PMTPMT DB

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#PMT-2020-0916-9265
Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears must sign Allen Robinson immediately

Ryan pay stop being a fucking idiot and sign out Robins dude... Any New York team would love Alan Robinson the Jets. That would be such a Jets move... I just it's just such as so class. Like bears like doesn't even give you to 48 hours to enjoy win.

The Bears did not sign Robinson to a long-term extension in 2020; they eventually used the franchise tag on him in 2021.
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#PMT-2020-0803-3022
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers will leave the Packers in a few years just like Brett Favre

I think that if he does play this year and he plays well, it's going to be the Brett Favre thing. They're going to give him two more years... And then after a couple seasons, he'll go somewhere else.

Aaron Rodgers stayed for three more seasons (2020-2022) before being traded to the New York Jets, mirroring the Favre timeline almost perfectly.
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#PMT-2020-0803-3023
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers would rather play for Mike McCarthy in Dallas right now

Aaron Rodgers right now... he would rather I think play for Mike McCarthy right now than Matt LaFleur. Yes who can say what you want about Mike McCarthy, but he never acquired a good quarterback to play behind them... Rodgers always good in Jerry world. So maybe he goes down to Dallas.

Rodgers never played for McCarthy in Dallas; he eventually went to the Jets to play for Robert Saleh and Nathaniel Hackett.
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#PMT-2019-1025-2533
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady will be the starting quarterback for the Chargers in 2020

So you can see pretty easily by those three facts that Tom Brady is going to be the quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers next year.

Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020.
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#PMT-2019-1025-2534
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady could return to the 49ers just to 'cuck' Jimmy Garoppolo again

I was going to say how funny it would be if he just went to San Francisco and was like, I want to finish my hometown team. Jimmy, you're out. Just cucks Jimmy again.

Brady never signed with the 49ers.
Void
#PMT-2019-0826-15910
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Lakers signed Dwight Howard to be the fall guy for LeBron James

Lakers fans, no matter what happens, no matter how shitty the team plays, they're going to hate LeBron or they're going to hate Dwight more than they hate LeBron. So LeBron has a real easy fall guy to point at and Dwight Howard and then be like, we got rid of the fall guy. Now it's time for us to gel as a team.

Subjective. However, the Lakers ended up winning the title in 2020 with Howard playing a constructive role, so he didn't end up needing to be a 'fall guy'.
Win
#PMT-2019-0807-2341
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady selling his home is 'Trouble in Paradise' for the Patriots

Tom Brady. He is putting his house up for sale, which is always sign number one that he might be the new coach of Alabama... Anytime any celebrity gets involved in selling their house, you have to connect that dot just a little bit. It's kind of weird.

While the Alabama part was a joke, Brady did leave the Patriots the following March, making the house sale a legitimate omen.
Void
#PMT-2019-0410-19097
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers isn't a malicious teammate, just passive-aggressive

I don't think that Aaron Rodgers is as bad as the article might have made him out to be. I don't think he is a maliciously bad teammate. I think he is very passive-aggressive and will cut someone off probably pretty quickly.

The internal personality traits of a player are subjective and debated among former teammates.
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#PMT-2019-0222-13007
Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving's leadership style is based on his Uncle Drew character

I think Kyrie Irving has just thought he is like now Uncle Drew because he was in that movie. He is like the old guy who's trying to teach everyone else on the team... he doesn't really know how to be like a true leader except for a really bad Hollywood movie.

This is a psychological interpretation of Kyrie's behavior, which is subjective.
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#PMT-2019-0222-13009
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Celtics' internal tension will lead to 20 championships

This tension that they have right now is going to really, it's going to bring the team together as one. They're going to unite. Kyrie's going to be a leader. Then he's going to resign and he's going to stay a Celtic until he actually dies until he's 70 years old and he's going to have 20 championships.

Kyrie Irving left the Celtics for the Brooklyn Nets the following summer, and they won zero championships during his tenure.
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#PMT-2019-0213-17008
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Papa John is the new face of Kentucky basketball

I think we should just go with a take that Papa John is now the new face of Kentucky basketball. When I think UK Wildcats, I think shitty pizza.

This is a satirical characterization of the program's association with a controversial figure.
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#PMT-2019-0211-19617
HankHank

The Celtics should trade whatever it takes to get Anthony Davis in his prime

If you can get a player like Anthony Davis in his prime, you do whatever it takes to get him. It's the exact same thing as the Khalil Mack situation. I don't want them to blow the whole thing up, but the reality is that they are most likely going to try and blow the whole thing up.

