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Tracy McGrady, Warriors Back In The Finals, The Heat Are Dead And Fyre Fest Of The Week

Friday, May 27, 202214 takes

The Warriors are back in the Finals for the 6th time in 8 years and we're back rooting for how much fun they can be. (-) Big Cat might be dying after the picture of he, pft, and Tracy McGrady is put on the internet. (-) We talk Heat/Celtics and Nathan MacKinnon scoring the coolest goal ever. (-) Tracy McGrady joins the show to talk about his one on one basketball league, the biggest what if from his career, who he has winning the finals, and of course his enormous pants. (-) We finish with Fyre Fest of the week and a soft hand contest. (-)

Recap

Win
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Returning to the NBA Finals is the crowning achievement for the Warriors' core

This feels like the crowning achievement for this group, to be able to go back there [the NBA Finals] after all the injuries, after KD came and left after guys are in and out and they've rebuilt themselves with that core of Klay, Steph and Draymond, and Steve Kerr there.

The Warriors did return to the Finals in 2022 and won the championship, effectively cementing this as their second dynasty era.
Push
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Warriors would have made eight straight NBA Finals if not for injuries

I'm willing to make a giant excuse for the Warriors for the two out of the eight years that they did not make the finals. It's all because of injuries. Like the Warriors should have been in the finals eight years in a row.

In 2020 and 2021, the Warriors were plagued by injuries to Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. They made the Finals every year Steve Kerr coached them when healthy.
Win
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If the Warriors rebound the ball well, they cannot be beaten

I feel like if they rebound, they can't be beat. And low-key, the Warriors are pretty good rebounding team. They're not the soft Warriors that people used to hate on a few years ago. I think they were like top five or top six in the NBA and rebounds this year.

The Warriors beat the Celtics in the Finals, and Kevon Looney's rebounding was a critical factor in their success throughout the playoffs.
Loss
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

The Heat lost Game 5 because fans were stuck in long concession lines at halftime

Halftime happens and then we come back. The arena is empty. The fans are all in the building... but most are stuck, still waiting in line for food and watching the game from the monitors... with an empty arena, it's basically shoot around for [the Celtics]. By the time the crowd was back from the concessions, the momentum had turned completely on its head.

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While lines were long, the Heat shooting 31.9% from the field was the primary reason they lost.
Win
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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HankHank

Whoever won Game 5 of the Celtics-Heat series was guaranteed to win the series

I think if the, whoever won that game [Game 5] was going to win the series, Celtics are the better team.

The Celtics won Game 5 and eventually won the series in 7 games.
Win
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Nathan MacKinnon's coast-to-coast goal was the greatest goal ever that everyone will forget

The hockey needed [Nathan] MacKinnon was maybe had the greatest goal ever that everyone's going to forget. That was my big hockey take... coast to coast, like insane goal.

The goal is indeed remembered as one of the best in playoff history, but because the Blues came back to win the game, it lost some 'all-time' status in the moment.
Void
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NHL is currently much better than the NBA

Basically what we can take away from these hockey playoffs is that NHL is way better than the NBA right now. The hockey games have been incredible.

This is a subjective take on entertainment value, though many sports fans agreed the 2022 NBA playoffs were marred by blowouts.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Tracy McGradyTracy McGrady

One-on-one basketball is the true, pure essence of the sport

One-on-one is the true essence of basketball. There's one-on-one and five on five, true matchups, but one-on-ones the true pure essence of basketball. I mean, we all grew up playing one-on-one.

This is a subjective view on the 'spirit' of the game.
Void
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Tracy McGradyTracy McGrady

Kyrie Irving would be tough for LeBron James to guard one-on-one even in LeBron's prime

Kyrie [Irving] will be tough for LeBron [James] to even guard in his prime. Right. We haven't really seen Kyrie skillset. We've seen snippets, but it's hard to really, really display your ultimate skillset in a five-on-five setting. One-on-one Kyrie... you could probably see things that you never seen before.

Purely subjective hypothetical scenario between two all-time greats.
Void
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Tracy McGradyTracy McGrady

Dwight Howard is the most disrespectful omission from the NBA Top 75 list

I don't take away from anybody that was on that list... but Dwight Howard to me is really the most disrespectful one [omission]. His prime years was phenomenal. Like he was the most dominant big in our game in his prime years.

While subjective, many analysts and players agreed that Howard's 3x DPOY and Finals run warranted inclusion.
Void
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Tracy McGradyTracy McGrady

If Grant Hill had stayed healthy, we would have created a dynasty in Orlando

If Grant Hill was healthy... I make it to the NBA finals with the Orlando Magic. We would have created a dynasty for sure.

The 2000s Magic were consistently derailed by Grant Hill's ankle injuries, but 'dynasty' is an unprovable high bar.
Win
Take Slip·May 27, 2022
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Tracy McGradyTracy McGrady

The Warriors took Game 4 off against the Mavericks just to avoid the sweep and get a Game 5 gate

They up three [games]. Game four is in Dallas... they took a night off game four, 'Hey, let's make them travel all the way back out to the Bay Area... we'll blow they ass out.' They're playing with their food before they eat it. I got to believe it's over.

The Warriors did win Game 5 at home to close out the series 4-1, though whether they 'tanked' Game 4 is unprovable.

Fyre Fest

Win
Take Slip·May 27, 2022·Fyre Fest
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HankHank

Tom Brady's drone-shot hole-in-one video is definitely fake

Tom Brady posted a video... it looks like he hits like a whatever 200 yard hole-in-one. And I saw it and was like, holy shit, this is the greatest shot of all time... and then I watched it a couple more times. It was like, this is clearly the most fake video of all time.

The video was confirmed to be a promotional clip for a golf match and was indeed digitally enhanced/fake.
Win
Take Slip·May 27, 2022·Fyre Fest
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Big CatBig Cat

I have harder and tougher hands than Billy Football

I honestly I'll I'll like disavow my own title. I have stronger and tougher hands than [Billy Football]. I don't want the title. I don't want the belt. Admitting I have soft hands... they're soft. But you don't have hard hands. You are not as tough as you think you are.

Subjective result of a 'blind handshake test' conducted by Jake Marsh, who judged Big Cat's hands to be harder.