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#PMT-2017-0630-5647
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NASA is creating neon clouds to distract Donald Trump and maintain their funding

The fake nerds at NASA are just doing anything that they can to stay in front of Donald Trump, like distracting him like a laser pointer on the wall that says NASA so they can keep getting funding. They're back on their bullshit. They're making fake colored clouds. Shooting rockets up and just shooting out neon colored clouds.

Hot TakePoliticsHotSarcastic
NASA did launch a rocket to create colorful clouds for atmospheric study in June 2017, but PFT's reasoning is satirical.
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Take Slip·Jun 28, 2017
#PMT-2017-0628-17383
Malik MonkMalik Monk

I can beat a 54-year-old Michael Jordan one-on-one

I mean, I always think of somebody who's a lot older than me. In the 50s, I have a pretty good shot of winning. ... No, I was just saying that because he's pretty older now. I think I have a pretty good shot at it.

The match never happened, but it's a legendary hypothetical that defined Monk's draft entry.
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Take Slip·Jun 26, 2017
#PMT-2017-0626-2148
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tim Tebow will be in the Major Leagues later this year

The Mets have such bad injuries that [Tim] Tebow is just going to be on the Mets. He's going to be in the major leagues later on this year.

Tim Tebow never made the Major Leagues during his professional baseball career, let alone in 2017.
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Take Slip·Jun 26, 2017
#PMT-2017-0626-2152
Bob StoopsBob Stoops

I would not return to coaching even for a $100 million offer

Why would I do that? I would have stayed doing what I was doing. So I was ready to make $6 million almost at Oklahoma. Already built, already ready to roll. [Even for] $100 million. Obviously, it's not about money. So, no, I'm good. I'm good.

Stoops eventually returned to coaching for the XFL (Dallas Renegades) and as an interim head coach for Oklahoma for one game in 2021, but he never took another full-time permanent college or NFL coaching job.
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#PMT-2017-0626-2155
Big CatBig Cat

Russell Wilson is at the bottom of NFL coolness

Derek Carr is pretty much a great player, pretty lame dude. Way cooler than Russell Wilson. But to be chirping Russell Wilson and ball-busting Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson is actually at the bottom of NFL players when it comes to coolness.

Coolness is entirely subjective, though this sentiment became widely shared by fans in later years of Wilson's career.
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Take Slip·Jun 23, 2017
#PMT-2017-0623-11363
Big CatBig Cat

Bulls front office members Gar Foreman and John Paxson remain fuckheads

Gar Foreman and John Paxson remain fuckheads. [The Bulls] never even began, but yes, it is over. They're dead... You got trainers saying that they're worse than drug dealers. [Paxson], you choked out your coach, Vinny Del Negro, and punched him. Don't tell me that you have morals.

The Bulls front office was widely criticized for this trade and the subsequent failed rebuild, eventually leading to their firing in 2020.
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#PMT-2017-0623-11376
Billy FootballBilly Football

Incoming college freshmen should break up with their long-term girlfriends

So I've been dating my girlfriend for around a year now. [Billy Football]: Okay, dumper. Break up. Pretty easy stuff.

General consensus among upperclassmen often supports the 'Turkey Day Drop' theory, but it's inherently subjective advice.
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Take Slip·Jun 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0619-18073
Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka is too attractive to win a major tournament

[Brooks Koepka] is way too attractive to win any kind of major tournament. Usually you need a receding hairline, some Phil Mickelson man boobs, some Tiger Woods inner demons. Give me one flaw that I can make fun of you for on Twitter and make me feel better as a person.

Koepka ended up being one of the most dominant major champions of his era, winning five total majors despite his good looks.
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Take Slip·Jun 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0619-18076
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NBA prospects suck until they actually prove it in the league

I'm of the mindset that the best players in the world are currently in the NBA, and if you're not in the NBA yet, then you suck. I don't see anybody competing against the superstars for the next five to ten years. I haven't seen [Markelle Fultz] play, so he must suck.

