Takes

Unsalted nuts suck; the saltier the better

Unsalted nuts suck. ... There's nothing worse than when you see like a, a thing of nuts and you take a little handful and it's unsalted nuts. Oh, unsalted nuts suck. No saltier the better.

Connor McDavid is currently incapable of winning the big one

I feel bad for [Connor McDavid]. He's an incredible player, but as of right now, I'm just going on the facts that I see — has not won the big one. And we're being a little tongue in cheek, but obviously this will be the, the, the prevailing story of can he win the big one.

Jalen Williams is currently the 'Batman' of the Oklahoma City Thunder over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

SGA was great, but it was, it was, it was the JW show. Should we, I think we, maybe we should think about having the conversation Batman robin. Last night [Jalen Williams] was Batman.

A touchdown scored by a 40-year-old player should count for an extra point

There should be a rule in like all sports if you like a a 40-year-old touchdown counts for an extra point. It's like, how are you still doing it?

The rain delay at Oakmont was the only reason I was able to reset and win the US Open

When that horn blew my caddy and I looked at each other, we, we kind of just said, you know, this is exactly what we need. Kind of a little break to, to go back inside, you know, reset, collect our thoughts and, and kind of get a fresh start... I 100% [win the tournament because of it].

Tight ends are the most ready-made position to transition into a career in the WWE

I do think that tight ends are the most ready made for the transition into WWE e. Is that, is that gonna be your, your career after football? [Kittle]: You know what, whatever door is open. I'm not saying no to much.

The World Cup belongs on the Mount Rushmore of professional sports playoffs

Mount Rushmore of Professional Sports Playoffs... I'm gonna go football. One. I'm gonna go basketball. Two. I'm gonna go, I'll go hockey. Three. I would like to go World Cup four if that's okay.

The NFL should award 'assists' to players who successfully lateral a ball that results in a touchdown

The NFL should award assist for anyone who successfully laterals a ball That and that the play end than a touchdown. This would promote more laterals and specialists with those skills that become valuable throughout the league. [PFT]: I like that. It's a good idea.

NBA teams should be allowed to adjust the dimensions of their own three-point line to create a home-court advantage

Every game would be played differently based on where the three point line is would be exciting to watch. [Big Cat]: I think we said it with Kirk Goldsberry maybe, but yes. This would be awesome. Different dimensions like in baseball. Yeah. This would be so sick.

The Red Sox owner John Henry is orchestrating a 'smear job' on Rafael Devers because Devers didn't answer his text message

MLB owner just getting his feelings hurt... I believe the reason traded Devers... John Henry made a trip to have like a face-to-face conversation with him... and Devers was not having it. [Big Cat]: I do love like just the story of a, a owner just getting his feelings hurt. It happens a lot. And just saying, I'm making this rash decision 'cause my feelings got hurt.

SGA has officially proven he is the best player in the NBA Finals

[SGA] basically was like, I have to win this series myself. And he did it in that fourth quarter... This is why he won the MVP. This is why he's the best player in this series.

Kevin Durant's legacy will be dinged if he doesn't win a title with his next team

I'm gonna say it. He needs to win a championship with whatever team he goes to in this trade... because he's cherry-picking the teams. If he doesn't do it, then his legacy in my eyes takes a ding.

Winning a title with the Lakers, Luka, and LeBron would actually hurt Kevin Durant's legacy

If he went to the Lakers and they won... with Luka and LeBron, it actually would take his legacy down more.

Red Sox ownership does not care about the fans or winning after the Devers trade

I've been out of the Red Sox ownership since they got rid of Mookie Betts... they don't care about the fans. They don't care about winning. Like they know the Red Sox ownership is selfish and they don't care about winning because they know that fans are gonna show up either way.

If the Cubs don't sign Kyle Tucker, it means ownership will never commit to winning

The Kyle Tucker impending free agency is gonna be very similar... there is no better time to commit to a guy like Kyle Tucker then right this second. So if they don't do it this time, they're basically saying they'll never do it.

The era of the 'Featured Barber' and high-priced haircuts is officially here

The barbers are up... you pull up, they only do the app appointments... they're like 60 to 80 dollars... then there's guys down a little bit further down the street doing featured spots... book your appointment now.

The Florida Panthers are the 'David Goggins' of the business world

He [Vinny Viola] went to West Point. They're like the, they're like the David Goggins of the business world. They're fucking up at 6:00 AM... they're machines, these guys.

JJ Spaun never wins the US Open without the weather delay

I think without that [rain delay] he never wins this. I mean he just was lost. The composure wasn't there... Five out of his first six holes were bogies... Hayward was at Oakmont Country Club talking to JJ Spawn at the reset.

Hockey has tricked fans into loving overtime by simply taking away the fourth quarter

I have a question for you... has hockey tricked us into saying free hockey just by taking away the fourth quarter. And then whenever it gets to the fourth quarter, we're so grateful to have a fourth quarter.

The US Open course isn't difficult enough because ten players are under par

I wasn't impressed with the golf course. A lot of talk about the golf course... I was expecting carnage everywhere. There were ten guys under par today and there were 19 guys that were even or better. That's too many for the way they pumped this thing up. I wanted zero.

Losing this Finals series would be a 'sliding doors' moment that ruins the Thunder's future

This is it, it's kind of like the Knicks. It's like you're never gonna have a better shot than this year. If they lose this, it's a sliding doors moment. Your entire future will be miserable. And if you win this series, then you're gonna win four.

Pat Bev has a more Hall of Fame-worthy career than I do

I actually do not disagree with that at all. I you look at the scope of work... just the way he took players under his wing... I respect his opinion. I actually, I think I agree with him. I think he probably gets the nod over myself.

Kevin Durant is currently underrated because people focus on his social media activity over his play

How good is Kevin Durant? Like, does he, I feel like he's almost, he's he's become underrated now after maybe being a little overrated... I do think that he, people kind of go at him for going to the Warriors... they like cheapen it where they're like instead of talking about Jason Tatum, the basketball player, they'll talk about his aura and like try to diminish him 'cause of aura.

The broomstick putter is superior for putting but makes the user look like a douche bag

I was putting as, as good as I ever have and I've just been battling wrestling with myself on if I'm gonna actually use it in real life... understandably so people are gonna be like, that guy is the biggest douche bag of all time... but I at least have to feel it out.

The job of a male OB-GYN is essentially just to mansplain women's bodies to them

Here's a fun fact though. The job of a male [OB-GYN] is to mansplain that— I mean, how the fuck are you supposed to know that? They didn't put any periods in between the letters or anything.

Sports owners should be forced to sell if their team doesn't make the playoffs for five consecutive years

I think they should have a new rule in own, in, in all sports that if, what call it five years, if you don't make the playoffs in five years, automatic sale. Like whatever the threshold is, that would be awesome. 'cause relegation is never gonna come to American sports. But if you could relegate owners that would be sick.

Winning is a band-aid that cures everything in sports, regardless of the problem

Winning cures everything. You know, winning is, it's a band-aid that, you know, it doesn't matter if it's a bullet hole, whatever, you know, it cures everything and you just kind of go play baseball.

AJ Hinch is the best manager in baseball and is always thinking multiple plays ahead

I probably won't. He's got, he's, he's so smart. AJ's, I mean, he's the best manager in the game. So wherever he wants to take the game or whatever he wants to do... it feels like every move that is made during the game... it feels like it's always in our advantage... he's really good at his job.

Magnus Carlsen needs to hire a suitcase-carrying snack coach to prevent blood sugar meltdowns during tournaments

I've got it is, it sounds like you beat yourself and also, yeah, you gotta have a snack coach. Yeah. You gotta have a guy that's that's at your side with a suitcase filled to pretzels, ice cream that's we can learn, we can improve from this.

Relationship hobbies must be established from the start because you can't add an addiction later

Before you start dating, you have to have all your hobbies set because you can't just add golf. You can add golf, but you can't add golf addict. There's a difference. There's a, you could be a golfer, but if this guy's playing seven days a week and YouTube tutorials and practicing swinging the living room, that's going to, you're gonna need to ease into that one.

The French Open match between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner is the match of the year.

I'm gonna say it right now. Match of the year. I know we're only halfway through the year. We still got three of the four left... but this is match of the year.

Ice tennis would be cool as shit

Ice tennis would be cool as shit. Yeah. If you're on skates. Yeah. Somebody should make that happen. That would be cool. I would, I would watch ice tennis.

Michael Beasley is the greatest one-on-one basketball player of all time.

He's like the greatest one-on-one player of all time. Did you see this? Did you see this clip of him talking shit? Yeah, I did. Yeah. Play it. It's great. It, it scared me the way he started talking to Lance Stevenson.

I would fight Marlon's Man in a Rough N' Rowdy match.

I'm not ashamed to beat up a 68-year-old man... I'll fight you in Rough N' Rowdy Marlon's Man. Balls in your court.

