This week was very difficult to choose a Dude of the Week. One reason in particular is because the end of most series in the NBA playoffs ended over the weekend. But by the time you are reading this all of Game 1’s have been played. So if I pick someone who did well in the first round they could have done terribly in game 1 in their next series. That being said, I have to pick someone.

I decided to go with someone who had a big game 1 of the second round. I cannot believe I am actually writing this but, congratulations to this week's Dude of the Week, Rudy Gobert. Personally as most NBA fans I have not been a huge enjoyer of Rudy Gobert as a player. The majority of the time I think of him as a winey, tall, Frenchman. But you have to recognize how good he has been in his career?

Gobert is a 4x DPOY and has shown it playing against a very stacked category of players. Rudy was able to help the Timberwolves upset the Denver Nuggets while being down their super star Anthony Edwards. Just an insane story considering Ant was down and the Nuggets were some people's pick to win it all. After defending Jokic in a 6 game series, Rudy then had to go out and defend Victor Wembanyama. On Monday the Timberwolves beat the Spurs in Game 1 and Gobert held Victor to 11 points.

French vs French crime going on in the West right now. Yeah you could say VW (not typing his full name every time) had a bad game, but you also have to give major credit to Gobert for forcing a tough defensive matchup. Gobert has never been a big scorer in the league, that does not matter though when you can play such good defense. Congrats to Rudy Gobert for being awarded this week’s Dude of the Week. 

- Carter

When this scandal first broke, I figured it was just your standard affair situation: guy cheats on wife, woman cheats on husband, everybody releases the Notes app apology, and we all move on with our lives. But every single week, new information drops that makes this thing look less like an affair and more like the extended director’s cut of a soap opera written by Adam Schefter.

First, there were the pictures of them laying by the pool like they were auditioning for Love Island: AFC South Edition. Then the internet dug up Diana Russini’s old tweets where she was publicly calling her husband “mid,” which is already an all-time devastating scouting report. Forget NFL Combine grades — imagine logging onto Twitter and seeing your wife list your traits like you’re a backup guard from Toledo.

But now? We’ve entered conspiracy territory. I am currently 95% convinced that Diana Russini’s youngest child is actually Mike Vrabel’s. And before you say I’m crazy, the evidence board is starting to look VERY active. Russini once tweeted: “I keep looking at my 4-day-old son Michael while trying to figure out who the best Michaels in NFL history are.” Oh really? Michael? During a rumored relationship with MIKE Vrabel? We’re supposed to believe that’s a coincidence? That’s not a tweet — that’s a breadcrumb.

Then new reports came out saying Vrabel and Russini rented a boat together in 2021 while she was pregnant. A BOAT. You know who rents boats together? People in Nicholas Sparks movies and a head coach about to abandon their families.

Look, I’m not saying it’s definitive. I’m just saying if Vegas posted odds on this, I’d put my mortgage payment on “Yes” before the line moved.

That said, Daydrink LLC would like it to be known that we have formally reached out to Diana Russini regarding a full-time reporting position. Because over here at Daydrink, we don’t judge. We believe in second chances, journalistic integrity, and hiring people who can break both NFL stories and potentially entire households.

- Gerard

It’s starting to feel like 2016 again… The Chicago Cubs just walked off the Cincinnati Reds three games in a row, each one ending in its own insane and magical fashion. You can feel it in the air with this team — something special is brewing at Wrigley.

A PCA 2 run homer last night in the bottom of the 9th to send it into extra innings :

As well as a pinch hit walk off home run from Michael Conforto Tuesday Night:

This isn’t just a team getting lucky or riding a hot streak, either. This is a roster that looks legitimately built to compete for a World Series, and right now they’re proving they’re more than capable of doing exactly that.

It’s only May, but Wrigley Field has been electric every single night, and if this is just the beginning, the future of this team could be really special.

- Jack