Playoff Madness, Lebron Secretly Jealous Of AD's Injury, The Maple Leafs Choke, And Monday Reading
Its just us for a mega recap of an awesome long weekend in sports. We break down all of the NBA playoff series and disavow bad fan actions while also understanding what it means to be a regular fan ( - ). Lebron will have to be superman and Luka conspiracy theories ( - ). Leaf fans weigh in on another playoff collapse with a #BigMad segment ( - ). Who's back of the week and Hot Seat/Cool Throne, Talking Tennis Naomi Osaka and Monday Reading ( - ).
Who Is Back
HankTim Tebow was signed by Urban Meyer purely to act as a heat shield for Trevor Lawrence
I'm also just a huge fan of the narrative that [Urban Meyer] brought in Tebow just to take off heat off Trevor Lawrence... Tebow is just going to be too much of a natural leader and take all the heat, including from the players, off Trevor Lawrence.
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Big CatThe pandemic has caused fans to lose their minds and forget how to behave in arenas
I do think the pandemic has fucked people up more than we realize. And people are just getting back into the real world and losing their fucking minds. Preseason. Yes, preseason. No one knows how to act right now. Give it a couple weeks. I do not think it's some huge epidemic where this is going to be the new norm that fans are just fucking with players constantly.
PFT CommenterThe media will soon claim that sports were better without fans in the building
I'm going to level it up. I'm going to say by the time you're hearing my voice, if it's in the afternoon tomorrow... somebody will have already written the take that sports were better when there were no fans in the building.
HankThe Celtics will not win another game in their series against the Nets
[Jason Tatum] had 50, right? Yeah, that's fine... The starting lineup, it's one of those things where it doesn't matter. You could play those starting two lineups 100 times and the Celtics might win one. [Big Cat: 'Can we call it over?'] 100%. It's over.
Big CatJoel Embiid didn't hurt his knee; he actually hurt his back or tailbone
I don't think [Joel Embiid] hurt his knee. I think he hurt his ass slash back. He grabbed his back. He fell on his back. His back has been bothering him all year. He grabbed his back, but he also grabbed the back of his leg. This is Drew Brees' ribs all over again. Joel Embiid's back is hurt.
Big CatTom Thibodeau's coaching style prevents teams from having an extra gear in the playoffs
Tom Thibodeau is a fantastic coach, and he will always get your team to overachieve and play to their max ability during the regular season. And then when you get to the postseason, there's no extra gear... he also played Julius Randle the most minutes of anyone in the NBA this year. It's always going to go like this when you do that with your star player who can't figure out a double team.
Big CatI'm predicting a vintage, dominant LeBron James performance in Game 5 against the Suns
I think we're going to get like a vintage, vintage LeBron just every single way... 38 [points], 12 [rebounds], 8 [assists]. It's going to be one of those stat lines where Nick Wright will be like, 'no player since Michael Jordan has ever done this in the playoffs.'
PFT CommenterLuka Doncic is actually several years older than the Mavericks claim
I think Luka's older than we think he is... I think it's a Danny Almonte, Alfonso Soriano thing. I don't think Luka's 22 years old. I think Luka's probably 27, 28 years old. If you're a player that's not born in the United States and you come over, there's a lot of paperwork that can get either lost or changed very easily.
Big CatIf the Cowboys don't win a Super Bowl in the next 20 years, they will become the NFL's version of the Toronto Maple Leafs
The Cowboys, I think, have the element of... They're one of the teams that you think of when you think of football. The Leafs are one of the teams you think of when you think of hockey. They have historical relevance, but it's all in the past... If the Cowboys, if we're sitting here 2045 and the Cowboys haven't gone back to a Super Bowl, they would be the Maple Leafs.
Hot Seat Cool Throne
Big CatThis is the week Aaron Rodgers finally gets traded by the Packers
I'm going to do this every week until it comes true. I'm going to predict that this is the week that Aaron Rodgers gets traded. Okay. So, and if it doesn't happen this week, I will do it next week and give me credit when that happens.
PFT CommenterThe USA is officially the best soccer country in the world because Christian Pulisic won the Champions League
The best player in the world played on the best team in the world... the best player on the best club team is American. Therefore, the USA is the best soccer country in the entire world.
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