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HankHank

The Warriors training staff is sketchy and prioritizes the team over player health

My hot seat is the Warriors training staff. Since the Durant injury, there's been rumors about how Durant was ripshit over the Warriors training staff for kind of lying to him and telling him that the injury wasn't as bad... And Iguodala went on The Breakfast Club today, and he basically revealed himself that he had a fractured leg in the 2018 playoffs, but that was kept under wraps and downplayed.

While controversial, several players including Iguodala corroborated these claims, though the team denied wrongdoing.
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HankHank

You shouldn't make daily small talk with coworkers who are outside of your direct department because they probably hate you

If you don't work with them directly, you shouldn't be striking up conversations with people every single day. Because those people probably hate you.

This is a subjective matter of social etiquette and personal preference.
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HankHank

A Bruins Stanley Cup Game 7 at home is a once-in-a-lifetime sports event

It's like Game 7 at home Bruins once in a lifetime thing, but I'm not a diehard Bruins fan. But it's your birthday and it's a party.

It's a subjective valuation of a sports event.
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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.
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HankHank

The Jonas Brothers are actually not losers and their documentary is good

My Firefest of the week is that I watched a Jonas Brothers documentary, and I actually really liked them. You go in and you're like, oh, Jonas Brothers, those guys are losers. Only teenage girls like them... Then you watch the documentary. You realize they were grinding for three years.

A subjective opinion on a boy band and their documentary.
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HankHank

Human civilization is highly likely to end by the year 2050

So good old science came out with a report today, and it said that it's highly likely that human civilization will end in 2050.

The year 2050 has not yet passed, so this remains pending.
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HankHank

The live-action Lion King remake looks bad

The Lion King looks weird, too. Like, that looks bad. It is. It's too much. Cartoons, anything can be a cartoon, and it's believable because it's a cartoon. But if it's like, oh, these lines look real life, and they're talking, it's like [scary].

Movie quality is subjective, though the film received mixed reviews for its visual style.
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HankHank

The Stanley Cup Final is over because Jordan Binnington looks completely rattled

Series is over. He [Jordan Binnington] looks very, very shook. He's rattled. They let in seven goals. Three of them were goals he should have saved.

The Blues came back and won the series in 7 games, with Binnington playing excellently in Game 7.
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HankHank

We would easily beat the Warriors if we started the 4th quarter with a 100-point lead

No, easy. We win by 30 [if we had a 100-point lead against the Golden State Warriors at the start of the fourth quarter].

This is a purely hypothetical scenario that can never be tested.
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HankHank

The Domino's Pizza Tracker is fake

My hot seat is the Domino's tracker... Some big J journalist, independent journalist, went in, did some research, and was like stalking, would put in an order, and would follow the restaurant, follow the driver, and make sure that the tracker was up to date. And it's not. No. He foiled it. He foiled Domino's.

Domino's has admitted that the tracker is not 100% literal and relies on manual clicks by employees that don't always align with the exact physical state of the pizza.
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HankHank

The University of Virginia is the 'Boston' of colleges

Another huge win for lacrosse. Virginia beat Yale. Virginia's just pretty much the Boston of colleges.

UVA did have a dominant 2019 in multiple sports, though the comparison to a pro sports city is subjective.
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HankHank

Jared Goff reminds me of my friends, and I can't imagine my friends beating Bill Belichick and Tom Brady

Jared Goff... reminds me of my friends. He's very similar to my friends. I could not see any of my friends taking down [Bill] Belichick and Tom Brady.

Goff and the Rams lost Super Bowl LIII to the Patriots 13-3. However, Goff would later win a Super Bowl with the Rams (though he was on the Lions when they won, he did eventually prove elite caliber). In the context of the 2018-19 season, he lost.
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HankHank

The Warriors will win the 2019 NBA Finals in five games

I think the Warriors sweeper going five.

The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors 4-2 to win the 2019 NBA Finals.
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HankHank

St. Louis has never beaten Boston in a championship in any sport

St. Louis has never beat Boston in any championship ever.

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 and 1967 World Series. The St. Louis Hawks also beat the Boston Celtics in the 1958 NBA Finals.
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HankHank

It will be a letdown if the Bruins lose even one game to the Blues in the Stanley Cup Final

The Red Sox swept the Cardinals both times. I think the Bruins in the past when they played them swept the Blues. So it's like if they lose even one of the games in the Stanley Cup, that will be kind of a letdown.

The Bruins lost four games and the series to the Blues.
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HankHank

If Jon Snow told Grey Worm he killed Daenerys, Grey Worm would have killed him instantly

If Jon Snow told Grey Worm that he killed Daenerys, Grey Worm would have killed him. In a second. They didn't show any of that.

This is an analysis of a fictional plot's logic.
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HankHank

Bran Stark will become the King of Westeros

Bran comes down from Winterfell, stands up out of his wheelchair, and raises his arms and shows he's the true Night King... but I think it's Bran. But it's Bran just because all the betting sites are like Bran.

Bran Stark became 'Bran the Broken', King of the six kingdoms.
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HankHank

NCAA Football is the best video game ever and much better than Madden

Best game ever. It really is. It really is. Better than Madden. I enjoyed playing NCAA football more than Madden.

This is a subjective preference, though widely shared by the show's audience.
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HankHank

Hannah B. is a bad Bachelorette because she cried too much in the first episode

I'm not a Hannah B fan whatsoever, so I would grade it like a C. The season's going to be tough. If you're the Bachelorette and you cry over the first guy, it's like you're the Bachelorette, you have 30 guys. One guy fucks you over, you're supposed to kick him to the curb and move on.

Hannah Brown's season went on to be one of the most popular and highly-rated in the franchise's history, despite Hank's early criticism.
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HankHank

I am officially 'Team Targaryen' and defend Daenerys' actions as a battle tactic

I want the Targaryens to be ruling at the end... You show up for battle, you've got to fucking battle... If a team against Alabama is getting blown out, they're not just going to quit halfway through the game. You don't take a knee in the third quarter.

The show concludes with the Targaryen line ending and Bran Stark being named king, so Hank's desire for Targaryen rule did not come to pass.
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HankHank

The Celtics should not re-sign Kyrie Irving and instead let the asset walk.

I feel like I don't care what's going on with the team during the year. Lose that asset. It's all about the assets... for [Kyrie Irving] to do what he did in the playoffs it's like Brad Stevens' problem.

The Celtics did let Kyrie walk in the 2019 offseason, and many fans agreed with this stance given the team's chemistry issues.
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HankHank

Game of Thrones should end in a way that makes the most fans angry.

I'm at the point where I'm now rooting for them to do whatever will make people the most angry... I just want them to do whatever. There's a lot of things people are excited for, and I want them to fuck it all up.

Subjective preference for a TV finale.
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HankHank

Kyrie Irving is primarily to blame for the Celtics' disappointing season

Kyrie, one. Far and away. He's supposed to be the leader. He's the guy. He kind of fucked himself here because the whole way he left Cleveland, he's like, I want to be the guy. You're going to get judged as the guy.

Kyrie Irving's tenure in Boston is widely viewed as a chemistry failure, and he left for the Nets shortly after this.
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HankHank

Giannis Antetokounmpo is like a fifth grader who hit puberty before everyone else on the playground

[Giannis] looks like a fifth grader that hit puberty before everyone else on the playground and [is] just dominating everyone.

Subjective comparison of physical dominance.
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HankHank

Kyrie Irving will not play as poorly for the rest of the Bucks series as he did in Game 2

Kyrie [Irving] will not play that bad for the rest of the series. I'm okay with that because that means, I mean, it's not like you don't have a shitty...

Kyrie actually continued to play poorly, shooting 8-22, 7-22, and 6-21 in the following three games as the Celtics were eliminated 4-1.
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HankHank

Tuukka Rask is statistically one of the best goaltenders of all time

Statistically, [Tuukka Rask] one of the best goalies of all time.

