The Rush: Paul/Mayweather continues to stain boxing’s reputation, the Clippers advance and the Hawks stun the Sixers
Logan Paul vs.Floyd Mayweather goes the distance, the Clippers survive Luka Magic in game 7, the Hawks surprise in game 1 and Julio Jones finds a new home
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- Shot clock at seven. Leonard drives down and the flush!
JARED QUAY: The fight that no one wanted but everyone's going to watch anyway between legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather and a human pool floatie Logan Paul went on last night. As expected, Floyd battered Paul and kept himself from being embarrassed any more than he already is for even agreeing to this charade. Not a good choice for him.
The match somehow made it all the way to it's eight-round conclusion. And since it's only an exhibition and not an officially sanctioned match, no winner was declared. Mayweather already pocketed around $30 million from stepping foot in the ring and is expected to collect about $100 million total when it's all said and done.
And I'm just wondering who does this guy fight next? Rand Paul? Pope Paul? Omarosa? Lil Terio? I mean, this guy gets a million dollars every time he just says a word.
Luka magic finally wore off on Sunday, but, man, was it a good run. After the road team had won the first six games for the first time in NBA history, the Clippers took down the Mavericks at home to send Dallas on vacation. But enough about the Clippers. This is about appreciating what Doncic did this series.
He's just the second player in history to score over 45 points and 10 assists and a game 7. And the 77 points he created on Sunday are the most ever in a game 7. Also, he's the youngest player in history to average more than 35 points in a postseason all-time. There is no starting deal good enough for Cuban to ever get rid of Luka. Porzingis though? I bet he wished he didn't have to pay that dude $100 million over the next three seasons.
Meanwhile in Philly, The Process was stopped cold in game 1 by Ice Trae.
- Young, they get the switch with Harris. A deep bomb, oh, from way downtown!
JARED QUAY: Young and the Hawks dominated early, hitting 14 of their first 18 buckets. Trae finished with 35, while Embiid powered through a torn meniscus to add 39 points. Adam Silver's already lost the Lakers, and Harden's hammy's going to be in rough shape. He cannot lose the Sixers now. Could you imagine a Hawks, Jazz finals?
- Ew!
JARED QUAY: I mean, is there such thing as "negative Nielsen ratings?"
- Did you just say--
JARED QUAY: That would be just bad. Nobody wants to watch that. I mean, people in Utah would be like, man, give us the Nets. Lastly, a big NFL trade that's had Twitter abuzz for weeks is finally happening. Julio Jones is leaving Atlanta and headed to Tennessee. All it took was a second round pick in 2022 and a fourth rounder in 2023.
I mean, I know the dude is 32 and all and maybe he can pull a hamstring if someone sneezes, but this guy can still ball. Were there no other trade offers on the table?
- Bueller? Bueller?
JARED QUAY: Per our friends at BetMGM, the odds for the Titans to win the AFC have gone from 22 to 1 all the way down to 12 to 1. As for the Super Bowl? They've gone from 40 to 1 to 25 to 1. And Julio's just a receiver. They got AJ Brown. They got Derrick Henry, Ryan Tannehill. I mean, is Dion Lewis still on that team? And Lewis is not as good.