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Tyrese Maxey has officially taken the next step into being an NBA 'killer' and superstar

Tyrese Maxey kind of [is] taking that next step of like, oh fuck, he's a killer. I agree with you... if we can add this one piece, we might be in a really good spot next year.

Maxey won the 2023-24 Most Improved Player award and is widely considered a top-tier young star in the league.

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May 3, 2024
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This off-season feels different for the Sixers because they finally have significant cap space to build around Joel Embiid

This is the first off season where we have Cap space and We have some room to make some, a difference in our lineups. [Even] if we don't [get Paul George or LeBron James], just using that Tobias [Harris] money to go get guys like Dante [DiVincenzo], like the role players that the Knicks had who are really good, that go and get guys like that who can surround [Embiid] and hit shots.

The Sixers did use their cap space to sign Paul George and several key role players (Eric Gordon, Caleb Martin) in the 2024 off-season.
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May 3, 2024
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Tyrese Maxey is better than Jaylen Brown

I mean, Tyrese Maxey is better than Jaylen Brown for sure. Ooh, for sure. [Hank] would trade Jaylen Brown for Tyrese Maxey immediately.

While subjective, Jaylen Brown went on to win Eastern Conference Finals MVP and NBA Finals MVP in 2024, making this take age poorly in the short term.
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May 3, 2024
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The Eastern Conference is a cakewalk for the Celtics

Yeah. No, the East is a cakewalk... They should lose one, maybe two games. The over under should be three. Maybe one series next, next game.

The Celtics went 12-2 through the Eastern Conference playoffs (beating Heat 4-1, Cavs 4-1, and Pacers 4-0), making Hank's prediction spot on.

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Michigan was definitively the better team in the National Championship and it never felt like UConn was in danger of winning.

Michigan was the better team. We all saw it. It never felt like [the game] was in danger. Like the only moment that I was like, oh, UConn might have a chance, was when there was like maybe five and a half minutes left and Mullens missed that three to cut it to four.

The episode presents Michigan winning the 2026 National Championship as a fact within the show's timeline.
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Michigan was the best team all year — outside of Duke, who would have won the championship by a lot

They were the best team. They were the best team all year outside of Duke. 'Cause that actually was my other big takeaway — Duke just completely, Duke beat this Michigan team a month and a half ago.

Subjective comparison of team quality. Duke did beat Michigan during the regular season in 2025-26.
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Danny Hurley is 18-1 against the spread in his last four NCAA tournaments, which is insane

Danny Hurley remains 18 and one in the last four tournaments against the spread. How insane is that? Furman is the only one that they didn't cover. That was the first round this year.

This is a factual claim about Hurley's ATS record over the last four NCAA tournaments. Based on UConn's remarkable tournament run, this is plausible and presented as a known stat. Cannot fully verify exact record but the claim is stated as fact.

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