PMT DBTakes
PFT CommenterJalen Brown should be the NBA Finals MVP
I do agree with Hank that Jalen Brown—it should be offense though, but—Jalen Brown was incredible. Like phenomenal. The Celtics team... Jalen Brown's gonna hit a big jumper to ice the Mavs out at home.
Big CatThe Celtics are a perfect team with no holes
More than just Luca's defense, it's just more of a testament to the Celtics having no holes. They don't have a guy who can—you can sag off of. They don't have a guy that you can basically say we're gonna ignore them. They don't have a guy that you can put your worst defender on and say he's gonna be okay.
PFT CommenterLeBron James is just a Brian Windhorst merchant
I would make the argument that LeBron is just a [Brian Windhorst] merchant that [Windhorst] made LeBron not the other way around.
Stephen JacksonJJ Redick getting the Lakers job is a result of white and LeBron privilege
I love JJ solid dude... but it's a lot of privilege you going on... definitely white and LeBron [privilege]. Yes, definitely... you knowing it was coming. It was the setup and how are they cool? When did they ever, when have you ever seen them cool? This is all, this was all a play.
Stephen JacksonI was a better basketball player than Ray Allen
Ray Allen... I'm not saying Ray wasn't great but... I'm a basketball player. I wasn't one dimensional. I just didn't shoot, I just didn't play defense. I did everything. So I look at myself as different than a lot of these guys that were one dimensional... I just felt like I was a better player.
Stephen JacksonAnthony Edwards is a top 5 player in the NBA right now
My top five right now I'm playing. Yeah. Luca, Jokic, Anthony Edwards, Shai [Gilgeous-Alexander] and I probably would throw Embiid.
HankThe Celtics might be cursed due to the rare Kristaps Porziņģis injury
I spent the full Uber up there when I thought I had my backpack. I'm thinking I'm just getting on the flight. I'm like, we're cursed, we're cursed, we're cursed, we're cursed. Like is there a chance we're cursed? This is bad.
Kevin LoveKyrie Irving has to step up for Dallas to have any chance in Game 3
My boy, Kyrie Irving really has to step up in game three... tomorrow game three is, is is the series. They have to win that one. But in order for that to happen, Kyrie has to be himself and he just wasn't in, in those first two games. It's as simple as that.
Kevin LoveThe top five players in the world are Jokić, Luka, SGA, Embiid, and Giannis
Top five in the world. It's very important. I think Joker is, yeah, yeah. Joker is, but I'm always like all things considered... Joker is up there, certainly Luca, SGA and bead, Giannis.
Kevin LoveA healthy Joel Embiid would have led the 76ers to a win over the Knicks
Joel, when he's at in peak form. Yeah. And he's feeling good. Like if he was healthy throughout the playoffs, I, I believe that they, they do beat the Knicks.
HankI will shave my head if the Celtics win a championship
I will shave my head if the Celtics win a championship. stop it. Like, oh, that was the perm bet you knew in the back of your head... No, I give you my word that I will shave my head if the Sellies win a championship.
HankThe Celtics are a way better team than the Mavericks
The Celtics are up two. Oh, congratulations Hank. Thank you. Your team is so much better than the Mavs. Yeah, they are. They are a way better team. It's great, great team win. It's not even really close.
PFT CommenterKyrie Irving has gotten too mature and needs to 'get weird' to break his slump
Somebody needs to like snap Kyrie [Irving] out of this. 'Cause we've been talking, we've been glazing Kyrie a lot, these playoffs talking about how mature he is gotten... Has Kyrie gotten too mature? Yeah. Is a question we should be asking. I want to hear like the Kyrie hatred for Boston.
MaxJayson Tatum was 'terrified' to shoot in Game 2
Jayson Tatum just needs to play horrible. That's all I care about. The biggest He sucks. You guys were sucking his dick. He sucked tonight. I mean, he didn't suck. He's terrified. He was terrified to shoot the ball tonight. He's shooting his spin back. It is weird. He had open looks at the rim and then he would just pass out every time.
PFT CommenterCaitlin Clark was left off the Olympic team because USA Basketball didn't want to deal with the media frenzy
I think there's a a, a pretty big percentage of the reason why she's [Caitlin Clark] not on the team is just because they didn't wanna deal with all the bullshit of people coming out with takes about Caitlin Clark every single day, which is the dumbest reason ever.
