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Samuel L Jackson, SCF, And The Warriors Are On The Ropes

Monday, June 10, 201912 takes

Stanley Cup Final game 7 is on. The Blues lose after the St Louis Dispatch had them winning and Jon Hamm shaved his beard ( - ). NBA Finals Game 4, is this the end of the dynasty, and will Kevin Durant save the Warriors ( - ). Who's back of the week ( - ). Samuel L Jackson joins the show to talk about the new Shaft out June 14th, his career, his awesome twitter game, why he's the world's greatest swearer, and watching his own movies ( - ). Segments Stay Classy Max Muncy, Tale of the Tape Justin Bieber vs Tom Cruise, Talking Tennis, Thoughts and Prayers Big Papi, and Monday Reading - Dodgeball is oppressive.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Sports fans are forbidden from shaving their beards during a deep playoff run

If you're a sports fan and you're a fan of your hockey team and they're in fucking Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final and you have a beard, you cannot shave it. I don't care if you're superstitious.

The Blues lost Game 6 but won Game 7, so Hamm's shave didn't ultimately curse the team to lose the Cup, though it likely caused the Game 6 loss in Big Cat's mind.

Nba Finals

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·NBA Finals
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Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant will play in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals

I think [Durant] will play on Monday night. I really do. And it will be chaos. And it's perfect because this is like the Warriors' entire season in a microcosm.

Kevin Durant did return for Game 5, though he tragically tore his Achilles just minutes into his return.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·NBA Finals
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Big CatBig Cat

Dynasties end with a whimper, and the Warriors are currently in that stage

Whenever a dynasty ends, you just sit there being like... Oh, they're going to turn it on. It's going to happen. And it just doesn't. History shows that it's probably more likely the Raptors will finish them off on Monday night.

The Warriors lost the series (dynasty ended), but the Raptors did not finish them on Monday; the series went to Game 6.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·NBA Finals
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kevin Durant's 'calf' injury is actually a secret Achilles injury

I'm definitely an Achilles Cav truther now at this point. Because I think that if the injury was as minimal as they made it seem at first, he would have at least tried to play by now.

Durant tore his Achilles in Game 5. Doctors later confirmed the previous injury was likely a pre-cursor or that he was at high risk, making PFT's 'truther' take highly prescient.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Joe Flacco is statistically the worst starting quarterback of the last five years

Does John Elway realize that Joe Flacco statistically in the last five years is the worst starting quarterback you could have?

While 'worst' is subjective, Flacco's efficiency metrics (DYAR, DVOA, and QBR) were indeed among the bottom of qualified starters from 2014-2018.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019
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Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. Jackson

There is a distinct difference between being cool and being a badass

Jules is cool... He has bad motherfucker on his wallet, but he's essentially very cool. He's lethal and dangerous as all hell. Kind of like Ordell is a bad motherfucker. He's not cool because he's kind of corny and he dresses kind of wack and his hair ain't all the way there. But he will fuck you up.

Character analysis is subjective, but coming from the actor who played them, it's definitive.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019
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Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. Jackson

Motherfucker is the most versatile word in the English language

My favorite curse word is probably motherfucker, yeah. Because I use it for a lot of different things... You can mother fuck somebody if you're mad. Or you can describe a person as, you know the motherfucker I'm talking about. Or you can say, oh man, that shit's a motherfucker, meaning it's really great shit.

Subjective opinion on linguistics.

Stay Classy

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·Stay Classy
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Baseball needs 'old school' guys like Madison Bumgarner to keep the ecosystem balanced

Madison Baumgartner is one of the last guys that we need in this league because he is an anti-bat flipper, anti-pimp your home run. Goose Gossage is actually very important. He's like a beaver for the ecosystem. If you don't have someone yelling about bat flips... then we're all on Twitter being like, bat flips are awesome. Fuck the old guys. It's like, dude, you're talking about no one now.

Subjective take on the entertainment value of sports conflict.

Tale Of The Tape

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·Tale Of The Tape
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Big CatBig Cat

Tom Cruise would murder Justin Bieber in a fight

I still think Tom Cruise would kick his ass. Tom Cruise would murder him. Dude, he does all his own stunts. Hanging outside of a helicopter at Mission Impossible. Yes, that's him.

The fight never occurred, so the outcome remains unknown.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·Tale Of The Tape
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HankHank

Tom Cruise is washed up and would lose to Justin Bieber

Bebs is a beast. He's in the prime of his career right now. And Tom Cruise is washed up.

The fight never happened. However, Cruise went on to release 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning', proving he was far from 'washed' as a physical actor.

Monday Reading

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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·Monday Reading
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Big CatBig Cat

Dodgeball is a great game and researchers shouldn't overthink its 'oppressive' nature

I kind of disagree with [the research]. I feel like physical education should just be like, play a bunch of shitty games, don't have to be in class for an hour, and don't overthink it. It's just a game that you just fucking pass the time with when you're shitty gym teachers like here just throw balls at each other.

Subjective opinion on school curricula.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2019·Monday Reading
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Life skills like gambling and buying weed teach more math than school classes

I've learned 50 times as much math from gambling and smoking weed and buying weed than I ever did in any sort of math class.

Subjective personal assessment of learning.