Skip to content
PMTPMT DB
Void
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The anticipation for a Game 7 is better than the actual Game 7

The anticipation for the game seven is way better than the actual game sevens. This is making me disagree with LeBron's take... I might be a game six guy. That's the new game seven.

More from this episode

View episode
Win
May 19, 2025
#17533
Big CatBig Cat

NBA parity is officially back with seven different champions in seven years

Parity is back. NBA parity is officially back this now with the thunder beating the nuggets in game seven. There are going to be, it's guaranteed seven different champions in seven different years in the NBA.

The NBA did indeed have a streak of different champions (Raptors, Lakers, Bucks, Warriors, Nuggets, etc.).
Void
May 19, 2025
#17534
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Gordon is a beast for playing through a grade two hamstring injury

Aaron Gordon played in game seven with a grade two hammy. And if the Lakers were in this game, LeBron would still be two weeks away from coming back because LeBron, remember when he got hurt in the last game of the Laker season, they some, for some reason put out a timetable for his return, which no one needed or asked for.

The comparison of toughness is subjective, but Gordon did play through a significant hamstring injury during that playoff run.
Void
May 19, 2025
#17535
Big CatBig Cat

Alex Caruso is underrated because two different franchises let him go for nothing

Alex Caruso... he is underrated because two franchises basically got rid of Caruso for nothing. The Lakers let 'em walk because they were cheap and didn't wanna go in the luxury tax and the Bulls didn't get a pick for 'em. Even though they should have.

More from PFT Commenter

View profile
Open
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.
Void
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.
Void
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.