Takes

The Oilers will win Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals at home

I feel like they are, the Oilers are going to win game three at home though. They need the tits. They need the tits.

The US Men's National Team should fire Greg Berhalter

I just wanna say that the United States men's national team should fire Greg Berhalter on the record. He was fired in 2022 and then they brought him back... we lost five one to Colombia. Right. And this is... it's not gonna happen. We know it's not gonna happen, but we're still keeping 'em around and it's very frustrating.

The winner of the US Open will shoot between minus five and minus one

No, I would like minus five to minus one. [to win]

Zach Wilson is genuinely in the mix for the starting job in Denver over Bo Nix

Zach Wilson is currently in the mix for the starting job in Denver. Which is crazy because Sean Payton, he compared Bo Nix to Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. So imagine how good Zach Wilson has to be to be competing to start over a combination of Peyton Manning and Drew Brees.

Scotty Scheffler is essentially unbeatable right now regardless of the course

There is no course that doesn't favor Scotty Scheffler. That dude... I mean, you name the type of golf course as the ball striker that he is, he has the ability to just, he figures it out... I don't know how you pick against Scotty.

Tiger Woods has a chance to finish Top 20 at Pinehurst because it is an easy walk

This might be the US open course that he [Tiger Woods] does... Because this is probably of all the US open venues, this might be the easiest of the walks. Okay. And that's what it takes for Tiger. Now that's part of the issue. It ain't the course, it's the walks. And the, and the stances.

Kyrie Irving has to step up for Dallas to have any chance in Game 3

My boy, Kyrie Irving really has to step up in game three... tomorrow game three is, is is the series. They have to win that one. But in order for that to happen, Kyrie has to be himself and he just wasn't in, in those first two games. It's as simple as that.

The top five players in the world are Jokić, Luka, SGA, Embiid, and Giannis

Top five in the world. It's very important. I think Joker is, yeah, yeah. Joker is, but I'm always like all things considered... Joker is up there, certainly Luca, SGA and bead, Giannis.

A healthy Joel Embiid would have led the 76ers to a win over the Knicks

Joel, when he's at in peak form. Yeah. And he's feeling good. Like if he was healthy throughout the playoffs, I, I believe that they, they do beat the Knicks.

Jayson Tatum is the NBA equivalent of Brock Purdy

My take is that Jayson Tatum is the NBA equivalent of Brock Purdy... Jason Tatum is awesome. Jason Tatum is not, he plays defense on, not on the same level as [Nikola] Jokic and Luca [Doncic].

Luka Doncic doesn't play defense while Jayson Tatum is a two-way star

Luca [Doncic] doesn't play defense. Jason Tatum plays defense. [Tatum] is the leader of the team that's the best team in the NBA and then potentially wins the NBA championship. Those conversations [about him being top five] deserve to be had.

Jayson Tatum is not a top five player in the NBA; he is ranked sixth or seventh

Tatum is not a top five player either. He's like seven, which is fine. Which is awesome... Tatum's an awesome player. He's not the same as the top three or four guys in the league.

I will shave my head if the Celtics win a championship

I will shave my head if the Celtics win a championship. stop it. Like, oh, that was the perm bet you knew in the back of your head... No, I give you my word that I will shave my head if the Sellies win a championship.

The Celtics are a way better team than the Mavericks

The Celtics are up two. Oh, congratulations Hank. Thank you. Your team is so much better than the Mavs. Yeah, they are. They are a way better team. It's great, great team win. It's not even really close.

Kyrie Irving has gotten too mature and needs to 'get weird' to break his slump

Somebody needs to like snap Kyrie [Irving] out of this. 'Cause we've been talking, we've been glazing Kyrie a lot, these playoffs talking about how mature he is gotten... Has Kyrie gotten too mature? Yeah. Is a question we should be asking. I want to hear like the Kyrie hatred for Boston.

The NBA Finals are already over after Game 2

What you need to transition your brain to, because this, this series, the Celtics are just better. Yeah, no, this is over. I'm over.

Jayson Tatum was 'terrified' to shoot in Game 2

Jayson Tatum just needs to play horrible. That's all I care about. The biggest He sucks. You guys were sucking his dick. He sucked tonight. I mean, he didn't suck. He's terrified. He was terrified to shoot the ball tonight. He's shooting his spin back. It is weird. He had open looks at the rim and then he would just pass out every time.

The Mavericks will be swept if they lose Game 3 to the Celtics

If the [Mavericks] don't win game three, it's [a] sweep. I'd agree. I don't, I mean, if they don't win game three, it's [a] sweep.

