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Ryen Russillo + The World Premiere Of "Chonk (It's Chonk)"

Friday, March 8, 201910 takes

Lebron passed MJ and Kyler Murray apparently has a bad attitude.(-) Anonymous source season is running wild. The world premiere of our new hit single Chonk (It's Chonk).(-) Ryen Russillo joins the show to talk about why everyone in the NBA is unhappy, Lebron maybe being an alcoholic, who he could beat up on the Warriors, and how his screenwriting is going out in LA.(-) Segments include who cares it's Louisiana, (-) Good visual for us,(-) a surprise for Hank,(-) we read a headline,(-) and FAQ's (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James' career scoring milestone feels hollow on a terrible Lakers team

Obviously LeBron's career is unassailable at this point... But don't you think it felt a little hollow, the fact that he's doing it on a terrible Lakers team? If it happened in Cleveland, it would have been a lot bigger of a moment in my mind.

Subjective opinion on how a moment 'felt'. The Lakers finished 37-45 and missed the playoffs that year.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alex Caruso is a crisis actor from central casting

Caruso is not a real person. I'm convinced that Caruso is a crisis actor. They went to Central Casting in Hollywood, and they were like, we need somebody that looks like he's had all this talent drained by the Monstars.

Alex Caruso is, in fact, a real basketball player and not an actor.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kyler Murray slept upside down or on a decline to game his combine height measurement

Our speculation was that he [Kyler Murray] may have slept upside down for a few days or weeks... or on a decline because we're told that that lengthens your spine a little bit. So there's a number of ways that you can game this.

While Murray's height was a major talking point, there is no evidence he used inversion tables or slept upside down to manipulate the measurement.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Charlie Casserly's criticism of Kyler Murray's leadership is a direct contradiction of his past views

Already Charlie Casserly has contradicted himself. People definitely question Baker Mayfield's leadership, his maturity, the ball grabbing, all these things... [Kyler Murray] has literally lost two games in his entire life playing football from high school on.

Big Cat correctly identifies that Murray's career was defined by winning, and Casserly's comments were widely panned after Murray's successful rookie year.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

College coaches should only be punished for cheating if they win the national championship

I think you should only get punished for cheating if you win the national championship.

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This is a satirical philosophical stance on sports ethics, not a verifiable claim.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears should not have signed a kicker whose literal last name is 'Blewett'

Bears signed Blewett to help kicking woes. And that's a headline. Wait, your kicker, what's his name? Why the fuck did we do this? That's the dumbest thing ever... You can't sign a guy named Blewett.

Chris Blewett was eventually released by the Bears and never played a regular-season game for them, proving the 'bad omen' correct in a sense.

Interview

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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Steph Curry is the most disrespected superstar in the NBA by his own peers

I think [Steph Curry] is the most disrespected by his peers superstar, which is weird... I feel like a lot of the athletes hate Steph. In some way, it's some bad thing because he had this awesome upbringing... it felt like all five of these guys had ad campaigns built on addressing the haters.

This is a subjective assessment of peer respect, though many former and current players have since echoed sentiments about 'new' superstars being treated differently than those with Curry's background.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

LeBron James will never win another NBA championship

The easiest thing to do in these shows is you just sit out there and you go, I'm guaranteeing it right now LeBron's never winning a championship. It's actually the better bet to make because these are really hard... People at the end of [Kobe's] run don't want to go play with him now. And that was real... I can see where it could go that way [for LeBron].

LeBron James won the NBA Championship with the Lakers in 2020.
Push
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

DeMarcus Cousins will be the downfall of the Warriors' chemistry

Last night was the beginning of the end for DeMarcus Cousins fitting in. He was so bad in that game... Afterwards, a reporter actually said, like, hey, what do you think about your defense? He's like, what do you think? ... I just think that the Boogie thing's going to get worse and worse.

The Warriors lost in the 2019 Finals, and Cousins was not a major positive factor, but the 'downfall' was largely due to injuries to Durant and Thompson.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

I could beat up Steph Curry and Klay Thompson in a fight

I don't think Klay would care. Klay would be like, dude, I'm just going to tap out. Is that cool? ... Steph, the thing is, is what if Steph beats me? ... I don't think Steph would beat you. I think you could use your dialing... I'm going to give you two and a half out of five [starters].

This is a purely hypothetical scenario involving a sports media personality fighting NBA players.