Markelle Fultz's career was famously derailed by injuries and shooting issues, making him one of the most disappointing #1 overall picks in NBA history.
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#PMT-2017-0619-18084
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant should lean into the 'fart face' rumors to be relatable

The reason why people hate you [Kevin Durant] right now is that you joined a 73-win team to win a title. Give us something to make you relatable. Be the fart face guy. It actually humanizes him a little bit, doesn't it?

Durant never embraced the rumors and continued to struggle with his public image on social media for years.
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Take Slip·Jun 16, 2017
#PMT-2017-0616-19756
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If Conor McGregor beats Floyd Mayweather, boxing should just jump off a cliff

If McGregor wins, boxing should just jump off a cliff. This is the only time, at least that I can remember, that if one person wins in a matchup, he has the ability to defeat an entire sport. Just close an entire sport down.

Floyd Mayweather won the fight via TKO, so the 'entire sport' of boxing was spared this fate.
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#PMT-2017-0616-19762
HankHank

Apple purposefully sells iPhone chargers that break so you have to buy more

My number one [minor inconvenience] is buying iPhone chargers from, like, a gas station, and then when you plug them in, they just don't work... [Steve Jobs] basically has made a charger that cannot be duplicated... They have chargers that you can charge your iPhone once and it's just charged forever. They just won't sell them to us.

While planned obsolescence is a debated topic, the claim of a 'forever' charger is factually unfounded.
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#PMT-2017-0616-19768
Big CatBig Cat

Odell Beckham Jr. is actually a workmanlike professional who just goes about his business

I'm kind of on Odell's side here because those newspapers and all those media outlets have unfairly criticized him. He's just a guy who goes about his business, doesn't make things about him... Workmanlike. Punch in, punch out. So I'm on his side.

OpinionFootballHotSarcastic
This is a satirical characterization that contradicts OBJ's actual high-profile behavior at the time.
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Take Slip·Jun 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0614-2664
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kevin Durant lost his man card for spitting out a beer while celebrating

All the money in the world, all the championships in the world, they can't buy you back your man card. So he was in the locker room afterwards celebrating, took a sip of beer, and just spit it out all over himself.

Whether one 'loses a man card' over a beer spit-take is entirely subjective and a comedy bit.
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#PMT-2017-0614-2665
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mitch Trubisky should start early because the Tim Tebow model worked for John Fox

John Fox... just said he wants to start getting Mitch Trubisky as much experience as possible, as early as possible... because it worked really well when he got Tebow. All that experience right away.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Trubisky did eventually start in Week 5 of his rookie year, but the 'Tebow model' comparison is purely satirical.
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Take Slip·Jun 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0614-2667
Nick WrightNick Wright

LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of all time

I think LeBron's the greatest player ever. You disagree with that, and we can have that discussion as well if you'd like.

The GOAT debate is inherently subjective.
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Take Slip·Jun 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0614-2671
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A Labor Day fight between Mayweather and McGregor would heavily favor McGregor

I heard somewhere that it was going to be maybe Labor Day weekend. In which case... it would heavily favor McGregor. Because Irish people hate working and love getting into fights and you get into a lot of fights when you're not working.

The fight happened in August, not Labor Day, and McGregor lost to Mayweather.
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Take Slip·Jun 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0614-2672
Big CatBig Cat

Eddie Lacy is purposely sucking while in shape to prove he was better when he was fat

What's to say Eddie Lacy meets all his goals, gets in shape, and then purposely sucks? So everyone's like, wait, he was better when he was fat.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Lacy was ineffective for Seattle in 2017 regardless of weight, effectively ending his career after that season.
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Take Slip·Jun 12, 2017
#PMT-2017-0612-13524
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The U.S. government should use being a hockey fan as an interrogation technique for terrorists

The United States government should make one of their new enhanced interrogation techniques for terrorists. Just make the terrorists become a hockey fan. Watch three overtimes. And then have to watch playoff games until their team loses in the Stanley Cup Finals.

This is a subjective, satirical comparison that cannot be factually proven.
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#PMT-2017-0612-13554
Big CatBig Cat

Celebrating a tie in soccer is un-American and makes me want to puke

The amount of celebration over a tie makes me want to puke... Very un-American. We play to win the game. That's why we've won every war we've ever been in. That's America.

