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Ryan Whitney In Studio, Hank Gets Public Support From Tom Brady & FAQ's

Wednesday, May 11, 202219 takes

We start on zoom with some unexciting NBA games from Tuesday night plus the best part of the night Kenny vs Chuck to the video board. (-) Back in studio we talk Bucks/Celtics and Warriors/Griz as well as hockey talk and Hank gets a public show of support from Tom Brady. (-) Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Swag Kelly being back with the crew. (-) Ryan Whitney joins us in studio to talk NHL Playoffs, his golf game, Billy's terrible question and tons more. (-) We finish with some listener FAQ's. (-)

Recap

Win
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Eighty-three percent of the time the winner of Game 5 in a 2-2 series wins the series

If you look at it, that that is a correct, but the more important stat is 83% of the time that a series is tied 2-2, that winner of game five goes on to win the series.

According to historical NBA data, the winner of Game 5 in a 2-2 series has historically won the series about 82-84% of the time.
Push
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Heat and Suns will both win their Game 6 matchups

I would bet that both of these teams that won tonight [Heat and Suns] are probably going to win game six.

The Heat defeated the 76ers in Game 6 (99-90), but the Suns lost to the Mavericks in Game 6 (113-86).
Void
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Skip Bayless definitely has burner accounts on Twitter

This is proof. Skip Bayless has burners. I've got a mission now for the next three weeks, which would be to find, skip Bayless's burners and see what the takes that he puts out on the burn. The ones that like, he doesn't think are ready for prime time yet the ones that he's testing out.

This is a widespread belief based on Skip occasionally replying to himself or referencing his own tweets, but it has never been formally proven or 'unmasked' like Kevin Durant's burners.
Win
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

The Leafs are perfectly set up to lose to the Lightning in Game 6

The Leafs are back, which means that's where they're perfectly set up to lose. And I mean, we might have to game of the year, the Lightning in game six.

The Lightning did beat the Leafs in Game 6 (4-3 in OT) and eventually won the series in 7 games.
Void
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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HankHank

Al Horford is Batman and Jason Tatum is Robin

[Al Horford]'s Batman. Jason Tatum's Robin, Jaylen Brown the Joker.

This is a subjective characterization of team roles based on a single game's performance.
Open
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady's Fox broadcast will be better than Peyton Manning's because he'll have a better staff

I think that that Peyton Manning as an individual is going to be better than Tom Brady. But Tom Brady is going to have a much better staff around him. And so on a whole, his broadcast will be much, much better known as a dynasty.

Tom Brady began his Fox tenure in 2024. While well-received, comparing the quality of a lead broadcast vs. a ManningCast-style alternative remains subjective.
Win
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

James Harden plays worse in cities with high strip club populations

You know the stat that we were talking about a couple of years ago with James Harden and how he demonstrably plays worse in cities that have high strip club populations.

A detailed 2019 Reddit analysis famously made this correlation, though it remains an unofficial, non-causal statistic.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Void
Take Slip·May 11, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

The iPod is the greatest Apple product ever invented

I was talking shit about Apple products last week. This is probably the greatest Apple product ever invented, but they announced today that they're discontinuing the iPod.

Subjective value of tech products.
Void
Take Slip·May 11, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Andrew Luck was never an elite quarterback because he ordered chicken at a steakhouse

Andrew Luck because I think you guys told me this, that when you went to the steakhouse St. Elmo's Steakhouse in Indianapolis, he doesn't eat steak, eats chicken. Correct. And that's how you knew he was not going to be an elite quarterback.

Andrew Luck is widely considered to have been an elite talent whose career was cut short by injury, regardless of his food choices.
Win
Take Slip·May 11, 2022·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

EA Sports FIFA is dead because of the rebranding to EA Sports FC

EA Sports and FIFA are dead. 2023. It's been rebranded as EA Sports FC.

The partnership did end, and the game was officially rebranded to EA Sports FC starting in 2023.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

The word 'pal' is the most disrespectful thing you can call someone

I'd rather get slapped in the face. I'd rather get some, somebody spit in my face too. And then pal me. It's like... basically giving me a hug opposed to what's up pal. Can you pass a salt? Okay pal. You're just like, no problem pal. Ruins dinner.

Subjective take on social etiquette.
Win
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

NHL scoring is up because of power play strategies and better talent

The scoring staying up has a lot to do with the power plays and also just the games. Good right now. I think hockey's, I think the ratings are up... I think because of all the penalties called. So people's complaint right now is that it's not even, it doesn't even feel like hockey, some games... It's turned into just survive five on five, wait till you get a power play.

NHL scoring has trended upward significantly in the early 2020s, with league-wide average goals per game reaching levels not seen since the early 90s.
Win
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

No Canadian NHL team will win the Stanley Cup this year

I don't think Canada is going to win the Stanley cup. You're a maple leafs hater. You're an Edmonton Oilers alum... I just think the Leafs have this vibe about them... I don't know if [the Oilers] can figure it out.

The Colorado Avalanche won the 2022 Stanley Cup. No Canadian team reached the final.
Win
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

The Maple Leafs have a legitimate mental block when leading series

The maple leafs recently, while leading well down in the series, they're like seven or eight and three, well tied in the series. There are about 500 to eight and eight. And when leading these series, they're one to nine. So it's more of like, it might be a legit mental thing.

The Maple Leafs' struggles to close out series are well-documented, including seven consecutive first-round exits from 2017 to 2022.
Void
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

Cale Makar is currently the best player in the NHL

Right now Cale Makar is the best player in the league. He is a fucking treat to watch every single game. He's doing things that I've never seen before really done. Like he's the McDavid of defensemen.

Makar won the Norris Trophy (Best Defenseman) and the Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP) in 2022, solidifying him as at least a top-3 player in the league.
Loss
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

I won't pick against the Lightning until they actually lose a series

I said I won't pick against them [Lightning] until they don't win. So I am on the Lightning. I want the Lightning, but I'm going to be very surprised if the Avs don't win the Stanley Cup.

The Lightning lost the 2022 Stanley Cup Final to the Colorado Avalanche, 4-2.
Loss
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NHL is potentially rigged for certain ratings-friendly matchups

The whole debate that we were having last night about the NHL being rigged? Because I think that you're insane for not thinking... the NHL would prefer to have caps first penguins. One last showdown between [Ovechkin and Crosby].

Hot TakeHockeyHotSarcastic
There is no evidence the NHL is rigged, and the Caps/Pens matchup PFT wanted didn't even happen in the 2022 playoffs.
Void
Take Slip·May 11, 2022
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

America needs night golf with floodlights on 18-hole courses

Why in America do we not have night golf? ... you can get a short, you know, a four or 5,000 yard, 18 hole course. So they're all short par fours or par threes and play golf at night. Tee off at 10 o'clock with your buddies.

This is a proposal for a leisure industry change.

Out Of The Studio

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Take Slip·May 11, 2022·Out Of The Studio
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Unspayed ferrets will die if they do not get pregnant

Unspayed ferrets will die if they don't get pregnant. Die of stress.

Intact female ferrets stay in estrus until they mate; if they do not, the prolonged high levels of estrogen cause bone marrow suppression (estrogen toxicity), which is fatal.