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Shaedon Sharpe is a candidate to be a draft bust because of concerns about his head and limited tape

The [Shaedon] Sharpe part of it is a little weird for me... to this point, it hasn't made a ton of sense to me. And when I watched the [tape]... even his answers to stuff sometimes I'd be like, 'where is this guy's head at?' Even though I get it, he's really, really young. But the stuff that he even saw that I had access to, I didn't really like.

Sharpe has had a decent start to his career but hasn't fully 'busted' or 'broken out' yet.

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Jun 22, 2022
#399
HankHank

I am a huge LIV Golf fan because the golfers are good and it's free on YouTube

I've been watching the LIV Tour since it started. I will continue to watch it. I'm a huge LIV fan. I'm just like put sports in front of me if they're entertaining and good golfers, I'll probably tune in, especially if it's free on YouTube.

This is a personal preference, though LIV did eventually move off YouTube to the CW, making his 'free on YouTube' point partially incorrect later.
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Jun 22, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka joined LIV Golf because he doesn't enjoy the grind of regular PGA events

I wasn't surprised that Brooks [Koepka] is going up. His brother's on the tour. I also think like there hasn't been anyone who shocked me... Brooks has battled some knee injuries. He doesn't love playing a regular PGA events all the time... He shows up for the majors.

This aligns with Koepka's own later admissions in 'Full Swing' about his health struggles and the appeal of the LIV schedule.
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Jun 22, 2022
#400
Big CatBig Cat

The Lightning are perfectly set up to win the Stanley Cup if they win Game 4

The Lightning are set up so perfectly where they've done this now a few times in these playoffs where they start slow in a series. And so if they win game four, you're just going to be like, well, here it goes. It's happening again.

The Lightning lost Game 4 in overtime to the Avalanche and eventually lost the series 4-2.

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The Indiana Pacers won the trade deadline by adding Ivica Zubac while maintaining a path to a top-four pick

I look at the Pacers, you know, like you add a top five center in [Zubac]... you clean up some of your cap stuff, you bring in a top center who's gonna make you a little different... and then you have a chance at the top four pick here... I like what they did because they were doing something long-term while also making sure that they're tanking.

The success of this move depends on the Pacers' final draft position and Zubac's fit over the coming seasons.
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The Milwaukee Bucks should not play Giannis Antetokounmpo for the rest of the season

I don't even think Milwaukee would want Giannis to come back and play... They should want to do whatever they can with this pick 'cause they don't have many of 'em. And Giannis probably shouldn't even wanna play and risk health and risk this contract extension that he can get before next fall. So the tanking is gonna get egregious.

Depends on if Giannis plays and if the Bucks achieve a better long-term outcome by sitting him.
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The Clippers made a smart pivot trading James Harden for Darius Garland

I like what the Clippers did... I don't think Darius Garland is this bad. He's a two-time all star. He's 26 years old... when he was right, he was terrific. And Harden... fourth trade request in six years. So the Clippers very quickly on the fly... you'll look at the Garland thing and go, man, they were able to land a player like that for Harden.

The success of the Garland/Clippers pairing would determine this.

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