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I don't think you can win a championship with Jalen Brunson as your number one star

This was a bad Jalen Brunson game. If you don't think a team with Jalen Brunson as the number one star can win a championship, this is why—the ball just stopped in his hand for what felt like forever in the last eight minutes of the fourth. And he was getting torched on defense. He could not stay in front of CJ McCollum whatsoever.

This is a subjective evaluation of a player's championship ceiling.

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Apr 22, 2026
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I'm officially excited for the future of the 76ers core featuring V.J. Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey

I'm excited for the future of the 76ers after watching V.J. Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey in that game. V.J. Edgecombe is insane—youngest player in NBA history to go for 30 points and 10 rebounds in a playoff game. He's a beast and he's 19 years old.

V.J. Edgecombe was indeed drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 3rd overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. He also became the youngest player in NBA history to record 30 points and 10 rebounds in a playoff game, achieving this on April 21, 2026, in Game 2 of the First Round against the Celtics. However, at the time of this achievement and the podcast's air date (April 22, 2026), V.J. Edgecombe was 20 years old, not 19, as he was born on July 30, 2005.
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Apr 22, 2026
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The Celtics are going to win this series in five games

The Celtics are gonna win this series in five.

The Celtics lost this series — the 76ers won despite being heavy underdogs. Max's prediction was incorrect.
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Apr 22, 2026
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The NBA suspended Paul George just so he could take better steroids

Memes has a take that they suspended [Paul George] so he could take better steroids. If memes' theory is correct, they suspended him and they're like, 'Hey, you're taking the wrong stuff. Take some better juice.'

This is a satirical conspiracy theory that cannot be factually proven.

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The Chargers' game against the Raiders is a must-win

The Chargers might have the most must-win game of all time playing the Raiders with the schedule they have. If they don't win this week, it's over.

The Chargers' season outcome and whether the loss effectively ended their season had not been resolved at the time of the episode.
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Texas won; Ohio State choked

I'll say Texas win, Ryan Day choke. The play calling, I don't know, maybe they got too conservative. I think they probably did.

This is a retrospective interpretation of the game rather than a purely objective claim; assigning primary blame is subjective.
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Oregon is probably out if it loses to USC

The USC game will be massive. If Oregon loses that game, they're probably out.

Oregon's playoff status after the USC game was still unresolved at the time of the episode.