A Celtics championship won in fewer than six games would be a disappointment

I'd say that anything less than if it goes six games, that's a big disappointment. I wouldn't even give the Celtics a championship if they [won in five].

Playing in the MLB London Series means you won't win the World Series

Haven't every single team that's lost a London game has not won, gone on to win the World Series. I think that's a fact. That's a fact. Right. Playing in the London series means you won't win the World Series.

Caitlin Clark was left off the Olympic team because USA Basketball didn't want to deal with the media frenzy

I think there's a a, a pretty big percentage of the reason why she's [Caitlin Clark] not on the team is just because they didn't wanna deal with all the bullshit of people coming out with takes about Caitlin Clark every single day, which is the dumbest reason ever.

Caitlin Clark might be secretly relieved to be left off the Olympic team

I think Caitlin Clark might have been a little bit relieved because she probably wouldn't have played that much. And she finally gets a little bit of a break from the take machine... she's been going since the college season... she finally gets a break.

Dan Hurley will stay at UConn and turn down the Lakers

I think he [Dan Hurley] is going to stay at Yukon. The fact that it's taken this long and that he made an announcement... It feels to me like it's gonna be a hype video. I'm back.

Dan Hurley's interest in the Lakers job was a calculated move to get a raise from UConn

This is a dream scenario for Dan Hurley if he was just trying to get a raise. Knowledge that your AD's back at home... I gotta double the check now. Of course if he does go back to UConn and that was the plan all along, of course you're gonna say, yeah, I'm very interested in this Lakers job.

There is zero chance Dan Hurley leaves UConn for the Lakers

There's zero chance he goes to the Lakers. The hype video tomorrow is going to be a crazy 'I'm not fucking leaving'. He's a man of theater and he's very good at it.

Bryson DeChambeau will win the U.S. Open as an homage to Payne Stewart

I think this is it for Bryson [DeChambeau]. If Bryson comes and wears, because remember he used to wear the scaly cap. Payne Stewart. I could see it happening. As a homage to Payne Stewart. I'll call my shot right now.

White cleats and socks make a player look faster than they actually are

White cleats, light color cleats always make you look faster than you are. For a lot of these six five tight ends, that is good. Tall white guys cannot wear black cleats in my opinion... Black shoes with high white socks make you look slow.

The banning of the hip-drop tackle will lead to more knee and leg injuries

I think you're gonna have a lot of guys going low. I think you're gonna have a lot of guys taking shots to the knees and the legs to try to kind of knife you down. You're not gonna tackle Gronk and Kittle and these guys up at their shoulder pads... it becomes harder to play defense.

Success in broadcasting is a combination of luck and constant preparation

Luck a hundred percent. A lot of life is being right place, right time... But like certain people tend to be lucky because they're constantly prepared. They're constantly ready for that moment. And then all of a sudden that right moment does flip and it clicks... All you can do is be good.

An NFL broadcaster could call an NBA game more easily than vice versa

I think an NFL broadcaster could broadcast an NBA game with more understanding and clarity than vice versa. Because it's too—offenses are too complicated. Defense is too complicated. The NFL, you know, 'cause you got, 'cause remember like in football, every play is an individual story... I just think there's more need and space to fill in more like football lingo and talk that than there is maybe in a ever, you know, a constant flowing basketball game that you could kind of fake it a little bit more.

Travis Kelce will be the greatest tight end of all time if he produces for two more years

Kelsey's [Travis Kelce] production and longevity is now getting into that like Tony Gonzalez era... I think Kelsey becomes the first one who enters into that. You know, maybe even more than like, I mean Gronk was on that trajectory, maybe just didn't play long enough... If he has that thousand yard ish production another year or two... I think he becomes the first one who enters into that [GOAT status].

Jeremy Shockey made the tight end position 'cool' and mainstream

Shockey made the position like mainstream and fun in New York City. At least in my generation... Jockey made the position like mainstream and fun... Jockey made the position like mainstream and fun in New York City.

Vanny Woodhead's repair is a Spring 2025 project

I think you think that Vanny needs like new tires? No, you're thinking like you want Xzibit to walk in. We also need a new engine. Vanny needs new wiring. Vanny needs literally everything. It doesn't work. No, this is is Spring 25 project. One year from now. Vanny Woodhead is gonna be rocking.

Vanny Woodhead will be up and running by July 4th

Vanny will be up and running by July 4th. My first step is trying to make some, some marketing and some sales packaging so that we can get some money into Vanny Woodhead.

When you are giving a 'have fun' speech at halftime of a finals game, you have already lost

It's a shame that Jason Kidd couldn't give another halftime speech where he said, everyone remember to have fun out there. When you're given the half fun speech, you lost. I don't think that you can come back with a a half fun speech.

