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Apr 18, 2018
#28232
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Vegas Golden Knights and Nashville Predators are the two best teams in the Western Conference

They look good enough in their previous games that we can say the Knights and the Predators are probably the two best teams in the West.

The Golden Knights made it to the Stanley Cup Finals from the West. The Predators lost in the second round, but they were the top two seeds in the West entering the playoffs.

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Apr 18, 2018
#4010
Big CatBig Cat

Brad Stevens is the best coach in the NBA

Brad Stevens is the best coach in the NBA. He is a wagon. I expect anything from a Brad Stevens coached team. They just play so much smarter than everyone else.

Subjective opinion on coaching quality, though Stevens never won a title before moving to the front office.
Loss
Apr 18, 2018
#4011
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Giannis Antetokounmpo might be a 'coach killer'

Is Giannis [Antetokounmpo] the coach killer? Did he make Jason Kidd bad? Is he making [Joe] Prunty... look like an asshole?

Giannis eventually won a title with Mike Budenholzer and has generally been considered a coach-friendly superstar, though coaches have been fired around him.
Win
Apr 18, 2018
#28231
Big CatBig Cat

The Wizards need to blow up their current core

They need to blow up the Wizards... Eventually the same core, and they all kind of hate each other. You can tell they all hate each other, which is so funny.

The Wizards did eventually trade John Wall in 2020 and Bradley Beal in 2023, effectively blowing up the core after several more years of mediocrity.

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Oct 30, 2026
#31779
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.
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Oct 30, 2026
#31792
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.
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Oct 30, 2026
#31785
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.