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NBA Free Agent Blake Griffin

Wednesday, May 10, 201711 takes

NBA Playoffs and our new love Draymond the troll ( - ). Caps vs Penguins Game 7 preview ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne ( - ). LA Clipper/NBA Free Agent Blake Griffin joins the show to talk about his foot injury (not a stubbed toe), Big Cat's tweet bashing the Clippers, NBA Free Agency and Lavar Ball ( - ). Segments include trouble in paradise for the 2008 Boston Celtics, The retirement of Locker Room Talk with Lenny and debut of Locker Room Talk without Lenny. Man Card for Matt Harvey, and Problematic for the St Louis Cardinals

Recap

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Take Slip·May 10, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cavaliers and Warriors will meet in the 2017 NBA Finals

I think the Cavs and Warriors are going to play each other in the NBA Finals.

The Warriors and Cavaliers did face each other in the 2017 NBA Finals.
Void
Take Slip·May 10, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NBA Eastern Conference is boring and predictable because of LeBron James

I haven't watched a single Eastern Conference game in full because it's so boring and it's so predictable and it's just going to be LeBron James ducking his head, driving to the hole... getting fouled, making the layup half the time, and the other time crying because he didn't get fouled.

Loss
Take Slip·May 10, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Washington Capitals will advance to the Stanley Cup Finals

I'm pre-planning out tonight's game with the Rangers and the Senators. I'm like, okay, so we've got to have the Rangers win. That way I can go to all the Caps games in New York City for the Eastern Conference Finals, and then we're going to skate through them... [I] will be using Upside.com for the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup Finals.

The Capitals lost Game 7 to the Penguins on the night of this broadcast, ending their season in the second round.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·May 10, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

Instagram Stories will kill Snapchat by the end of the summer

My hot seat is Snapchat. Instagram stories, specifically because of Boomerang, are taking over the streets. I think by the end of the summer, Snapchat's going to be, like, default.

Snapchat's growth stalled significantly in 2017 following Instagram's launch of Stories, with Instagram Stories eventually exceeding Snapchat's total user base.
Loss
Take Slip·May 10, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Doc Rivers will be fired by the Los Angeles Clippers

My other hot seat is nepotism because I think that Doc Rivers is going to get fired.

Doc Rivers remained the head coach of the Clippers until September 2020.
Loss
Take Slip·May 10, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

LeVar Ball will eventually replace Luke Walton as the Lakers' head coach

In about two years when LeVar Ball gets Luke Walton out as a Lakers coach and takes over as coach. That's going to be great.

LeVar Ball never coached the Lakers. Luke Walton was replaced by Frank Vogel in 2019.

Interview

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Take Slip·May 10, 2017
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

The San Antonio Spurs are a tougher matchup for the Warriors than the Houston Rockets

I can't not put my money on the Spurs. They're just like that team that always finds a way to get wins. Not saying they're going to win, but to get a win for sure, I think I'd have to go Spurs.

The Spurs advanced to play the Warriors in the WCF but were swept 4-0 (though Kawhi Leonard was injured in Game 1). The Rockets lost to the Spurs in the second round.
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Take Slip·May 10, 2017
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

The Cavaliers only won the 2016 NBA Finals because of Draymond Green's suspension and Andrew Bogut's injury

I really don't think Cleveland wins if Draymond doesn't get suspended and Bogut doesn't get hurt. So sometimes you've got to have, like, a little luck in the playoffs. Not to say that Cleveland didn't deserve to win. I think they did... But, I mean, it's just – you can't really decide, like, who's going to win the finals until you actually get to that point.

This is a common historical 'what-if' that cannot be definitively proven either way.
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Take Slip·May 10, 2017
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

The Washington Wizards are a tougher matchup for the Cavaliers than the Boston Celtics

If you were on the Cavs, which team would you less like to face... I'd say probably Wizards. John Wall is so tough in transition. Isaiah is great, but John Wall is just so tough in transition.

The Celtics beat the Wizards in 7 games and then lost to the Cavs in 5 games. We never saw the Wizards vs Cavs matchup in that postseason.
Win
Take Slip·May 10, 2017
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

Lonzo Ball will have a target on his back in the NBA because of LeVar Ball

Anybody that gets hyped up that much, if you're the number one pick or your top pick that's doing a lot of talking, you're going to have a little bit of a target on your back for sure... there's like that extra unneeded motivation that other guys will have now.

Lonzo Ball was notoriously targeted by veteran players (like Patrick Beverley) early in his rookie season due to his father's comments.

Locker Room Talk

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Take Slip·May 10, 2017·Locker Room Talk
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The viral photo of a man humping a shark was just 'guys being guys'

It was either him or me situation. For Jim McElwain or his doppelganger on that boat. It's like I either had to fuck that shark. Or the shark was going to die, so it died, so I fucked it... [it's] guys being guys.