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Ben Simmons will eventually develop a jump shot

I think [Ben] Simmons will eventually develop a jump shot to complement the rest of his game, but it's going to take him a while, and I think mentally it's tougher when you see an opponent giving you such flagrant disrespect to even get the confidence of the shooter.

Simmons never developed a reliable jump shot and eventually saw his career decline significantly due to his refusal to shoot.

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Apr 22, 2019
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Ike TaylorIke Taylor

No other quarterback could survive in Pittsburgh like Big Ben

There's no other quarterback in the league can play in Pittsburgh the way [Roethlisberger] have played... he's just a tough son of a gun.

A subjective evaluation of a player's fit and durability in a specific market.
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Apr 22, 2019·NBA Recap
#25378
Big CatBig Cat

Joel Embiid is an absolute monster when he is healthy

Joel Embiid is a fucking monster. He is a monster. Like, watching him play. When he's healthy. But he was a monster on Saturday. When he is out there, he looks like he's playing with little kids. Like, his hands are so much bigger than everybody. He's so much taller. He gets the ball in the post. There's nothing anyone can do.

Subjective opinion on a player's dominance, though Embiid's MVP-caliber career since then supports the 'monster' claim.
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Apr 22, 2019·NBA Recap
#25379
Big CatBig Cat

The Bucks-Pistons series is trash

Unfortunately, the Bucks just demolished [the Pistons] again. That series is trash.

The Bucks won the series 4-0 with an average margin of victory over 20 points, making it a very lopsided 'trash' series.

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The Ravens' fourth-quarter problems are moving earlier

Historically, the fourth-quarter Ravens have not been a great team. That fourth-quarter Ravens has started to creep its way into the third-quarter Ravens. And I think eventually it's going to keep creeping earlier and earlier in the game. I don't think it's going to get better because the defense does not look good.

This is a season-long assessment that can only be judged against Baltimore's eventual 2026 performance.
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Baker Mayfield has a real revenge game against Cleveland

This is like a big Baker revenge spot too. This is not a made-up Baker—I have a perceived slight against me because some team didn't trade for me when I was on the market. This is Baker Mayfield against Stefanski, and they haven't talked since he left Cleveland.

Whether the personal history materially affects the game is subjective, though the stated public grievance is part of the episode's context.
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The NFL should reduce the season to 16 games

I'm going to say it. I think that 17 games is too much. I like the scarcity. I like if you brought it back to 16, because the NFL's also been playing this game for a long time where they have to find safer-looking ways to do a dangerous activity.

The preferred NFL schedule is a policy judgment, though the player-safety rationale is grounded in the discussion's cited study.