Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party stared by sharing their thoughts on the Philadelphia 76ers’ shocking blowout road victory over the Boston Celtics. After years of slander from our fearless leader, Joel Embiid and James Harden have their team one win away from an Eastern Conference Finals berth. The only question at this point is whether or not Doc Ri...

On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) bring you instant reaction to the Los Angeles Lakers' thrilling Game 4 win over the Golden State Warriors. On a night when Steph Curry put up a triple-double, it was Lonnie Walker IV - not LeBron James or Anthony Davis - who sealed the win in the fourth quarter for Los Angeles. Jason has been calling for more Lonnie for weeks now s...

On today’s episode, Jason kicks things off by sharing his thoughts on the viral incident between Nikola Jokic and Phoenix Suns owner Matt Ishbia during the Suns' Game 4 win over the Denver Nuggets. Some are already calling on Jokic to be suspended for Game 5, but J-Mac believes the whole thing is much ado about nothing. In fact, the big story to come out of this one should be how incredible Devin...

On today's episode, Jason McIntyre reacts to the Warriors monster win over LeBron James & the Los Angeles Lakers. What did the Warriors do right and what did the Lakers do wrong in Game 2 and which team has the momentum going into game 3? Jason gives some sneaky candidates on who could replace Mike Budenholzer as the Bucks Head Coach. Lastly Jason gives his best bets for Celtics-76ers & Nu...

On today's episode, Jason McIntyre gives his take on the Boston Celtics evening up the series vs the Philadelphia 76ers despite the return of MVP Joel Embiid. Who does Jason like in the series the rest of the way and what is his prediction for game 2 in the Warriors-Lakers series. Jason shares his opinion on which NFL teams are playoff teams post NFL Draft and you will not believe which Super Bowl...

On today's episode, Jason McIntyre gives his take on the Lakers win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Anthony Davis dominated but can he continue to do it throughout the series? Should the Warriors be worried about the loss or should they be more worried about some of their young players like Jordan Poole & Jonathan Kuminga? The Knicks won Game 2 vs...

On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party started by discussing Steph Curry's legendary 50-point performance in Game 7 against the Sacramento Kings. Steph put together arguably the greatest Game 7 in NBA Playoffs history, which now opens up the possibility that Curry could catapult himself into the top-5 players in NBA history with another championship in Jun...

On today's episode, Jason McIntyre reacts to the Boston Celtics losing Game 1 to the Philadelphia 76ers. James Harden led the way for Philly without MVP candidate Joel Embiid. How worried should Boston Celtics fans be and should Boston still be the Eastern Conference favorites? In the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets go up 2-0 vs the Phoenix Suns after a monster game by the other MVP candida...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G bring you wall-to-wall conversation on all the biggest headlines to come out of night one the NFL Draft. Why did Kentucky quarterback Will Levis fall out of the first round altogether? And, is this actually a blessing in disguise for Levis knowing that he’s now more likely to go to a better team? What the heck were the Detroit Lions thinking takin...

On today’s episode, Jason kicks things off by taking Darvin Ham to task for inexplicable coaching decisions in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. LA could have closed the series out were it not for Ham’s insistence on benching Anthony Davis in favor of guys like Troy Brown Jr and Malik Beasley at the worst possible moments. Ham should honestly be thanking his lucky stars that M...

On today’s episode, Jason kicks things off with a deep dive into Trae Young’s heroic performance to keep the Atlanta Hawks’ season alive (38 points, 13 assists and the game-winning three pointer in the final seconds). The Boston Celtics may have melted down a bit down the stretch, but Young still took advantage of it. All the 'Trade Trae Young' jabronis can take a seat after this one! Later, Super...

On today’s episode, Jason gets the party started by sharing his thoughts on the blockbuster trade that sent Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets. Our fearless leader has been lukewarm on the idea of adding Rodgers for months, but now that Rodgers is officially part of Gang Green, it’s hard not to see the upside. The Jets with Rodgers at the helm have a strong case for being the third best team in th...

