NBA Draft Round 1 Recap, Reaves Gets the Max, and Did Either Team Win the Giannis Trade? | Game Over
6/24/20261 hr 13 min
Max and Rich are back in New York for the 2026 NBA Draft, and there’s a lot of news around the Association. Austin Reaves gets paid the max with the Lakers, and Rich details why the NBA is where dreams come true (5:51). Giannis gets traded to the Heat, but why does Max think neither team won this trade (25:24)? Max and Rich agree that the second apron needs to go, and the fellas recap Round 1 of the NBA Draft (45:50).
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Hosts: Max Kellerman and Rich Paul
Producers: David Jacoby, Chelsea Stark-Jones, and Trevor Rabone
Director of Photography: Neal Lett
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Max Kellerman· Host0:24
[upbeat music] Tell me about the draft.
Rich Paul· Host0:32
Yeah.
Max Kellerman· Host0:32
Tell me about the draft.
Rich Paul· Host0:33
No, before I tell you about the draft- What's that? ... I wanna say something. You are a true professional.
Max Kellerman· Host0:37
Why is that?
Rich Paul· Host0:37
Because you were home in LA- Yeah ... and y- and, it was, and it was really bothering you that you couldn't do the show together.
Max Kellerman· Host0:45
Right.
Rich Paul· Host0:46
So you flew back across country to do it. Now, obviously you get to see your, your daughters, which I understand that as well. So that's a r- that's a, it's a, that's that ... W- at the, at the dice house, you know what we, we call that? A Chucky Balboa.
Max Kellerman· Host0:59
Chucky Balboa.
Rich Paul· Host1:00
Yeah, that's when you win the hand- Yeah ... and you betting on the side flip.
Max Kellerman· Host1:05
Yeah, you got it all.
Rich Paul· Host1:05
Low spade.
Max Kellerman· Host1:06
Yeah.
Rich Paul· Host1:06
You got a Chucky.
Max Kellerman· Host1:07
It's a muscular move- Yeah ... they would say in chess. You make one move and it does a lot of different things. But in this case, I would never have gone back except I had to go back to do the boxing show.
Rich Paul· Host1:16
Right.
Max Kellerman· Host1:17
So once I was there, and I know you're gonna be here this week 'cause of the draft, it makes sense to come back.
Rich Paul· Host1:21
But to answer your question, the draft was great. Clutch had a hell of a night. We had three first round picks, 4, 10,