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James Harden is only elite in the playoffs when he has significant rest between games

James Harden, when he has rest, basically every game one, he's awesome. ... Guy likes rest when he gets his rest. Yeah. ... So just remember James Harden when he has rest. Bet him.

Harden had 28 points and 8 assists in Game 1 after rest, but struggled later in the series with shorter turnarounds.

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Apr 22, 2024
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The Los Angeles Clippers are going to win the Western Conference

The Los Angeles Clippers are going to win the West. Ooh. Not that they're gonna compete. That they're gonna compete. Hey, I, I said that mostly just to get Hank's hopes up because Hank is grasping at all the straws.

The Clippers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Mavericks.
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Apr 22, 2024
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The Cavaliers will win their series against the Magic, but it will likely go to six or seven games

I think this is gonna be one of those series that the Cavs are gonna win. I think they'll win both at home then the magic will win a couple at their home. ... That'll go six or seven.

The Cavaliers won the series in seven games, and the first four games followed the exact home-win pattern PFT predicted.
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Apr 22, 2024
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have never won a playoff series without LeBron James

Fun fact, little fun fact. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Dan Gilbert has never won a playoff series without LeBron James.

This was correct at the time of the episode. The Cavs had not won a series without LeBron since 1993, which predates Dan Gilbert's ownership (2005).

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France is unstoppable in the 2026 World Cup

When we first got the bracket, I said I was gonna go chalk and just bet on France. They just seem like there's nothing that you can do to stop him. France looks unstoppable.

The 2026 World Cup final is likely still pending or just occurring around the episode date.
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The toxicity towards Christian Pulisic proves America is finally a real soccer country

I think with the amount of vitriol that has gone towards Christian Pulisic, we have shown for the first time we might be a real soccer country because that actually, it's nuts how he's gotten bashed by everyone. The fact that it's gotten so toxic towards this one guy, it's like, oh shit. Maybe we could become a country that people cared that much about it.

This is a subjective cultural take on fandom.
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LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third time

Pardon My Take... July 10th. We are the first to report that LeBron James is going back to Cleveland... LeBron James is a Cleveland Cavalier yet again for the third time in his career.

LeBron's 2026 team choice is pending the actual offseason events of that year.