Shams Charania details NBA All-Star Weekend, trade rumors & rivalries 🙌 | The Pat McAfee Show

Shams Charania joined The Pat McAfee Show to discuss:

0:00 NBA All-Star Weekend
5:45 Trade Rumors
10:00 Warriors talk – Draymond, Klay & Steph
14:00 Dating rumors with Shams?!
19:00 The ThunderDome and Indy
20:00 Shams takes some hoop shots

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Sham Shir I’m honored to be here the energy here the energy that you guys have in the Thunderdome it’s a blessing to be here uh and Adam V Terry to be here with a legend you know I used to watch you kick field goals like they said you know

You’re you’re you’re in good shape now you’re in great sh what are you saying sham you no he was in great shape but now you’re just you know you’re feeling good you’re feeling good Shams front of the program obviously have been for a matter of years uh you’re climbing the

Ranks you are one of the biggest insiders in all of sport not just basketball but the NBA coming to Indianapolis I assume this is Big Time work weekend for you shaking a lot of hands kissing a lot of babies getting a lot of Scoops a lot a lot of networking

A lot of really just FaceTime because you know news and things that I’m tracking this isn’t just something that happens trade deadline week or free agency week draft week this is something that you’re talk you’re talking to people all the people that I’m meeting this weekend you’re communicating with

Throughout the year so definitely any news come out of All-Star break feels like this is a time for some things to get settled for instance for us for combine week there’s a lot of Agents talking to team and there’s a lot of like rumors that kind of get started

Super Bowl week when everybody’s around each other a lot of rumors get started here for the NBA I think this is the only time where everybody kind of comes to one city a lot of rumors and stuff like that take place it used to be when the trade deadline was after the

All-Star break that’s when you used to hear I I used to when I first started covering the league it was after the All-Star break and that’s when it was rumor Central it was like winter meetings of the MLB that’s what it used to be now it’s like teams and and you

Talk to agents teams everyone’s a little bit more relaxed really right now it’s like buy out guys that are on the market you start you have some teams planning for the summer so you do you have a little bit of Summer chatter right now

But a lot of it is is you know the stretch one of the NBA Kendrick Perkins told us yesterday he said I said this on get up I said this on first take and I’m saying it on your show if Lakers fans can just wait one season here and do a

Little run or whatever you said have your little fun he had a sweet beard good Cuban Lin on turtleneck whenever he said it we love perk we are big fans of old racist ass perk H yeah he hates white people but he comes on our show anytime we ask which we appreciate but

Like he said there’s an Allstar coming to the Lakers this next summer or next offseason do is that just rumors around the NBA how does Perk know that does everybody know that and who is that that he’s talking about well I don’t know his sources I don’t know who he’s talking to

But the Lakers have will have three first round draft picks and they’re going to have players goty a guy like Austin Reeves Austin Reeves was was a guy that everyone around the league wanted when they went to try to get dejonte Murray when you try to go get

Zack LaVine is that how that’s pronounced Deonte Murray okay Murray we got it we got it we would have got that roong I did not think that’s how you pronounced it Deon deante deante J could be so many different ways in so many different languages know yeah everyone wanted Austin Reeves the J

When you have Austin Reeves three first round draft picks you could put yourself in a position to go get Trey young dejonte Murray Atlanta this summer I think a l a lot of eyes are on them they’re going to have to make a decision they they have two guys two point guards

That clearly you know they feel might not mesh and so when you look at the summer the the Hawks gave up a lot to go get dejonte Murray a couple years ago they gave up three first round draft picks and a pick swap to San Antonio to

Get de jontay Murray in and now they explored the marketpl but they didn’t get quite the return so I think a lot of teams are keeping an eye on Trey young potentially in the marketplace this year but again there’s going to be plenty of teams that would want a guy like Trey

Young as well but the the Lakers knowing what the Lakers are we know the market there they’ll have three first round drapping of course they’re going to be aggressive we also don’t know the future of LeBron James right now he’s committed to the Lakers he’s got a player option

For next season we know Brony might have an impact on what he does how’s he playing bronnie is still a guy NBA guy Bron’s I think he’s finding his footing still collegiately but when you talk to Scouts they view him a lot further along defensively than offensively defensively

He’s already got the makings of of an NBA caliber Defender it’s about the rest of his game getting yeah because everybody just assumed that LeBron’s going to go to wherever Bron gets uh drafted to so it’s like a two for one because he’s always said he wanted to

