Takes

Ohio is the most underrated state for comedy

I'd say the most underrated state for comedy is Ohio. Ohio just has a crazy amount of clubs for me and my like, like what I prefer with like audiences. It's all blue collar pretty much.

Roman Roy will have the happiest life of the Roy siblings after the Succession finale

I actually think the one guy that that is gonna have the happiest life after this is probably Roman because he's still got billions of dollars and he's just gonna go off and be like a drunk horny weird asshole on his own, which is what makes him the happiest. Yeah. He's doing that type of shit. He doesn't, he never actually wanted real power.

Connor Roy was the only sibling with a real relationship with Logan Roy

Connor, that scene when they had the virtual dinner with dad thing that they watched that scene was basically showing all of us that Connor was the only one who had a relationship with his father that meant anything. Everyone, all the other three kids were just transactional. Like they want to be pa like the, the the next in line.

Betting on the Heat to win the series while up 3-0 was a 'sharp' bet based on expected value and ROI

It was a plus expected value on the bet, by the way... I was getting 10% return on investment. It should have been about 5% given the history of the NBA in three-nothing leads. So it was a sharp bet. I don't regret anything. I'm a process guy, not a results guy.

If the Celtics win Game 6 in Miami, Game 7 at home is a guaranteed win

Game six is definitely a tossup. But if you win Game six, game seven at home is ours.

Joe Mazzulla visiting a hospital before Game 5 is 'Gary V adjacent' and psycho behavior

He said watching a girl dying and smiling and enjoying her life, that's what it's really all about. So he gained some perspective. It's kind of some psycho shit, but I guess it's nice... it is Gary V adjacent what he's doing. He's just reminding, he's trying to force himself to work harder by looking at people who are dying.

Rob Brind'Amour's post-sweep comments were 'the biggest loser talk' ever

The hurricanes got swept and Rob Brind'Amour afterwards said... 'we didn't lose four games, we got beat, but we were right there.' ... That's quite a quote. ... To come out afterwards and say the history books will show we got swept, but that's not what happened. ... On the surface that's the definition of Loser Talk.

Michael Block is losing fans by saying he'd be one of the best in the world if he had Rory McIlroy's distance

He also had a clip where he said if he had Rory McIlroy's distance... he would be one of the best players in the world. ... He then came out and he is 120th out of 120 participants. ... That clip... what are we talking about here? ... Rory McIlroy, you know why Rory McIlroy has that is because he's a freak athlete and he's worked insanely hard.

Championships are very hard to win; you just have to keep rolling the dice and getting to the playoffs every year

I'm also a big believer in like, championships are very hard to win. Just having a consistently good team that gets to the playoffs and deep runs in the playoffs. Like you just keep rolling the dice... The playoffs is the goal. What happens after that? There's a lot of like bounces and weird shit that happen.

The Celtics will absolutely not beat the Miami Heat in this series

I am so confident that the Celtics will not beat the heat in this series. It is actually kind of freaking me out how confident I am. ... This team is lifeless. This team hates each other... and they win one game and now we have a series. ... I think the pressure's still on the Celtics.

I bet $1,000 that LeBron James will definitely not retire this off-season

LeBron James does not retire. I bet $1,000 that LeBron James does not retire. Zero percent chance. Zero.

Joel Embiid is a 'loser' who lacks 'that dog in him'

Joel Embiid? ... Kind of a loser. ... To answer your question [Big Cat] Yes. That you, there's definitively guys who do have the dog in them and don't. ... It is pretty wild to think about [how many Kentucky players score 40 in the NBA and Calipari only won one title].

Chris Bosh is the rare example of a player who actually gained 'that dog in him' after joining the Heat

What about Chris Bosh? Did he kind of get a little dog with the heat? Because remember he at the Raptors, he was called Soft. He might be the example of a guy who gained some dog. He got heat culture. Got Dwayne Wade, he got Haslem, LeBron. Getting him tougher.

Bronny James should and likely will come off the bench at USC

I don't think he's gonna start. ... They have the number one recruit in the country [Isaiah Collier] gonna start over him. ... If he's trying to win games, Bronny should come off the bench. And that's not because Bronny's bad, it's because I think that's the best role for everyone on the team.

