PMS 2.0 1030 - Trenches Wednesday With NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, JJ Watt, AQ Shipley and Darius Butler LIVE In The ThunderDome, & AJ Hawk

On today’s show, Pat, AQ Shipley, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys are back in Indianapolis at the ThunderDome as they deal with a few technical issues to start the show. They discuss Roger Goodell potentially banning the Brotherly Shove, why Brock Purdy doesn’t get any credit for the season he is having, and everything else happening around the NFL as we prepare for a real barn burner tomorrow night to start week 14. Joining the show to chat about the success of the NBA in-season tournament, what improvements he would consider making next year, if this is going to be an every year tournament, the global growth of the NBA game, handling the intersection of gambling and the NBA and where he see’s it going in the future, and much more is the Commissioner of the NBA, Adam Silver (21:16-48:07). Later, future Hall of Famer, member of the Houston Texans Hall of Fame, 3x DPOY, 7x All-Pro, 5x Pro Bowler, 2017 Walter Payton Man of the Year, JJ Watt joins the show to chat about his biggest takeaway’s from this past week in the NFL, his thoughts on the College Football Playoff, his thoughts on tomorrow night’s Patriots vs. Steelers game, being a Pizza Hut delivery driver in college, and much more (1:00:29-1:53:57). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. Or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices