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Oct 7, 2024·Who's Back
#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.
Push
Dec 27, 2023·Who's Back
#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.
Push
Feb 6, 2023·Who's Back
#23093
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Adding Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns would make them a major threat to win the Western Conference

The Phoenix Suns are prepared to pursue Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant... that scares me a little bit because I do think that the Suns with Kevin Durant would probably become a significant threat... the West is crazy. The West has every team could win it right now.

PredictionBasketballMild
The Suns did acquire Durant and became a top contender, though they lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Nuggets.
Push
Dec 26, 2022·Who's Back
#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.
Push
Oct 17, 2022·Who's Back
#5859
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.
Push
Oct 17, 2022·Who's Back
#29521
Jake MarshJake Marsh

The Heat will face the Warriors in the NBA Finals

I'm going to go Heat Warriors.

PredictionBasketballMedium
The Heat reached the Finals (losing to Denver), but the Warriors were eliminated in the second round.
Push
Feb 28, 2022·Who's Back
#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.
Push
Feb 18, 2019·Who's Back
#29578
HankHank

Championship trophies are back in Boston because Jayson Tatum won the Skills Challenge

Championship trophies are back in Boston because Jayson Tatum won the skills competition... it's just good to bring the winning culture back to Boston.

OpinionBasketballMediumSarcastic
Tatum did win the 2019 Skills Challenge, but it is not considered a team 'championship'.
Push
Nov 26, 2018·Who's Back
#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.
Push
Jan 22, 2018·Who's Back
#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.
Push
Dec 18, 2017·Who's Back
#17329
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).

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