Pacers Head Coach Rick Carlisle, and Mets Corner Heads Home With Sean Fennessey

The Zach Lowe Show

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Zach begins by reacting to a few news and notes from the basketball world (1:52) before quickly pivoting to a late-night Mets Corner with Sean Fennessey (9:52) as the team’s playoff hopes hang in the balance. Then, Zach is joined by a special guest, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle (32:05), for a wide-ranging conversation as training camp draws near: They talk about his reflections on Game 7 of the NBA Finals, his expectations for this year, and his place in coaching history. Plus, along the way, the two discuss the zoo around games, WWE, and the time Carlisle fought a TV … and the TV won? Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Sean Fennessey and Rick Carlisle Producers: Jesse Aron and Jonathan Frias Get started today at HubSpot.com/AI Unfold more with the new Galaxy Z Fold7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on a late night, Zach Lowe show, Mets Corner.
0:04.0	The Mets just beat the Chicago Cubs to take two out of three. Sean Fennessey is here. We're going to start with a little quick around the NBA talk. We got Lakers News, JJ. Reddit got an extension. LeBron still doesn't have an extension. It's not going to get one. What's going on with him? why was J.J. Coy about the starting five on Lakers half media day.
0:23.4	I guess they kind of split their media day. get one. What's going on with him? Why was JJ Coy about the starting five on Lakers half media
0:23.1	day? I guess they kind of split their media day up. Jared McCain, wah, wah, Sixers, woes,
0:29.9	continue. And then Sean and I get into the Mets, stroll over the Mets corner. People are drinking.
0:35.6	There's fireworks going off. Three games to go
0:38.2	in the regular season. Can this team who's starting pitchers just can't do anything on a
0:43.0	consistent basis, though McLean was good tonight? Can they limp into the playoffs? Can they do any
0:46.8	damage? It seems like a long shot. What are they going to do in the offseason? Why am I getting
0:50.6	greedy as a Mets fan? Stay tuned. And then Rick Carlisle, head coach of the Indiana Pacers, joins for just a fun, wide-ranging
0:59.3	interview behind-the-scenes stories from the finals run from Game 7, Tyrese
1:04.2	Tirees Halliburn's injury.
1:05.9	What comes next for the Pacers, his career in retrospect, some fun anecdotes, including
1:10.0	Rick Carlyle having a fight
1:11.7	against the television. Yeah, you'll have to stay tuned for that. That's all coming up on this
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1:55.1	show Sean Fennessey before we ambled over to Metz corner where fireworks are going off, people are drinking,
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