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LeBron James should receive a championship ring if the Suns win the NBA Finals

If the Suns win, LeBron [James] should get a ring. Absolutely should get a ring. Absolutely, CP3's best friend. Listen, LeBron is putting this team on his back. He is willing the Suns to an NBA championship. I wouldn't be shocked if LeBron gets on one of the floats.

The Suns did not win the championship, and LeBron James obviously would not have received a ring even if they had.

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Jul 7, 2021
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Giannis Antetokounmpo was not as injured as the public was told

Giannis was not as injured as we were told that he was because just from the start, he went out there and he was the most athletic player on the court.

While Giannis returned quickly and played well, medical reports confirmed a significant hyperextension that would have sidelined most players; he simply recovered freakishly fast.
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Jul 7, 2021
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Giannis Antetokounmpo belongs in the Adrian Peterson club of non-human physical recovery

I actually am totally fine with Giannis [Antetokounmpo] being put into the Adrian Peterson club of the people that just don't have knee ligaments or regular bodies that are anything like the human body because he was so injured and then he wasn't. And I don't know what happened in between, but it's just Giannis because he's a freak.

Giannis returned from a severe-looking knee injury in just one week to win NBA Finals MVP, proving he possesses rare physical durability.
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Jul 7, 2021
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The Suns will sweep the Bucks in the NBA Finals

I'll say [Suns] and four, [Suns] and three from right now. It was if Chris Paul plays like that, there's nothing you can do.

The Bucks won the next four games after Game 2 to win the series 4-2.

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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.