Pat McAfee is taking his show to the NBA Finals stage on June 8, when he will lead an alternate broadcast of Game 3 on. The stream begins at 8:30 p.m. ET and will run alongside ABC's main telecast, giving viewers another way to follow one of the sport's biggest nights.
The setup is built for the kind of audience McAfee has learned to draw on big-event nights: people who want a looser, more conversational feed without giving up the game itself. His show will be available on, the App, + and Disney+, and he will be joined by his usual crew plus six guests, including Kendrick Perkins, Quentin Richardson, Tone Digs, Connor Campbell and Ty Schmit.
Perkins brings the most direct basketball credentials to the table. He is an analyst and a 14-year NBA veteran who played for the Celtics, Thunder, Cavaliers and Pelicans. That gives the broadcast a familiar NBA voice beside McAfee, who has become one of 's most visible on-air personalities through a daily show built around and YouTube.
That is also part of what makes this stop notable. McAfee is newer to the NBA world than the football stages where he has already shown up for major moments, including the College Football Playoff and the NFL Draft. He has done similar alternate shows for the NFL Draft before, and he has also worked as a WWE commentator, but the Finals put him in a different lane and in front of a different audience.
The contrast is the point. is giving the NBA Finals a second broadcast track that leans into personality and banter rather than the standard game-call rhythm, while ABC keeps the primary national telecast. How McAfee's crew handles the opening minutes on June 8 will tell viewers quickly whether this is just another extension of his brand or a format that can travel into basketball's biggest series.
For now, the next marker is simple: at 8:30 p.m. ET, Game 3 gets underway, and McAfee's alternate NBA Finals broadcast starts with it.