The Denver Nuggets feel exactly like the 2015 Golden State Warriors before they started winning titles

The Nuggets to me feel like... the Warriors in 2015. Where the feeling I have watching them feels very similar to when the Warriors were first, before they ripped off all their titles... People thought they were a great regular season team, but too soft, too jump-shooting. I feel very similar things watching this Nuggets team.

The new Chicago office will be open and working by Week 1 of the NFL season

I confidently think we will be in there working, still have to finish some things by week one of the NFL. ... I'll fucking grab a shovel. I don't give a fuck. We need this office.

Succession will end with Kendall Roy taking over but having no one left in his life

I think it is going to be Kendall... he's finally morphed into his father where he berated Roman. He is at odds with Shiv. ... He has no one left. And I think that that is how they're gonna end the show. Where with no one left, he becomes the king. But at what cost? Literally his entire life.

Football is now primarily a TV sport, not an in-person sport

I think we've reached the point where we primarily think of football as a TV sport. Not an in-person sport. We lose track of the fact that people... well in our defense, 99% of the audience is TV. Probably higher.

The Celtics will become the first team in NBA history to come back from down 3-0

They [the Celtics] just need to win two and if they win two, they're winning four. And everyone in this room knows this... It was exactly reminiscent of the Yankees and Red Sox game three. They lost like 19 to eight. Got absolutely blown out... They came back, they won. They shocked the world First team to ever do it. Why not us?

The Denver Nuggets are an absolute wagon and I was wrong for not thinking they were this great

The nuggets are just, they're a wagon right now. ... I would like to admit that I was wrong. Nugs and six is what I kept saying I was wrong about not being right enough about the nuggets. ... I didn't realize just how great they were.

LeBron James is not actually retiring; he is just using the rumor to distract from being swept

Well, he's not gonna retire. That was classic LeBron to basically be like, oh, I got swept. Let me talk about retiring real quick so that the story then becomes LeBron might walk away instead of LeBron got swept.

LeBron James will play at least two more seasons to match up with his retirement tour and Bronny's career

LeBron James, the 2025 All Star game. I'm assuming they'll rename a trophy after him... That will be the LeBron Fest. That's what's gonna happen. He's gonna play two more years. There's no chance.

Anthony Davis being ranked #53 on the NBA's Top 75 All-Time list is insane

Where's Anthony Davis on the top 75? ... 53. That's crazy. That's insane... This is just looking at Anthony Davis, the freak athlete, and then comparing him to old players that were by any objective stretch. Much, much greater NBA players than Anthony Davis.

If LeBron James retires from the NBA, Big Cat and I will wear his jersey for a month and Big Cat will get a cat

If LeBron James retires from the nba, I will also retire from the nba. ... Pft, I think you and I should have to wear LeBron jerseys for an entire month. ... We'll do it for an entire month. I will also... I will read The Godfather and I will get a cat.

The Rams at Saints game will be flexed out of Thursday Night Football

I predict right now Ram Saints, that's gonna be flexed.

The Knicks should not retire Carmelo Anthony's number; doing so would be 'soft'

You should retire numbers for, for winners. Not like nice guys that you're... I'm just saying it's soft.

Austin Reeves is the Lakers' glue guy and it would be a huge mistake to trade him

Austin Reeves. I swear to God, if we fucking trade Austin Reeves, I'm gonna be so pissed off. We need a guy like Austin Reeves. ... [He] is a glue guy.

The Lakers definitely are not coming back to win the series against the Nuggets

I'm gonna tell you right now, they [the Lakers] are not [coming back]. So let me be the first to just let you down as easy as possible. It's over. You might win a game. It's over.

The Heat only won the Eastern Conference because they were the better team, regardless of the 'Bubble' not counting

The Eastern Conference just further proves the heat where the better team, even though the bubble didn't count. ... You see what we did?

Red Bull is my family and where I truly belong in F1

Now going back like full circle to Red Bull... it's like, oh, like, yeah, this is, this is the family. Like this is where, you know, I, I'm happy to come home to and where I feel like I truly belong.