In sports culture, celebrating ties is often seen as negative, though strategically in soccer it is often necessary. The claim about winning every war is factually debated but fits the character.
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Take Slip·Jun 9, 2017
#PMT-2017-0609-14601
HankHank

LeBron James has no killer instinct because he is a father of three

LeBron's a father of three, so this might have something to do with it, but he just has no killer instinct. He's too close to life. If you're the best player in the world, quotation marks, and you have the ball the way he had the ball at the end of the game, you take it to the hole and you try and get fouled. Or you at least ask for the ball.

LeBron James has since won another title (2020) and became the all-time leading scorer; the 'no killer instinct' narrative has largely been debunked by his career longevity and volume of clutch performances.
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Take Slip·Jun 9, 2017
#PMT-2017-0609-14603
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sidney Crosby is the biggest thug in hockey

Is Sidney Crosby the biggest thug in hockey? He did two things tonight... He dribbled P.K. Subban's face off the ice like it was Deron Williams just dribbling out of bounds... And he threw a water bottle onto the ice during play. Wow. Dangerous.

Hot TakeHockeyHotSarcastic
Sidney Crosby is widely considered one of the greatest and most skilled players ever, not a 'thug', though he has had moments of grit and frustration.
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#PMT-2017-0609-14608
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Christian Pulisic will make soccer the biggest sport in America

This guy, he is going to make soccer the biggest sport in America. This is the guy. It actually already happened with Freddy Adu, and then John Harkes, and then DeMarcus Beasley, but it's happening again before our eyes.

PredictionSoccerHotSarcastic
While Pulisic became the most successful American male player ever (winning a Champions League), soccer has not overtaken football, basketball, or baseball in US popularity.
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Take Slip·Jun 9, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-0609-14609
Big CatBig Cat

Kurt Eichenwald should embrace being the tentacle porn guy on Twitter

I think he just needs to own that block. He needs to be the tentacle porn guy. Just change your avatar to like an octopus... and just put your head right on top.

Eichenwald did not follow this advice; he continued to get roasted and eventually left Newsweek.
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Take Slip·Jun 9, 2017·Jimbos
#PMT-2017-0609-14611
Big CatBig Cat

The ultimate parenting life hack is buying a trampoline for your neighbor's kids

Here's really what the life hack is right here. Buy your neighbor a trampoline for his kids... He can fucking assemble it. He can hurt his grass. And now your kid is not around anymore. Just tramp cuck him.

This is a social engineering strategy that works in theory but depends on having a neighbor willing to accept and assemble a massive trampoline.
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Take Slip·Jun 7, 2017
#PMT-2017-0607-9234
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cleveland Cavaliers have the worst hair of any team in NBA history

It just occurred to me, the Cavaliers are probably the NBA team with the worst hair of all time, and they're matched up against the team [Warriors] with the worst facial hair of all time.

Hair quality is a matter of personal taste.
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Take Slip·Jun 7, 2017
#PMT-2017-0607-9240
Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

There is a 30% chance Alex Ovechkin gets traded this offseason

Do you think that that's [Ovechkin being traded] really going to happen? I would say it's like 30% chance of happening. But that's 29% more than last year... I wouldn't be shocked, put it that way.

Ovechkin was not traded and went on to win the Stanley Cup with the Capitals the following season (2018).
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Take Slip·Jun 5, 2017
#PMT-2017-0605-18207
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If the Cavaliers come back to win the series, fans should unsubscribe from the podcast

You can quote me on this. If the Cavaliers end up coming back and winning this series, unsubscribe. For one day.

The Cavs did not come back, so the 'unsubscribe' trigger never happened.
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Take Slip·Jun 5, 2017
#PMT-2017-0605-18210
Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

Five Kurt Rambises with LeBron's brain would beat five Kurt Rambises with Michael Jordan's brain

Because it's slower and LeBron clearly has the size advantage... I just ran the numbers on my calculator, and I am going with LeBron on this. [Five Kurt Rambises with LeBron's brain versus five with MJ's brain]

This is a completely fictional hypothetical scenario.
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#PMT-2017-0605-18213
Big CatBig Cat

Professional sports should allow players to fight one fan per year to keep them in check

Every single sport should allow a player to have one time a year where they can fight a fan. It would keep fans in check. You never know if you're going to be that guy... It's like, and then once you use it, then the fans can really go in on you because it's like, oh, he's already used his this year.

