Takes

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.

Getting into a line brawl is the best way to shift momentum when you're losing a playoff series

As a hockey expert, my plan, whenever you're getting your ass kicked in a series and you wanna shift it around, just get into a massive line brawl at the end of that game and just try to change the energies up somehow.

I would rather be down 3-0 in a series than 3-1 because of the lack of pressure

It does sound stupid, but I just think vibes wise, 3-0, I know what you're saying. 3-0, you can kind of sneak up on 'em. 3-1, you can't... when you're down 3-0, if you can win game four and five, all the pressure flips back.

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.

There is currently no clear next dominant chess player among the younger generation

I wanna see somebody among the kids, like really stand out and be a serious threat to be that new number one guy who can actually dominate... with the kids right now, I don't, I don't see it like there are a lot of them are really talented, but it, it is not obvious that some one of them is gonna, is gonna dominate.

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.

Carlos Alcaraz is on track to become the greatest tennis player of all time.

[Alcaraz] is on goat track. We're on Goat Watch. He's won his, I think he just won his fifth... and he does it on all the surfaces.

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.

Sean O'Malley's decision to abstain from masturbation for 10 months before his fight was a mistake.

Sean O'Malley didn't jerk off for 10 months and then lost in the third round. Not a good choice. You have to, if you come out and say, 'Hey, I'm not jerking off,' you have to win.

James Dolan getting involved again will ruin the Knicks

This would make me nervous as a Knicks fan because James Dolan, they're like little run here where they've gotten back to being a good team. Feels like James Dolan took a step back. Now he's maybe taking a step back forward and he's a shithead owner that will ruin something.

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.

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.

The best way to lower your golf score is to get good from 100 yards and in

If you wanna get good at golf, number one I'd say is get good from a hundred yards and in. 'cause then all your bad [shots] drop... get in the hole in three shots, you know, like you're gonna, your scores are gonna get lower so much quicker.

The Indiana Pacers' game plan is to lull you to sleep and then fuck your world up in the last three minutes

The Indiana Pacers have done it again. They stole game one in Oklahoma City. These pacers, they just keep doing it... The Pacer's game plan is to lull you to sleep, being giving you a 10 point lead and then in the last three minutes, fuck your world up.

The Indiana Pacers are a legitimate team whose playoff success is no fluke

The Indiana Pacers are for real. I know that it's like crazy to say, even though they're already in the NBA finals, but they were that big of a underdogs and this game just it at some point what they're doing is not fluke.

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.

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.

The New York Jets are adopting a 'meat and potatoes' approach similar to the Detroit Lions

I like what the Jets are doing... They're trying to do what the Lions did... They didn't have a big splashy off season where they're in the middle of all sorts of discussion and hype... it was a very meat and potatoes approach.

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.

Jay Wright as the head coach of the Knicks would be fantastic.

Jay Wright as the Nick's head coach would be fantastic... outside Rick Brunson, he has more connections, deeper connections than anyone else out there in the coaching pool.

I'm anxious that CJ Stroud's arm soreness will become a long-term worry.

I'm not worried about him yet. But I am worried that I might end up worried about him. Pre-worried. I'm worried that I'm gonna be worried about him. Yeah. I think they call that anxiety.

Cal Raleigh should be a legitimate candidate for AL MVP.

We talked about Cal Raleigh on Monday and how awesome he is and he should be considered for the MVP.

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.

Andrew Nembhard is an elite defender based on his playoff performance against Lillard, Mitchell, and Brunson

Andrew Nembhard... was incredible... he was playing ferocious defense on [Brunson]... through the playoffs, he, when he, he's a primary defender. Damien Lillard... 23.3% field goal percentage... Donovan Mitchell... 23.3% field goal percentage... And then against Jalen Brunson, 38.2% field goal percentage... He was awesome.

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.

The Indiana Pacers are the best team in the Eastern Conference

The Pacers played the best basketball, the most consistently of any team in the postseason. Is that fair to say? Yeah, definitely. Okay. So ipso facto, they're the best team in the East.

The New York Knicks will regret not going further in the 2025 playoffs

I think when time comes and you look back at this year, you're gonna regret not going farther. And you're gonna understand how golden of an opportunity this was to get to the finals with all of the injuries and the path just opening wide up.

Karl-Anthony Towns is the greatest scapegoat in NBA history

I think Kat [Karl-Anthony Towns] is the greatest scapegoat in NBA history in terms of like, this happened with him with the Timberwolves too. And I'm not saying the Kat is a perfect player... But Kat is not like your only problem. He's still a big guy. And you'd rather, if you have a problem on defense, you'd rather he be a large man than a small man.

Jalen Brunson is a liability on defense

you have to admit that Jalen Brunson is a liability on defense. Yes.

Cal Raleigh is a legitimate MVP candidate and deserves more national attention

Cal Raleigh is the catcher for Seattle Mariners. He has 23 home runs and that's insane. It's nuts that he's doing this as a catcher... He won't win MVP, but he's got my vote. First catcher with 20 home runs before June.

Nikola Jokic is immovable and possesses the strength of an NFL offensive tackle

the dude is like, he's like offensive tackle strong. Like, he's like immovable, right? And then he doesn't like make these super aggressive moves to get into the post. He just like takes, takes a foot bumps you, takes another foot bumps you.

The Jets have a chance this season because they finally have a mobile quarterback

I guess my question is, you know, do we have a chance? I mean, he's a great guy. He is a runner. Right? At least we got a runner. I always have faith.

Barry Bonds and Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame

I might be inclined to vote for Rose to get in, you know? And I think Barry Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame because everybody... most of the power hitters were, and he's by far the best hitter to ever play the sport. It's a museum at the end of the day.

Tyrese Haliburton needs to be more consistent to take the next step as a superstar

This is kind of the knock on [Haliburton] is that he has nights like Tuesday, which are out of this world good... and then you have nights like tonight where he doesn't really, like, can't really tell that he is out there. I think to take that next step, you can't have nights like tonight.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are significantly better than the Minnesota Timberwolves

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the NBA finals. Absolutely curb stomped the Timberwolves in Game five completely. Like that series wasn't really competitive... the Thunder are significantly better than the Timberwolves.

OKC is the toughest task in the NBA and is heavily favored to win the title

I think they're minus 625 right now in the DraftKings Sportsbook to win the title... it's gonna be a tall task to beat the Thunder in a seven game series.

Anthony Edwards cannot be the face of the NBA until he makes a Finals appearance

Anthony Edwards has been, people have been trying to put the face of this league on him... I don't think he can be the face of this league without getting to a finals.

The Chicago Bears roster has enough built-in talent to win 3-4 more games just by having a competent staff

Everything Chicago has done the last couple years... I thought Chicago had the most built in wins based on their current... how many wins are there just built into that roster? I thought Chicago had the biggest spread... there's three or four wins built into that roster like that [with Ben Johnson].

The Chicago Bears are the best coaching job in the NFL because of their built-in win floor

Everything Chicago has done the last couple years... Chicago had the most built in wins based on their current [roster]... there's three or four wins built into that roster just [by being organized].