Pacers Offseason Outlook & Fever Struggles Continue. Mike Scotto, Bob Kravitz, and Scott Agness Join!

(00:00-35:22) – Query & Company opens on a Wednesday with Jake Query, Derek Schultz, and producer Eddie Garrison welcoming Derek to the company. After the welcome party, they debate when the hype around Caitlin Clark will start to settle down with the Indiana Fever struggling still. Bob Kravitz joins the show to share his thoughts on signing Pascal Siakam to a max contract extension, asks Jake and Derek if it would make sense to trade Andrew Nembhard or Bennedict Mathurin in order to get another star player in the blue and gold, states that the Pacers need to go out and get somebody that specializes in rebounding and be an enforcer like Antonio Davis or Dale Davis, and assesses how the franchise should evaluate the season.
(35:22-46:51) – Following their conversation with Bob Kravitz, Jake and Derek allow listeners to call in to pick their brains and reminisce on old times when the two used to host a show daily.
(46:51-50:47) – Hour one concludes with Jake and Derek receiving a text from someone they used to work with back in the day that leads to Derek admitting that he accidentally had a pair of pants shipped to the building after he was let go.
(50:47-1:13:52) – Hour number two with Jake Query and Derek Schultz starts with the two discussing the Western Conference Finals game last night between the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves because Jake doesn’t think the series is over just yet. Following that conversation, they discuss the Eleven Park and MLS Stadium news that came out last night.
(1:13:52-1:31:59) – Senior NBA Insider, Mike Scotto, from Hoops Hype joins Query & Company with Jake Query and Derek Schultz to share his thoughts on the season the Indiana Pacers had, weighs in on the Pascal Siakam max contract debate, lists the decisions that the front office have to make in the near future with some of their young players, and agrees with Derek that the Pacers getting rid of their first round pick in this draft for Siakam was a great decision with how weak this draft is.
(1:31:59-1:37:08) – The second hour of the program concludes with Jake sharing a couple texts he has received with the reunion of Query & Schultz.
(1:38:32-2:03:05) – Scott Agness from Fieldhouse Files and 1075thefan.com joins Jake and Derek to reveal his thoughts on people complaining about the job that Christie Sides has done with Caitlin Clark to start her rookie year, tries to provide a player comparison for Jarace Walker if he develops into the player that the Pacers hope he can be, and then examines the back half of the roster with the two-way contracts since the Pacers have three second round picks.
(2:13:35-2:23:13) – Jake and Derek discuss the news from earlier in the day that all the charges on Scottie Scheffler will be dropped. Additionally, they compare the situation that the Indiana Pacers are in with Pascal Siakam to the situation the Indianapolis Colts were in with Michael Pittman Jr.
(2:23:13-2:30:58) – Today’s show ends with Jake, Derek, and JMV debating if people ever use the term ‘midtown’ besides Derek. Additionally, JMV asks if today brought back some memories of them doing the show together back in the day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.