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Something will eventually break up the Warriors dynasty, like a Steph Curry injury or a Draymond Green suspension

I think eventually one of these Steph injuries is going to catch up to them. Something's going to happen. Draymond is going to get suspended for a whole season for kicking everyone's balls. Something's going to happen that will break them up.

While injuries to KD and Klay ended the 2019 run, the core eventually won again in 2022. Draymond was suspended in later years but not for a full season.

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Jun 11, 2018
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Teams should hesitate to sign LeBron James to a Supermax due to his whiteboard-punching 'hand injury'

how does lebron's like terrible terrible very very painful looking um displaced compound fracture hand injury affect his free agency status because if I was a team, I would hesitate against paying a guy with an injury like that a Supermax contract.

LeBron signed a 4-year, $154 million deal with the Lakers shortly after, so the injury did not affect his contract status.
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Jun 11, 2018
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There is a 'Cavaliers Curse' affecting teams named the Cavaliers

We talk a lot about curses on this show. I think it's fair to ask, given the showing in recent basketball tournaments by teams named [Cavaliers], is there a Cavs curse? [UVA and Cleveland].

While both teams suffered historic/disappointing losses in 2018, UVA would go on to win the national championship in 2019, breaking any 'curse.'
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Jun 11, 2018
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The Warriors can play only 15 minutes of real basketball and beat anyone in the world

The Warriors can play 15 minutes of Warriors basketball and beat anyone in the world, and they just needed to be pushed a little. And even if you saw their body language going to that game six and seven in Western Conference rounds, they didn't care. They're like, yeah, we're going to still win.

The Warriors won the 2018 title in a sweep, confirming their massive talent gap over the league.

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The Brewers' pressure created their 'lucky' breaks

That's not luck. That's just the Brewers and what they did to you mentally, where it's like you have to be perfect and almost made teams just become a worse version of themselves because of what the Brewers were doing to them.

This is an evaluative baseball argument rather than a claim with one definitive result.
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The Bears are building around Jeffrey Simmons correctly

Jeffrey Simmons is an absolute game wrecker. Top three at his position, changes everyone around him. The Bears had a weakness in their defense, especially run defense. They made it a strength.

The assessment of Simmons' impact and positional ranking is partly subjective and will depend on his Chicago performance.
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Jeffrey Simmons makes the Bears Super Bowl contenders

I thought they could win the Super Bowl before Jeffrey Simmons. Now I really do.

The 2026 NFL season and Super Bowl outcome have not yet been resolved from the episode date.