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NHL Playoffs With Keith Yandle, Lakers/Warriors G1 Delivers, Sixers Up 1-0 And Hank Is Down Bad + Guys On Chicks

Wednesday, May 3, 202313 takes

Game 1 of Warriors/Lakers was incredible and we talk Knicks and Scott Foster (-). Max vs Hank round 1 goes to Max as James Harden and the Sixers win in the Garden and both guys have some thoughts (-). Jokic is the best and Chris Paul is hurt again (-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Dillon Brooks and shorts (-). Keith Yandle joins the show to talk about his career in the NHL, being the iron man, the creation of the word Sonk, and playoff hockey (-). We finish with Guys on Chicks and the lottery ball (-).

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·May 3, 2023·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Dillon Brooks has talked himself out of the NBA

I really do think he might've played himself. Like he talked himself out of the NBA. Well and also the lack of play. ... He talked himself out of the NBA.

Incorrect. Dillon Brooks signed a 4-year, $80 million contract with the Houston Rockets later that summer.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Billy FootballBilly Football

AI-powered robots will kill us all in less than a year

If you guys watch the episode metalhead [from Black Mirror], that's actually happening in real life... They gave Boston Dynamics robots brains and now they can do whatever they want. Think for themselves. ... I still think we got less than a year left. We're cooked.

The human race was not killed by AI-powered robots within the year following May 2023.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Five straight days of playoff football in January is the best schedule ever

College football playoff announced today 2024 and 2025. ... Semi-finals would be played on Thursday and Friday of super wild card weekend. ... Saturday, Sunday, Monday. ... Five straight days of playoff football.

The schedule was indeed announced as described.

Recap

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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James might be better as a Robin than a Batman for the Lakers

I think what we're seeing is LeBron might be better as a Robin than he is as a Batman. They've got a true number one option finally on the Lakers in AD who looks healthier than we had predicted.

The Lakers did lean heavily on Davis during their 2023 WCF run, but the dynamic remains a shared leadership. LeBron's role as a playmaker makes the Batman/Robin dynamic subjective.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

NBA playoff teams should only wear their classic home and road jerseys

When you're in the playoffs, you wear your jerseys, you wear your classic jerseys, you wear your home, you wear your road. Like don't fuck it up. ... I don't want your city connect. I don't want your 17th Nike jersey. ... I do sound like an old man right now, but I want your classic jersey playing in the playoffs.

This is a matter of personal aesthetic preference and tradition.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

Erik Spoelstra is the best coach in the NBA

Spoelstra is the best coach in the league I think. I think he might take over the title. I think he might be—Pop has not been in the playoffs for a few years. I think Spo is the best coach. Like the fact that he had that team almost winning at the garden, missing three guys and having the refs go against you.

While subjective, Spoelstra led the 8-seed Heat to the NBA Finals in 2023, largely vindicating this take.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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HankHank

Brad Stevens should come down from the front office to call plays for the Celtics

Brad Stevens for all you know, intents and purposes one of the best X's and O's guys ever when he was coaching... He's still in the organization. Why don't they just put him on the bench and just have him call the plays at the end of the game?

This never happened; Stevens remained in his GM role while Mazzulla continued as head coach.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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HankHank

Joel Embiid returning to the lineup will discombobulate the Sixers

I think that Embiid coming back at not a hundred percent will discombobulate them. I think it helps [the Celtics]. ... If Embiid comes back it's gonna discombobulate them enough for the Celtics to win.

The Celtics did win the series in seven games, though Embiid's return led to two Sixers wins (Games 4 and 5) before they collapsed in Game 7.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Denver Nuggets will beat the Phoenix Suns in six games

I still standby prediction Nugs in six. I think that KD and Booker are gonna have a couple of those games where they just go nuclear.

The Nuggets defeated the Suns in exactly 6 games.

Interview

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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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Keith YandleKeith Yandle

The Florida Panthers' upset over the Bruins wasn't as shocking as people think

I don't think it was a choke as much as people are saying. ... You look at Florida's team, they're loaded, they got superstar players. ... They had been playing playoff hockey for the last month trying to get into the playoffs... the Bruins really hadn't been tested pretty much all year.

The Panthers went on to reach the Stanley Cup Finals, proving they were indeed a elite team despite their seed.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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Keith YandleKeith Yandle

Connor McDavid is so fast he doesn't even get tired on the ice

I honestly don't think he even gets tired. ... He's just so fast. ... And the dual threat of being one of the best passers in the league and now having the ability to score kind of whenever you want, is just taking his game through the roof.

McDavid consistently leads the league in average time on ice for forwards, supporting the claim of elite endurance.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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Keith YandleKeith Yandle

The Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers will meet in the Stanley Cup Finals

In the beginning before playoffs, I had Dallas and Boston in the finals. ... Now I want to go Dallas, Florida in the finals.

The Panthers made the Finals, but the Dallas Stars lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Take Slip·May 3, 2023
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Keith YandleKeith Yandle

NHL starting goalies are the weirdest people on the planet

Starting goalie is just outta control. Like, you don't talk to 'em, don't go near 'em on game day. ... I think it's from a young age on where you're in the crease, you got no one to talk to... I wouldn't wish being a goalie on anyone.

This is a subjective assessment of personality types in hockey.