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Episode 905 | "Hertz Platinum"

February 21, 2026·2 hr 51 min·5 clips

The crew argues about how someone could possibly 'fuck their way' to Hertz Platinum status and all the rental car perks.

The disclaimer says the quiet part out loud. Nobody is exposing anything, nobody is indicting themselves, and nobody should try any of this at home. Then the card comes out. A Hertz status flex gets handled like courtroom evidence, with the panel trying to figure out how real estate and rental perks are even connected. They smell a story. The joke tightens around perks, status, bragging, and the strange route to every card in the wallet. Math gets dragged in too. Someone with green eyes becomes a New Jersey math prodigy, and the room treats the numbers like the case is closed. Then the league meeting cuts in. The tanking argument gets serious after Adam Silver tells general managers change is coming next year. The panel likes the idea of movement. Limiting first-round pick protections to the top four and freezing lottery odds near the trade deadline sounds clean for about a minute. Then the pushback lands, because bad teams are not always faking it when everything falls apart after February. Injuries make the whole thing messy. The Embiid banana-peel example turns policy into a joke about Philadelphia luck and accidental collapse. Still, tanking looks nasty. The group keeps circling how to punish intentional losing without hammering teams that simply get wrecked. The exit is all over the place: Rockets redemption, staying inside, snow prep, groceries, and Tory Lanez over Super Bass. Somehow, a rental-card roast turns into reform talk, weather alerts, and a chant before the door closes.

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A noisy, funny panel cut that turns a petty brag into sharper sports talk.

A rental-card brag opens the segment, and the room quickly turns it into a status joke before the talk drifts into tanking and the NBA's effort to stop rewarding losses. Adam Silver says a change is coming next year, though the details are still being worked out.

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A rental-card flex turns into a loud NBA tanking debate.

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