The Celtics did not trade for Anthony Davis; he was traded to the Lakers later that summer. Hank's prediction that they 'most likely' would trade for him was incorrect.
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#PMT-2019-0116-13949
HankHank

Kyrie Irving is pulling a 'LeBron' by publicly blaming his young teammates.

Kyrie has been very outspoken, saying that the young guys need to pick it up. They don't have what it takes to be a championship team as of now. He's pulling a LeBron on them when LeBron was the one he hated. It's like when you grow up to be your father.

This is a subjective analysis of Kyrie's behavior and leadership style.
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#PMT-2018-1029-12738
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cleveland Cavaliers should hire J.R. Smith as a player-coach

I am in full support of player coach J.R. Smith. J.R. Smith, player coach. Get it trending. Do it. Petty War. NBA Twitter, you got this.

J.R. Smith was never hired as a player-coach; he was eventually exiled from the team and then joined the Lakers.
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#PMT-2018-0921-17590
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick actually hate each other

I do actually believe that Brady and Belichick hate each other. I think they hate each other, but I think that they have such a productive hate for each other. And they're both such like competitive psychos that it just makes each one of them be better at their jobs.

While 'hate' is a strong word, both have admitted since Brady's departure that the relationship became strained and strictly professional toward the end.
Push
#PMT-2018-0912-18142
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky are officially on the rocks

Polina Gretzky... has scrubbed her entire Instagram of all Dustin Johnson pictures... Which leads many to believe that they are on the rocks. Yeah... I think people that grew up with Instagram, that's just standard operating procedure. Once it's official, once you break up, heaven forbid you get into another relationship and there's still pictures.

While they had a rough patch and the scrubbing happened, they remained together and eventually married in 2022.
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#PMT-2018-0709-10019
Big CatBig Cat

Dwight Howard's career will end with him dominating in China

This is just one step closer to Dwight Howard's perfect ending of his career, and that's just dominating in China... Dwight Howard will go to China and be like yeah everyone loves me no one has told me to fuck off in English.

Dwight Howard did eventually play for the Taoyuan Leopards in Taiwan starting in 2022, dominating the league.
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#PMT-2018-0618-1677
Big CatBig Cat

The Todd Haley and Ben Roethlisberger relationship will not work out in Cleveland

I don't think the Todd Haley, Ben Roethlisberger situation is going to work out... Todd Haley is so detestable he makes Ben Roethlisberger a sympathetic figure. That's incredible.

The relationship had already failed (Haley was gone); the prediction refers to the ongoing shots they were taking at each other.
Push
#PMT-2018-0613-14972
Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving wants to leave Boston for the New York Knicks

There's a lot of rumblings coming out of Boston right now that Kyrie Irving might be thinking about going somewhere else after next season... Kyrie has always had his eyes on New York, and so he's always wanted to be a Nick.

Irving did leave Boston in 2019, but he signed with the Brooklyn Nets, not the Knicks.
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#PMT-2018-0509-4064
Big CatBig Cat

Matt Harvey moving to Cincinnati is hilarious because the city lacks New York models

Matt Harvey in Cincinnati is hilarious for a couple reasons... I don't think the models that are walking around New York City are going to be walking around Cincinnati. And if they are, they probably have diarrhea from Skyline.

This is a comedic comparison of cities and lifestyle, though Harvey's career did continue to decline in Cincinnati.
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#PMT-2018-0205-17653
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers realizes he could be pushed out of Green Bay just like Brett Favre

Aaron Rodgers... said that he was shocked that the Packers fired his quarterback coach. And he also said... 'I think you have to be humble enough to realize if it could happen to Brett [Favre], it can happen to you. It's a business.'

Rodgers was eventually traded to the Jets in 2023, following a very similar path to Favre (including a successor, Jordan Love, being drafted).
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#PMT-2017-1106-18447
Big CatBig Cat

Dwayne Wade is serving as LeBron James' ventriloquist for callouts

I like what Dwayne Wade's doing because now we see AI, the evolution of technology. LeBron no longer has to subtweet. He can just use Dwayne Wade as a little ventriloquist.

This is a subjective interpretation of team dynamics and media strategy.
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#PMT-2017-1023-7390
Big CatBig Cat

John Calipari will be the next coach of the Phoenix Suns

Now that they fired their coach and there's trouble in paradise, you think of what I'm thinking? Coach Cal. Brandon Knight, Eric Bledsoe, Devin Booker, Tyler Ulis... All went to Kentucky.

