Rachel Nichols and Ryan Whitney
NBA Finals talk is making everyone in the sports world a giant idiot. Stanley Cup Final talk ( - ). Bachelor for guys that don't watch the Bachelor ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne ( - ). Rachel Nichols joins the show to answer 6 questions about the NBA Finals and a couple MJ/Lebron hypotheticals ( - ). Ryan Whitney joins the show to talk SCF, the city of Nashville and how the NBA takes forever to play the Finals ( - ). Segments include Lebron Blames, Hmmmm for David Ortiz coming back, Football Guy, Humans vs the Sun and Guy's on Chicks
Recap
Big CatHakeem Olajuwon could beat pretty much anyone in NBA history one-on-one
The answer is Hakeem because Hakeem could pretty much beat anybody. Oh, it was Hakeem versus Shaq. So Robert Horry went on his show and was like, hey, I think Hakeem is better than Shaq.
PFT CommenterThe Cleveland Cavaliers have the worst hair of any team in NBA history
It just occurred to me, the Cavaliers are probably the NBA team with the worst hair of all time, and they're matched up against the team [Warriors] with the worst facial hair of all time.
Bachelor Talk
PFT CommenterPersistence and annoyance are the keys to winning over a woman who has rejected you
Here's one thing I know about women. If they tell you, no, I don't want to date you, the more persistent you are and the more annoying you are to them, then eventually they'll let you in. Yeah. Just comment on all of her Instagram pictures. That will work.
Hot Seat Cool Throne
PFT CommenterJ.J. Watt rejected the Top 100 players list only to show everyone how humble he is
J.J. responded to it and said, I only played three games last year. What a joke this list is. So J.J. gets it. He's going to make sure that everybody knows how humble he is. And he's rejecting the title of a top 100 player. While also letting everyone know that he made the top 100 list.
Big CatOhio State's unrealistic coaching wish list is a strategic 'anchoring' move
This is a great move by OSU, though, because if you just throw out the wish list that's just insane, everyone's like, okay, well, that's crazy. And then you get one of those second-tier guys that you probably were a third-tier. Yes, it's called anchoring. Anybody who's negotiated knows this. You ask for way, way more than you should get, then you'll get a little bit more than you deserve.
Interview
Rachel NicholsThe 1990s Bulls would beat the 2017 Warriors if played under 90s rules
The Warriors are built for an era where there's no handshaking, where the defensive rules are different. If they played during the Bulls 90s era, I think the Bulls team was built for those rules. So they would win.
Rachel NicholsLeBron James signs short contracts to force team management to stay aggressive
I don't think it's an accident he keeps signing these shorter contracts. He's not... LeBron James free agency not signing a five-year contract for a reason. I think he likes keeping his options open... The problem is [with long contracts] your team has no motivation to do anything for you. Plus all the money is locked up. They don't go bring anyone else in.
Ryan WhitneyThere is a 30% chance Alex Ovechkin gets traded this offseason
Do you think that that's [Ovechkin being traded] really going to happen? I would say it's like 30% chance of happening. But that's 29% more than last year... I wouldn't be shocked, put it that way.
Ryan WhitneyThe 2017 Stanley Cup Final will go to seven games
Where do you see the last three games going? I think it goes seven. I mean, you say that it looked like it wouldn't have been a long series... I think home team's going to win game five, Nashville's going to win game six, and then kind of a coin toss in game seven.
Ryan WhitneyHockey is the only sport that truly has karma
Hockey is the only sport that I think truly has karma. That's a fact. Yeah, I can go with that one.
Football Guy Of The Week
Big CatCollege baseball coaches and football strength coaches are the same species of person
College baseball coaches and high school baseball coaches are under the same phylum as football strength coaches. They're very similar. They're very similar species... College baseball coaches definitely still spit dip in their players' faces and have weird sayings and call them all pussies.
Guys On Chicks
Big CatMen stay in the bathroom for 45 minutes just to avoid being nagged by their partners
The real answer, to answer your question, female listener, is we spend that much time in the bathroom because that's the only place you can't nag us. We're avoiding you.
Big CatA guy who is 'over the top nice' early in a relationship is hiding something
If he's over the top nice, if he's buying you stuff constantly and flowers and writing you cards, he's probably hiding something. Because no guy after three or four dates is going to keep putting in that amount of effort. Or he's too clingy... If he keeps pouring it on, he's probably hiding something. That's a fuckboy.
PMT DB