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#PMT-2020-0403-7032
Big CatBig Cat

Billy Mitchell's wife is the reason he is the 'King of the Nerds'

I actually kind of think his wife has big tits and I think that that is the greatest equalizer in like nerd world where they're like, 'Whoa, Billy look at the fucking the tits on your wife' and then he just becomes the King of the Nerds.

This is a crude, subjective observation about the social dynamics shown in the 'King of Kong' documentary.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2020
#PMT-2020-0401-6363
Big CatBig Cat

I am officially cancelling all sports until 2022 to avoid further heartbreak

I'm approaching [cancellations] the exact opposite way. I am cancelled sports for 2020, 2021 and possibly 2022 and anything that we get that comes sooner than that is a bonus. I'm not gonna let myself get my heart broken over and over... the world has ended and sports are over.

Sports returned much earlier than 2022 (summer/fall 2020), making this literal prediction incorrect.
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Take Slip·Mar 30, 2020
#PMT-2020-0330-14751
Big CatBig Cat

A-Rod probably saved sports and the world by talking to President Trump

A-Rod probably saved sports and the world but I'm not bragging about it... Sports will probably be back before you even know because President Trump called up A-Rod on Friday night.

While Trump did call A-Rod, A-Rod did not actually 'save the world' or sports; the pandemic continued for years.
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#PMT-2020-0330-14754
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Britney Spears set a world record by running the 100m dash in 5.97 seconds

Britney Spears set a world record in the 100 meter dash. She ran a hundred meters in 5.97 seconds on a treadmill which is four seconds faster than Usain Bolt... no one's gonna break that record.

This is physically impossible for a human; the treadmill or the timing was incorrect. Usain Bolt's record is 9.58 seconds.
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Take Slip·Mar 27, 2020
#PMT-2020-0327-7526
Lavar BallLavar Ball

Big Baller Brand is worth over one billion dollars

The net worth of big baller brand is estimated to be over 1 billion dollars... what's it worth? why everybody knows it's worth a billion. Why do you think they come at me so hard? Because I know it's worth a billion dollars.

While the brand has notoriety, no financial valuation or sale has ever validated a $1 billion price tag; the company struggled with manufacturing and internal theft issues.
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Take Slip·Mar 27, 2020
#PMT-2020-0327-7527
Lavar BallLavar Ball

I will not get the coronavirus because my resistance level is too high

My resistance level is very high. I ain't gonna get no coronavirus man. Last time I got sick I was in kindergarten.

It is scientifically impossible to be 'immune' based on 'resistance levels' without a vaccine or previous exposure, though it is unknown if he personally contracted it later.
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Take Slip·Mar 27, 2020
#PMT-2020-0327-7528
Lavar BallLavar Ball

A prime Lavar Ball would kill Zion Williamson one-on-one

Prime Lavar Ball versus Zion Williamson one-on-one? Murder that boy. Too small. He too soft. He too slow. I was way too fast for that boy in my prime. I will kill him. I was just too strong and too fast.

Zion Williamson is a generational NBA athlete. Lavar averaged 2.2 points per game at Washington State. This is physically and statistically absurd.
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Take Slip·Mar 27, 2020
#PMT-2020-0327-7530
Lavar BallLavar Ball

I would coach the New York Knicks to an NBA championship in one year if they signed all three of my sons

Would I coach the New York Knicks? I'm coach that team, but I have to have all three of my boys over there. If I have all three of them go to the championship one year. That's all it took me one time and then he said it down I'm gone. My boys play at a whole different level when I am there.

The Knicks did not hire Lavar or sign all three sons, and they have not won a championship since 1973.
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#PMT-2020-0325-7229
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dude Perfect is responsible for the coronavirus because their trick shot gong was made in Wuhan

I'm putting Dude Perfect on the hot seat. I don't know if you've seen them recently, but they were showing off the gong that they have in their Dude Perfect warehouse... and it says proudly made in Wuhan right on the big gong there. So many people are asking is Dude Perfect responsible for the stuff that's going on the world.

The take is a comedic conspiracy theory and not literally true.
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#PMT-2020-0323-2595
HankHank

Frosted Flakes is easily the worst cereal option

This is way more controversial than my last one. But easily my least favorite cereal Frosted Flakes... growing up and I go to my friend's house for sleepovers or whatever and they go on Frosted Flakes. No disgusting.

