Takes

Doing work is more fulfilling than pursuing girls

Doing work lasts longer and more fulfilling. Took me 35 years to figure it out... Fact confirmed. Doing girls very cool, but doing work lasts longer and more fulfilling.

Deion Sanders is Father of the Year for getting his son, a fifth-round talent, mocked as a first-round draft pick

Deion Sanders actually father of the year because he got his fourth round son mocked as a first rounder. Yeah. That's pretty crazy. You don't usually have that happen where a guy ends up going pick 144 is mocked in a lot of mocks as a first rounder. So credit to Deion.

Jalen Milroe is an incredible athlete but struggles to throw the football consistently

Jalen Milroe is an incredible athlete. You could be like, 'Hey, the upside makes sense.' [Milroe] struggles to throw the football at times and that's what a quarterback should do.

Nikola Jokic is definitively the best basketball player in the world

This game was [Nikola] Jokic just reminding everyone that he's the best player in the world because he was... he had 36, 21 and eight, which is just insane.

Steph Curry demolished and ruined the Houston Rockets franchise twice in two different eras

Steph Curry broke and demolished the rockets. The James Harden Rockets... The Rockets then bottomed out three years in a row... And guess who's still there demolishing these new rockets, Steph Curry. Yeah. It's very, that's so brutal. They literally went through an entire rebuild and the guy who who who, who tore them down the first time is still standing there tearing them down this time.

The Karl-Anthony Towns for Julius Randle trade was a win-win move for both the Knicks and the Timberwolves

I actually think... I think it might've been one of those trades where both teams kind of did better off because Julius Randle adds like a toughness and a bully ball aspect that the Wolves can use... But the Knicks needed another offensive weapon that could be like, 'Hey, I can take this from him.'

Warren Zevon is arguably the greatest songwriter of all time

Warren Zevon might be my favorite songwriter of all time. And he's, he's deserved being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a while. It's insane he wasn't.

Jordan Hudson is a smart marketer and the brains in her relationship with Bill Belichick

She's an incredible marketer. She is. I think she's the brains in that relationship. Jordan, if you can land us Bill Belichick on PMT, you can interrupt as many times as you want. We're a Pro-Girlfriend podcast. That's fact.

The Giants completely changed their negative reputation in just three days of the NFL Draft

The Giants have had the roughest reputational year that a team can imagine... And in the matter of three days, Joe Shane and Brian [Daboll] have completely changed a conversation around this team where like every Giants fan is like back on board and they're like, let's go.

The Falcons cannot keep Kirk Cousins as a backup with his current salary following the Michael Penix Jr. pick

I can't imagine the Falcons week one paying Kirk Cousins that salary and having Michael Penix be the starter... if you're the Falcons, you can't have that guy with that salary as much as they say it... that guy can't be on the ri, he's a great teammate in the whole thing and he showed up to Spring Camp, but you can't be paying him that number to be a backup.

Season 1 Tony Soprano is the hottest man who has ever lived

Season one Tony [Soprano] is the hottest man ever that's ever lived, dude. Like the, and that's all I want. The girls who wanted to fuck him, that's who I want to fuck me. That's how I live my life.

The NBA needs to cut its regular season in half and own specific days of the week

The NBA needs to be half the games. Yep. And they need to pick like, you know, Wednesday or Thursday and Sunday or something like that. Own one day of the week... it breaks my heart that basketball is just hard to follow when you have responsibilities.

The Jaguars fleeced the Browns in the trade to move up for the number two pick

The Jaguars trade was crazy. That was a pretty nuts trade. Fleeced, fleeced. I saw some of the different draft conversion charts. Some people were saying it was an all-time fleecing.

Travis Hunter is a sport-changing player who will alter the trajectory of the game

There are players you can target and acquire who will alter the trajectory of a game. There are players that you can target and acquire that alter the trajectory of a football team. There are very few, and it's rare to be able to target and prioritize a player who can alter the sport itself. This is a sport-changing player. So the game will never be the same.

The Browns made a smart move loading up on draft picks and taking Mason Graham

I love what the Browns did though, because the Browns getting more draft picks. They, they are in, you know, purgatory right now... Load up some draft picks and still get a stud with Mason Graham... I just like what the Browns did. Credit to the Browns.

I would die for Mike Vrabel and Drake Maye

[Hank] was crying. Said he was gonna die for Drake Maye. I would die for Vrabel. That's pretty good, Hank. I fucking love him.

Armand Membou is the best offensive lineman in the draft, better than Will Campbell

Memes were saying essentially that the Jets got a much better offensive lineman than the Patriots got. Who's the best o-lineman in the draft Memes? Our guy... Armand [Membou].

The Giants change their team dynamic by moving up for Jackson Dart and drafting Abdul Carter

I love what the Giants did. I thought, you know, they need a quarterback. ... The Giants got Abdul Carter who I think's a really good player. ... And then they have the guts, you know, Daboll's been under fire, they move up and they take Jackson Dart. I think those are two really good picks for the Giants. If they come through that, that changes their dynamic.

