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Max Kellerman

Analyst · #9

Max Kellerman

NBA

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TakeScoreC+#9

ACCURACY

36%

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BOLDNESS

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VOLUME

32

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RECEIPTS

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THE HIGHLIGHT REELbest, worst, and most recent take — at a glance.
BEST TAKEAUG 6, 2021
ARIGHT

“Matthew Stafford is the QB under the most pressure this season. He’s the Dame Lillard of the NFL - Mr. 4th Quarter - clutch on decent teams. If Dame got traded to a power, we’d expect a title. Same goes for Stafford in 2021.”

Matthew Stafford delivered exactly what Kellerman predicted: a Super Bowl championship in his first season with the Rams. The Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI, with Stafford leading a clutch 15-play, 79-yard go-ahead drive in the final minutes — a performance that directly echoed the 'Mr. 4th Quarter' framing of the take. The Dame Lillard analogy also aged remarkably well, as Lillard would later be traded to the Milwaukee Bucks (a contender), mirroring the exact parallel Kellerman drew.

WORST TAKEMAY 17, 2021
FWRONG

“Nope. Playoffs will determine if LeBron still has the undisputed crown, or if James Harden can stake his claim. Harden will have to win Finals MVP to do it, and I like his odds.”

James Harden never won the NBA Finals MVP. From 2021 to 2025, the Finals MVPs were Giannis Antetokounmpo (2021), Stephen Curry (2022), Nikola Jokic (2023), Jaylen Brown (2024), and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2025). Harden never even appeared in the NBA Finals during this period, bouncing between the Nets, 76ers, and Clippers without a deep postseason run.

MOST RECENTAUG 3, 2026
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“The Yankees offense has a structural problem: several positions underperform league average, catcher foremost among them. Rutschman was best available. Boston got him. Cashman refuses to do what it takes. Main reason NY has 1 World Series this century to Boston’s 4 and LA’s 3”

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