PMS 2.0 1358 - Quentin Richardson, Shams Charania, Jeff Teague, Udonis Haslem, Darius Butler

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 148 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, Quentin Richardson, Darius Butler, and the boys are LIVE from the Morris Bicentennial Plaza outside Gainbridge Fieldhouse previewing Game 3 of the NBA Finals tonight between the Indiana Pacers & the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the first hour, ESPN's Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania joins us live on set to break down where things stand between the Indiana Pacers and upcoming free agent C Myles Turner, potential suitors for Kevin Durant, the Knicks head coach search, where Giannis Antetokounmpo may end up, and much more. Also in the first hour, we are also joined by NBA Champion, All-Star, and Indy legend, Jeff Teague, who gives an update on what life is like for him coaching high school basketball in Indiana, his thoughts on the Pacers brand of basketball, what is like trying to guard SGA, what he's looking for in Game 3 tonight, and much more. In the second hour, 3x NBA Champion & Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem joins the progrum to explain why he picked the Pacers to win the NBA Finals, his relationship with Pacers' enforcer James Johnson, the story of what happened between him & Jimmy Butler, what makes Heat Culture so special, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2pm EDT), ESPN's YouTube (12-3pm EDT) or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, we'll see you tomorrow back in the ThunderDome. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello beautiful people and welcome the beautiful Indianapolis Indiana on this NBA
0:08.0	finals Wednesday. This program starts right now.
0:12.0	Finals
0:14.0	for the first time here in Indianapolis Indiana in 9,126 days.
0:21.6	It hasn't been since the year 2000
0:24.6	that this beautiful state of basketball
0:26.6	has hosted an NBA finals
0:28.6	with this beautiful piece of hardware on the end.
0:35.6	To be clear, this one behind me, not real.
0:38.3	This one, actual Larry O'Brien trophy, I will...
0:42.3	Do it.
0:43.3	Do it.
0:44.3	Do it.
0:45.3	Don't be scared.
0:46.3	You got it.
0:48.3	Yes!
0:50.3	So shiny. I don't love it, but last year I didn't touch it.
0:57.0	And the Pacers lost in the Eastern Conference finals.
1:00.0	This year, I get an opportunity to touch this beautiful gold piece of legacy-making hardware
1:07.0	that will transform this city into not only being the state of basketball, but the
1:11.9	franchise of basketball. Tonight, in a series that's tied 1-1, where the Pacers won into Oklahoma
1:17.3	City stole game one, lose game two. Tonight, our city is going to be on display as Game
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