Emergency Jaylen Brown Trade Reaction + Timm Woods And The Return Of Dungeons And Dragons
Episode of Pardon My Take · July 2, 2026 · 2 h 58 min
Pardon My Take hosts react live to Jaylen Brown's trade to the 76ers and the USMNT's World Cup win, then play Dungeons & Dragons with Timm Woods.
Summary
The episode opened with an emergency segment reacting to the Boston Celtics trading Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and draft compensation, recorded while Max Delente and Hank Lockwood were on an island for Delente's wedding. Lockwood, a Celtics fan, called the move unfathomable, argued a team cannot trade a star to an in-division rival, and suggested something had broken down between Brown and Brad Stevens, while Delente described breaking the news to cheers at his rehearsal dinner. Dan Katz argued the 76ers essentially got Brown for free, and PFT Commenter cited on/off statistics suggesting the Celtics won more without Brown.
PFT Commenter recounted attending the United States men's national team's World Cup win in Santa Clara, praising the performance but criticizing a red card given to Folarin Balogun and the rule suspending red-carded players for the following match. Jerry O'Connell then called in as his Knicks-fan character Mr. Bing Bong, taunting Lockwood but advising patience on the trade, and promoting a streaming movie.
The remainder of the episode was a Dungeons & Dragons session run by Timm Woods. The party pursued the spellbook of the classic villain Lord Manshoon in the city of Waterdeep, gathering information, capturing a ring from a halfling chef to breach a force field, and fighting guards, a Frankenstein's monster, flying snakes, and a spectator. Wayne the bard claimed the spellbook, triggering Manshoon's arrival, and Woods revealed that Manshoon was the father of Katz's character Loud Trainwind, who accepted an offer to join him. Woods closed by promoting appearances at Gen Con and a gaming cruise.
Chapters
- 3:28
Emergency pod: Jaylen Brown traded
The hosts break down the surprise trade of Jaylen Brown from the Celtics to the 76ers while Max and Hank are at Max's wedding.
- 7:11
Hank's reaction and the stats
Hank vents about the trade and analytics justifications while PFT cites stats suggesting the Celtics win more without Brown.
- 12:55
Max breaks the news at his rehearsal dinner
Max describes receiving the Shams alert and announcing the trade to his Sixers-fan family.
- 16:31
Giannis, Hugo and Brad Stevens' plan
The hosts discuss why a Giannis deal fell through and whether Stevens has another move planned.
- 23:18
Spin zones and a rough sports year
Katz offers Hank consolation spin zones and lists a year of Boston sports disappointments.
- 34:32
USMNT win in Santa Clara
PFT recaps the U.S. World Cup win and criticizes Folarin Balogun's red card and suspension rule.
- 38:48
Mr. Bing Bong calls in
Jerry O'Connell taunts Hank in character, advises patience on the trade, and plugs his movie.
- 46:39
D&D setup: the hunt for Manshoon's spellbook
Timm Woods recaps the campaign, introduces characters and costumes, and sets the goal of stealing Lord Manshoon's spellbook.
- 59:45
Gathering information in Waterdeep
The party scans Silent Trainwind, Ehrlich trades questions for a wizard internship, and a divination reveals the tower location.
- 1:22:31
Breaching the Kolat Towers
Greg captures a halfling chef's force-field ring, and the party learns about Manshoon and infiltrates the outer tower.
- 2:03:41
Battle in the towers
The party fights guard captain Sidra, thugs, flying snakes, and a spectator amid falls, fireballs and friendly fire.
- 2:48:35
The spellbook and the plot twist
Wayne claims the spellbook, Manshoon appears and reveals he is Loud Trainwind's father, who agrees to join him.
- 2:53:29
Timm Woods' plugs and lotto numbers
Woods promotes Gen Con and a cruise game before the hosts close with their lotto-machine numbers.
Key points
What was said, by whom, with the exact words. Timestamps jump to the moment.
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood argues the Celtics should never have traded Jaylen Brown to a division rival.
“you cannot trade Jalen Brown to your in-division rival. That cannot happen”
Listen from 7:55 · Jaylen Brown trade to the Philadelphia 76ers
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood says analytics defenders claim Paul George can match Brown's production on an expiring contract, a view he rejects.