Tuukka Rask retired with a career .921 save percentage, which ranks among the highest in NHL history.
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HankHank

The Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hype will get old by mid-season

MLB, I will say, they're kind of overdoing. Every time he does anything, they're like, Vladimir Guerrero, Vladimir Guerrero... I think halfway through the season, it's going to get a little old.

Guerrero Jr. remained a focal point of MLB marketing, especially during his historic 2021 season, though the initial debut craze did settle somewhat.
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HankHank

Theon Greyjoy's final charge at the Night King was the worst assassination attempt ever

That was the worst attempt at killing the Night King of all time. Bran was basically like, all right, Theon, you're done. See you later.

A subjective criticism of a fictional character's actions.
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HankHank

The Night King is bypassing the Battle of Winterfell to attack King's Landing

The most common theory that people sent us... is that the Night King is on his way to King's Landing, like pulling a little hezy hay. He's going to King's Landing while the rest of the army of the dead fight it out at Winterfell.

The Night King was actually present at the Battle of Winterfell and was killed there by Arya Stark; he never went to King's Landing.
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HankHank

Duke will have the #1 recruiting class and Matthew Hurt will be their next star white player people hate

Number one recruiting class. They got Vernon Carey Jr. And everyone likes to root against the white guy that's a high recruit at Duke. Matthew Hurt is the guy. Have you seen pictures of this kid? ... Duke's back.

Duke's 2019 class was ranked highly (top 3 depending on the service), and Matthew Hurt was a key part of it, though he didn't become a legendary 'hated' Duke figure in the vein of Laettner or Grayson Allen.
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HankHank

It is a massive mistake for Bucks fans to chant 'We Want Boston' after sweeping the Pistons

It's a mistake. ... Why poke the bear? ... When you're the No. 1 seed, you or your fans can't be doing stuff like this. They're going to get them.

The Bucks easily defeated the Celtics 4-1, proving that the fans' desire to face Boston was justified and not a 'mistake'.
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HankHank

Arya Stark will get pregnant and Gendry will die in Game of Thrones

Which probably means that Gendry's going to die, Arya's going to get pregnant. Because in this show, basically, if you have sex like that, you're pregnant.

In the series finale, Gendry survived and became Lord of Storm's End, and Arya did not get pregnant.
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HankHank

The Hound will defeat The Mountain in Game of Thrones

Do you think he's going to fight the mountain? Yes... Who do you think is going to win? Hound.

In S8E5, both died in a fall into fire, but the Hound achieved his goal of killing the Mountain, making this effectively correct.
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HankHank

The Celtics won't make it past the second round of the NBA playoffs

The panic button is pressed. If they make it past, like, the second round, I'll be surprised. I mean, it's like you would say [Marcus Smart] is the heart and soul of the team. They are already kind on a rocky road going into it.

The Celtics lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals (the second round).
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HankHank

I'm taking the field over the Warriors to win the 2019 NBA Championship

Can I pick the field? ... whatever you guys are ready to risk, like, I'll risk it for the biscuit.

The Raptors (part of 'the field') beat the Warriors in the Finals.
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HankHank

Basketball broadcasts should use the baseline rolling camera angle more frequently.

More basketball games should have the camera that they have on the baseline that rolls with the action. I only see that during the Final Four National Championship.

Inherently subjective preference on sports broadcasting aesthetics.
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HankHank

Jimmy Kimmel is no longer a 'guy's guy' because he thinks 'One Shining Moment' is bad

That's when Jimmy stopped being a guy's guy. [When he said] that one shining moment lived out its one shining moment 15 years ago... that it's not cool anymore.

The quality of a song and a person's status as a 'guy's guy' are subjective.
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HankHank

LeBron is struggling to find co-stars for Space Jam 2 because players don't want to deal with him

He's having a very hard time recruiting co-stars to join the movie... Giannis denied him said he doesn't he doesn't like being Hollywood... they're worried about if they go to the movie then they're gonna have to potentially play with him on his team.

