NBA with Rachel Nichols + Guys on Chicks with Paige Spiranac And Chase Carter
Valentines Day is here and we're doing a bonus Mt Rushmore of things we love about sports (-). Olympic Update (-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Esteban Loaiza, CD's, and Papa John (-). Rachel Nichols joins the show to talk about the new look Cavs, who can win the West, Isaiah Thomas, and the wine problem in the NBA (-). Segments include Just Chill Out Man for RGIII having cyber sex in his instagram comments (-). Kickers Psychology Couch for Markelle Fultz, and not to brag but we called it everyone is addicted to the Vino (-). Special Guys on Chicks with SI Swimsuit models Paige Spiranic and Chase Carter to finish off the show (-).
Mount Rushmore
Big CatEstablishing the run game is the foundation of all football success
Mine [Mount Rushmore] is establishing the run game. Love when a team establishes the run game. Just run, run, run, run, run. Because then you get that play-action pass and the cameraman misses. It opens things up. ... Everything starts with establishing the run. That's just a fact.
PFT CommenterThe first game of the World Cup is the only one everyone genuinely gets up for
That's the one soccer game that everybody gets up for is the first one. And then after that, the novelty kind of dies off. I would say that the championship game is a little bit more fatigue. So, like, everyone's had a month of soccer already. If they're not one of your two teams in the finals, you're like, eh, I can take it or leave it.
Hot Seat Cool Throne
PFT CommenterColin Kaepernick's lawyers picked a fight they can't win against Roger Goodell and Papa John
My first hot seat is Colin Kaepernick's lawyers. Uh-oh. Because they picked some fights that they can't win. They're going up against Roger Goodell's two favorite people in the world, his wife and Papa John. ... They're going to ask Papa John if he gave instructions or if he was given instructions by Jerry Jones.
Interview
Rachel NicholsThe dumbest argument in sports is saying 'anybody could coach that team' because they have talent
One of the Suns players took a little shot at Steve Kerr on the way out. He's like, I guess it shows that anybody can coach that team. Oh, yeah, I like that. That's the dumbest argument in all of sports. ... They did it with Spoelstra. They still do it with Phil Jackson. ... if you try to get everyone to get along... look at the Cavs this year. These guys don't get along. They don't play well together just because you have the best player.
Rachel NicholsBrad Stevens made the Isaiah Thomas 'Brinks truck' conversation possible
Brad Stevens basically has, like, he made Isaiah Thomas. I don't want to say made him who he is, but he made the conversation of a Brinks truck possible. ... Have you seen these other guys after they left Boston? I mean, that's a big case in my point.
Rachel NicholsDeMarcus Cousins will never be the same elite player after his Achilles injury
That Achilles, if you are over 25 years old... the history is bad. Like that you will ever be even close to the player that you are. It's almost, I don't want to be too gloom and doom, but it's pretty gloomy and doomy. Like, you will not be the player you used to be, especially if you're a big guy.
Rachel NicholsNBA tampering rules are stupid and assume players are too dumb to understand cap space
Tampering, it is stupid that the NBA even has tampering. Everybody tampers in the league. Tampering in general assumes that NBA players are too stupid to understand cap space or that like, oh, if Magic Johnson doesn't tell you, then there's no way that Paul George would possibly know there's clearing cap room for him.
Big CatThe Bulls would secure the #1 pick if they played Cameron Payne 48 minutes a night
The Bulls have a secret weapon. They're bringing back Cameron Payne, who's the best. If they just play him 48 minutes a night, the Bulls will get the first pick. I'm guaranteeing that.
Kicker Psychology Couch
PFT CommenterMarkelle Fultz should get drunk to fix his broken shooting hitch
My advice [for Markelle Fultz] would just be get drunk and start practicing. Because some people are better at beer pong when they're drunk. Some people are better at darts when they've had a couple beers in them. Just have a couple of Yeunglings before practice and just see where that goes.
Not To Brag
Big CatNBA players are collectively addicted to wine
The NBA has a drinking problem. ... It's come out that every single person in the NBA gets drunk off wine every single night. And Jimmy Butler rolls around like a case of Pinot Noir. Carmelo's a sommelier. ... Kevin Love says that LeBron has a supercomputer in his brain for analyzing wine.
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