This is a structural proposal for sports leagues, not a verifiable fact.
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Take Slip·Jun 2, 2017
#PMT-2017-0602-16920
Big CatBig Cat

The NBA is now Kevin Durant's league and the torch has been passed from LeBron James

Are you ready for my hot, hot, hot take from Game 1 of the NBA Finals? Hit me. The torch has been passed. It is Kevin Durant's league. Whose man's is the NBA? I said that, yeah. It's Kevin Durant's man's. Passed that off. He said, here you go, KD. It is your league now. Your league.

KD won Finals MVP and the title in 2017, reinforcing the idea that he had reached the summit, though LeBron remained a top player for years.
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#PMT-2017-0602-16929
Big CatBig Cat

NASA is firing a rocket into the sun to distract the public from the search for aliens

NASA's come out. They're shooting a rocket into the sun. I don't really understand what's going on... NASA's trying to keep us off the aliens. That's pretty clear because if you're sitting in NASA... Find the aliens or fire a Roman candle into the sun, which we know already is really hot.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
The probe was for scientific solar research, and there is no evidence it was a cover-up for alien discovery.
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Take Slip·May 31, 2017
#PMT-2017-0531-1513
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm picking the Cavs in seven over the Warriors

PFT, you're on the record as saying the Cavs in seven. Yes, Cavs in seven. Dangerous pick. I'm going out on their limb. Just because if I'm one of many people who are right, nobody gives a shit. But if I'm the only one who's right, then people pay attention.

The Warriors won the series in 5 games.
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#PMT-2017-0531-1517
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Browns hiring Ryan Grigson is a threat to the AFC North

My hot seat is the AFC North. And my reason why is because the Browns hired Ryan Grigson. So watch out... I'm very excited to see how Ryan Grigson can fuck up the Browns even more. It will be interesting. That's a great challenge for that guy.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Grigson's tenure in Cleveland was brief and unremarkable, and the Browns went 0-16 that following season (2017).
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#PMT-2017-0531-1519
Big CatBig Cat

The Capitals and Ovechkin should split up because their regular season success is too good

I do think I am of the mindset that the Capitals and the [Ovechkin] should just be like, you know, hey, maybe this thing isn't working out anymore. Maybe it's just, you know, we love each other. Maybe our sex is just too good. Our regular season sex is too good. So we got to split up.

The Capitals kept Ovechkin and won the Cup the next year, proving the 'split up' take wrong.
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#PMT-2017-0530-16844
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tiger Woods' DUI arrest gives him street cred

I didn't think that Tiger Woods could have any more street cred, but he certainly does now. Now he's got it all.

Whether this provided 'street cred' is purely subjective and satirical.
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Take Slip·May 30, 2017
#PMT-2017-0530-16848
TJ LangTJ Lang

The Detroit Lions will win the NFC North in 2017

I think we're going to win the division. Okay. I'll start there.

The Minnesota Vikings won the NFC North in 2017. The Lions finished second.
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Take Slip·May 30, 2017·Picks
#PMT-2017-0530-16852
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cavaliers will beat the Warriors in seven games in the 2017 NBA Finals

I got Cavs in seven.

The Cavs lost the series 4-1.
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Take Slip·May 30, 2017·Picks
#PMT-2017-0530-16853
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is maybe better than Michael Jordan

And LeBron James... better than Michael Jordan, maybe. Tune into FS1, Colin Cowherd will tell you about it for the next four hours.

The GOAT debate is inherently subjective.
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Take Slip·May 26, 2017
#PMT-2017-0526-15484
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James threw Game 3 against the Celtics to help the Celtics' ticket sales

LeBron James threw Game 3 just so that all of Boston had to buy tickets for Game 5 so that he could buttfuck them in public.

