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Paul Rabil, NBA Playoffs, The Boys Went To An Islanders Game & Fyre Fest Of The Week

Friday, June 25, 202111 takes

The Suns are no longer going to win in 4 ( - ). Trae Young is going to take the Hawks all the way? ( - ) The boys went to the Nassau Coliseum and saved the Islanders season plus a review of the old barn. The Canadiens get into the Stanley Cup Final ( - ). Jay Williams had the worst tweet of all time and it wasn't even his original terrible tweet ( - ). Paul Rabil joins the show to talk PLL, Waterdogs, and how Lacrosse is going to the next level ( - ). We finish the show with Fyre Fest of the week and Billy's recap.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chris Paul was selfish for rushing back too fast from COVID protocols

I think Chris Paul was selfish tonight, Big Cat, in that he rushed himself back too fast. He did. And he needed to wait. Chris Paul needed to wait a little bit longer, come back. He was not the Chris Paul that we know.

Chris Paul struggled in his first game back (Game 3), shooting 5-of-19, but the Suns eventually won the series and Chris Paul played better in subsequent games.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Cam Payne's injury changed the whole flow of the Suns vs. Clippers series

Campaign did get hurt. He only played four minutes. That changes the whole series. You can confidently say there's no excuses left on the table. The Clippers are without their best guy, Kawhi. The Suns are without their best guy, Campaign.

Equating Cam Payne to Kawhi Leonard is factually absurd, though Payne was an important role player for Phoenix.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2018 NBA Draft should be redrafted to consider Trae Young over Luka Doncic

The best thing I said about [Trae Young] was that we now have to redraft the 2018 NBA draft. Because that's the biggest – Luka, how could you pick Trae Young ahead of – or how could you – the trade that went down where the Hawks basically traded back and they're like, you take Luka, we'll take Trae Young. So I think that that's actually... yeah, it's a discussion.

While Trae Young had a great 2021, Doncic has since established himself as a perennial First-Team All-NBA player, whereas Trae has fluctuated, keeping Luka as the consensus #1 in redrafts.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Scottie Pippen is not clearly a top 25 NBA player of all time

I'm just still going through my head right now because it feels like Scottie Pippen is not clearly a top 25 NBA player of all time. And I'm doing names. Are you willing to stand by that take? I had a poster when I was a kid... And Scottie Pippen was like controversially on the list of top 50.

This is subjective, though many modern lists (like The Athletic's 75) place Pippen right around 25-35, making it a valid bubble take.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is definitively a top 25 NBA player of all time

Write that down. Can you stop the beeping again? Write that down. Big Cat said something nice about LeBron. He is a top 25 NBA player of all time. That was huge of me.

LeBron James is universally considered a top 2 player in NBA history.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Nassau Coliseum has the best Wi-Fi of any stadium

The biggest thing I could not figure out... is the fact that we went to the Nassau Coliseum. The venue's a dump. It's a time travel. By far and away the best Wi-Fi I've ever had inside of a stadium. The Wi-Fi was incredible... I was on the Wi-Fi and it was fucking humming. It was better than Barstool's Wi-Fi.

This is based on personal experience and is a verifiable claim regarding the stadium's bandwidth at the time.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Jay Williams' 'hacked' excuse is an all-time idiot move

Jay Williams, all time idiot, like dumb tweet. And then on top of all that, he deletes it and waits like three hours and says... I did not post that. And my passcode has now been changed. So just like every hacker usually sets up, they spend years at hacking school so that they can one day tweet from Jay Williams' account that the Celtics hired the first black head coach.

Jay Williams' claim was widely mocked and is generally considered an obvious face-saving lie by sports media analysts.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Paul RabilPaul Rabil

Lacrosse should use the term 'power play' rather than 'man-up'

People keep coming at me being like, hey, dude, it's man-up. It's like, dude, they say power play. It's a fucking power play... because what you have then on the women's game is they're saying woman up. And it's become a gender thing... Nope. It's a power play. They're on the power.

The PLL successfully integrated 'Power Play' into its broadcasts and official terminology to align with hockey and broaden appeal.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Paul RabilPaul Rabil

I am retiring from professional lacrosse very soon

how long how much longer are you gonna play for real? Not much longer. Really? Yeah. I'm 35... I get checked now, and I have bruises that last for weeks. So it's actually going to... My hips crack in the morning, my knees crack.

Paul Rabil officially retired from professional lacrosse in September 2021, just months after this episode.

Fyre Fest

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Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021·Fyre Fest
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Giving blood is the best way to save money on drinking

But the great thing about giving blood is if you give blood, you get drunk off like half a beer afterwards. So it's actually very economical. I'm just trying to be an ambassador for health.

Lower blood volume leads to faster intoxication, though it is not medically recommended as a 'money-saving' strategy.
Win
Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021·Fyre Fest
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

I will be doing the play-by-play for the PLL doubleheader on July 31st

It is happening. July 31st, a doubleheader. I'm Peacock. I will be doing the play-by-play. It would not be possible without all of you guys in here... July 31st, doubleheader.

Jake Marsh did indeed call the PLL games on Peacock on July 31, 2021.