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Valhalla is a golf course that heavily favors players who hit it far and high

I'm looking at players to pick or favorites to kind of focus on, I'm looking at guys that hit it far and hit it high. Guys like Rory McIlroy and Brooks [Koepka]... but you gotta beat it forever and you gotta hit it relatively straight because the rough is gnarly.

The 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla saw Xander Schauffele win with record-low scoring, though distance and ball-striking remained key themes for the leaders.

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Nikola Jokic is the best basketball player in the world, and that's a fact

I am so happy that I'm alive, that I am blessed to be able to do a sports podcast while Nikola Jokic is playing basketball because holy shit, he is the best. ... remind everyone that yes, I am the best player in the world. And that's a fact.

Jokic had just won his 3rd MVP in 4 years and was widely regarded as the consensus best player following the Nuggets 2023 championship.
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It is better to guard Nikola Jokic with average defenders than one elite defender like Rudy Gobert

I think it's almost better to guard Jokic with like one and a half slash two average defenders than it is to guard him with one good defender [like Rudy Gobert].

The Nuggets eventually defeated the Timberwolves in 2023 and the Wolves' strategy of single-covering Jokic with Gobert was heavily debated throughout this series.
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The Timberwolves look like they are still exhausted from the Tom Thibodeau era and have officially hit a wall

The Timberwolves actually, they look better at times defensively with [Rudy] Gobert on the bench... I think maybe we need to have the conversation about the Timberwolves. They look like they're still exhausted from when [Thibodeau] coached 'em back in 2018. They hit the wall after game two. I feel like this is it. Classic [Thibodeau] just ran its guys too hard and now they can't win another playoff game.

The Timberwolves were not actually dead; they won Game 6 in a massive blowout and forced a Game 7, which they also won to reach the Western Conference Finals.

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Scottie Scheffler will not win the US Open at Shinnecock Hills

I don't like Scottie this week at Shinnecock. I just, again, I think we've seen him more frustrated this year. I think it's getting to him a little bit and I think it's a golf course where if you're not driving it great, you're gonna get yourself in trouble... I don't think this is the US Open that Scottie wins.

Shane Bacon predicted that Scottie Scheffler would not win the 2026 US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Wyndham Clark won the tournament, and Scottie Scheffler finished in a three-way tie for fourth place, four shots behind the winner.
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The winning score at the US Open at Shinnecock will be over par

If those are the conditions, this is gonna be an over par US open. You're gonna see 3, 4, 5 over win come Sunday. And if the forecast holds up, that will be the case.

Shane Bacon predicted the winning score at the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills would be over par, specifically 3, 4, or 5 over. However, Wyndham Clark won the tournament with a final score of 4-under par.
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Joaquin Niemann will win his first major championship at the US Open

I like Joaquin Niemann a lot this week with trajectory just hitting it under the wind. I think this could be his major championship that he actually bucks that.

Joaquin Niemann did not win the 2026 U.S. Open. The championship, held from June 18-21, 2026, was won by Wyndham Clark. Niemann finished tied for 7th place.