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The Lakers will win the NBA Finals in five games against the Celtics or six games against the Heat.

If it's Lakers Celtics. I think the Lakers win 4 to 1, it's Lakers heat. I think they went for two to this series is my personal finals because it is personal final cause it's gonna be fun to watch.

The Lakers beat the Heat in 6 games to win the 2020 NBA Title, making his Lakers-Heat prediction exactly correct.

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Sep 16, 2020
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Jimmy Butler is solidly a top 10 NBA player.

I've moved I've leveled [Jimmy Butler] up. He is solidly in the top 10. But yeah, we're I'm just waiting for Jim we respect Jay but on this podcast and Jake was was very happy with the result.

Butler's ranking is subjective, but he led the Heat to the 2020 NBA Finals and was universally regarded as a top-tier star during this period.
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Sep 16, 2020
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The Clippers cannot bring Paul George back next season after that performance.

I actually don't know how you bring playoff P back next year. I like that. Like I don't I don't know how you have what you'e just watched. Yeah and be like, let's bring back the same core and hope that it's kind of the James Harden thing.

The Clippers did bring Paul George back, and they reached the Western Conference Finals the following season (2021).
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Sep 16, 2020
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Paul George is a third piece at best on a championship team

I'm doing playoff P your you're not a second dude, you're you're a third piece. I you're a third piece at best.

This is a subjective evaluation of a player's hierarchy. Paul George remained a high-level starter but the 'third piece' label is a common critique of his playoff reliability.

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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.