There were numerous reports in 2019 that stars like Giannis, James Harden, and Steph Curry declined roles in Space Jam 2.
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HankHank

Country Trap is back and here to stay

Country Trap is back and it's going to stay around for a while... All I'm saying is we talked about it on the show and now [Lil Nas X] is number one and number three on the charts.

Lil Nas X became a global superstar and 'Old Town Road' broke the record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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HankHank

The Detroit Tigers will win the AL Central

The Tigers are in the Central, right? Oh, wow. Tigers... Is Vegas always right? [Vegas win total 68]

The 2019 Tigers finished with a record of 47-114, the worst in MLB.
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HankHank

The Giants will win the NL West

And then in the NL West, we'll go with the Giants.

The Giants finished 3rd in the NL West with a 77-85 record.
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HankHank

Big Baller Brand is officially coming to an end

Big Baller Brand is in hot water. It might be the end of Big Baller Brand... Lonzo Ball's manager apparently stole like a million and a half dollars from him. So he got fired... yeah, they're just, it's probably, probably the end of Big Baller Brand.

The brand effectively collapsed as a major entity shortly after this, with Lonzo covering his BBB tattoo and the family eventually acknowledging the business was in shambles.
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HankHank

Rob Gronkowski will eventually come back and play football

And [Gronk] is going to come back. No, I was [listening], but Belichick doesn't talk in hypotheticals... I can be a Belichick guy, but also be my own person [and say he's coming back].

Gronkowski returned from retirement in 2020 to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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HankHank

Rob Gronkowski will come back to the NFL halfway through the season when the Patriots call him

I think yes, halfway through the season. Like he just doesn't want to deal with offseason OTAs and all that stuff. And then if he's perfectly healthy halfway through the season and his Patriots lose someone, you don't think they're not going to call him?

Gronkowski stayed retired for the entire 2019 season. He returned in 2020 to play for the Buccaneers.
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HankHank

The Motley Crue movie 'The Dirt' is ten times better than Bohemian Rhapsody

Motley Crue is also back... They put out a Netflix movie. I know Queen Bohemian Rhapsody won all the awards. This was like a 10 times better of a biopic movie. All sex, drugs, rock and roll.

Biopic preference is entirely subjective.
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HankHank

I would perform a sexual act with a cat for $2 million if it stayed secret

If no one was to find out, a couple sheets... a couple sheets, $2 million, and Hank would fuck a cat? Raw dog, too.

This is a satirical hypothetical.
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HankHank

Wisconsin will reach the Elite Eight after Oklahoma upsets Virginia in the second round

I think Kansas State's going to get upset, which leads to the classic second round, Wisconsin being favored. And then Oklahoma's going to upset Virginia. Wisconsin's going to beat Oklahoma [to reach the Elite Eight].

Wisconsin lost in the first round to Oregon, and Virginia went on to win the National Championship.
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HankHank

Ben Roethlisberger intentionally fumbled to sabotage offensive coordinator Todd Haley

Did Big Ben fumble? On purpose? ... Absolutely yes.

While the relationship was toxic, there is no proof Roethlisberger intentionally fumbled to sabotage a game.
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HankHank

Isaiah Thomas deserves a tribute video from the Boston Celtics

My Who's Back of the Week is Isaiah Thomas... He's playing the Celtics tonight. I think they have to play the video. He deserves a tribute video. He was a great Celtics player, and he's back tonight. I hope he gets it.

The Celtics did eventually play a tribute video for Isaiah Thomas in 2019.
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HankHank

Basketball players just need to play basketball, regardless of injury risk

This is basketball. It's not football. It's not any of these other sports. Like, basketball players need to play basketball... LeBron, that's what all these players, even Blake Griffin said it himself. You have to play to play. It sounds dumb saying it out loud. You've got to play.

While tautological, this is Hank's sincere philosophy. Zion did return for the tournament.

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