Completely subjective matter of taste.
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Take Slip·Mar 23, 2020·PR 101
#PMT-2020-0323-2606
Big CatBig Cat

Jamal Murray should claim he has coronavirus to make people forget his accidental sex tape

PR 101 for him. I don't know what you do. You just actually say you have coronavirus. There you go think that really is the only way out. If you say you have coronavirus people will just feel bad for you and then kind of forget that that happened.

Hot TakeMediaScorchingSarcastic
Murray did not take this advice; he stuck with the 'I was hacked' excuse.
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Take Slip·Mar 18, 2020
#PMT-2020-0318-10389
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill O'Brien is a sleeper agent for Bill Belichick designed to implode AFC teams

I remain convinced this day that Bill O'Brien is a sleeper agent for Bill Belichick as are all of his former assistant coaches that go out across the country take jobs usually in the AFC implode teams and then come back to ensure the Patriots and get to the Super Bowl faster.

Satirical claim that cannot be proven true or false, but O'Brien's tenure in Houston did end in disaster.
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Take Slip·Mar 11, 2020
#PMT-2020-0311-3338
Big CatBig Cat

If they cancel March Madness, I will intentionally contract coronavirus the next day

If they cancel March Madness—I'm not talking about playing it with no fans—if they cancel it outright, I will get coronavirus the next day. I do not want to be healthy in a world where March Madness does not exist.

The tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020. Big Cat did not literally contract the virus the next day as a result.
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Take Slip·Mar 9, 2020
#PMT-2020-0309-18256
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chugging Tito's Vodka can help prevent Coronavirus

I think it's a bitch. I'm going to chug. I think I saw some people that were making their own hand sanitizer out of Tito's vodka and like aloe vera. Okay, so I think if you stay drunk then it's going to kill all the incoming virus and it won't be able to attach ourselves. Right? This is alcohol is an anti. Yeah antiviral.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Ingesting alcohol does not prevent or cure COVID-19 and can actually weaken the immune system.
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Take Slip·Mar 9, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0309-18263
Big CatBig Cat

Wearing a 'PMT Karate Black Belt' shirt is the ultimate life hack to avoid fights

I have an idea it dawned on me... we are going to start PMT karate and sell the shirt... you according to us. We are the heads of PMT. Karate you listening right now. You have a black belt. Yeah, so you are not stealing Valor... No one will fight you. That's the whole point of wearing the shirt.

While the shirts were likely sold, the claim that they would make the hosts 'millionaires' or actually prevent fights is humorous exaggeration.
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#PMT-2020-0306-5887
Big CatBig Cat

Coronavirus is an overrated, fraud of a disease

It's a bitch little disease... I agree. We called it out as being a fraud being overrated last week. I'm not I'm not changing that up... I'm not convinced about this Corona thing. I'll take coronavirus to the face right now.

Coronavirus was not a fraud and caused a global pandemic that killed millions and halted sports for months. This is perhaps one of the most famously incorrect takes in show history.
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Take Slip·Mar 4, 2020
#PMT-2020-0304-14463
Thomas "Snacks" LeeThomas "Snacks" Lee

I believe I could give Kevin Durant a run for his money in a one-on-one basketball game

I'll most definitely... I actually like to make that happen. I actually think I give [Durant] a run for his money.

While Lee hit a great shot, he is a student manager and Kevin Durant is an all-time NBA great. Literaly, this is incorrect.
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#PMT-2020-0228-10270
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Coronavirus is an overrated threat with a 'trash' mortality rate

I would say that the Corona virus is overrated because it only has a two percent mortality rate, which frankly is trash like 2% get Okay, and I would I would honestly get coronavirus just for the content. I think it would be a good addition to the show.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The COVID-19 pandemic became one of the most significant global events in history, causing millions of deaths and major social upheaval, far exceeding an 'overrated' 8-seed ranking.
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Take Slip·Feb 28, 2020
#PMT-2020-0228-10269
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steven Seagal can't be arrested for fraud because Bitcoin 2 Gen was obviously a pyramid scheme

I don't think that Steven Seagal is off the hook on this one because you can't get arrested for fraud If the product is called this is literally fraud, right? So he's very open about how fraudulent Bitcoin to Jin was. So it's not like it's false advertising.

Seagal was actually charged by the SEC for failing to disclose payments he received for promoting the ICO and reached a settlement.
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Take Slip·Feb 17, 2020
#PMT-2020-0217-692
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jose Altuve's 'unfinished tattoo' excuse for not wanting his jersey ripped off is a cover for steroid-induced back acne.