On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party started by sharing their thoughts on the Golden State Warriors' Game 4 win over the Sacramento Kings. The series may be tied 2-2, but J-Mac believes Sacramento is still firmly in control of this series. Shifting over to the Eastern Conference, with the health of Giannis Antetokounmpo still up in the air, is it fair to...

**Please excuse the audio issues throughout the first half of the podcast** On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) kick things off by sharing their thoughts on the Golden State Warriors' blowout win over the Sacramento Kings. With Draymond Green suspended, the Warriors went small around Steph Curry and still managed to dominate in the restricted area. Should Golden Stat...

On today's episode, Jason gets the party started by sharing a few thoughts on the Los Angeles Lakers' disappointing Game 2 loss against the Memphis Grizzlies. With Ja Morant sidelined, this should have been an easy win for LA. Instead, Memphis punked the Lakers inside - Anthony Davis, specifically - and evened the series up 1-1. In other NBA Playoffs action, the Milwaukee Bucks proved once again t...

On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) share their thoughts on the NBA's decision to suspend Draymond Green one game for stomping on the chest of Domantas Sabonis in Game 2. Green's history of unsportsmanlike behavior absolutely played a role in the decision - and for good reason; The NBA had to take a stand. The only question now becomes whether or not this will be the...

On today's episode, Jason gets the party started by sharing his thoughts on the Sacramento Kings' Game 2 win over the Golden State Warriors. Sacramento going up 2-0 would've been the headline were in not for Draymond Green's inexplicable chest stomp of Domantas Sabonis. Green should be suspended for Game 3. The Warriors have appeared overmatched through the first two games - both offensively and d...

On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) kick things off with a deep dive into the Los Angeles Lakers' Game 1 victory in Memphis over the Grizzlies. LeBron James was good and Anthony Davis was dominant, but this game was won by 'the others': Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves. Given how deep this Lakers team is - and the uncertainty surrounding the hand injury to Ja Morant -...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party started by explaining why the new owners of the Washington Commanders need to make an immediate splash and trade for Lamar Jackson. The Phoenix Suns had the right idea when they traded for Kevin Durant less than a week after the new ownership group took over, and the Commanders would be wise to follow suit. Later, the...

On today's episode, Jason gets the party started by sharing his thoughts on the Chicago Bulls play-in victory over the Toronto Raptors. J-Mac has always been a big fan of Zach LaVine's game so to see him dominate on that stage was truly gratifying. Vindication for the LaVine Fan Club! In the Western Conference play-in, Oklahoma City guard Josh Giddey had his coming out party in the Thunder's win o...

On today’s episode, Jason gets the party started by recapping the Los Angeles Lakers’ wild – and ugly – play-in win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. LeBron James and Anthony Davis were good-not-great but backup point guard Dennis Schroder was the difference in this one. That’s part of what makes this Lakers team so dangerous; You never know which of the ‘other guys’ will pop on a night-to-night ba...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party started with a preview of the Western Conference Playoffs first round matchup between the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers. Our fearless leader says that Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Co. will sweep the Clippers, while Rob G argues that Russell Westbrook will thoroughly outplay Chris Paul before Phoenix ultimate...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) gets things started with a deep dive into the viral sideline skirmish between Minnesota Timberwolves teammates Rudy Gobert and Kyle Anderson. With Anthony Davis and LeBron James looming in the play-in game on Tuesday, the T'Wolves absolutely cannot afford to suspend Gobert. Moreover, given what Minnesota has already invested in Gob...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) gets things started by waxing poetically on LSU’s win over Iowa in the NCAA Tournament Women’s National Championship game. The only problem, however, was that much of the conversation after the game focused on Angel Reese’s taunt of Caitlin Clark in the final seconds. The whole thing reeks of faux outrage. What’s more, the mere fac...

On today’s episode, Jason kicks things off by sharing his Best Bets for this weekend’s upcoming Final Four action. Later, former New York Jets scout and author Daniel Kelly swings by to discuss why he wasn’t surprised to see Zach Wilson flame out in New York, why he still isn’t fully sold on Trevor Lawrence as a franchise quarterback, why he isn’t overly concerned about Bryce Young’s diminutive st...