Michael Malone, Big Jay Oakerson, and the Celtics Game 7 Disaster
The Boston Celtics are officially dead, and as a result, Hank is fundamentally broken. After the high of Derek White’s miracle put-back in Game 6, the Heat came into the Garden and absolutely dismantled everything Boston fans hold dear. Hank tried to argue that the Game 6 ending felt like a championship moment, but it turns out that meant nothing when Jimmy Butler and Caleb Martin decided to end their season 48 hours later.
Derek White's Game 6 buzzer-beater felt like a series-winning moment
Game six was unbelievable. Just that win and the day after did, it did feel like a Game seven win. It felt like a series win. I was, I was basking at it. I truly was.
While the Celtics were dying by the three, PFT was busy celebrating a massive financial victory. He successfully navigated his high-stakes parlay on the Heat and Panthers to secure a return on his capital that would make a hedge fund manager weep.
PFT's $10,000 bet on the Heat and Panthers was an investment with a 10% ROI
PFT, I gotta start with you because you have to feel incredible relief for your bet. The 10,000 to win a thousand when you bet the heat up three Oh and the Panthers Up three Oh cashes gotta be the biggest relief of all time.
Big Cat was quick to point out the glaring flaws in the Celtics' roster, specifically Jalen Brown’s sudden inability to handle a basketball in traffic. The conversation naturally turned to whether Joe Mazzulla is actually the problem or if the roster just isn't built to get over the hump.
Jalen Brown does not know how to dribble
Jalen Brown does not know how to dribble. I don't know if that's something he's gonna learn. And then, I mean Jason Tatum obviously I think Jason Tatum probably smells the best coming out of this run... But where do you go and Marcus Smart? I don't know. Do you keep rolling out the same thing year after year?
Joe Mazzulla's resume is not that different from Ime Udoka's
Missoula's been obviously criticized a lot, but if you actually put up his resume next to Ime Udoka, it's not that dissimilar. Like they went, I think what the Celtics last year, they swept the nets in the first round, then they went seven, then they went seven and then they got, they lost in the finals. I mean this year obviously they went six in the first round, but they seven and seven, they, they came up short tonight.
Max managed to find a way to make the loss even weirder by revealing his inner turmoil as a Philly fan who spent one night pretending to be a Bostonian. Between his boy giving him a sensual kiss on the ear during the Game 6 celebration and the Game 7 blowout, Max is ready to see the entire Celtics roster turned into trade bait.
The Celtics need to blow the team up
First is stop talking about that video because Celtics lost and it doesn't matter. First they, you gotta blow it up. You gotta blow it up. How many times can you get close? I mean, as a Celtics fan, I cannot stand watching this team get so close year after year and then falling short. It's bullshit.
Nuggets head coach Michael Malone joined the show to give some flowers to the Western Conference champs before they start the Finals. He didn't hold back on his superstar, confirming what most of us have seen with our own eyes: Nikola Jokic is currently operating on a level above everyone else in the league.
Nikola Jokic is the best basketball player in the world
I agree. I think he is the best basketball player and I think he's proving it every single night... I think he's proving it every single night. And you know, I go back, my first summer in Denver was also Nicole's first summer... In Las Vegas for Summer league in that, not one point in time in Vegas did I say, Hey, we have a franchise player.
Malone also broke down why Jokic is so impossible to guard, comparing his mental processing to an elite chess player who sees the board moves ahead of the defense. He even drew a direct line between the Joker and LeBron James in terms of their basketball IQ and how they manipulate the gravity of a game.
LeBron James and Nikola Jokic are incredibly similar players
I think LeBron James and Nicole Yoic are very, very similar. Hmm. And when and the eye test you say hell no. Like one's a great athlete freakish and the other guy can't jump over the Sunday newspaper. But you get away from that. Both those guys, their iq, their unselfishness, their ability to make everyone better and impact the game.
Nikola Jokic's game is more like chess than checkers
Some guys are playing checkers out there and then you have a few guys that play chess and see things developing and guys understand pretty quickly when they first come to our team, first time playing with Nicola, hey you better have your head in a swivel.
In-studio, comedian Big Jay Oakerson brought the heavy Philly energy. He weighed in on the Sixers' latest collapse and had some choice words for Joel Embiid’s leadership. Jay isn't convinced that the MVP has the necessary dawg in him to carry a franchise when the lights get the brightest.
Joel Embiid doesn't have the fight or leadership to lead the Sixers to a title
I don't know at this point this might just me be me talking angry shit because they're, they lost. But I think maybe Embiid could go too at this point. I don't think he's, he might be a winner. Yeah, yeah. He's awesome. I mean he's an unbelievable talent and... I just don't think he's like a, he doesn't have that fight. Like you said, he won't put the, he can't lead that team.
Ja Morant is a modern-day Allen Iverson in every way
I'm almost thinking four Philly. The personality of Philly sports. I say a straight up for John Morant. Philly can handle a problematic like Alan iv. He's like Alan Iverson every way to me. Like the way he plays and his off, if there was social media when Alan Iverson was playing, he'd have flashed a gun. Oh for sure. He got caught with guns like all the time.
We wrapped things up with a full Succession finale breakdown for those who have finished the journey with the Roy family. Big Cat and PFT debated who actually "won" the series, noting that while everyone lost their soul, some siblings definitely ended up in a better spot than others.
Roman Roy will have the happiest life of the Roy siblings after the Succession finale
I actually think the one guy that that is gonna have the happiest life after this is probably Roman because he's still got billions of dollars and he's just gonna go off and be like a drunk horny weird asshole on his own, which is what makes him the happiest. Yeah. He's doing that type of shit. He doesn't, he never actually wanted real power.
Connor Roy was the only sibling with a real relationship with Logan Roy
Connor, that scene when they had the virtual dinner with dad thing that they watched that scene was basically showing all of us that Connor was the only one who had a relationship with his father that meant anything. Everyone, all the other three kids were just transactional. Like they want to be pa like the, the the next in line.
Hank might be down, but at least he doesn't have a soul patch yet.

