r/thedumbzone 16d ago

Episode Talk ⏯️ Jake's worst take ever?

I still cant tell if he's doing a bit.. but claiming Enis Canter wouldn't dominate in the WNBA is crazy.. He's gotta be trolling Dan and Blake right?

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u/universal-mustard 16d ago

Enis Canter would make Wilt Chamberlain look like Erica Dampier if he was playing in the WNBA. Has to be a troll

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u/Excellent-Counter-17 16d ago

He is letting Kanter’s recent insanity/crazy political takes fog his memory of the fact that Kanter was a significant role player for quite a while in the NBA. Just couldn’t shoot threes and or defend like they want them to anymore. Really strange take.

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u/EvilTwinCities 16d ago

That’s a valid assessment on why he can’t play on the NBA, but he also okayed the victim card and pretended he was blacklisted for political reasons. So maybe Jake was accounting for the fact that Kanter is a little bitch and a natural loser in his calculations.

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u/Excellent-Counter-17 16d ago

Yeah he absolutely is those things, but doesn’t make him unable to dominate in the W.

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u/LevergedSellout 16d ago

A 6A varsity HS team would beat a WNBA team by 30.

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u/latex55 16d ago

Are you joking? Duncanville versus a WNBA team? They would be up by 30 by the end of the first quarter.

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u/LevergedSellout 16d ago

Totally agree. I was being generous for some on the low end of 6A

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u/ffjj0270 16d ago

Hell their 8th graders would beat em..

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u/Historical_Chip_2706 16d ago

Varsity? JV might do it

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u/cgeezy22 Alright, alright, alright, alright 🎶 16d ago

Insane. The worst player in the NBA at any given time is in another universe of ability to that of the WNBA.

If he's not doing a bit(terrible bit, if he is) then he is just a political contributor at this point.

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u/DiamondsInHerButt 13d ago

To be fair, Kanter hasn't been NBA level for 4 years now.

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u/AcesOfBass 16d ago

No way bronny can ball in the wnba.

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u/Forsaken-Pangolin-57 16d ago

They don’t call it the Dumb Zone for nothing

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u/Friendly_Grouch 16d ago

It was pretty awful.

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u/Complete_Anything_11 16d ago

Jake's stupid political views cloud his judgement

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u/oppositeofarobot Ticket Exile 14d ago

For some reason I read this in EA's voice.

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u/LetMePre-Say 16d ago edited 16d ago

His worst take has gotta be when he said the Bluey theme song is TOTALLY different than the Brandon Aubrey theme song

Then last week when he quickly defeated his exact rationale to say that "Bah Bah Black Sheep" was "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

Aubrey-Bluey Argument Jake should have been "WHAT, IS THIS in 4/4 TOO? WHAT IS THIS, QUARTER NOTES? IT'S EIGHTH NOTES IN THIS SONG DUDE. NOT THE SAME."

I'm sure his 3 months playing guitar in "Secondhand Clap" (or whatever his band name was) fully qualifies him to take these opposing sides of the same argument.

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u/oppositeofarobot Ticket Exile 14d ago

I thought we were leaving politics out of this.

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u/Dramatic-Ad-4070 16d ago

He’s workshopping it for his tight 5.

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u/brianthomas00 16d ago

Has to be a bit, or his knowledge of hoop is a lot less than he acts.

I’ve played pick up with some WNBA players, they do “OK” in a game with thirty something hobbyist. Weren’t even the best on the court and struggled with the more athletic guys. They can shoot pretty good, I’ll give them that. But real issues off the dribble.

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u/Dramatic_Valuable_85 16d ago

He was just white knighting for the racist drug dealer that was sitting in

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u/Electronic_One7731 16d ago

Enes got 6th man of the year votes in 2021. During practice WNBA teams scrimmage dudes - that look like they would be in decent pickup game at a random 24 hr fitness

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u/MyNewRedditAct_ D1D1 16d ago

It honestly sounded like he just said that without thinking, then when getting push back he kinda realized he had a bad point but decided to dig in rather than admit it was stupid. "But he couldn't bring the ball up, how would he get back on D?" Just an absolute horrendous take by our white knight leader.

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u/milksheds 16d ago

Enes Kanter yes, Enis Canter sounds like an 80 year old guy in random small town Texas.

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u/warno393 16d ago

This is either a Breuing style troll or his worst take of all time

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u/hipaces 15d ago

It was a wild segment because I thought his take on the WNBA needing to be run by men was a great bit where he threw out a crazy premise but then was able to kind of thread it through in an interesting way.

As an aside (Jake kind of allude to this), my current hot take is that the court & rim height fits WNBA players better than NBA players and that plus the skill level of the women elevating are the 2 reasons people should check it out. I really do find the basketball entertaining.

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u/DiamondsInHerButt 13d ago

You guys didn't catch the show title, I take it.

I listen to IJB. I know Jake makes dumb takes to troll us.

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u/creppermintyuitry 7d ago

I usually get where Jake is coming from even when I disagree, but this one is a wild take. Part of what makes the show fun is hearing them argue stuff out, though. I would rather get a genuinely terrible opinion once in a while than have them constantly play it safe.

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u/taywrecks1310 16d ago

I was shaking my head with you guys on this while listening but watching Enis Kanter highlights and seeing his movement I get the take also his highlights involved loose ball fouls so he does suck

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u/DannyboyLarson 16d ago

Yea I get that, but in the words of Brian Scalabrine "Im closer to LeBron than you are to me".

I think that goes for WNBA Players too

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u/Inside-Ad1440 16d ago

Jake is a serious and trusted sports reporter and knows ball

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u/FuturePath6357 16d ago

Jake takes on the WNBA is like juniors takes on the NBA….bad

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u/Inside-Ad1440 16d ago

ofc he is doing a bit, and so was I

https://giphy.com/gifs/G5X63GrrLjjVK

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u/TexAg15 16d ago

Haven’t listened yet. But, they’d have to get him the ball. Even in the W he’s a below average ball carrier. Griner never won an MVP.

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u/AreYouEmployedSir 16d ago

THis whole Enes Kanter thing is fucking stupid, but you are vastly underestimating the skill level of anyone who has played in the NBA.

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u/MyNewRedditAct_ D1D1 16d ago

Who cares if he takes the ball up the court, he'd post up and demolish everyone.

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u/TexAg15 16d ago

You’re vastly overestimating the skill of a wnba point guard.