In the third hour, Dan Bernstein and Laurence Holmes turned their attention to the basketball landscape, with Bernstein explaining why he isn't comfortable with recent rhetoric about Duke forward Cooper Flagg. NBC Sports Chicago analyst Steve Stone then joined the show to discuss his personal All-Star Game selection story, shortstop Paul DeJong's resurgence this season, right-hander Erick Fedde's trade market and more. Later, Bernstein and Holmes discussed Japan being added to the 2025 Caribbean Series.