Connor McDavid is the greatest hockey player of all time

I just started running around the room... running around greatest hockey player of all time. I just started tweeting that like, it's just, it's incredible to watch him.

Any average person could score an NHL goal if they played on a line with Connor McDavid.

I actually think any person could. If you started July 1st skating with a skating instructor... two to three times per week. You go to camp mid-September and then you were in camp and then you played on his line by every shift he was out there. You play with him by game 10, you're scoring.

The secret to being great at golf is staying slightly inebriated for the entire round.

The trick to golf is you have to find the perfect amount of being inebriated to be loosened up. But not so much like the golden zone... if you can just stay like a little bit drunk for the entire round, then you can be great at golf.

If an NBA game were only 45 minutes long, the Indiana Pacers would be a lottery team

Surely they can't do this again, right? They didn't need until 0.3 seconds left in the entire game. If NBA playoff, if NBA games were 45 minutes long, the Pacers would be a lottery team.

The NBA Finals don't feel special because there is no 'Finals' script on the court anymore

How do you not have just like a script NBA finals? How do you not have anything, maybe even on the baseline there? It's the same argument I make with the throwback jerseys... When I watch a highlight of this game 10 years from now, I wanna know it was the NBA finals and there's nothing on the fucking court except YouTube TV.

The NFL colluded to schedule the Jets vs. Steelers in Week 1 to force an Aaron Rodgers decision

Do you think that the NFL secretly colluded to putting the Jets as the Steelers week one opponent to try to make Aaron Rogers make his decision as soon as possible?

Aaron Rodgers has moved on from Ayahuasca because it is too mainstream now

I think Aaron's probably moved on from Ayahuasca. I think he wanted to blow it up and, and he, you know, he took his ayahuasca trip... but now so many people are doing it that Aaron's like, this isn't cool anymore.

Michael Jordan is the GOAT over Tiger Woods

[Big Cat]: who's better? Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan? [Wright]: Michael Jordan.

Tiger Woods is an extreme introvert who was broken by being forced into the Michael Jordan marketing playbook

It's always astonishing that no one in that room at Nike... occurred to no one that the playbook had been built around Michael Jordan, who is an extreme extrovert. And they applied it to Tiger Woods, who is an extreme introvert and like, honestly feels like they broke him.

Smurf accounts and the 'Sharknado' meta are ruining the Marvel Rivals experience

The developers of Marvel rivals... are tanking the game. So they're, they're allowing these guys to do... Smurf account... and then they've changed the team up and now there's a sharknado that you can light on fire and the sharknado is ruining the game.

The Oklahoma City Thunder can match or exceed the Indiana Pacers in transition and bench depth.

The things that the Pacers pride themselves on running, keeping the basketball not turning it over... the Thunder can match you with a better bench. Their bench has actually played better. They've taken care of the basketball better and they're more than ready to run with you if you wanna run with them.

Nikola Jokic is on an unobtainable level compared to the rest of the NBA.

To me [Jokic] is unobtainable. Like you cannot get to his level right now. And there's gonna be a lot of people arguing [SGA] just because it's better... But I don't think a sane person, a real basketball person should look at this and be like, okay, SGA is now the best in the world.

The Florida Panthers are a better and deeper team than they were during their 2024 championship run.

In my opinion, I would say Florida got, you know, obviously they were really good last year and won it all, but I think they got even better and even deeper.

Coaches should always be involved in the post-series handshake line.

I just think that, you know, maybe [Paul Maurice] is downplaying how much that the coaches mean to a team... I think they deserve to be in there and, you know, whether you're winning a series or losing a series, going through that handshake line, you know, just what it means to shake every guy's hand... I think it's one of the best traditions in hockey and it shouldn't be taken away.

Tyrese Haliburton is the most important player on the Indiana Pacers

Tyrese Haliburton is the straw that stirs the drink. Correct. He is. I mean, without Tyrese, none of this works. The instant baskets after a made layup. Those don't happen without him out-letting the ball down the court. He's the most important player, I think on the team.

The Pacers vs. Thunder NBA Finals matchup will be high-quality basketball despite being small markets

I actually think this is going to be a fun matchup. I think the Pacers obviously are gonna be tall task. 'cause OKC looks nearly unstoppable... since January 1st, the best two records in the NBA are the Oklahoma City Thunder... and the Indiana Pacers... I'm very excited for this matchup. And I think the Pacers are very much deserving. People are gonna be like, oh, well this, this sucks two smaller markets. The Pacers are just playing great basketball.