The Woj Pod

ESPN Draft Analyst Jonathan Givony joins The Woj Pod to discuss the NBA's willingness to pay top high school star Jalen Green $500K-plus and restructure its G-League professional pathway program to compete with the NCAA and Australia. We explore what this means for the future of the NBA, college basketball and the significant impact it will have on the future of the sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hall of Fame center Patrick Ewing and Jeff Van Gundy join The Woj Pod to go inside the 1990's New York Knicks-Chicago Bulls rivalry, including Michael Jordan, the playoff series fights, the 'Con Man' game, Pat Riley and the X-Man, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vanderbilt coach Jerry Stackhouse - an 18-year NBA veteran - joins The Woj Pod to remember a young Kobe Bryant as a teenage kid playing pickup with this 76ers (13:50), playing with an aging Michael Jordan with the Wizards (29:01), waiting in tunnels post-game to finish on-court skirmishes with opponents, why he didn't think Dwane Casey was comfortable with him as an assistant coach in Toronto and the challenge of recruiting and coaching at Vandy in the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN front-office insider Bobby Marks joins The Woj Pod to discuss the Chicago Bulls search for a new top front office executive, the appeal and challenges of the job, the financial impact the NBA shutdown will have on front office/coaching moves (15:53), the possible rollout for a return to play this season and how free agency will be impacted (27:34). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN NBA Analyst Doris Burke joins The Woj Pod to reveal that she has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, including details of her symptoms, her hospital testing experience and her recovery process. In opening up, she is hopeful to make more people aware of the importance of social distancing and other important measures being taken to try and combat the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Denver Nuggets President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly joins The Woj Pod to discuss the NBA shutdown, the franchise's quarantine, how the league could be changed coming out of the hiatus (14:49) and ... his love for 1980's and 1990's professional wrestling (30:40). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Olimpia Milano assistant coach Tom Bialaszewski - a decade-long NBA assistant and scout - discusses life in coronavirus isolation with his family in Italy (2:04), his close relationship with Kobe Bryant as a Lakers assistant (12:51), the story of the most vulnerable he had ever seen Kobe (23:16), learning of Kobe's passing in Italy and how Kobe diagrammed Tom and his wife's honeymoon in Italy (31:17). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy Slavitt, a former head of healthcare for President Obama and founder of the United States of Care, joins The Woj Pod to discuss the facts surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, what we need to do, what's coming and how the NBA fits into the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adrian Wojnarowski takes on some of your most pressing questions about the NBA shutdown - what's happening and what could come next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dell and Sonya Curry join The Woj Pod to discuss Stephen's absence and return (2:22), their new sports parenting podcast, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices