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The Lakers are not going to lose to the Nuggets because NBA history favors the bigger franchise

The Lakers aren't gonna lose to the Nuggets... just as NBA history goes. It sucks to have in my head, and I hope it's wrong, but it's the Lakers and the Nuggets. The Patriots aren't going to lose to the Falcons, and the Lakers aren't going to lose to the Nuggets.

The Celtics will beat the Heat in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals

I think it should be Celtics and six or Celtics and seven... Celtics in six, official.

Ja Morant's gun flashing isn't a legal issue, just a 'stupidity test' he is failing

I don't think that he was breaking any laws in this video. Was he? He was just being a dumbass, right?... Essentially there's a couple things that happened... it's almost like a stupidity test of like, can you not flash your gun and we'll be cool.

Parents having multiple children should buy a 'big gift' for the older siblings to keep them occupied when the new baby arrives

The only tip I'd give is I bought a big gift for my first son and my daughter and I saved it for when the baby came. So when the baby came home, I was like, 'look, here's a gift.' And it was like a toy they could play with for four hours, which was a lifesaver.

I am officially done having children now that I am a father of three

I'm done. Three's easy, I'm done. Four's... I mean, three's already a lot. Snip snip. I think I'm done.

The English Premier League is more exciting than American sports because of the high consequences of relegation and promotion

That's the beauty of it. That's why I love the English Premier League because it's relegation, it's promotion, the consequences are so much higher.

Houston is the most underrated food city in the world

Houston is the most underrated food city in possibly the world. Traffic and humidity suck, but for food and fans, Houston is the greatest city.

Modern NFL players and trainers are smarter for not lifting heavy weights to avoid the high risk of injury

I do think that players and trainers have gotten a lot smarter about like, you don't need the risk reward for getting up to those levels of weights. It doesn't make any sense because you have a much greater chance of hurting yourself than you do of gaining that 0.01% chance of improvement.

I will not be playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers next season

I will not be playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I will be going to a game at Heinz Field to watch my brother play... I can tell you right now for a fact, I'm not coming back... if I went out there to play right now, it [my body] would not perform.

I agree with Giannis Antetokounmpo that failing to win a title isn't a failure

The older I get and the further along I get and the more perspective that I get in life, I absolutely agree with Giannis' comments. I completely see people on the other side... but in terms of as an athlete, how you have to mentally live your life to not put yourself into a really, really shitty way... I love his perspective.

The mental stress of being an injured high-paid athlete who can't help the team is the hardest part of the NFL

Knowing that you're getting paid millions of dollars to play this game and you're sitting in a training room not on the field... that weighs so heavily on your mind because all you want to do is get back out there for everybody involved and you feel like you are letting everybody down. I wasn't able to handle that properly.

I can still bench press 225 pounds for 27 reps today

225. If I was to do it right now. Yeah, I could probably right now today get like 27.

If you are a top five player, you have to be able to pull your team out of the depths of hell

If you're a top five guy—and actually Jayson Tatum said it after the game, humbly, 'I'm one of the best players in the world'—if you're that guy, you have to be able to take your team out of the depths of hell in those moments. And that's exactly what [Tatum] did.

NBA Game 7s are a completely different animal where momentum means nothing

Momentum doesn't matter. That's one thing that I've learned is momentum means nothing. Because going into this series, going into this game, all the, all the momentum was going towards the Sixers after the Celtics won two, it looked like the Sixers were dead. Momentum means nothing. Game seven is one game. Throw out everything else.

The pairing of James Harden and Doc Rivers in a Game 7 does not look good on paper

If you have James Harden and Doc Rivers with their powers combined in a game seven, that doesn't look very good for the 76ers on paper.

As a Nuggets fan, I would much rather play the Warriors than the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals

As a Nuggets fan, I do not wanna play the Lakers. I would rather play the Warriors. I think that their game matches up better against them. The Lakers scare me a little bit on defense.

Kevin Durant's legacy is almost completely destroyed and taking an irreparable hit

Kevin Durant's legacy's taken a hit the last few years. Maybe an irreparable hit because you would think if he's the best player in the nba... you think he'd be able to get it done with a team with Devin Booker and some nice role players on the side. And Kevin Durant... your legacy right now, I'd say it's almost completely destroyed.

