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Ryan Whitney & Murls For Our Hockey Playoff Preview, NBA Playoffs Have Begun + We Need To Have A Talk

Monday, April 17, 202310 takes

NBA Playoffs are off and running and we talk about all the games from the weekend. The emergence of BBall Paul and Spencer Dinshiddie. Sacramento was electric and we're happy for Kings fans. The Knicks are back and Austin Reaves is the true alpha on the Lakers (-). Who's back of the week including a talk we need to have with all AWLs (-). We then welcome on Ryan Whitney and Murls from Spittin Chiclets to break down the hockey playoffs, can anyone take down the Bruins, best longshot value and more (-) . We finish with the lottery ball (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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Austin Reaves is the true alpha on the Lakers

But the real story outta that game was Austin Reaves. Yeah. Austin Reaves. AKA him. He is him.

Reaves remained a key player for the Lakers' Western Conference Finals run, though calling him the 'true alpha' over LeBron and AD is clearly comedic exaggeration.
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Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

Spencer Dinwiddie's career might be over after being nicknamed 'Dinshiddie'

This was his first game since Kyle Kuzma called him Dinshiddie, which is a great, great nickname... and he wasn't good... I don't wanna overstate it, but when you get called Dinshiddie, it might be a wrap.

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Dinwiddie continued his NBA career as a rotation player, though the nickname did stick in online circles for a while.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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The replacement of Sierra Mist with Starry is a handout to 'Big Corn'

This does feel like a Biden special... This is a big handout to Big corn. Yeah. To the corn syrup market. Because Sierra Mist was made with real sugar while Starry uses high fructose corn syrup.

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While Starry does use high fructose corn syrup compared to some versions of Sierra Mist using cane sugar, the idea that it's a political handout is a satirical joke.
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Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

The Kings winning Game 1 against the Warriors counts as a tournament win for John Calipari

Does this count as a tournament win for Cal? Absolutely. Because De'Aaron Fox and Malik Monk, both in their playoff debut, go for over 30... I think Cal should be like, update the record books. The Kings beat the Warriors game One with two of my guys.

Subjective claim about how to attribute 'wins' to college coaches; not a literal fact-based claim.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'pervert' chant at Max Homa is officially canceled and banned

We have to stop saying to Max Homa on the golf course that he's a pervert because it's getting a little weird... permission to shame that person, take a picture and send it to us... no more pervert. That is officially canceled.

The hosts successfully suppressed the meme, and calling Homa a 'pervert' largely faded from the gallery following this episode.
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Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023·Who's Back
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The MLB pitch clock makes fans feel rushed and ruins the 'fuck around' time at the stadium

I fucking hate the pitch clock... because I sit down there... I'm trying to chit chat, socialize like how I usually do... I feel like I'm rushed at a table, at a restaurant that's trying to flip table. I want there to be more fuck around time. So if I get food, I don't miss anything.

This is a subjective opinion on the stadium experience, though MLB attendance actually increased in 2023 despite (or because of) the faster games.

Interview

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Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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If the Bruins don't win the Stanley Cup, it's a complete failure and they'll be a joke

The Bruins are statistically now... most wins in a NHL season... if they don't win the cup, they're kind of like a joke a little bit... it's win or a complete failure.

The Bruins famously lost in the first round to the Florida Panthers, making this one of the most accurate assessments of the looming disappointment in show history.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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MurlsMurls

The best value bet for the NHL playoffs is Igor Shesterkin to win the Conn Smythe

If you like the Rangers... the only way they're gonna win the Stanley Cup is if [Shesterkin] stands on his head, you take him Conn Smythe plus 2300. That's a good card. I like that.

The Rangers were eliminated in the first round by the Devils, so Shesterkin did not win the Conn Smythe.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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If Connor McDavid doesn't win the Stanley Cup this year, he is a 'bum'

My big bet is gonna be on the Oilers... because I'm sick of you telling me how Connor McDavid's the best athlete in all of sports... this is a personal one-on-one legacy match... If he doesn't win the cup this year, he is a bum.

McDavid did not win the Cup in 2023. While calling him a 'bum' is obviously sarcastic hyperbole, the 'incorrect' label applies to the literal prediction of a Cup win.
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Take Slip·Apr 17, 2023
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The winner of the Oilers-Kings series will reach the Stanley Cup Final

I said today on Chiclets that the winner of that series is gonna go to the cup final. Ooh. And LA right now... they're 25 to one... but the winner of that series goes to the cup final.

The Oilers beat the Kings in the first round but were eliminated by the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round. Vegas went on to represent the West in (and win) the Cup Final.