Play with his son potential I mean there’s potential for that but there’s also the chance let’s say bronnie gets drafted by another team what does LeBron do at that point do you play out the year with the Lakers next season do you opt in do you opt out do you go to that

Other team but but what if that team doesn’t have cap space do you take a pick like there’s all these different scenarios I think LeBron James going to have time after the season to figure out exactly what it is he wants to do Conor has a question for you Bry also put out

A sweet Photoshop of him in a Lakers jersey just yesterday what was this is this confirmed yeah this is from brony’s Twitter account you should we should not be telling I don’t think he has a Twitter account we might have to double check I would do that too that USC team

Stinks yeah they’re brutal they’re terrible yeah but they got cool uniforms and LeBron goes their games it’s pretty cool yeah I saw him walk in there one time yeah everyone went Zoo it’s a zoo yeah it is I saw Bron’s first game at USC um it was it was definitely a

Spectacle LeBron James was there I I I the one I saw had way more retweets this is not from brony’s account like this is this is sus here Pat oh it’s fake news not on this show I know not on this show information out on this show that’s not

Bron’s account that hasn’t caused us some trouble in the past no never anyways it would be cool I listen I I there’s definitely a chance Lakers have looked in have scouted him Miami scouted him Toronto scouted him plenty of teams have gone out and scouted Brony James

The question is you know will the guy get there that we’re talking about Trey young is one of the names I think if you’re the Lakers you have to keep an eye on because Atlanta eventually come summertime they’re going to they’re going to do something Trey young friend

Of the program yeah that would be cool that’ be very cool if Trey young ends up in La not that Atlanta’s not fun but you’re saying they brought in another point guard when they already had Trey young what are the coin doing over there yeah I don’t know Conor’s got a question

For you another guy that was rumored to be traded at least recently Klay Thompson and obviously he got benched last night comes off the bench has 35 points unbelievable game for him yeah crushed it what’s going on with him are they done cuz Steph Curry you know after

A debacle on Wednesday nights where he foued a guy with plenty of time on the clock he decided you know what I’m not going to DAP up Steph Curry even though we are the splash Bros he even takes a little jab towards Steph then you know rubs his hands together what’s going on

With the Splash Brothers because a lot of people are saying hey Splash Brothers no longer a thing the era is done so let’s look at Klay Tom’s going of the year they they discussed an extension they offered him an extension around two years $48 million I think when you look

At it they just gave Draymond Green 4 years 100 so if you’re Klay Thompson and you’re in that same Realm you get off for 2 years 48 I think the extension the lack of an extension and then his free agency is looming that’s a factor I

Think just off the bat going into the season and then he’s had you know an up and down year last night amazing you know and he’s had these performances he’s shown still that he can be Klay Thompson like he can go and help a team

I think to a high degree he helped the Warriors last night and then you have this this question of his role right when you talk about sacrificing role you talk about your minutes last night he comes off the bench still play significant minutes but this is a guy

Clay Thon he’s four-time Champion all NBA Allstar caliber guy now coming off the bench that’s an adjustment when you think about his his contract situation you think about the team as a whole they’re 500 team right now and they haven’t performed they suck yes they do I I think they still have potential

Warriors stin but this isn’t the Warriors that we’re accustomed to right at least in this dynasty era so when you factor all these things together you know from everything I’ve to I’ve Been Told like Klay Thompson’s been this has been a stressful year for Klay Thompson I think he’s he’s he’s been going

Through it at different points and I think he’s doing the best he can to get through it but he’s he’s set to be a f agent at the end of the season from everything I expect him to test the marketplace I would expect both Florida teams I would expect both La teams um

Austin I I I would expect potentially a couple East Coast teams uh to have interest in Klay Thompson he’s as of right now unless there’s a miracle extension he’s going to test the marketplace and I think the Warriors have understood going into the year after they didn’t extend him his future

His future is up in a just for the simple fact he’s going to be going into free agency okay did this all start at that golf thing whenever he was just horrendous and remember Dron killing D you remember that and Steph was good uh clay stunk he was wearing his own uh

Clothes clothes stunk too I mean there everything about it seemed to be bad news bad vibes clay always just marches to his own beat beat of his own drum so I I think he’s very very comfortable being out there and doing his own thing I don’t know if that you know if you