I would rather break my hip than have the hiccups for an entire year

I would absolutely say if you said, Hey, you can break your hip or you can have hiccups for a year. I'd take the broken hip all day, every day. Cause at least you know, like, this is how I can rehab and I know that there's an end in sight.

The NBA playoffs have been significantly better than the NHL playoffs in this round

The NBA playoffs this round have been a lot better than the hockey playoffs this round. [The NHL] has just a lot of blowouts. It's okay to admit it because there's a lot of 'this sport is better than this sport' talk, but let's have an honest conversation.

The Lions losing a close game on opening night is better for them than winning

I think the lions losing in a close game opening night is better than winning... Because if they do beat the chiefs week one Thursday night in front of the whole country, the lion's hype will be out of this world. It will be uncontrollable at that point.

The NFL schedule release will eventually become a massive corporate primetime event with a bracket

At some point Roger Goodell is gonna do to the schedule release what he's done with the draft and just market the shit out of it and like take it on the road each year and turn it into like an hour long, two hour long primetime event where he just announces like one week's worth at a time... it's gonna be a massive fucking corporatized sensation.

The Patriots will knock Aaron Rodgers and the Jets out of the playoffs in Week 18

I will go with the Jets vs. The Patriots Week 18, probably taking Aaron Rodgers out of the playoffs. And you know what's gonna be a long and frustrating season of disappointment for Jets fans.

The 1990s Rockets would have beaten the Bulls even with Michael Jordan on the court

They would not have won eight in a row. They would have been a small team trying to defend Dream [Hakeem Olajuwon] and us. We would have beat them. Now if you ask me the same question and go, can you beat that first three-peat team or the second? I don't know... But those teams, that how they were constructed and just add Mike to it, we would've beat them for sure.

Hakeem Olajuwon invoked as much fear in opponents as Michael Jordan did

Hakeem easily [is the best player I played with]. Not even close. He was Michael [Jordan] in those two year runs. He invoked fear into the opponent when you weren't the position he was guarding. That's fear... Do you think Patrick Ewing, when he caught the ball on the right block was like, 'Where the hell's Michael?' But for Hakeem, you had to know where he was on both ends.

The Denver Nuggets are currently the best overall team in basketball

The best overall team in basketball is the Denver Nuggets... They have an MVP candidate. They have a great point guard Murray. They have young players, Gordon and Porter... they have no holes.

It is harder to get to the NBA Finals than it is to win them

There is a different, when you're, it's harder to get to the finals than win it. It is, I actually agree with that... there's a threshold in the playoffs that you gotta break through... you can only learn it by experiencing it.

The altitude in Utah is higher than the altitude in Denver

Most people don't realize Utah is at a higher altitude and no one ever says playing in Utah is tough with the altitude... Denver I felt a burning in my throat, Utah I felt lightheaded.

The regular season is where you make your name, but the playoffs are where you get famous

The regular season is when you make your name, the playoffs you get famous. That's fame. People know me for hitting the three to tie it up in the NBA Finals. They don't say anything about when I hit a game winner against the Clippers in the regular season.

I am the best in the business at breaking down basketball film

I'm not gonna toot my horn, I think I'm the best in the business of breaking down film. I know what your defensive assignments were based on the last three plays. It's like, so you weren't there. You can't lie to me.

Having a soul patch makes zero difference to my appearance because my facial hair is already shitty

I have realized that me having a soul patch makes absolutely zero difference because people will just be like, PFT's got shitty facial hair. More news at 11. I've known that I've been face-bald for years.

Our backs are against the wall but we just have to win Game 6 to get home court for Game 7

Backs against the wall. This team is tough. This team has been there before. Just gotta win. And then you got a home court advantage for game seven.

The Celtics' fans were right to boo the team in the third quarter of Game 5

You gotta use some, you know, you gotta get, get under their skin, get the boys riled up. They did go on a, a mini sort of tiny run after that, so I had no problem with it.

The Celtics players don't like each other

It feels like a team that they don't like each other. The way they play is like something's off and it's not, they are so talented And then you watch that and you're like, what is that?