The backup quarterback is the best job in all of sports

You gotta realize like we are the biggest backup quarterback fans in the world. Like we think that is the dream job in any, in any sport. ... Chase Daniel backup quarterback in America. He's thrown like, I don't know, maybe like 200 passes and he's made like 50 million, like 15 years. Yeah. Pretty good job.

PFT and I are doing a tattoo bet on the Bears vs. Commanders Week 5 game

Pft, the bears and commanders play week five Thursday night football. ... We should make it a tattoo bet. ... Tattoo bet for week five. Thursday night football. ... I'm in.

I would fire Joe Mazzulla right now before Game 4

If I were you, Hank, I would want to fire [Joe] Mazzulla right now before Game 4. Get Brad [Stevens] in there.

Boston as a city does not have what it takes to come back from down 3-0

No teams ever come back down from three-oh in the NBA. I don't think Boston as a city has what it takes to come down from three-oh.

Heat Culture is the strongest strain of culture in the world

Heat culture. I know I declared it dead... ever since that moment, I don't think there's been anything stronger in the world than heat culture. It is the strongest strain of culture out there.

The Celtics would not have fired Ime Udoka if they knew how bad Joe Mazzulla would be

If they had known how bad Joe Mazzulla was gonna be and how bad the season would end, they would not have fired Ime [Udoka]. They'd be like, 'Okay, I'm gonna look the other way. He just fucked one person.'

Brooks Koepka is the closest player to Tiger Woods in big moments

Obviously Tiger's the greatest... but I think Brooks is the closest to Tiger in terms of big lights showing up. Like the ice in his veins in these big moments. He's just there.

Brooks Koepka will catch Tiger Woods's major record

Brooks is 10 away from Tiger. I'm gonna be the first to say it. Brooks can catch Tiger Woods's major record.

You play golf better when you're hungover

That just backs up, I think what a lot of us already know, which is you play golf better when you're hungover. Because you're like, get me the fuck out of the sun. I wanna get home. So you play faster.

The Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka rivalry is officially over

The rivalry's over. Bryson [DeChambeau] is not really a threat to Brooks [Koepka] anymore. Bryson won the bubble tournament—those didn't count. It's like the Lakers winning in the bubble.

The Ryder Cup should use a format that pits LIV players against PGA Tour players

If they did a Ryder Cup but it was a format where it was LIV guys against PGA guys... lean into it. Have it be like WCW getting into a ladder match against all of WWF.

D'Angelo Russell is maybe the worst player ever

Dlo [D'Angelo] Russell is maybe the worst player ever. It's puzzling how bad the Lakers have been.

Lakers Money Line Game 4 is my Game of the Year

I'm gonna do a Game of the Year. Lakers money line game four. It's gotta happen. You know the NBA will not let LeBron James get swept in this series.

Jimmy Butler has photographic memory for taunts and celebrations

I think Jimmy Butler might have photographic memory because his reverse celebrations when he taunts somebody back in the same way that they've taunted him are too perfect. He did the timeout thing that Al Horford did—even got down on the exact same knee.

If a person doesn't have hobbies, all there is is work

If a person doesn't have hobbies, all there is is work. I think work-life balance is good, but you know, a work-work balance works too.

Antonio Brown will dominate the Arena Football League

I think [Antonio Brown] will probably dominate them if I had to guess. He was in the league, what, two years ago? He won a Super Bowl three years ago.

Swimmers are split between engine-based athletes and coordinated athletes

You still have two different kinds of athletes. You have athletes who probably could have done another sport... and then you have other people that just have an engine... but they can't jump, they can't run, they can't do anything but that [swim].

Shallow pools are slower because waves bounce off the bottom and slow down the swimmer

If you have a shallow pool, it's not gonna be as fast because if you make waves and they bounce back up off the bottom of the pool at you, that just can slow you down. So you want it to be at least six to eight feet deep.

I could finish an Olympic distance triathlon with no training

I could probably do that [Olympic distance triathlon] and just die... but I could do that. No problem. Easy.

If you admit to being dumb, you can never actually be wrong

If you say that you're dumb all the time, you can never actually be wrong because you never put out the pretense of you being right.