Struggle that golf that might impact a lot of no I mean just Draymond was burying him and killing him remember Von Miller was going bad for guys that weren’t his teammates let’s talk about Draymond because we are huge fans of the Phoenix Suns huge huge love the Suns

That we love the Phoenix Pat the Gorilla Pat the I think have bonded for life now the Phoenix Sun social media team kind of put me on Front Street when they posted the highest I’ve ever looked in my I don’t think I think you were just the lights were

Bright moment there’s a lot going on that night yeah was going on then they red lights social team and I certainly have a conversation to have at some point but from aside from that the way the Phoenix Suns are run from the top all the way to the bottom that’s right

First Class M top tier that’s Kevin Durant’s team now right Kevin Durant Devin Booker Bradley Beal why is Draymond Green calling Kevin Durant whack is there what what the hell is going on is there there’s beef there do we have beefs again in the NBA we like

That I thought Dylan Brooks was the only guy that had beefs turns out now there’s real beefs around the NBA now there there was a lot said by Draymond Green toward Kevin Durant I don’t I don’t think this is I don’t think we can say a

Lot of it on on these Airwaves well you would never because you’re like a super profession well you you had me say the SW word once which sh stupid the SH word the four-letter sh how old you how old are you I’m 29 you should never sound

The way you just sound I’m you had me say the well this is a family as a 29y old you should never sound this is a family you know this is a familyfriendly show no it’s not actually there’s actually a thing before that that says

Like adult speak yeah in in you you had me say this guy’s terrible KCK him out now just ruin just once just once do we have more Beast behind the scenes than we once Kevin Durant left the Warriors I think obviously there’s going to be that level of rivalry but I

Think even over the years I mean anytime you’re not on the same team there’s going to be some level of competition Kevin Durant got his own Squad now Draymond Green obviously has his own team but Draymond Green you see the chip that he plays with right now you see why

The Warriors are a totally different team when he’s in the lineup when he’s not and what he’s done for the Warriors he kaminga Wiggins these guys are clicking now that Draymond Green is back so Draymond Green obviously we can’t condone some of the stuff that that has

Happened when you think think about Rudy goar and things like that but off the court we’ve known him as nothing but a professional obviously he’s never got in trouble always been a professional and when he’s on the floor and the court didn’t I guess practice was on the court

On the on the B it was on the Baseline was kind of P near the PS cuz I saw guy end up started on court it was in the arena it was in yeah AR yeah Arena but I think Draymond Green thing was when he got suspended I think he wanted Kevin

Durant to call him directly I think Kevin Durant made some comments but again I think a lot of it SS from they’re not on the same team anymore and that’s what happens when a player leaves in free agency Vinnie has a question for you Shams the only question that we all

Want to know who’s going to win the NBA Finals that’s a great question that’s a great question put you putting me on the spot good question absolutely you know the answer I’ll give you the I’ll give you my contenders in in each I think you got

To put Boston in the East I think you have to put Milwaukee out there even though Milwaukee’s gone through a lot of ups and downs Doc Rivers I think they’re what three and seven yeah we’ve heard that yeah some people in Cabo he said yeah that’s that’s a little that’s a

Little dicey you know there’s a lot of things said about the AL altitude in utab in his first game coaching there there there was a lot I think you know get out of but I will say about Milwaukee this is a championship robust season for them and I think I I don’t

Think there’s like you can’t make excuses for this team well it sounds like they like big busing again a lot if it’s Championship or bus they need to win that’s a championship or bus season I think them you have to look at um OB we’re not at the West yet so we

Got we’re at Milwaukee do we do we consider Philadelphia a contender Jo maybe he’s back early early April okay so he’s coming back the hope is that he’s going to be back by late March early April that would put him at the tail end of one to two months okay sweet

The hope is so if if he’s back let’s say he’s back 100% you have to put them in there right okay so let’s let’s put them in there and then I think when you look out west I think you have to think Denver you have to think the Clippers

You have to think Phoenix they’ve got star power now the question is do you put Minnesota and Oklahoma City in there obviously they’re they’re yes Minnesota OKC so that’s what five teams six teams so to me those are the eight teams eight or nine teams that I think could go into

The CH playoffs and feel they have a chance to has a little bit of a followup on one of those teams yeah about the bucks um I saw around the internet going you know there was the elevation excuse for uh the Bucks and the doc and Doc Rivers potentially and you know it

Started with they were had a good record coach cire Doc Rivers comes in and then I saw on the internet they say you know the only thing that you know doc has left in his bag is to throw his players on the bus and then last night was the