Travis Hunter will be a receiver in the NFL, not a two-way player

I just don't know what they're gonna do with [Travis Hunter]. I really think he's a receiver. I think he can impact the game and help their quarterback at receiver. I think you're whistling Zippity do do out your butt if you think he's gonna play both ways in the NFL... We really have to be crazy to think a rookie's gonna come in here and do that right away.

Malaki Starks is a clutch, game-changing player and a big pickup for the Ravens

Selfishly, I love what the Ravens did, man. I love Malaki Starks... He has this presence about him. He's a great communicator. He's big, strong, experienced. He's just a clutch game changing player. And for the Ravens to get him and pair him with Kyle Hamilton... I'm telling you, that was a big pickup for Baltimore tonight.

James Pearce Jr. was a major disappointment this year for Tennessee

I want to love [James] Pearce. I don't see Pearce as a run defender yet... I thought he was a major disappointment this year for Tennessee personally.

The Chargers under Harbaugh look like a sumo wrestling team that has no interest in throwing

I watched the playoffs. They got a bunch of Neanderthals. They look like a sumo wrestling team. They got Justin Herbert at quarterback. You know, they gotta throw the ball... I just thought they would take two or three receivers and help this guy throw the rock. ... I know you wanna run the ball, but you got Justin Herbert's all I'm saying.

Jalen Green eating chicken alfredo before a game is the worst pregame meal ever

Jalen Green was incredible... but the big story about Jalen Green, it was shared during the broadcast. His pregame meal is chicken alfredo. I can't think of a worst game meal to have before playing a basketball game... Still a belly of chicken alfredo at any point is not physical activity... I can't think of maybe gnocchi... creamy alfredo and glass of red wine before I get out there on the court. Yeah, that'll do it.

Xander Schauffele only gave me putting tips because he felt bad for me

I think to really, to really make sure that I've, I'm standing my ground in this alpha battle as if I get asked down the road, just be like, nah, I'm good. Thanks. ... He's like, yeah, he's coming to me for advice. I'll, I'll, I'll give him a couple pointers here and there. But now that it's poor fella. Yeah. Oh, this poor little guy.

The first SB2K spring break trip was better than the second one

The first one was better. It was 2016 because it was our first time and it was, I felt like the, the next year we went like we wanted to do it, but it was, it felt like we like had to... It took away the, the fun of the, you know, the debauchery of a, of a boys trip of just playing golf and just, you know, drinking beers the whole time.

I genuinely think the Indiana Pacers are a good basketball team

I think the Pacers are good. I do. I think they have a ton of shooting. They play a fast pace... I like watching the Pacers play basketball.

The Thunder versus Grizzlies series is a total mismatch of men versus boys

The Grizzlies, the one series that we can all agree is just needs to be over is the Grizzly Thunder. Yeah. That this is, this is men versus boys. The Thunder's defense is so fucking good... It's just a not it's not a real series.

Winning a playoff game signals that all of Detroit sports, besides the Red Wings, are trending in the right direction

This is something that Pistons fans should enjoy and revel in and be like, yes. Like it is now trending towards the right way. All of Detroit sports, by the way, besides the Red Wings, like think about it, the lions have been bad forever... Tigers were bad... and now the Pistons.

Jalen Brunson's foul baiting has made him hard to watch as a basketball fan

The foul baiting has gotten to a point where it's just hard to watch. And it's not just the foul baiting... the Knicks in this fourth quarter, they just go to straight iso ball foul baiting. No one else touches the ball. Jalen Brunson just trying to score. And it's bad basketball to watch.

Cade Cunningham is an 'ethical hooper' while Jalen Brunson is an 'unethical hooper'

Cade Cunningham is an ethical hooper. Jalen Brunson is an unethical hooper... I always just judge it is is a player trying to score or they trying to get fouled. And when it leans more to trying to get fouled, that's just not basketball I wanna watch.

Kawhi Leonard is the Brooks Koepka of basketball

Kawhi is is the Brooks Koepka of basketball. He, when, his peers will be like, he's the best. Like he can be the best. He can beat the best when he is on his a-game. He just doesn't care about like, you know, maybe like starts or, you know, playing the regular season. It's just when the time matters the most.

Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter are in their own elite tier at the top of the 2025 draft class

There's two guys that are at the top and that's Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter. Like they're in their own tier if you will. Then after that there's, there's a handful of guys.

Brian Daboll is one of only a handful of people in the NFL who genuinely knows how to develop a quarterback

If you hire Brian Daboll, you did so because he is one of the handful, not dozens, handful of human beings on this planet in the NFL that actually know how to develop quarterbacks... this guy is at a very high level in the NFL in terms of offensive coaching.

