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The 2024-25 Pacers look like a better version of the team that made the Eastern Conference Finals last year

The Pacers went through the wars last year and they got a little bit of scars and now it does feel like they're a different team making these big time plays and never being out of it... they look like the team in that Eastern Conference finals that what the Pacers are making everyone look like [now].

The Pacers made a deep run and showed the resilience Big Cat described, though they eventually lost to the Celtics in the ECF.

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May 7, 2025
#14263
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The Pacers have alligator blood and never die

The Pacers are just, they, they, they have alligator blood, they do not die. And they, they have a belief in Tyrese Halliburton... I really think that it's like, they, they are built for this type of situation where it's like, you've seen it two times in the last three games where they're just gonna keep going at you and they're not gonna give up.

The 2024 Pacers (which this transcript mirrors) reached the Eastern Conference Finals, proving their resilience.
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May 7, 2025
#14264
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Cavs fans poking the bear by calling Tyrese Halliburton overrated was a dumb move

Then you poked the bear to start the game. That was the dumbest move that the Cavs fans could have done is to chant overrated at Halliburton before it got started. Why would you do that? He already knows that his fellow players talk about him being overrated. You don't have to remind him of it, that's gonna piss him off a little bit.

Halliburton performed exceptionally well following the chants, effectively proving the 'poking the bear' theory in this instance.
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May 7, 2025
#14275
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If Steph Curry wins FMVP with a torn hamstring, he is ahead of LeBron James

If Steph Curry wins NBA finals, MVP by the way, with a, a torn hamstring. He has a, a torn hamstring I think... You gotta put him ahead of LeBron.

Subjective historical debate based on a hypothetical that didn't happen (Steph didn't win FMVP in 2024).

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Victor Wembanyama is already better than LeBron James

I'm gonna enjoy him because he's, he's like, I I said on Wednesday's show, he is, he's already better than LeBron. So I, that's how I'm gonna enjoy him.

Comparing players across eras or at different career stages is inherently subjective.
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People only hate on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's flopping because his play style is fundamentally boring

I actually think the problem with SGA more than anything is he's just boring. That's really what people are upset about. The flopping like sucks. But... more than anything he's just, he's boring because he is a lethal mid-range guy. He doesn't have flashy dunks. He's not doing... He's just methodically an exceptional basketball player.

Subjective analysis of fan sentiment regarding a player's style.
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The Cavaliers-Knicks series is over after Game 1

Series over, you can't lose that game if you're the Cavs. When it went into overtime, we said the Cavs have to win this. This is must win. You can't give this up. All time choke.

The series has just begun as of the episode date.