Ryen Russillo And PFT Has To Eat Poop (Probably)
The Raptors are a joke (Sorrey Toronto) and Lebron wins Game 1 even though he shot terribly ( - ). The Caps take a 2-1 lead and PFT is 2 games away from eating shit ( - ). The Celtics stopped the process in Game 1 and Kendrick Perkins tried to kill Drake ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Gravity and Big Ben isn't retiring any time soon ( - ). Ryen Russillo joins the show to talk NBA, his life as a struggling screenwriter in LA, LA traffic, and what the hell will happen to Kawhi/Paul George/Lebron this summer ( - ). Segments include Mike Greenberg's dumb rules, hmmm for the Astros spin rate and Guys on Chicks.
Recap
Big CatThe Toronto Raptors are the softest team I've ever watched
The Raptors are the softest team I've ever watched. And having Fred VanVleet take the game-winning shot in overtime, how do you have DeRozan and Lowry and you have these guys... they shrink in every big moment. They're so soft that they made Kevin Love look like the tough guy.
PFT CommenterMatt Murray sucks and his glove hand is a liability
Murray sucks. Murray sucks on ice. His glove hand stinks. And his glove leg sucks too. I think he had a stroke. I think the left side of his body has been paralyzed.
PFT CommenterAstros pitchers have higher spin rates because Houston is closer to the equator
There's a reason why all the NASA sites in the United States are closer to the equator because the Earth spins faster the closer you get to the equator. So it's cheaper to fly a rocket there. So I think the fact that it's in Houston and further south means the ball spins faster.
Hot Seat Cool Throne
HankIndiana basketball is back because they signed Romeo Langford
My cool throne is Indiana basketball. So they signed Romeo Langford, the number one recruit in the nation. His minister said that Romeo is like Abraham Lincoln. So, I mean, it's going to be huge.
PFT CommenterJeff Bezos is building rocket ships just to liquidate his $100 billion
He figured out that the way that he's going to be able to spend money is by just building rocket ships and just going to different planets. That's the only thing that he can do to liquidate $100 billion in a lifetime, so that's what he's going to do.
Big CatBig Ben will play for 3-5 more years because the Steelers drafted Mason Rudolph
Big Ben says he wants to play three to five more years. He's just saying that because they drafted Mason Rudolph. 100%. But it's so fantastic that Big Ben, the guy who was contemplating retirement last year, is now like, yeah, you know what? Pencil me in for five more years.
Interview
Ryen RussilloThe Celtics can't guard Joel Embiid
You're going to have to continue to get it to Embiid, who has moments in the game where he's like, enough of this crap. Like, none of you guys can guard me. I'm just going to do something stupid and get to the hoop and score.
PFT CommenterDonovan Mitchell is the Rookie of the Year and it's not even close
Donovan Mitchell is my rookie of the year, and it's not even close. [Ben Simmons] is in his second year playing in the NBA. Second year in the organization.
Ryen RussilloBrad Stevens is the perfect personality to be a head coach in today's NBA
I think the most important attribute you can have as an NBA coach is your personality. Most of these guys do understand X's and O's. But if the team doesn't listen to you, you have to do it in a way now where the guys don't totally shut you off. And [Stevens] has this unbelievable passive confidence that it's like the perfect combination of personality to be a head coach in today's NBA.
Ryen RussilloRussell Westbrook's style of play keeps a franchise hostage
The style of play [Westbrook] has kept your franchise hostage. And for the most part, you weren't going to win. And now we've watched this two years in a row. You're lying to yourself if you see the same approach in Game 6 and go, 'yeah, this will work.' One team has a guy that runs isolation, the team passes it the least of any team in the NBA. Which team would you rather play? Of course they're going to pick the first team, and that's who their team is.
Ryen RussilloCleveland is still a very likely scenario for LeBron James this summer
I have been probably one of the only people that still thinks Cleveland is a very likely scenario here. If anybody is telling you they know that LeBron's already decided that he's going to leave, then they may get it right, but they're guessing right now. As of now, the way I understand it is that Cleveland is very much still in play.
Ryen RussilloNobody around the NBA thinks Kawhi Leonard is returning to the Spurs
No one around the league thinks [Kawhi] is coming back. Nobody. And the belief is that, oh, yeah, Kawhi Spurs away, team first, not having any individual brand. They're tired of this stuff. If those are the real things and the real resentment there, then the Spurs thing does sound like it's over.
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