Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) kick things off by discussing the Denver Nuggets’ win over the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray put on a historic performance to lead Denver to their second double-digit win in the last three games. It seems apparent at this point that unless Jimmy Butler and Co. get white hot from three that Miami has no chance of beating the Nu...

On today's episode, Jason gets the party started by sharing his thoughts on the PGA Tour merging with LIV Golf after years of publicly shaming the golfers who defected to the Saudi-backed golf league. This sudden change of heart feels like it was made out of necessity; perhaps the PGA Tour wasn't as solvent as they led us to believe. Either way, you can't blame a big business for making what they deemed to be a good business decisi...

On today’s episode, Jason is joined by ESPN personality Jorge Sedano for a lengthy conversation. During the interview, Sedano discusses the narrative that the Miami Heat’s hot shooting during the NBA Playoffs is unsustainable, what makes Erik Spoelstra arguably the best coach in the League, why Miami has more success with undrafted players than any other team in the NBA, the true meaning behind the ‘Heat Culture’ mantra, reports th...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party started with a full recap of the Miami Heat's Game 2 win over the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals. Behind yet another hot shooting night from guys like Gabe Vincent, Max Strus and Duncan Robinson, Miami surged ahead in the fourth quarter and never looked back. It was actually the most efficient fourth quarter from any team this entire season. The only...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) kick things off by discussing the Denver Nuggets' demolition of the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray were good - not great - and Denver still cruised. This just appears to be a bad matchup for Miami, and it seems pretty clear at this point that their Cinderella run is going to end early. Later, the guys hit us with a deep dive in...

 On today’s episode, Jason is back from parts unknown to bring us wall-to-wall NBA Finals preview ahead of Game 1 between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat. Can Jimmy Butler and the Heat continue their cinderella run to the NBA championship? Do the Nuggets deserve to be the third biggest Finals favorites in the last 30 years? How might the impending return of Tyler Herro help (or hurt) Miami's mojo? Is this Nuggets-Heat matchup a w...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) kick things off by sharing their thoughts on the Boston Celtics' Game 5 blowout win over the Miami Heat. Jayson Tatum and the Celtics put on one hell of a shooting expedition. Even though Jimmy Butler swears Miami will bounce back to win Game 6, you've got to imagine that doubt is starting to creep in for the Heat. Later, the guys get into a quick back-and-forth ove...

On today’s episode, Jason is joined by former professional golfer and social media influencer Paige Spiranac for a lengthy conversation in which J-Mac and Paige discuss the first time she went viral, why she takes such a hands-on approach to social media, the importance of connecting with your audience, the silver lining to having haters, the thought process behind her burgeoning OnlyPaige.com website, how she's helped other female...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party started by discussing the Boston Celtics' ability to stave off elimination in Game 4 against the Miami Heat. The Celtics shot the lights out to keep their season alive, but that's not the story here. The Heat were one of the worst shooting teams in the NBA throughout the regular season but somehow turned into the best in the League during their improba...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G kick things off by trying to make sense of the Los Angeles Lakers' season after they were unceremoniously swept out of the Western Conference Finals by the Denver Nuggets. Did D'Angelo Russell do enough to earn a contract extension? Would Los Angeles still be in the postseason if Anthony Davis was more consistent? Did the playoffs expose Darvin Ham as rookie head coach? All of thos...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G start things off by discussing what went wrong for the Boston Celtics in their Game 3 blowout loss to the Miami Heat. As impressive as Miami was, the bigger story here is how inept the defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics have looked in this series. If and when Boston gets eliminated, it's clear that big changes are coming to Beantown. Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get the party started with a deep dive into the Denver Nuggets' Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in what sports fans now refer to as The Jamal Murray Game. As has been the case throughout his postseason career, Murray exploded in the fourth quarter to help Denver win going away. Murray has quietly been one of the best playoff performers for years so it's nice ...

On today's episode, Jason kicks things off with a deep dive into the Miami Heat's shocking Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Boston is easily the most talented team in the NBA Playoffs but they have made a habit of tricking games away due to lack of focus. Gotta wonder how much of that falls at the feet of head coach Joe Mazzulla. Making matters worse was that Jason's guy - Jason Tatum - had a ser...

On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) kick things off by sharing their thoughts on Nikola Jokic's legendary performance in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals (31 points, 21 rebounds, 14 assists). It was truly one of the greatest statistical games in NBA Playoffs history. Having said that, LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers still managed to come back from a 21-point second deficit and give t...

On today's episode, Jason gets the party started with a deep dive into what's next for the Golden State Warriors. Everyone is clamoring for the club to trade Jordan Poole, but the reality is they may actually be better off trading Klay Thompson and/or Draymond Green. Speaking of change, all eyes will be on the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night as we find out which also-ran will win the rights to take French phenom Victor Wembanyam...

On today's episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) get things started by taking a verbal blowtorch to Doc Rivers, James Harden and Joel Embiid following the Philadelphia 76ers' gutless performance in their season-ending loss to the Boston Celtics. Rivers' and Harden's playoff shortcomings are well-chronicled so that wasn't shocking, but given the way Embiid performed, the guys agree it's time to admit that the reign...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) kick things off with a deep dive into the Phoenix Suns’ embarrassing season-ending loss to Nikola Jokic the Denver Nuggets. The Suns have been blown off the floor in consecutive season-clinching losses so it’s safe to assume that big changes are coming to Phoenix this offseason. Sticking in Phoenix, now that a Kevin Durant-led has flamed out of the playoffs yet agai...

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) bring us an instant reaction pod following the Golden State Warriors’ Game 5 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Golden State was able to stave off elimination but the biggest story to come out of this one is the uncertainty around Anthony Davis. If AD is limited due to his head injury – or ruled out of Game 6 altogether – do the Lakers have enough to get the win? On t...

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 Rivers is the man to lead them over t...