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Rich Eisen + NBA All Star Weekend

Monday, February 18, 201911 takes

BA All Star Game recap, Kyrie and KD are best friends, and Anthony Davis is going to do something very nice for the city of New Orleans when he's traded ( - ). Defining the terms of the Hank has to adopt a Cat bet ( - ). Who's back of the week including Denny Hamlin and Johnny Cueto's dead horse ( - ). Rich Eisen joins the show to talk about his career, what the early days of ESPN were like, being the face of the NFL Network, why he's totally not mad about Ohio State beating Michigan every year, Game of the Thrones, and other random questions we decided to ask him ( - ). Segments include an Antonio Brown free agency update, the Bryce is Right, who won the trade Colin Kaepernick, shoe roast for Kawhi Leonard, and our review of the most fucked up Documentary you'll ever watch, "Abducted In Plain Sight"

Recap

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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Zion Williamson will be a Chicago Bull and his appearance in next year's dunk contest will be an all-time moment

Zion going next year's dunk contest will be incredible because Zion Williamson, as a Chicago Bull, doing it in the United Center is going to be an all-time moment.

The Pelicans won the lottery and drafted Zion. Zion also never participated in the NBA Dunk Contest.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are going to sign with the New York Knicks

Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are in love. Full-blown love. They were like tickling each other. They were horsing around. A lot of horseplay. You just got to say, New York Knicks.

Both players signed with the Brooklyn Nets instead of the Knicks.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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I would rather be a dead-eye three-point shooter for the rest of my life than be able to dunk

If I could pick one for the rest of my life, to be awesome at dunking or wet from three at all times, I think I would take wet from three... Anytime you're open, think about this. Any guy in the NBA, like if they're open, they just make it. Having that would be so incredible.

This is a subjective lifestyle preference for basketball skill.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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The New Orleans Pelicans are stupid if they don't sit Anthony Davis for the rest of the season

If the Pelicans don't sit him for the rest of the year, they're so stupid. Because that would be the ultimate, just having him get some kind of injury where you're like, come on, man, are you serious? You couldn't just sit him?

The Pelicans did try to sit him, but the NBA threatened to fine the team $100k per game he was healthy and sat. He played limited minutes the rest of the year.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Antonio Brown exposing Ben Roethlisberger's 'owner mentality' is not news because everyone knows Ben is a dick

Antonio Brown... basically explained his conflict with Ben Roethlisberger, basically saying Ben Roethlisberger has an owner mentality and he can call everybody out... I don't really think Antonio Brown, if you want to go a certain route with this to gain public favor, being like, hey, Ben Roethlisberger's a dick, too, is not really—we all know that.

Subjective opinion on public perception of Roethlisberger.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Bryce Harper is going to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies

Bryce Harper, it's alleged that he's going to be signing with the Phillies any day now... I think he's going to be a Philly.

Bryce Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies on February 28, 2019.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Colin Kaepernick likely has a clause in his settlement preventing him from ever playing in the NFL again

I gathered this from what Florio said, which was it's very common in these types of settlements to have a clause in there saying that he will never work for that league again. So it might be in his contract that he'll never be an NFL player again. And honestly, I'm kind of okay with that because of how exhausting the takes would be on every single pass that he threw.

Kaepernick never played in the NFL again following the settlement.

Interview

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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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The Rams will beat the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII

I take the Rams over the Patriots. Yes, I do... I am technically copping out because those who make predictions or are forced to, when you make a preseason prediction that actually turns out to be spot on—I now have the cover of saying, well, I predicted it before the season, so I can't give up now.

The Patriots beat the Rams 13-3 in Super Bowl LIII.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Jim Harbaugh is in actual trouble at Michigan because he can't get his team emotionally prepared for Ohio State

I think [Jim Harbaugh] is in actual trouble at Michigan... He doesn't have those guys emotionally prepared to play Ohio State, whereas Urban Meyer makes a bunch of kids from Florida and all over the country somehow hate the state of Michigan to a level that, like Jim Harbaugh, it feels like every time they get to that big game, they fall completely flat.

Harbaugh eventually corrected this, winning three straight against OSU and a National Championship, but at the time of this take, he was 0-4 against them.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Michigan football doesn't matter anymore

Here's the difference between me and you. I know what I am. You still think Michigan matters. You still think we're in 1960. I know that Wisconsin winning nine games in the Pinstripe Bowl is cool with me. You think you're competing for national championships, and you're not.

Michigan won the National Championship in 2023, proving they definitely still mattered.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
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Ohio State will stop beating the crap out of everyone now that Urban Meyer is gone

He's [Urban Meyer] going to go play golf or whatever that famous golf course is... and then suddenly Ohio State's not going to be beating the crap out of everybody. I don't know. Okay, you think [Ryan Day] will beat the crap out of everyone?

Ohio State continued to dominate under Ryan Day, making multiple Playoffs and continuing to beat Michigan until 2021.