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Michael MaloneMichael Malone

Nikola Jokic's game is more like chess than checkers

Some guys are playing checkers out there and then you have a few guys that play chess and see things developing and guys understand pretty quickly when they first come to our team, first time playing with Nicola, hey you better have your head in a swivel.

This is a subjective evaluation of a player's mental processing speed.

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PFT's $10,000 bet on the Heat and Panthers was an investment with a 10% ROI

PFT, I gotta start with you because you have to feel incredible relief for your bet. The 10,000 to win a thousand when you bet the heat up three Oh and the Panthers Up three Oh cashes gotta be the biggest relief of all time.

The bet did indeed cash, providing the 10% return as stated.
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Derek White's Game 6 buzzer-beater felt like a series-winning moment

Game six was unbelievable. Just that win and the day after did, it did feel like a Game seven win. It felt like a series win. I was, I was basking at it. I truly was.

The Celtics ultimately lost the series, making the feeling of it being a series-winning moment incorrect in hindsight.
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The 2023 Celtics' loss is as bad as being swept

I mean, the way that you won game six is almost better than winning the series. That was just such incredible finish... Game seven was game seven actually. It's true. And that was a good lesson. Yeah. Game seven is always game seven.

This is a subjective assessment of sports misery.

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Victor Wembanyama is the future of the NBA and has no weaknesses

Yes, you're watching Wembanyama and you're saying, wow, this guy is a future of the NBA... Wendy's ability to be a playmaker. His passing ability, he was making all his teammates better... he's gonna get stronger, but I, I don't see any weaknesses in his game.

Wembanyama unanimously won Rookie of the Year and finished 2nd in DPOY voting, largely validating this take.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder aren't too young to win a title

I don't buy into the hole, they're too young to win it. Last year people thought, well, we've never won a championship. They can't win a finals... They have the talent, they have the coaching, and I think these Western conference playoffs are just gonna be so fun to watch.

The Thunder won their first-round series but lost in the second round to the Mavericks, showing they were capable of winning playoff games but not yet a title.
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Nikola Jokic is the best basketball player in the world

I agree. I think he is the best basketball player and I think he's proving it every single night... I think he's proving it every single night. And you know, I go back, my first summer in Denver was also Nicole's first summer... In Las Vegas for Summer league in that, not one point in time in Vegas did I say, Hey, we have a franchise player.

Jokic won Finals MVP shortly after this and is widely considered the best in the world as of 2024.

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