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Remembering Kobe, plus George Kittle Live From Miami

Monday, January 27, 202010 takes

We remember Kobe Bryant from a fan's perspective after Sunday's tragic news. How he was bigger than life, his competitive drive and the time Hank and Big Cat went to interview him at his office in LA ( - ). Who's back of the week ( - ). San Francisco 49ers Tight End George Kittle joins the show to talk about the upcoming Super Bowl, his dad's pregame letters, blocking, and the guys prep him for Media Day ( - ).We finish the show with some clips from Big Cats interview with Kobe Bryant from 2018 as we remember one of the greatest basketball players of all time ( - )

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm only joining an XFL team if I have a real chance to make the roster

The practice squad offer is apparently legit. Like I'm going to get a contract if I want to go down that road... in which case I'm only going down that road if they give me an opportunity to work my way onto a team. I'm not just going to be on practice squad a year.

PFT never actually signed a contract or played for an XFL team, as the 2020 season was cut short by COVID-19 and the bit eventually faded.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryson DeChambeau worries too much about angles and should just play golf

He does like the compass and the he does like all the math behind his shots. Just go out and shoot the ball, dude, maybe if you stop thinking about it, you'd be like Brooks [Koepka] and wind shit... You worry too much about angles buddy.

Bryson DeChambeau went on to win the U.S. Open later that year (2020) using his analytical methods, proving they could win championships, though the debate over his pace of play continued.
Push
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Antarctica is always freezing, regardless of whether it is 'summer' there

I was always taught that Antarctica was just always freezing. No one lives there. It's a continent that no one lives on because it's all ice... I've never probably my life got ratio so hard but people being like you fucking idiot like it's the summer in Antarctica... it's still cold, but it's colder than here.

While Antarctica has seasons, temperatures even in summer at the South Pole rarely rise above freezing (0°F). Coastal areas can reach the 40s or 50s occasionally, making a 'light long sleeve shirt' possible but Big Cat's general sentiment that it's 'always cold' is mostly correct.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
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George KittleGeorge Kittle

I throw up before every single football game

As soon as we come back in from warm-ups. I go puke... hundred percent for every game... I always think I'm like, I'm a step faster now. That's my positive mindset.

Kittle has confirmed this in multiple interviews throughout his career as his standard routine.
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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
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George KittleGeorge Kittle

I actually prefer blocking to catching the ball

I like blocking a lot like my favorite thing... when it's play call is like, all right, you're just going to go just throw some people out of the club. You're like fuck. Yes. Let's go.

This is a statement of personal preference from an elite athlete about his craft.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
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George KittleGeorge Kittle

Jimmy Garoppolo's chin line will lead the 49ers to a Super Bowl win

Jimmy [Garoppolo] I think is one of the strongest chin lines in the NFL and with that, you know that chin line it's going to, you know, definitely let us know Super Bowl this year.

The 49ers lost Super Bowl LIV to the Kansas City Chiefs 31-20.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
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Kobe BryantKobe Bryant

If my accomplishments in the next 20 years don't exceed my NBA career, then I failed

I told somebody said listen if what I do in the next 20 years is not better than my last 20 then I failed... I wouldn't accomplish what I accomplished my last 20 years if I did not have this mentality to begin with.

Due to his untimely death, Kobe was unable to complete the 20-year window to fulfill this personal ambition. In the short time he had, he won an Oscar and built a successful media company, but the take is ultimately unresolvable.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
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Kobe BryantKobe Bryant

Claiming a bad system or bad teammates ruined your career is just an excuse

That sounds like excuses to me. I mean, you got to figure it out, right? If you really have an obsession to figure it out. You will figure it out, right and every puzzles constructed differently... You just got to figure out Your own puzzles.

This is a foundational philosophy of Kobe's career and cannot be objectively proven true or false, though it is a highly debated topic in sports analytics regarding player environment.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
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Kobe BryantKobe Bryant

Shaq admitted he used to coast through the summer because he knew I was training

When we sat down we did the interview together. He finally He copped to the fact that after we won championships, she's like I can just relax and Coastal with the summer because I know I got a teammate who's going to be training 8 10 hours a day and I was like see that's the BSS yet that would piss and shit.

Shaquille O'Neal has admitted in various interviews (including the one with Kobe) that he did not maintain the same year-round training intensity as Kobe, often using the regular season to play himself into shape.

Other

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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NBA should have canceled all games on the day Kobe Bryant died

I think [the NBA] should have canceled the games today because of what he meant everybody in the league. It seemed like Kobe had some sort of influence on every single team... it felt like one of those things where the the whole league was like sleepwalking.

The NBA did not cancel games that night, though they later postponed a Lakers/Clippers game. This remains a subjective opinion on how the league should handle tragedies.