Uh you know half of us half of the players were in Cabo half were here tonight is that already are we are we is everyone is the NBA super worried about the the doc Buck situation is it already like oh boy this I I will say this I

Will say this before Doc Rivers took over their defense was the biggest problem and since Doc Rivers has been there their defense has been among the best in the league so I will say they have flipped on the defensive end but again you have to win games winning

Games is the cure and they have not won yet but anytime you have Dame you have Giannis I think you have a chance thanasis they just got Deno galinari sure as a free agent uh they were pursuing him a few other contenders were pursuing him uh I I think their team you

Still have to consider as dangerous okay and are you and K Adams dating I saw you Valentine’s got her shoes I I I that’s a great colleague of mine you know I think she’s amazing you you got to know her a little bit too we do know her yeah we’re

Big fans we’re certainly big fans of her I think I think she’s amazing at what she does I enjoy going on her show uh you know obviously she has to me like with you similarly you make me feel comfortable when I’m on your show she makes me feel very very comfortable oh

You’re comfortable around each other that’s that’s a good start that’s a great that’s a great start that’s number one we saw we saw the Super Bowl together we were in the suite we were in the FanDuel Suite nice did you get drink was out there she was doing her thing

Nice was raffensberger there raffensberger was there I didn’t see him on the uh I didn’t either whenever they the stock thing I didn’t see him up there I thought maybe he wasn’t anymore that’s good crew got some inside info on that it was good um so you are d

I I I I wouldn’t classify uh myself any news we have not asked you about that we should ask you about any news you guys haven’t asked me we’re not big NBA people’re I mean Alaska a commissioner on yes we are I I think I think you have

To look at the west and and look how stacked W is we know this is a phoenix friendly friendly show bro love Phoenix Suns another incident this reminds me of Boston Conor actually Isaiah Stewart I don’t know if you saw this story is in the back tunnel in the back tunnels of

The Arena punched a player on Drew Eubanks in the face actually and then we heard con would do to me no on let me ask you about this when I was draining those jumpers Boston was looking at me crazy I was just testing we were very

Proud of you he did want to put a little heat on you see if you could handle the kitchen or not welcome to the Thunderdome uh but you did you handled it perfectly so old buddy who tried to get LeBron a couple years ago from the Detroit Pistons where there was like six

People holding him back as he was sprinting to go fight LeBron was in a back tunnel of the Phoenix Suns Arena which we’ve been in beautiful so nice punch Eubanks in the face yeah allegedly yeah that happened then he got arrested he he got arrested uh I believe for

Assault and and uh citation and then released so how’s that happen Eubanks has supress charges there Phoenix press charges I I think there was police obviously there there’s always police there’s Security in in these Arenas and and yeah that’s that’s what happened but has that ever happened before that feels

Like something in the sport world like in the NFL tunnel if two guys got into a fight I don’t think like police would get involved ever so I so on my show Chandler Parson L will obviously played a very long time and they said they’ve never seen anything like this I mean

Usually there’s stuff that happens on the court all the time but I mean for you to be walking to the arena and then you know you exchange words all the time and from what I was told went chest to chest but then you know anytime you you

Throw you throw one and then old buy didn’t even you said I think you reported that he didn’t even flinchin he just at no sell Eubanks ate it yeah so Eubanks big winner in this whole thing didn’t get arrested and didn’t get really feel any that’s a win for you

Don’t get arrested that’s a huge somebody who has been arrested not getting arrested a huge life that is a huge win just as somebody who’s been a part of it okay so when how’s that get ended well this is now a league investigation so it’s up to the league

And it’s and it’s also a police investigation it’s it’s really not even have more to worry about than two NBA guys punching each other in the face it’s it’s now up to up to them to to figure so nobody would have seen this no kids would have known this happened like

Nobody’s getting influenced and do bad things two NBA guys get into a fight in an NBA building and now we got police involved for for one of them yes yeah yeah there there was police there was police involved who in here can’t be just punching people in the face we get

It who in here would do that though I feel like there’s got to be some energy like that in here that would punch somebody in the face stop looking at me dude I I understand what you’re trying to say here Shams and what plane you’re trying to land I actually think Nick

Would be the guy that would punch you in the face yeah I think Nick would be and and Nick is the one who’s the quietest you know it’s the one who’s the quiet he’s not the quietest that is on the show in the shadows yeah quiet mouth normally means loud mind don’t ever

