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Take Slip·Oct 7, 2024·Who's Back
#PMT-2024-1007-17468
HankHank

Bronny James is not an NBA-caliber player

Bronny James... he's not an NBA player. It's not going well... everything he was doing was bad. Really, really bad.

OpinionBasketballMedium
Bronny spent most of his rookie season in the G-League after struggling significantly in limited NBA minutes, supporting the idea he wasn't ready.
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Take Slip·Dec 27, 2023·Who's Back
#PMT-2023-1227-1439
MaxMax

The NBA is back to being irrelevant

Who's back? NBA being Irrelevant.

Hot TakeBasketballHotSarcastic
NFL ratings on Christmas significantly outperformed NBA ratings, though 'irrelevant' is subjective.
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Take Slip·Dec 26, 2022·Who's Back
#PMT-2022-1226-3862
MaxMax

The James Harden to Houston rumors are true

Harden says quote, 'I don't know where you found that report.' ... He was being so wishy-washy, but it was like, 'I don't know where you found that report.' And then it's like, yep, that's it. [The rumors are true].

Fact ClaimBasketballMedium
Harden was traded to the Clippers in 2023, though the Houston rumors persisted for months.
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Take Slip·Oct 17, 2022·Who's Back
#PMT-2022-1017-5859
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The Denver Nuggets will beat the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals

Finals predictions... Nuggets and the Celtics. [Nuggets win]

PredictionBasketballMedium
The Nuggets did win the 2023 NBA Finals, but they defeated the Miami Heat, not the Celtics.
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Take Slip·Feb 28, 2022·Who's Back
#PMT-2022-0228-8624
Big CatBig Cat

James Harden is the perfect piece to pair with Joel Embiid

I do think the Sixers are very good now. James Harden's perfect piece to pair with [Embiid], but it's going to piss people off, especially that James Harden has now done it twice where he's skinny all of a sudden again, he feels great and he just duped everyone.

OpinionBasketballMedium
The Harden/Embiid pairing was highly productive in the regular season but ultimately failed to get past the second round of the playoffs in consecutive years before Harden forced another trade.
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Take Slip·Nov 26, 2018·Who's Back
#PMT-2018-1126-7190
HankHank

The Jimmy Butler experiment with the 76ers will be a success

Jimmy Butler hit another game winner from the same exact spot. Yes, he did. So it turns out maybe that experiment is going to turn out good for this.

PredictionBasketballMild
Butler helped the Sixers reach the Eastern Conference Semifinals, but he left for Miami the following offseason, making the 'experiment' short-lived and debatable in success.
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Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018·Who's Back
#PMT-2018-0122-10682
HankHank

Zion Williamson is basically LeBron Jr.

They landed Zion Williamson, who's basically LeBron Jr., has the craziest mixtapes of him ever.

Hot TakeBasketballHot
While Zion became an All-Star and a physical force, comparing anyone to LeBron James in terms of career impact is a stretch, though Zion's hype was similarly massive.
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Take Slip·Dec 18, 2017·Who's Back
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HankHank

The Celtics will win five championships after LeBron James leaves for the Lakers

[Gordon Hayward] is going to beat LeBron, then LeBron's going to leave, go to L.A., and Celtics are going to win, like, five championships.

PredictionBasketballScorching
LeBron did leave for LA in 2018, but the Celtics did not win five championships (they have won one since this take).