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I bet on the Celtics at 15-to-1 odds to win the NBA Finals

I I did put a bet on the Celtics... 15 to one. Oh Nice. Yeah. That's huge... I swear to God I wasn't even thinking about bringing it up.

The bet is likely real for the bit, and the outcome depends on the 2026 NBA Finals.
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PFT Commenter is done dunking forever - retiring from attempting to dunk

My fire fest. I don't think I'm gonna dunk again. I think I'm gonna have to learn how to play below the rim. So I'm calling it quits on attempting to dunk anymore in my future.

Whether PFT actually never dunks again is inherently unverifiable in the short term.
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Bill Belichick is likely having a baby with his girlfriend Jordon

If I had to give one piece of advice to Jordon, have a baby. No, no. With Belichick, with Bill. Have a—let's get a baby in this thing. Consummate this love with a baby. A baby in the mix of this would be one of the greatest stories.

It's highly unlikely this happens, but it's a testable (though ridiculous) claim.
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HankHank

Gemma in Severance was never a real person and has always been an innie

Gemma is an innie that they released to the real world to like, make Mark fall in love. Like she was, she was never a real person... She's always an innie.

This theory would need to be confirmed or debunked by future episodes of the show.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A 2032 asteroid will likely hit the Earth and specifically ruin a Cleveland Browns Super Bowl run

My fire fest of the week is that there's an asteroid heading towards Earth. It's scheduled to hit the planet potentially in 2032. This tells me this has like Brown Super Bowl run written all over it. And the asteroid shows up.

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The probability of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 is extremely low (PFT exaggerates the 3% figure for comedy). The Browns part is obviously satirical.
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The USMNT should reach the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup

I think our ceiling is probably the semi-finals at the very best in the next World Cup... Quarterfinals in the World Cup. And we've got a good enough team. The players are good enough to do it.

The 2026 World Cup has not happened yet.
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MaxMax

Caleb Williams is the Ben Simmons of the NFL

I've been thinking about Caleb Williams. There's, there's a player that he reminds me of. Little bit of a diva off the court. Really big into the fashion life, the pop star life. A can't miss prospect. ... Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons was the next LeBron. ... Ben Simmons was a can't miss prospect. ... Both teams missed the [college] playoffs... Think about Ben Simmons.

This will only be resolvable after Caleb Williams' career progresses to see if he 'quits' or underperforms like Simmons.
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George R.R. Martin is 'completely lying' about working on the next Game of Thrones book

I don't think he's written a single word. If you look at anything that he's said in the press recently, I think he's just completely lying about it. I don't think he's started the next book at all.

As of late 2024, the book remains unreleased despite years of progress updates, lending some weight to PFT's cynicism, though only Martin knows the true word count.
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Tom Izzo will eventually be considered overrated by the general public

I'm squatting on the take. I'm not saying that he's overrated. I'm just saying people one day soon eventually will start saying that Tom Izzo is overrated.

Sentiment-based prediction that is hard to definitively prove, though Izzo's reputation remains largely intact as an elite coach.

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