Isiah Thomas Joins! AFC & NFC Championship Game Preview + Pacers Loss in Paris

(00:00-26:48) – Query & Company opens on a Friday with Jake Query and Jimmy Cook wondering if the Indiana Pacers struggles because of all the distractions off the court. They bring back the conversation about Tyrese Haliburton needing to find ways to be more aggressive as a scorer when his team is struggling. (26:48-36:44) – As we do on most Friday’s, Jake and Jimmy take you on a trip around the country for the two-minute drill! We visit Kansas City, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Washington to preview this weekend’s NFL Conference Championship games between the Chiefs/Bills and Commanders/Eagles. (36:44-44:53) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake, Jimmy, and Eddie debating if it would make send for the Pacers to pay Myles Turner, the reported, $30-million-dollars per year that he is coveting. (44:53-1:24:19) – Former Indiana Hoosier legend Isiah Thomas joins Jake Query & Jimmy Cook to discuss the state of Indiana basketball. Isiah still has belief in Mike Woodson that he will be able to salvage this season, admits that some of the players on the roster don’t understand what it means to play at Indiana yet, and provides his perspective on how Mike Woodson is doing emotionally right now. Finally, Isiah backs up Jake’s opinion that Jonathan Bender would have been Kevin Durant if he didn’t deal with so many injuries. (1:24:19-1:27:22) – Yesterday the Indianapolis Colts made it official that Lou Anarumo will be the team’s next defensive coordinator. Who does it benefit? How is it beneficial to the Colts? Are the Bengals statistics underneath Anarumo indicative on him or the players he was working with? Jake and Jimmy discuss. (1:23:51-1:32:54) – Hour number two concludes with Jake, Jimmy, and Eddie previewing the AFC and NFC Championship games between Kansas City/Buffalo and Washington/Philadelphia. (1:34:39-1:55:53) – Kevin Bowen from the Wake-Up Call with KB & Andy joins the program to preview the two conference championship games this weekend, his takeaways from Lou Anarumo’s press conference yesterday, and provides what his fan experience was like at the CFP National Championship Game on Monday earlier in the week. (1:55:53-2:08:13) – During the break, Kansas City Steve called into the show to share his opinion on the Chiefs game this weekend against the Bills. It leads to Jake and Jimmy having a conversation about the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen’s development. (2:08:13-2:17:04) – Today’s show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and JMV joining the guys in studio to preview his show!Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.