PMT DB
PMT DB
The New York Knicks are officially NBA champions, and the vibes in the studio are at an all-time high for everyone except Hank. Big Cat and PFT break down an incredible five-game series where the Knicks simply out-gritted the San Antonio Spurs. Jalen Brunson solidified his status as a New York legend, putting up 45 points in the closeout game and proving that the Villanova connection is the most dominant force in basketball history.
Big CatThe 2016-2018 Villanova Wildcats are the greatest college basketball team of all time
Is the max is the Villanova team, the 2016 to 2018 Is that three year stretch? The best college team of all time. Now they have an NBA title too... That's probably the best team of all time.
Zac and Memes returned from San Antonio with harrowing tales of dodging Spurs fans armed with baseball bats and dodging actual glass bottles. While the Spurs led for 72% of the series, they couldn't close out a single big moment. PFT had some advice for Victor Wembanyama after he got bullied by Mitchell Robinson on the glass throughout the series.
PFT CommenterVictor Wembanyama needs to gain 60 pounds at Golden Corral to succeed next season
Mitchell Robinson on that free throw. It was just, just manhandling [Wembanyama]. Wemby's gonna come back next year. Hey Wemby, don't, don't go to a monastery. Maybe this obviously just go hang out at like a Golden Corral. Yeah. Put on like 60 pounds, because Mitchell Robinson just ate him up.
While the Knicks were celebrating, the Carolina Hurricanes quietly lifted the Stanley Cup after a dominant run of their own. The guys also shifted focus to the World Cup, where the USMNT put on a clinical performance against Paraguay. PFT is officially all-in on the "Pentagon" formation and believes this iteration of the squad is special.
PFT CommenterThe USMNT's World Cup win over Paraguay was the greatest performance in American men's soccer history
Top five US soccer performances of all time in my lifetime... Number one was the game against Paraguay in the World Cup. I've never seen the US look that good at soccer. And it was, it was awesome to see. I loved every second of it.
PFT CommenterThe USMNT can beat any team in the world if they play with the 'Pentagon' formation
The way that we played Yeah. On Friday, we could beat any team in the world if we played like that. Yeah. And that's not saying we can do it eight games in a row, but we can beat any team in the world if we played that style.
The episode took a turn when the guest everyone expected to be Brian Windhorst turned out to be none other than Jerry O'Connell. Reprising his role as Mr. Bing Bong, Jerry spent the better part of an hour mercilessly roasting Hank on his birthday. Jerry pointed to the front office as the secret sauce for this championship run, praising the move to put former agents in charge.
Jerry O'ConnellFormer sports agents are the best choice to run professional teams
I don't know much about the business side of like basketball, but I know that the, the GM or the president [of the Knicks] is a former agent [Leon Rose]. And I know that that Golden State run was run by a former agent too [Bob Myers]... I think this is gonna be the, the beginning of, we're gonna start to see sports agents start to run teams a little bit. I think they know things that about money and about all that stuff.
Jerry O'ConnellThe Knicks won the title because they have the most 'grit'
I said, Charlie, that's her name. I said, they have grit. They have grit. It's like in that game four, when when, when Brunson went into the huddle, he said, Hey guys, smart basketball. This is, we can do this... They don't [give up]. That's when they say, alright, we can win this thing.
In a rare moment of sports-hate brilliance, Jerry even invoked the spirit of Secretariat to describe the Knicks' come-from-behind DNA. Hank remained unimpressed, refusing to admit there was any "magic" involved and instead chalking it up to the Spurs being a bunch of young chokers. Hank is convinced that the trauma of this collapse will be a permanent stain on the Spurs' young core.
HankThe San Antonio Spurs' collapse in the Finals will haunt them for years
And they had demons, like the players on that team young. Yeah. They made it to the finals. Yeah. That game. They're gonna be seeing ghosts like that's gonna haunt them. I I I That's gonna haunt them in the playoffs for years to come... I think that performance in the finals is gonna haunt him and them For more than people give it credit For.
To wrap things up, the guys hit Who's Back of the Week. Max and Big Cat got into a heated debate over the Brewers' young ace Jacob Misiorowski, who is currently throwing 105 mph gas and making everyone else in the league look like they're playing in slow motion. Big Cat thinks we've found the new king of the mound.
Big CatJacob Misiorowski is the most electric arm in baseball right now, surpassing Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes, like what do you do if you're Paul Skenes right now? I mean, that was the quickest. Jacob Misiorowski is the most electric arm in baseball. It's not even, it's not close right now.
Zac also officially ended his year-long holdout on the Great Lakes. After finally seeing Lake Michigan in person, he admitted the scale is terrifying and basically indistinguishable from the Atlantic.
ZacThe Great Lakes are actually just oceans
The scale of the lake. And even here, once you see the green all the way around, you don't really acknowledge how big it is. It's great when it up the map there. You could have just said, this is an ocean.
Mount Rushmore season officially kicks off next Monday. Get your picks and your punishments ready.