The Celtics would be playing differently if Ime Udoka was still the coach

It just seemed like, seems like that's not happening this year. And you have, it's having two first year coaches in a row sucks. I do think Ime Udoka would, would they, this team would be playing different cuz then it does feel like their defensive ability and intensity is different and Ime Udoka got the most outta that.

The Celtics' defensive intensity has dropped significantly under Joe Mazzulla compared to Ime Udoka

I do think Ime Udoka would, would they, this team would be playing different cuz then it does feel like their defensive ability and intensity is different and Ime Udoka got the most outta that.

Wasted years in sports are the worst feeling because you know you have the talent to win it all

It does feel like a wasted year and there's no worse feeling in sports than a wasted year. Yep. Where you know that you've got what it takes and you could win a championship and you just burn out in spectacular fashion.

The Lakers might win the NBA title

I think the Lakers might win the NBA title PFT. I'm officially on scared that LeBron might win another title watch.

Kobe Bryant's spirit won Game 4 for the Lakers, not Lonnie Walker IV

I think we can all agree that Kobe Bryant actually won that game for the Lakers, not Lonnie Walker. RG3 said Lonnie Walker's performance in the fourth quarter was out of this world. We know it was you Bean.

The Warriors will win the series if Jordan Poole stops sucking

If Jordan Poole can figure out a way to not suck, then the Warriors should win the series. But unfortunately he sucks.

The Lakers won't beat the Nuggets

I don't think they're gonna beat the nuggets though [if the Lakers advance].

Julius Randle is not a good basketball player

Julius Randle is so bad. He really is like, he's so bad. There were so many times where he was like, either he'd be like, fade away three or just like Lackadaisical Pass. After the game he said maybe the Heat just won it more, which I don't think that's gonna go over well in the New York crowd.

The Heat are only beating the Knicks because Miami is too hot and the sun is affecting them

Greenie was saying that, that that's the reason why the Knicks are losing the series. Just because, just because of the sun. Sun is too hot in Miami and the heat, I mean they're just good.

The Nuggets will beat the Suns by 12 points in Game 5

I think they're gonna win by 12. I think it's gonna get ugly late. I don't think Devin Booker can keep up the pace that he's been on. The sons have no bench and they're fucked when he is out.

Every NFL team should claim they wanted a quarterback after the draft just in case they're good

If you're an NFL team and you can always just throw out there like, we wanted to take this guy on draft night, nobody will remember that if he ends up stinking in like three years. But in the chance that he is good, you can always point back and be like, we actually had him.

Dan Snyder should be arrested and put in jail for tampering with Andrew Luck

Just arrest Dan Snyder. And I think that would be fine. I think that would satisfy all parties. [regarding allegations the Commanders contacted Andrew Luck].

I am buying Blackhawks season tickets because of Connor Bedard

I watched a highlight video. There's like a 20 minute highlight video I was watching and I did buy season tickets. I hope everyone here likes to go to hockey games. Cause we're gonna go to a lot of hockey games. I got swept up. I mean he looks, I, I know there's a lot of pressure on him, but he does feel like a can't miss guy.

The NHL should rig the draft lottery for major markets

If you're the NHL, you should absolutely rig the draft. Duh. This is entertainment. Yes. Listen, you're a multi-billion dollar corporation. Do you want your best players to be playing for teams that nobody cares about? Yeah. No you don't. You want them in Chicago.

Connor Bedard has the best shot the NHL has ever seen

His shot is like the best they've ever seen. Like it's, it's, it's like insane how he's able, what he's able to do and how he's able to quickly elevate the puck and he's just, he has a lethal shot. So, so, so it's it's cool. He's a phenom.

The Black Hawks should sign Ryan Reaves to protect Connor Bedard

If the team's not that great, he's gonna get to play a little bit. If anyone goes, if anyone breathes on him, [Ryan Reaves] goes up and just... I would sign the two toughest guys... Just put a goon line on the fourth line. And nobody's gonna go near him.

If the Maple Leafs get swept, everyone will get fired and a major player will be traded

I think if they get swept every single guy is getting gassed and maybe one of the big guys getting traded. Complete implosion. I think that if they get swept, everybody's gone.