This is a conspiratorial interpretation of a single game loss; it's practically impossible to prove but LeBron did go on to destroy Boston in Game 5.
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#PMT-2017-0526-15498
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brock Osweiler helped his teams by keeping the defense on the field

The Texans had a really good defense. And so Osweiler did a great job of keeping their best unit on the field. [Same with the Broncos]. Brock Osweiler knows how to have his team play to its strengths by always keeping the defense on the field.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Literally incorrect; having the defense on the field for long periods is a disadvantage, but the sarcastic 'spin' makes it a memorable bad take.
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Take Slip·May 24, 2017
#PMT-2017-0524-7574
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kyrie Irving wouldn't have gotten off the bench for John Wooden in the 1960s

If [Kyrie Irving] played back in the 60s, he wouldn't have got off the bench on John Wooden's team. Dribbles between the legs too much. A little bit of a ball hog. A little bit of a flashy showboat. But I guess if you score points in today's day and age, that's all you need.

This is a subjective historical counterfactual used for comedic effect.
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#PMT-2017-0524-7580
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ohio State's program lacks class compared to Michigan

My hot seat is Ohio State. I'm sorry. The Ohio State University. We went to Michigan today. We met with Jim Harbaugh. It was great... All class exuding from the campus on Ann Arbor, unlike those guys down in Columbus. I'm just saying. They could – You still can rectify it. We're going to Columbus today. I don't want to be too mean to the guys in Columbus, but I'm just saying you guys are behind right now.

This is a subjective rivalry-based take.
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Take Slip·May 24, 2017
#PMT-2017-0524-7590
Big CatBig Cat

Mike Zimmer should replace his eye with a glass eye featuring the Vikings logo

At some point, wouldn't a football guy just say, take the fucking eye out, put in a glass eye, and have it be the logo of whatever team I'm coaching?

OpinionFootballHotSarcastic
Mike Zimmer never replaced his eye with a logoed glass eye; he eventually stabilized his vision through surgeries.
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Take Slip·May 24, 2017
#PMT-2017-0524-7592
Big CatBig Cat

Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg are not speaking off-air

Fair Play, Mike and Mike, if you haven't heard, Mike and Mike are not speaking... They are in an icy, icy relationship. They are not speaking at all off air.

It was later confirmed by both Mikes that the end of their show was extremely tense and they were barely speaking during the transition.
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Take Slip·May 22, 2017
#PMT-2017-0522-19442
Big CatBig Cat

Adam Silver texted LeBron James and told him to play bad for ratings and revenue

Did LeBron James get a text from Adam Silver being like, 'Hey, LeBron, all anyone can talk about is how the NBA Finals are nine days away after you sweep the Celtics. We're going to really need some more cash here, so could you just suck for an entire game and look totally disinterested?'

This is a satirical conspiracy theory that is factually incorrect regarding actual league mandates.
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#PMT-2017-0522-19447
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If your wife goes away on business, you should move farther away from her to make her miss you more

Here's a pro tip for all you guys out there that are married. If your wife goes away on business, move farther away from your wife. Make her want to come to you.

This is terrible relationship advice given for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·May 22, 2017
#PMT-2017-0522-19449
Bob HugginsBob Huggins

Cincinnati would have won a national title in 2000 if Kenyon Martin didn't get hurt

I think anybody who doesn't [think we would have won] don't know anything about basketball. [I think about it] not more than four or five times a day.

This is a famous sports 'what if'. Cincy was the favorite, but since it didn't happen, it remains subjective.
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Take Slip·May 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0519-18216
Big CatBig Cat

I am officially off Greg Popovich because of how he treats the media

I'm off of him. I'm off of Pop. No, but it's picking up a little steam. Greg Popovich just being a dickhead to people while everyone says, wow, Pop tells it like it is. He's so funny. And then he says a long political statement without really saying anything. And everyone's like, man, Pop keeps it real.

This is a subjective opinion on Popovich's personality and media relations.
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Take Slip·May 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0519-18217
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant is staying under the radar but he is still a 'baby back bitch'

Not a lot of talk about Kevin Durant being a baby back bitch. Nobody says. He's under the radar right now. Just don't forget the sloucher, the Durantula, the servant... It's all falling in nicely for Kevin Durant, though. He's staying under the radar, so just keep your eye out.

Durant's reputation among certain fans remained negative following his move to Golden State, though he won the championship that year.
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