted to Twitter Fleets within a month

We're actually really going to like fleets. I'm guaranteeing. Give me a month. I'll be addicted to fleets.

Twitter Fleets was a failure and was shut down by Twitter in July 2021 due to low usage.

Interview

Loss
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The 2020 NBA Draft might be historically bad at the top

It's a bad draft at the top, and it may be historically bad. I know the closer we get to this, it happens every year where it'll be a bad draft... But at the top, you always hope every year there's maybe one or two guys that can really impact a franchise... And this one has a chance to have zero.

While initially panned, the 2020 draft produced Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, and Tyrese Haliburton, all of whom became All-Stars and franchise cornerstones, making the 'zero impact players' take incorrect.
Loss
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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James Wiseman is the best player in the 2020 NBA Draft

I like Wiseman... I like him this much in comparison to everybody else... The thing I like about him is yes the size and all that stuff he catches everything... Wiseman also has another level that I don't know if he's going to get to, but he'll show it with his handle. He'll show a really soft touch where he almost has some of these offensive small forward skills that you start to get really, really excited about.

Wiseman struggled with injuries and development, eventually being traded by the Warriors. Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, and LaMelo Ball have far surpassed him.
Loss
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The Bucks trading multiple unprotected first-round picks for Jrue Holiday is irresponsible

When you look at the Bucs and say, wait, in 2027, part of that Drew Holiday deal is a 2027 unprotected pick? That, to me, is insane slash irresponsible... To think here we are seven drafts from now, there's this pick that's completely unprotected... I don't understand why people think this is like normal.

The trade immediately resulted in a 2021 NBA Championship for the Bucks, which most would argue makes the cost 'responsible' in hindsight for a small-market team.
Win
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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I benched 315 pounds for three reps today just messing around

Fucking put the microphone down. I put up 315 three times today fucking around. Get back to me in a couple years.

Russillo is well-known for his dedication to the gym; while unverifiable, it is widely accepted as true by fans of both shows.
Push
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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James Harden's production is inflated by about 25% due to the Rockets' system

I also think Houston's style is almost like the best Instagram filter... where when you go play in Houston's system when it's Harden... you're 25% better... it's very clear, at least to me, and I don't know why more people don't say this, that you almost have to shave off like 25% of it [Harden's production].

Harden's scoring dropped significantly after leaving Houston (from 34-36 PPG to 21-24 PPG), though his playmaking remained high. His role changed, validating the idea that the system maximized his volume.
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Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020
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Kyrie Irving might not want James Harden on the Brooklyn Nets

I'm wondering if Kyrie is signing off on this. Because you would – I mean, look, I can never forget trying to figure out Kyrie, but I could actually see him not loving it at all because now all of a sudden he's going to be off the ball a lot more.

While the three (KD, Kyrie, Harden) initially played well together, the experiment ended in disaster with Harden forcing a trade away from Kyrie and the Nets within 13 months.

Guys On Chicks

Win
Take Slip·Nov 18, 2020·Guys on Chicks
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Camo Crocs are sick and making a comeback

Camo Crocs are sick. Crocs might be making a comeback.

Crocs saw a massive resurgence in popularity and stock price between 2020 and 2023, widely being considered 'cool' or ironic fashion.