NBA Finals Bonus: MAI Capital's Joe McLean on Being the NBA's 'Money Whisperer'
Masters in Business
Bloomberg
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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On this special bonus episode as Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks take on Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, Barry speaks with Joe McLean, managing partner of sports & entertainment at MAI Capital Management. Known in NBA circles as being the "money whisperer", Joe discusses how he pivoted from a playing career to managing money for high profile celebrities and professional athletes.
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| 0:00.0 | Some follow the noise. |
| 0:03.3 | Bloomberg follows the money. |
| 0:05.4 | Because behind every headline is a bottom line. |
| 0:09.3 | Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings, |
| 0:13.8 | there's a money side to every story. |
| 0:16.5 | And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss. |
| 0:20.8 | Get the money side of you understand what others miss. |
| 0:22.3 | Get the money side of the story. |
| 0:25.3 | Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com. |
| 0:34.8 | Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, Radio News. |
| 0:43.1 | This is Masters in Business with Barry Rittoltz on Bloomberg Radio. |
| 0:47.5 | This week on the podcast, what a fascinating conversation. |
| 0:57.3 | Joe McLean, managing partner in MAI Capital, began his career as a professional and college basketball player before effectively becoming the money whisperer to pro athletes. He works with pretty much all |
| 1:05.6 | major athletes across every sport, basketball, football, hockey, baseball, golf, NASCAR, you name it. |
| 1:13.3 | I thought this conversation was really fascinating. |
| 1:16.4 | Obviously, the average person who's listening to this doesn't have a hundred million |
| 1:22.1 | dollar contract, but a lot of the ideas, a lot of the rules, a lot of the ways of thinking about money with |
| 1:30.1 | college athletes and professional athletes are surprisingly applicable to the average investor. |
| 1:37.3 | I thought this conversation was really fascinating. |
| 1:39.8 | The idea of saving a substantial percentage of your income in your first bucket, and once that's covered, moving to a second bit of saving that you're going to be able to live off in the future, that that's your growth and investing bucket before the fun entrepreneurial types of |
| 2:03.7 | types of investment. I thought this conversation was fascinating. And I think you will also, |
| 2:08.6 | with no further ado, my interview of MAI Capitals, Joe McLean. I've been looking forward to |
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