PMS 2.0 1369 - NBA Draft First Round Recap, Utah Jazz/Mammoth Owner Ryan Smith, Shams Charania, Jay Bilas, Travis Pastrana, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 142 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys recap the first round of the NBA Draft and all the surprising picks, trades, and everything else that made it an entertaining night. Joining the show is the owner of the Utah Jazz and Utah Mammoth, Ryan Smith to chat about how he loved what the Jazz did in the first round of the draft, as well as the big trade made for the Mammoth, and why he’s so excited about what they’re building with both franchises. Next, ESPN Senior NBA Insider, Shams Charania joins the show to recap the first round of the NBA Draft and look ahead to tonight’s 2nd round. Next, former Duke Blue Devil and ESPN Basketball analyst, Jay Bilas joins the show to give his biggest takeaway’s from the 1st round, why he thinks Cooper Flagg is going to be so special, why we shouldn’t rush to judgement on a lot of these picks, and more. Lastly, one of the absolute GOATs, the modern day Evil Knievel, co-founder of Nitro Circus, Travis Pastrana joins the show to chat about the X-Games’ 30th anniversary this weekend, his career in extreme sports, his injury history, what his goals for the future are, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, we’ll see you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdown.
0:05.7	On this Sports Thursday, June 26, 2025, this program begins now.
0:13.1	Sports!
0:14.2	Are awesome.
0:15.4	No matter what sport is happening, it is more awesome than anything else that is happening in the world. For instance,
0:22.0	last night there were some baseball games on. That was fine. I had good baseball. Some of you stuff
0:27.6	going on. That's good. And the NBA's first round of their draft. And there was obviously some
0:33.5	drama building. Where's A. Spanely going to go? This guy's turned down workouts says you guys won't go.
0:38.0	He goes number five ever old.
0:39.1	Utah, absolute dog.
0:41.7	On the basketball court.
0:43.3	Utah would also pick up Walter Clayton Jr. at number 18 out of Florida.
0:48.5	He was a bucket-kitter for the entire of March Madness, obviously national champion.
0:52.3	We saw him watch him. He's 22 years old, though, so he's a little bit older
0:56.5	and all these other guys are getting drafted at 1819.
0:59.4	A lot of people saying the Utah Jazz had a massive night on the court.
1:02.3	Now, how everything else work out, we shall see.
1:04.6	We'll be joined by Ryan Smith, owner of the Utah Jazz
1:09.0	and owner of the Utah Mammoth. Toss up. Toss up.
1:15.6	Toss up. He was in the draft war, or the draft war room for the Utah Jazz, while also having to handle business with the mammoth.
1:28.9	The mammoth make a massive trade of Buffalo Sabre J.J. Petrka.
1:34.6	Petrka shit.
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