The Celtics will beat the Mavericks in six games

Yeah, we're thinking Celtics and Six. The, the Mavs aren't gonna go away. They're gonna, they're gonna give us their best shot, but, but it's, it might be Celtics and five.

The Mavericks were stupid to wear their black jerseys in Game 1

I still think that the Mavs were stupid to wear these jerseys in game one. I don't know if they did that because Luca looked very slim to them. I was thinking blue. These jerseys feel like the jerseys you wear for Star Wars night in like early February.

LeBron James strategically leaked the Dan Hurley news to overshadow Game 1 of the NBA Finals

The tradition of LeBron or his team looking to overshadow game one of the NBA finals continues... he really is the best at it... there's no doubt that he planned this whole Dan Hurley thing for having it all day on game one.

Mike McDaniel's fixation on the Dolphins' 24-year playoff win drought is a bad sign

I'm worried about Mike McDaniels... Dolphins have not won a playoff game in 24 years. He now has every staff meeting he puts at 24 on the hour. 7 24. I don't like that. You're just thinking about it all the time... This is like after the double doink year when Matt Nagy ended every practice with all the kickers having to kick a 41 yarder. It's in his head.

Coach K is using his role as a Lakers consultant to force Dan Hurley out of college basketball

Coach K did all of this... Coach K sees Dan Hurley win his second national title back to back. He looks around, he says, look, there's a lot of, a lot of guys in, in college basketball that will never reach where I'm at. They won't be the old school. Tough style Like Dan Hurley. He's a throwback. He's a relic. I gotta figure out a way to make sure that Dan Hurley doesn't surpass me as the goat... He's getting Dan Hurley to go to the Lakers. So Dan Hurley can't take everything from John Scheyer and Duke and Coach K and all his legacy and stuff.

Coach K wants college basketball to stop existing in five years

Coach K is trying to basically, I think he wants college basketball to not exist in five years. That's what he's trying to do. He's trying to take down the entire NCAA tournament. He doesn't, he wants it all to end.

Other NBA teams should 'kidnap' LeBron James' son by drafting Bronny and holding him for ransom in a trade for Anthony Davis

Another team should just draft Bronny and then try to trade 'em to the Lakers. He's the most valuable poker chip of all time. You're essentially kidnapping LeBron James' son. Yeah. And be like, all you have to do is is give me your second guy [Anthony Davis] and then now we can all be friends again.

The new 12-team College Football Playoff schedule is perfect and effectively eliminates the January sports slump

The college football playoff schedule... fucking rocks. There's so much football starting in December... We have a Friday game then three Saturday games right before Christmas. And then We have a, a New Year's Eve game and then three New Year's Day games, which is gonna be great... just eliminate, if we could just get football, as much football in January as possible to just get rid of January as a month.

The Florida Panthers will win the Stanley Cup in six games

Right now I have Florida and six. Right. I think that overall they have the better team... Florida is expected to be there. They have the goal tending, they have more depth on defense. They're overall better on defense.

Connor McDavid needs a Stanley Cup to be considered an all-time great

In order to be considered a great in the hockey world, you have to get a Stanley Cup that is non-negotiable. And this is his first crack at it. So I think that that interest is more impactful in my mind than Edmonton itself winning.

The El Camino is the 'mullet' of cars

One word to describe El Camino and it's bitching. This ride is fucking sweet. 1970 SS racing stripe cherry red. I'm actually thinking about getting a mullet as an accessory to my car. I like that because the, the El Camino is a mullet of cars. Yeah. It's business in the front party in the back.

Sasha Barkov is the best 200-foot center in the world

Sasha Barkov easily in the world right now, probably the new Anze Kopitar as the best 200 foot center... he back checks like a maniac. He's the most reliable center ice position player I believe on the planet. Even more so than McDavid from a defensive standpoint.

Matt Cooke was a dirty player

I ended up knocking him [Matt Cooke] out... the very next time I have an opportunity 'cause it can't go any worse for you. But he was a, he was a dirty, dirty player.

Atlanta deserves to have an NHL team again

I loved Atlanta. I loved my time there. I had an incredible two years. The fans in Atlanta I think were awesome. I think it's a great city to live... I'm all for getting hockey back in Atlanta. I think that's a great idea.

Dak Prescott is the 17th or 18th best QB in the NFL, behind Kirk Cousins

Dak right behind Kirk Cousins... 16 should be Kirk [Cousins]. Yep. Right exactly in the middle. [Then Dak Prescott is 17 or 18].