No, it wasn't a tattoo. I was just embarrassed because I had a ton of bacne from all the steroids I was taking. Reframe the conversation. Type of cheating... the cheating that's allowed.

This is satirical and unlikely to be the literal reason, but Altuve's tattoo excuse was widely mocked.
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Take Slip·Feb 14, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0214-3960
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I might get an NFL call-up as a 'camp leg' based on my XFL kicking film

I'm also thinking that there's an outside chance that with what I've put on film already and what I will continue to put on film, maybe I get a call for a training camp for an NFL team. Maybe I'm a camp leg... They need camp legs. I'm not worse than Vinatieri. I'm a better kicker than the greatest kicker of all time.

PFT did not receive an NFL training camp invite.
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Take Slip·Feb 14, 2020
#PMT-2020-0214-3964
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

American athletes are superior to Europeans in every sport

I think just for the record, if Europe's listening to me, America has superior athletes to Europeans. That's just a fact. We just do. Every single one of them is better than every European in every sport that any European has tried to play.

This is a subjective and inflammatory nationalist trope used for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·Feb 7, 2020
#PMT-2020-0207-5732
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alex Ovechkin will officially be better than Wayne Gretzky after he scores his 700th goal

And Ovi just scored his 700th goal. ... I'm predicting. I'm going to be at the Caps game on Saturday night. I'm going to see him score two more goals. And then it's going to happen. Now he's officially better than Wayne Gretzky. Perfect.

Ovechkin reached 700 goals on Feb 22, 2020 (shortly after this episode). Whether he is better than Gretzky remains the most debated topic in hockey history.
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Take Slip·Feb 3, 2020
#PMT-2020-0203-5110
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Patrick Mahomes will win 10 Super Bowl titles and 10 MVPs

Put this on a quote board right now because I truly believe this. I truly believe that Patrick Mahomes is going to end up being the first quarterback to have double digit Super Bowl titles and MVPs. 10.

While Mahomes has 3 rings currently, 10 is an unprecedented number that seems unlikely given the career length of even the most elite QBs, though he is currently on a record-breaking pace.
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Take Slip·Jan 31, 2020
#PMT-2020-0131-4972
Big CatBig Cat

Jameis Winston is a future Hall of Famer

Can we call you [David Baker] up and be like, hey, David Baker, can we say this guy's a future Hall of Famer? Are you allowed to do that? Jameis Winston. Jameis Winston could be. We'll take a 'not no' for Jameis Winston.

Jameis Winston has become a career backup and bridge starter, making a Hall of Fame induction highly unlikely.
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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2020
#PMT-2020-0127-4440
Kobe BryantKobe Bryant

If my accomplishments in the next 20 years don't exceed my NBA career, then I failed

I told somebody said listen if what I do in the next 20 years is not better than my last 20 then I failed... I wouldn't accomplish what I accomplished my last 20 years if I did not have this mentality to begin with.

Due to his untimely death, Kobe was unable to complete the 20-year window to fulfill this personal ambition. In the short time he had, he won an Oscar and built a successful media company, but the take is ultimately unresolvable.
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Take Slip·Jan 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0124-4138
Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson is a bonafide bust

Zion is a bust. Parentheses: I went to sleep at halftime.

Zion had an incredible second half in his debut and became an All-Star, proving this satirical take incorrect.
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Take Slip·Jan 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0124-4141
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers is not a great quarterback

Eli, Romo, Carson Palmer, Aaron Rodgers, Jay Cutler. These are all people that are not great quarterbacks, but were very good for a long time.

Aaron Rodgers is a 4-time MVP and first-ballot Hall of Famer; he is objectively great by any standard.
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Take Slip·Jan 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0124-4150
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeffrey Epstein is still alive

We need to find Jeffrey Epstein. Because he's still alive. That motherfucker's still alive. Let's do that. Dog the Bounty Hunter Season Two: On the Trail of Jeffrey... there's no way this guy's dead. This guy is overseas somewhere.

Officially, Epstein was declared dead by suicide in August 2019. There is no verifiable proof he is alive.
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Take Slip·Jan 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0124-4152
Dog the Bounty HunterDog the Bounty Hunter

Rapists almost never commit suicide

All rapists do not commit suicide. A person that does, shot someone else... Rapists are sissies. They like that feeling when a girl [says] 'please, please, please don't.' I've arrested a lot. And they will not most of the time kill themselves. No, he [Epstein] didn't kill himself. Somebody hung his ass.

