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Spencer HawesSpencer Hawes

NBA first-round draft picks are losing their value because of the rising salary cap

Cap space isn't near as valuable as it was, first round picks aren't nearly as valuable as maybe they used to be and I think there's definitely a lot of good things within [the process] but it's kind of sad to see the state that franchise has found itself in.

The value of draft picks remains a subjective debate in NBA management, though the 2016 cap spike did briefly alter market dynamics.

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Apr 20, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

JJ Watt will get a DUI within six months if he keeps up his current public persona

He either comes on Pardon My Take and doesn't interview anybody and is actually real for a little bit... or two, he keeps up the facade, and then six months later, he gets a DUI, and then it's all just completely busted. ... If you keep this up, and then you get a DUI, guess what? You're screwed.

JJ Watt did not get a DUI in the six months following this episode.
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Apr 20, 2016
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Any future heroic act by JJ Watt will be a staged PR stunt

I wouldn't rule out J.J. Watt staging, saving some child from a burning building or something. If you hear a story in the next month that J.J. Watt ran into a burning warehouse and there were children and kittens and puppies and he saved them all, just be on the lookout for that. ... I want to be a pre-truther to anything heroic that J.J. Watt does in the next six months.

The take is a cynical interpretation of character; whether an act is 'staged' is subjective.
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Apr 20, 2016
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Jon Jones' claim of marijuana addiction is a PR move because it's not a real addiction

Jon Bones Jones today came out and said like, yeah, I used to smoke a lot of weed and now I don't anymore. And so now I'm back on the straight and narrow. ... That's just not really an addiction. They're not going to be mad at you. Like that's just... just not really an addiction.

The medical and societal definition of addiction is subjective and variable.

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Spencer HawesSpencer Hawes

Victor Wembanyama is not a dirty player, he just gets frustrated by physical play

I don't think he's a dirty player. I think I personally, I love the elbow in the Minnesota series. I think everybody's got a breaking point. It kind of reminds me when I was a kid and... you're so much bigger than the other kids... they beat you up. They're hanging on you, they're grabbing you and you just, you kind of get to your breaking point. And I think as he gets older, as he matures, he will learn how to channel that better.

Subjective evaluation of a player's intent.
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Spencer HawesSpencer Hawes

The Spurs will beat the Knicks in seven games

I believe fully Spurs in Seven.

The New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals, winning the series 4-1. The series concluded on June 13, 2026, with the Knicks clinching their third NBA championship.
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Spencer HawesSpencer Hawes

The Charlotte Hornets will be 4-1 by the time this interview airs on Monday.

Actually, we're probably not going to have this interview until Monday, so what's your record going to be then? [Spencer Hawes]: Probably 4-1.

The Hornets beat the Nets 99-95 on Nov 4, 2016, to reach a 4-1 record.