Forget that and fist uh all right trums I have a fantastic you guys have me I should have just came here in 2020 I should have you know when everything was was shut down I should have just been making the drive back and forth when you guys had the Thunderdome in the city

This this is a beautiful setting seriously thank you very beautiful it’s much nicer than the the last office and it’s much closer to all of our houses so this is about a 5,000 sources say you live near you know where Monroe Lake is there’s a lake lake 40 minutes away yeah

It’s 40 minutes North 50 I heard yeah thees 50 minutes north M people have found my house it’s not good need security just like you shs you guys got security all over here yeah we got Navy Seals and we got you can’t see them they’re hiding you want to hop a fence

We got mines Adam Silver came in we got a moat too on the back side Adam Silver came in was like there’s not a lot of security here I’m like well that’s good you didn’t see our Navy Seals they’re in the trees skiled up yeah you Adam Silver

Didn’t even know there was Red Dot on his forehead as he was driving up to the up to the gate you know I feel like Pat you own Indie though you probably have like seven homes out here well that is actual factual your best shot of the day you

Never know whereing yeah we’re working on that we’re actually trying to change that we’re actually trying to change that right now you know uh Little House some very nice H uh houses going for sale yeah a lot of houses up for sale soon but you know what they say uh the

Only thing you can’t make more of uh land you know so out here in Indiana try to get that as much as possible Shams before we let you go and invite our next guest on we have to have you shoot a basketball we have to have you shoot a

Basketball for the people though people get ready right now before the show go ahead and run the clip of before the show what Shams was doing with a basketball uh here you can in your jacket there he look at this Splash it just there’s music blaring there’s a

Lot of humans here Shams Splash you got to have the greatest jumper for an Insider ever who who won the the game we play the game we played Pat yeah you beat me and Pat now granted I was in cowboy boots and hadn’t shot a ball you’ve been warming up for 25 minutes

That is neither here nor there um we got to shoot one time we got no no you you got the geers on you look fantastic what do you want to do which which hoop do you want to go to what do you want to shoot a three do you want to shoot uh

Free throw one shot hold up slow down Shams jeez Shams this guy’s a lunatic if you make this shot bit of a loose cannon he is a little bit he is kind of a yeah little bit since he got here well he hasn’t lunch yet we know how much he loves

Lunch lunch is coming up lunch is coming upal Shams if you make this shot right here it’s going to be an NBA 3 that’s what you’re shooting have you worked with lethal shooter before okay you worked with our guy over there yeah Jason SMS Smathers Indiana Legend Indiana legend shooting coach for

Gordon Bombay and Hayward nice if you make this NBA 3 right here do a free throw you can do a free throw if you do a free throw you’re a wuss dude we just watched you hit three threes in a row Shams be decisive for one time in

Your life it’s the Allstar Weekend dude all right Shams if you make this yes Vinnie 20 25 30 35 how many winners ooh um they get $500 if that helps oh 35 then let’s go W hey but but I think you should make it a little interesting I mean I watched

Seth Curry hit it from the back tunnel yeah and now all of a sudden we’re taking you know free throws if it means anything halberton missed a 1520 straight from what here yesterday never mind okay so 35 winners of $500 Shams if you make this NBA 3 on your first try

Come on for the people we know you’re for the people guy he’s got 10 bracelets on his shooting hand he hasn’t shot on this net one time one time he didn’t shoot on that net once why are you shooting on that net when the pressure brother Shams Shams Shams Shams every

Shot Shams every shot you okay hold on now Shams there has to be some sort of is 10 25 yeah 25 winners of $500 Shams if you’re able to but look how the guys got a perfectly tailored suit on great tough to sh dress shirts yeah yeah it’s

Tough to be this handsome and be athletic 25 people $500 if you make a shot into that hoop right over there Shams I want to let you know the people are saying this guy sucks no way he makes it I yeah right away it didn’t look

Good do you want to go to the corner where you were we down to 15 now 15 winners now 15 15 winners $500 JS for the people oh oh man go to the other Corner go to the other corner I don’t think the other corner is the right how do we do

Seven and a half winners how does that work it just feels like how about this 50 winners of $500 you make this one it’s the last one Shams pressure boy a baby shows hey we appreciate you buddy you’re the absolute man congratulations 50 winners 500 bucks geez cost the company

Hey tell nice to meet yeah hey very nice to meet you man uh appreciate you Shams you’re the Best