This is a broad generalization about criminal psychology that is not a proven scientific fact.
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Take Slip·Jan 20, 2020
#PMT-2020-0120-11171
Big CatBig Cat

The Packers roster is just an average quarterback away from being a Super Bowl contender

The Packers roster, here's a nice Spin Zone for Packer fans: the Packers roster is an average quarterback away from being a Super Bowl contender. I think if they had benched Aaron Rodgers at halftime... that was the way to go, get a spark in there.

Aaron Rodgers won the NFL MVP award in 2020 and 2021, proving he was far from just 'average'.
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#PMT-2020-0110-7344
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I actually think I am going to make the DC Defenders XFL team as a kicker

They suggested, as a joke, that the DC team they don't have a kicker right now... I started practicing, and now I actually think that I'm going to make the team... I want to be a professional football player. I want to make this team. And I believe that.

PFT Commenter did not make the DC Defenders or any XFL roster. He was a 35-year-old blogger with no professional kicking experience.
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Take Slip·Jan 10, 2020·PR 101
#PMT-2020-0110-7345
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving to Canada as part of a British monarchy plan to retake dominance over the country

I think that this is the British monarchy trying to retake over Canada... Canada is like four Greenlands put together... This is the United Kingdom trying to retake over and establish dominance over Canada.

There is no evidence that the couple's relocation was a geopolitical strategy for the British monarchy to exert power over Canada.
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Take Slip·Jan 6, 2020
#PMT-2020-0106-4833
HankHank

Jameis Winston is worth more money than Tom Brady right now

Who's worth more money, Jameis Winston or Tom Brady? Jameis. ... He's just got more years. Yeah, he's 26. And he's a future Hall of Famer.

Jameis Winston became a career backup shortly after this while Brady won another Super Bowl. Winston is not tracking toward the Hall of Fame.
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Take Slip·Jan 3, 2020
#PMT-2020-0103-11837
Big CatBig Cat

Gus Johnson is not a good football announcer

I just firing off some takes that I've been sitting on and I got ratioed because I don't think Gus Johnson is a good football announcer. Okay. And people got mad.

This is entirely subjective.
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Take Slip·Dec 26, 2019
#PMT-2019-1226-7603
Jon RothsteinJon Rothstein

A VCU home game is more life-altering than a 10-day trip to Europe

Yeah, but you haven't been to a home game at the Siegel Center [VCU]. And I was like, this was peak Shaka [Smart]. This was Travion Graham, Briante Weber. Like, you want to do push-ups on picket fences when they put the press on. So this was kind of my subtle way after we broke up to kind of, like, send, you know, a shot across the bow.

Completely subjective evaluation of life experiences.
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Take Slip·Dec 23, 2019
#PMT-2019-1223-20151
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Rams should trade Aaron Donald to recoup draft picks

The Rams... essentially the gist of it was nothing is off the table here and even possibly trading Aaron Donald would be... because they don't have picks. They don't have picks in the next two drafts. So now they might have to pay back some of that all in to get some draft capital... It'd be crazy if they did that, but they would also get a lot back for it.

The Rams did not trade Aaron Donald; he remained with the team until his retirement in 2024.
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Take Slip·Dec 18, 2019
#PMT-2019-1218-8167
Big CatBig Cat

Jameis Winston will eventually be the all-time NFL touchdown leader

I think it's going to probably be Jameis' award eventually, right? They should just name it after Jameis already. Jameis being the all-time touchdown passing leader is going to be the greatest.

Jameis Winston did not become the all-time touchdown leader. He was benched/became a backup shortly after this.
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Take Slip·Dec 16, 2019
#PMT-2019-1216-6967
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers sucks now

I think Aaron Rodgers sucks. I think Aaron Rodgers sucks now. Aaron Rodgers looks like... a shell of himself... By Aaron Rodgers saying we're going to win ugly, he's getting out in front of the story so no one is drawing attention to the fact that he sucks now.

Rodgers won the NFL MVP award in both the 2020 and 2021 seasons immediately following this take.
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Take Slip·Dec 16, 2019
#PMT-2019-1216-6973
Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson is a Duke bust

Might be out for the whole year. Jesus Christ, dude. Bust. Fucking bust. Another Duke bust.

Zion Williamson became a multi-time All-Star. While injuries have hampered his career, calling him a 'bust' is factually incorrect based on performance.
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Take Slip·Dec 13, 2019
#PMT-2019-1213-17879
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lamar Jackson should sit out for three years to get a big contract

Should Lamar Jackson sit out the next three years of his career so he can get that big contract? No, we're going to NCAA if we're gonna bowl gamify. That's also NBA-ify three seasons of the NFL's Anthony Davis being like 'I want to be traded now' even though I still have [time] playing under contract.