Big CatThe Mavericks were stupid to wear their black jerseys in Game 1
I still think that the Mavs were stupid to wear these jerseys in game one. I don't know if they did that because Luca looked very slim to them. I was thinking blue. These jerseys feel like the jerseys you wear for Star Wars night in like early February.
Big CatCoach K is using his role as a Lakers consultant to force Dan Hurley out of college basketball
Coach K did all of this... Coach K sees Dan Hurley win his second national title back to back. He looks around, he says, look, there's a lot of, a lot of guys in, in college basketball that will never reach where I'm at. They won't be the old school. Tough style Like Dan Hurley. He's a throwback. He's a relic. I gotta figure out a way to make sure that Dan Hurley doesn't surpass me as the goat... He's getting Dan Hurley to go to the Lakers. So Dan Hurley can't take everything from John Scheyer and Duke and Coach K and all his legacy and stuff.
Ryen RussilloThe Celtics will beat the Mavericks in the NBA Finals
I like Boston. I'm scared to death of Luca... but I feel like Boston has the two versus the one... their primary lineup of Pingus back is going to be five people that you have to worry about.
Ryen RussilloKristaps Porzingis is the most important player for the Celtics in the Finals
Pingus really does feel like the most important player... matchup wise, changing what Dallas has done and making their bigs do something they haven't done before, not that they're incapable of doing it, but pulling that rim protection away, he feels the most important for me.
Ryen RussilloKyrie Irving is one of the most skilled yet disappointing players in NBA history
When people start coming at you with like, he's the most talented player of all time, it's like, okay, so then you're admitting that he's one of the most disappointing players ever... for multiple seasons that the guy looked like he didn't really even care about playing basketball anymore.
PFT CommenterJalen Brunson is a better player than Jayson Tatum and would never lose an NBA Finals
Jalen Brunson. Say what you want about he would never lose in the finals. Yep. Yep. Yes. He will not lose in the [finals].
Ryen RussilloJoel Embiid is no longer a top-five NBA player
That fifth spot is not reserved for Embiid for me anymore in the way that it was prior to this season. I mean, at some point man, at some point... I'm sick of seeing playoff games where I need him to figure out a way to unlock the possession and get him into his stuff on his own in a way that I don't think he's capable of doing the way other guys are.
MaxJoel Embiid is a top-three NBA player and his stats prove it
33, 11 and six in the playoffs this year. Better than fucking Tatum's averages in the playoffs... his [PER] was on track to be like the greatest single PER of anyone.
Big CatWNBA players are 100% jealous of Caitlin Clark and they should just admit it
The people who are jealous of Caitlin Clark and when they take cheap shots at her... they are jealous. They're jealous of Caitlin Clark. They 100% are, it's okay to admit it. They're going again. They're going to be footnotes in Caitlin Clark's career. When it's all said and done, they're going to be the Lance Stephenson blowing in LeBron's ear.
CJ McCollumThe NBA Finals is the Celtics' series to lose and I think they win in six
I think it's Boston series to lose. I think it's their series to lose. Kristaps should be back. They've had the best record all year... I think Boston wins in six, but if it's a one possession game, gimme Dallas.
CJ McCollumLuka Dončić is impossible to guard because he's a 'heavy' 245 pounds and uses his body perfectly
He's heavy, right? You know, with with, with respect to the heavy people out there... Luka is heavy man and he's a good, healthy, heavy, like strong, sturdy. He's still quick. He, he, he has a great change of speed... I mean he's gotta be at least 245, maybe heavier healthy body fat. ... Luca is heavy, hard to guard. He can lean on you, he can post you up.
CJ McCollumA bad shooting day in an empty gym for an NBA pro is still making 65-75% of shots
A bad shooting day for me, I'm probably making 65% of my shots. And that's like a's like a bad, like I'm bricking nobody in the gym, empty gym. ... If we go do we do a hundred threes a bad day, I'm making 75 outta a hundred. That's like a terrible day... A normal day 80 plus out of a hundred... [Normally] 90, 92, 93 out of a hundred.
PFT CommenterThe Celtics will beat the Mavericks in 5 games
My gut reaction is Celtics in five. I think so. I'm a bigger Celtics fan than Hank is, I guess.