Jackson Dart fits Brian Daboll's quarterback mold much better than Shedeur Sanders

Jackson Dart fits the mold for [Daboll]. Sturdy, mobile, bigger arm than Shedeur... whether it's Shedeur or Tyler Shough or maybe a developmental project in, you know, day two with Jalen Milroe, that fits a lot more than Shedeur... I'm hearing now that he wants to take a quarterback at three... but I also have heard, and it lines up with my football senses that it's not Shedeur.

Grey Zabel is the most athletic interior offensive lineman in the 2025 draft class

Grey Zabel moves differently than every interior offensive lineman this draft. I think he could go as high as 18 to Seattle.

Matthew Golden is the best wide receiver in the 2025 draft class

Number one receiver, Matthew Golden. Route running, crispness, 4.29 40-yard dash... top end speed great... caught a crease, he's gone. Vertical speed adjusts to the ball. I like Golden one.

I would never close the door on teaming up with Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan on a coaching staff again

[Teaming up with McVay and Shanahan] I think it'd be great... Absolutely not [closing the door]. I don't know if they could coexist, you know, being in the same division all these years. But I hope that's possible.

Aaron Rodgers realizing he misses the Packers' culture after his time with the Jets makes me grin

Aaron Rodgers said that he's looking for a culture like the Packers... That does make me, that does make me grin. That makes me happy. Unfortunately just between Saleh and my brother, you know, there's some interesting stories [from the Jets] to say.

NBA teams should not wear alternate or city edition jerseys in the playoffs

I think that you shouldn't wear your alternate jerseys. Especially like, I think those are the city version for the Pacers in the playoffs. Because someday you will look back and if like the Pacers go to the NBA finals and they have a historic run in 20 years from now, you'll be like, man, I wish they were wearing the old school like pin stripes.

Russell Westbrook is the Mario Kart item box of basketball players

Russell Westbrook truly is the item box for Mario Kart. If you watched the last three minutes of Russell Westbrook, haters and lovers could both say 'I told you so.' Awesome play, bad play, awesome play, bad play. If you ever ask what if someone tried just the absolute hardest, that's Russell Westbrook.

Kawhi Leonard is looking like his dominant self again

Bad news for the rest of the NBA is Kawhi [Leonard] looks back. It is fun to watch Kawhi when you know that he cares and that he's trying so hard. He is a great dominant player.

Nico Harrison should be banned from taking any victory laps after the Mavericks' failure

I'm banning Nico [Harrison] from taking victory laps. We just need to bring him up once a week and put a reminder that he's a shithead and an idiot for Mavs fans.

American freedom includes the right for court-side fans to refuse to wear the team's playoff t-shirt

He pays for the tickets court side and he's not a fucking conformist. He thinks for himself. We should all be free to wear whatever we want to wear and sit court side. That's what our founding fathers fought for. If everyone in American 1776 was like, 'yeah, we'll just put on the red coats,' we'd all be speaking British right now.

Winning the Eastern Conference is much easier than winning the Western Conference

Winning the Eastern Conference is a lot easier to do than the Western Conference. No team has done jack shit until they do jack shit. Last year the Celtics did not do jack shit.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are significantly better than the Miami Heat

The Cavs are so much better than the heat. I would take the under on two [Heat wins]... I think the calves are a lot better than the heat and they've been very good all year. And the heat are not, I mean they're just not a very good team.

The 2025 NFL Draft class is full of starters but lacks true star power

I've just been saying it's starters not stars... last year we had six quarterbacks... and this year when you've got, you know, Cam Ward seems locked in at one, Travis Hunter seems locked in at two... there's not really that juice there at the top.

Jackson Dart's career trajectory and play style is similar to Jalen Hurts

To me, [Jackson] Dart, my comp on him was kind of off the walls... but he reminded me of Jalen Hurts. Just from the standpoint of they kind of built similarly. They're like strong, sturdy, tough guys. They got better each and every year in college. I think you're kind of buying into the kid and the competitiveness.

Trayveon Henderson is arguably the best pass-protecting running back to come out of college in decades

Trayveon Henderson for me from Ohio State... he's arguably, and I have to go back through my notes like from way back in the early 2000s, I don't recall off the top of my head a better past protecting back coming out of college. Like he's unbelievable at it.

Rudy Gobert's defensive value to the Timberwolves cannot be overestimated

Rudy Gobert is just so impactful on both sides of the ball. I think, you know, Rudy is a very polarizing player in the league, but, having been with him now for three years, like he just, his value cannot be overestimated. It's just so important to everything that we do.

Joe Ingles is an unbelievable pick-and-roll player and an essential preparation tool for the Timberwolves

Joe [Ingles] is extremely intelligent. He is an unbelievable pick-and-roll player. He understands like all the different coverages that a team would try to employ and he can understand how to try to manipulate that or take advantage of it. He hasn't been on court as much as we thought... but he can bring that to our preparation.