Lamar Jackson did not sit out; he played through his rookie contract and eventually signed a massive extension in 2023.
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Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-1204-14889
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The decline in high school bullying is making kickers mentally weak

I actually think that the decline in bullying is making high school kickers more mentally weak... They're not able to be bullied at a young age. Nature would say if you're a kicker, you should get bullied a little bit in high school. You should start to weather that storm that way when you get to the NFL where you're getting death threats by strangers online, it's not affecting you as much because you got shoved in a locker when you were in ninth grade.

This is a satirical sociological take that cannot be objectively verified.
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Take Slip·Nov 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-1125-3594
Big CatBig Cat

Elon Musk is just a front for Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is just a front for Jeff Bezos because his Cybertruck was one of the funniest things I've ever seen... when people talk about Elon Musk doing stupid shit, they forget about Jeff Bezos.

This is a satirical conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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Take Slip·Nov 20, 2019
#PMT-2019-1120-3495
Tim DonaghyTim Donaghy

NBA games were manipulated by refs based on points of emphasis, not by direct point shaving

Fixing games. I mean, some people think that I went out there and put Shaquille O'Neal to the bench or LeBron James to the bench so that some of these bets won. That's really not what happened. I picked the games based on relationships that existed between referees and players, referees and coaches, and referees and owners, and what took place in the morning meetings with the referees and what was going to be called that night and how a team was going to be put at an advantage or disadvantage.

The NBA and FBI dispute aspects of Donaghy's story, but his claim remains his official stance. It cannot be fully verified beyond his own testimony.
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Take Slip·Nov 20, 2019
#PMT-2019-1120-3498
Tim DonaghyTim Donaghy

Officiating in the 2002 Lakers-Kings series was manipulated to ensure it went to Game 7

Definitely manipulate it when you talk about Dick Bavetta at the in 2002... the famous Lakers Sacramento Game 6. He openly said to a lot of us that he was the NBA's go-to guy. He was put on Game 6s to make sure they went to a Game 7 and that was one of the most fucked up games in the history of the NBA.

While widely suspected by fans and media, the NBA has never admitted to this, and Bavetta has denied it. It remains a claim of a disgraced official.
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Take Slip·Nov 20, 2019
#PMT-2019-1120-3500
Tim DonaghyTim Donaghy

55 out of 58 NBA referees were gambling in violation of their contracts

Then [David Stern] did an investigation and found out 55 out of 58 NBA referees were gambling, going to casinos, betting on football, betting on golf, couldn't fire everybody, and immediately started to backtrack that whole thing.

The NBA's internal Pedowitz Report acknowledged that many refs gambled in ways that violated league rules, but the exact number remains disputed.
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#PMT-2019-1113-6607
Big CatBig Cat

Jeffrey Epstein is alive and the Clintons used Hillary's brother's body as a decoy

The newest Jeffrey Epstein theory out there, he's not dead He's Alive and the clintons used Hillary's brother... who died six months ago as the body for Jeffrey Epstein which they never did a DNA test.

This is a wild conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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Take Slip·Nov 8, 2019·Picks
#PMT-2019-1108-1168
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Falcons will win outright against the Saints

My platinum six star under... Falcons are going to be scoring a lot. They're going to win the game.

In a shocker, the Falcons defeated the Saints 26-9 on November 10, 2019.
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Take Slip·Nov 8, 2019
#PMT-2019-1108-1176
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

James Harden plays worse in cities with high-quality strip clubs

A person on Reddit did a deep dive... and came to the conclusion that if James Harden is in a city with an above-average strip club, he has a bad performance on the court... Credit to him for doing the research. And it shows a statistical correlation.

While it was a real analysis posted to Reddit that gained massive traction, it is a spurious correlation used for comedy.
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Take Slip·Nov 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-1104-10543
Big CatBig Cat

Jameis Winston is a future Hall of Famer

I'm a Jameis believer now. I think Jameis is going to be a Hall of Fame quarterback. He has all the makings for it. He has a bunch of advanced statistics... Jameis Winston is the unluckiest quarterback of all time. He commits turnovers at the worst possible times just out of pure luck.

Jameis Winston's 30/30 season (30 TDs, 30 INTs) in 2019 led to him being a backup for years. He is nowhere near the Hall of Fame.
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