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Giannis Antetokounmpo must make the NBA Finals this year or the narrative will turn against him

I got to take about giannis... he's got to go to the finals this year. That's all I'm going to say because when he dunks on the magic up 20 and like pounds his chest... if he gets stopped in the Eastern Conference Final again, like you can't do that where you just in the first round your piece and then in the second and third round you get shut down.

The Bucks lost in the second round to the Miami Heat in 2020, leading to exactly the narrative Big Cat predicted, until they won the title in 2021.

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Aug 24, 2020
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Luka Doncic is a generational superstar and the teams that passed on him missed out on 20 years of greatness

I'm just going to say it to the Hawks who traded him on draft night to the kings that took Marvin Bagley... They worry about it. They do you miss on a generational super Star that is going to be incredible in the NBA for like the next 20 years shit happens man

Luka Doncic has since become a perennial MVP candidate and First Team All-NBA selection, confirming his status as a generational superstar.
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Aug 24, 2020
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Paul George is a pathetic second banana who stinks in the playoffs

playoff P play. Off PP. Holy shit. That guy stinks. I don't understand how you can be like considered... one of the... you would say that playoff p is at the top of the list for second bananas and then the playoffs come around and it's like dude have you played basketball before... Paul George just pathetic.

Paul George had a famously poor 2020 bubble playoffs, though he later reached a Western Conference Final in 2021, somewhat rehabilitating his image before injuries took over.
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Aug 24, 2020
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The Sixers cannot win a championship with both Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons together

The the like sports radio call-in like you need to trade one of the two and just build around the other I think is actually now true like someone in Philly. Has been saying has been calling Angelo and Phil he's been calling into the last three years screaming about this Angel and Phillies. Correct? I do not think that you can win with both those guys.

The Sixers never reached a Conference Final with the Embiid/Simmons duo and eventually traded Simmons in 2022 after a complete breakdown in their relationship.

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Betting the over on Alabama basketball is a cheat code

Alabama by the way is a cheat code if you want to get in on it. It's just betting their overs. They just never stopped missing. This has been like, oh, two weeks now they're over under for the first half was 45 and a half points last night. They scored 69 in the first half.

The 'cheat code' status of a team's over is based on a specific run of games; eventually, Vegas adjusts the lines.
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I am offering a $10,000 bounty to find the UNC staffer who punched a Duke staffer

I will not sleep until we find this UNC staffer who punched one of your guys... Let's put a bounty on it. I will offer $5,000. [PFT]: I'll match. [Big Cat]: $10,000 if anyone can find the UNC person who punched a Duke staffer after the game. $10,000 cash. Give us the footage leading to their arrest.

The bounty itself is a factual offer made by the hosts.
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Tua Tagovailoa's market value is non-existent relative to his contract

Everything's on the table for the Dolphins. Tua could be a fullback. What would you... What do you think the Dolphins would say yes to for a trade for Tua? Like a sixth round pick for Tua? A jugs machine? I don't know what the hell would Tua's market be?

The Dolphins' internal view on 'everything being on the table' is a subjective claim about team strategy.

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