MaxThe Mavericks will win because Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić are better closers than the Celtics' stars
I think that this is gonna be a very close series. It's going to come down to very tight games at the end. And one team has two guys that have proven to be excellent closers against very good teams in this playoffs. And the Celtics have looked a little Iffy.
Mike BreenMadison Square Garden is the best arena in the world for a major sporting event
Madison Square Garden is right up there. There is no better place when it's a big event. Whether it's basketball, whether it's hockey, even like a concert. There's just no better place.
PFT CommenterKyrie Irving has never lost a closeout game
Kyrie Irving has never lost a closeout game. That's interesting. Yeah. So just remember that if you're new to DraftKings, listen up.
HankThe Celtics are a seasoned team that knows how to make big plays in high-pressure moments
The Celtics are a seasoned team that knows how to make big plays and that's what they did time and time again in this series. In the past when it feels like they turtle up in close games and kind of turn into more iso ball... they didn't do that at all. They found a way to win.
Big CatThe NBA scheduling is crazy for making teams wait until June 6th to start the Finals
I'm rooting for double sweep just so we can make fun of the NBA scheduling. Fans have to book their hotels and tickets months ago... there's no way anyone, any fan books their hotels and plane tickets for the NBA Finals months in advance. It doesn't make any sense.
PFT CommenterLuka Doncic and Kyrie Irving are the best offensive backcourt of all time
Kyrie and Luka, the best offensive backcourt of all time. And people laughed at [Kenny the Jet Smith] and then they played three games and they're like, maybe he's not that far off.
MaxKyrie Irving is a better player than Jrue Holiday
Kyrie's better... than Jrue Holiday? Yeah. Because I don't think he's better than Tatum but has hasn't been playing out of this, out of his mind. Their championship experience supersedes the Celtics because their championship guy is better.
PFT CommenterI'm sprinkling a bet on the Timberwolves to be the first team to come back from down 3-0
I may put a little future on the Wolves to be the first team to come back and... Timberwolves plus a thousand. They just can't be any worse. And the thing is, they're not playing good, but they're still building leads into the fourth quarter.
Big CatThe WNBA fans and media are ruining the fun of sports with cultural think pieces
Caitlin Clark is adding so many new fans and there's a lot of fans that are just taking the fun out of sports. Everything that happens in the WNBA now has to be a fucking bigger cultural talking point. It's like, hey, it's fucking sports. Shut the fuck up... there's seven think pieces after every game she plays.
Big CatDraymond Green is 'going out sad' and only complaining because his career is ending
I think Draymond Green knows it's over and he's going out really sad, just complaining. He's made $177 million... for him to say that the fines are the big problem... I think there might be a small part of him when he goes to bed at night, he's like, did I call Steph like a couple rings? And it's over. He's grasping at whatever he can to try to keep it going.
Danny AingeMichael Jordan is the best player I ever played against
Well, Michael Jordan. Yeah, I would say that's fair answer... Michael is so fun to play with, right. I mean, he's a great competitor as we all know.
Danny AingeThe 1986 Celtics are the greatest team of all time, better than the 1996 Bulls
No, no, no. Not up there. It's above [the 1996 Bulls]... Best team of all time. In my unbiased team... we were 50 and 1 [at home]. That's insane... we just assumed [playing the Lakers in the Finals] was gonna happen. We weren't gonna lose either way.
Danny AingeIf a player is a great athlete and has a good brain, shooting is the skill they can always learn
I mean, if a guy is a great athlete and a good player has a good brain but can't shoot, I think that's a good bet... they can learn that. Like Scotty Pippen, Magic Johnson... they weren't great shooters... they still would've been great players. Kawhi Leonard was another guy that wasn't a great shooter in college and turned out to be one of the best.
Danny AingeJimmy Butler is my biggest draft regret
I would say Jimmy Butler is the first one that comes to mind. It was, you know, he was a late first round pick and he was seriously in our thoughts of drafting and we went another direction and Jimmy turned out to be a great player. And that's probably the one I regret the most.
Big CatLuka Doncic is currently the best player left in the NBA playoffs
I said he is the best player left in the playoffs with four teams left. . . Luka Doncic, what he did on Wednesday night is why he's the best player left in the playoffs.