Hawaii Sports Radio Network

Hour 2 dives into the NBA as teams prepare to reshape their teams heading into the 2026-27 season, starting with the NBA Draft next week before free agency and the ability to make trades opens up the following week.

Michael & Paul prognosticate on the state of the Eastern Conference and what moves in-conference rivals would make before getting into an argument about which of the two conferences was better overall this past season when Paul says people overrated how great the West was.

Happy Aloha Friday, beautiful people! Paul & Michael lead off the day previewing the big World Cup matchup between Team USA and Australia & get to comparing the teams in Group D to Mountain West football programs.

We move over to a bigger Mountain West conversation as Paul probes to find out which players that Michael is most excited to see in action this upcoming season for the Rainbow Warriors.

Happy Thursday, beautiful people! Paul opens the day talking to HPU men's basketball head coach Jesse Nakanishi regarding the promotion of Kyle Ruiz to the associate HC role along with the multitude of players the Sharks brought in via the transfer portal.

Paul spends the second half of the opening hour talking about the NBA Draft, eventually making the case for Arkansas G Darius Acuff Jr. to be drafted higher than projections currently place him.

Hour 2 starts with Paul diving into the MLB collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the owners and MLBPA, talking about what an international draft would look like compared to the current system.

The chatter moves back locally after Campbell S Isaiah Chong made his commitment to Sacramento State, hearing Michael Lasquero's chat with the Sabers' star defensive back about what stuck out about the Hornets.

Paul wraps the show up with a look ahead at the next few days of World Cup action and gives an update on Ku'ulei Agbayani's adventures.