“analytics people are saying that you can get similar production from Paul George and He only has another year left in his contract”
Listen from 9:32 · Jaylen Brown trade to the Philadelphia 76ers
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter cites statistics showing Brown has a poor plus-minus for a multiple All-Star.
“Jalen Brown has the second worst plus minus of any five-time All-Star over the past 10 years”
Listen from 10:31 · Jaylen Brown trade to the Philadelphia 76ers
- Dan Katz
Katz argues the 76ers effectively acquired Brown for free since dumping George's contract alone would have cost a first-round pick.
“So essentially, the Sixers just got Jalen Brown for free. They would have had to do that just to get rid of Paul George's contract”
Listen from 16:15 · Jaylen Brown trade to the Philadelphia 76ers
- Dan Katz
Katz believes the Celtics are resetting this season with a bigger move possible next year.
“I think the Celtics are basically saying this year we're resetting and then next year maybe”
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter relays reporting that a Giannis deal stalled partly because Boston would not part with young players.
“the Celtics didn't want to part with their young pieces that they looked at very favorably like Shireman and Hugo”
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood predicts Brad Stevens has further moves planned after the trade.
“Brad Stevens has got more cooking. He's not done yet. And then you're going to have to take all that”
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood believes an irreparable rift existed between Jaylen Brown and Brad Stevens.
“I think something was going on with Jalen Brown and Brad Stevens. That was not going to get fixed, and they knew that”
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter notes the U.S. won as many World Cup games in 19 days as in the previous 24 years.
“I think we've won three games in 19 days. And we've won three World Cup games in the previous 24 years”
Listen from 35:25 · United States men's national soccer team
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter argues the rule suspending red-carded players for the next match is unfair.
“I think it's just a terrible rule that if you get a red card from a game that you're also suspended for the next game”
Linked moment · 36:45Skip to 36:45 using a listen link in the info box.
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter calls Folarin Balogun possibly the best pure striker the U.S. has had.
“he's the like probably the best pure striker that we've ever had i know it's crazy to say that after just like four games”
Listen from 36:45 · United States men's national soccer team
- Timm Woods
Woods says low-level parties should not try to fight Lord Manshoon directly.
“I will warn that when I run this adventure for the AWLs, I tell them, do not try to fight Lord Manchun because they're all playing the game at level two”
- Timm Woods
Woods announces he will run games at Gen Con in Indianapolis in early August.
“I am going to be at Gen Con this summer in Indianapolis at the beginning of August”
- Timm Woods
Woods says he will run the Fallout RPG on an October cruise because he is a fan of the video game.
“I'm going to be running the Fallout RPG, actually, because I'm a big fan of the video game Fallout”
People
In the conversation
- Dan KatzBarstool Sports personality known as Big Cat, co-host of Pardon My Take
- PFT CommenterBarstool Sports writer and co-host of Pardon My Take
- Hank LockwoodPardon My Take contributor and Boston Celtics fan
- Max DelentePardon My Take producer and Philadelphia 76ers fan whose bachelor party is referenced
- ZachNewest Pardon My Take staff member, Knicks fan
- Timm WoodsDungeons & Dragons game master who runs recurring campaigns on the show
- Nick TuraniBarstool Sports staffer who plays Greg the paladin in the D&D game
Discussed
- Jaylen BrownBoston Celtics guard-forward at the center of the hosts' first-team All-NBA case
- Paul GeorgePhiladelphia 76ers forward returning from injury
- Brad StevensBoston Celtics president of basketball operations
- Jayson TatumBoston Celtics forward returning from injury
- Shams CharaniaNBA insider reporter
- Folarin BalogunUSMNT striker
- Hugo GonzalezYoung Celtics prospect Boston kept out of trade talks
- Giannis AntetokounmpoMilwaukee Bucks forward and two-time NBA MVP whose future trade value is the episode's central subject
- Mitchell RobinsonNew York Knicks center
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From the publisher
Before we get to Dungeons and Dragons Jaylen Brown has been traded to the Sixers and we give our live reaction while Max and Hank are on an island full of Max’s family/friends for his wedding. PFT went to the USMNT win last night (00:00:00-00:45:27). Then we’re back with Timm Woods and the return of Dungeons and Dragons You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take
Summary, chapters and key points were generated from the episode transcript on September 29, 2026. Quotes are checked word for word against the transcript.