Calipari stayed at Kentucky until 2024; he never coached the Suns.
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#PMT-2017-1018-1027
Big CatBig Cat

The Bulls' practice fight is a result of a failure in leadership from John Paxson

This starts from the top. This is leadership from the top. This is John Paxson, who has famously gotten a choking match with Vinny Del Negro... It's a good culture that the Bulls have.

This is a subjective organizational critique, though the 'GarPax' era is widely remembered for its dysfunction.
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#PMT-2017-0621-4561
Big CatBig Cat

Jim 'Bones' Mackay was Phil Mickelson's personal bookie

Phil Mickelson and his caddy, Bones... they are splitting up. I mean, we all know why, right? Two reasons. One, Phil didn't go to the U.S. Open... and two, Bones was probably Phil's bookie, and Phil probably can't gamble anymore.

Hot TakeGolfFireSarcastic
There is no factual evidence Mackay was Mickelson's bookie, though Mickelson's significant gambling debts were later confirmed by biographers.
Void
#PMT-2017-0616-19767
Big CatBig Cat

Draymond Green is an all-time classic heel

I'm a big fan of [Draymond Green]... all-time classic heel. He had a shirt that said Quickie in the Quicken Loans font... I need this feud, though, to keep going... because I think Draymond clearly gets under LeBron's skin.

This is a subjective evaluation of a player's persona.
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#PMT-2017-0526-15501
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson should become a pharmacist to write Adderall prescriptions for the Seahawks defense

What if Russell goes back to school in the off-season? Here's what you do, Russ. Go to school, become a pharmacist. And then just write unlimited [Adderall] prescriptions.

Hot TakeFootballFireSarcastic
Russell Wilson did not become a pharmacist.
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#PMT-2017-0512-7488
Big CatBig Cat

Derek Jeter is jealous of A-Rod's business success with A-Rod Corp

I think that's the bottom of it, is that Derek Jeter is jealous of all of the business success A-Rod Corp has had... They sold like 50 golf shirts. He had lunch with his little girls the other day. Meanwhile, Derek Jeter can't buy the Marlins.

Hot TakeBaseballHotSarcastic
Jeter did eventually finalize a deal to become a part-owner of the Marlins later in 2017, though his tenure was widely criticized.
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#PMT-2017-0417-5586
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Phil Jackson is actively trying to get fired by the Knicks to get a settlement

Phil Jackson is actively just trying to screw up as much as he can on purpose... Everything that you thought that Phil could do to try to get fired and get a big settlement, he has done it.

Jackson was fired on June 28, 2017, and received the remaining money on his contract (a settlement).
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#PMT-2017-0414-15198
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jay Mariotti and Woody Page have broken up their media partnership

PFT said, I've got a trouble in paradise. And he broke the heartbreaking news that Jay Mariotti and Woody Page have broken up. I propose that we just let that stay and see how long until everyone else realized that they had broken up.

Mariotti and Page did indeed stop their joint venture 'The Sports Column' around this time.
Void
#PMT-2016-1014-6738
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant is a 'big fucking baby'

Kevin Durant is a big fucking baby. And what did he say? He said that there was a lot of selfish guys on the Thunder... implying that the Thunder are selfish.

Purely subjective character assessment.
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#PMT-2016-0930-19009
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A Mike Greenberg solo show would be a four-hour suicide note of unathletic stories

Can you just imagine four hours of Greeny? ... It actually just might be really depressing to have a guy just making fun of how unathletic he is for four hours. You need that Golic balance. ... Now it's just going to be one long suicide note. It's just going to be him being like, I was not good at sports in high school.

Mike Greenberg's solo endeavors (like 'Get Up' and 'Greeny') have been successful for ESPN, though critics often echo PFT's sentiment about his 'nerdy' persona.
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#PMT-2016-0923-10923
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant is a whiny baby

Kevin Durant is a fucking whiny baby. He seriously is... You were in Oklahoma City for so long, and everyone gave you a pass. LeBron James was bashed to no end for not winning a title... Kevin Durant not only has been considered a top three player in the NBA, but he played with a top five player in the NBA with [Russell] Westbrook, and he got a fucking pass. So shut up.

Subjective opinion, though Durant's sensitivity to social media became a universally acknowledged trait.
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#PMT-2016-0413-12468
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jay Mariotti and Woody Page have officially broken up

PFT... broke the heartbreaking news that Jay Mariotti and Woody Page have broken up... For the last couple of shows, it's just been Jay. Strictly Mariotti. No, there hasn't been an announcement... I needed Woody to counterbalance Jay.

The Mariotti/Page digital show 'Unfiltered' did indeed dissolve around this time.