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Start your day with The Athletic NBA Daily – a fast, entertaining recap of the most important games and stories from the world of professional basketball with new episodes dropping Monday through Friday. Hosted by Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Esfandiar Baraheni with regular appearances by The Athletic’s award-winning NBA reporters. Andrew Schlecht and Alex Spears cap the week with the full-length Saturday Slam n’ Jam episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Nov 14, 2022 • 15min
Weekend Update: Well Hello Joel!
Dave Parish and Mo Dakhil recap the weekend that was in the NBA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 12, 2022 • 56min
Fake Surprise Team + Piston's Slow Start
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA basketball, a good omen for the Spurs, and the Fake Surprise Team in the NBA this season.In Part 2 James Edwards III joins the guys to discuss the Detroit Pistons, their rough start, Cade Cunningham and play a rousing edition of Andrew vs. The Beat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 11, 2022 • 14min
Daily Ding: Jimmy Butler wills Heat to Victory, Trailblazers beat Pelicans without Damian Lillard
Jared Weiss and J.E. Skeets break down Thursday night's action including the Heats' OT win over Charlotte, Trailblazers beating the Pelicans, 76ers losing to the Hawks and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 11, 2022 • 48min
Shiver Me TimberWolves + All Star Haliburton & Help Wanted in Dallas
In this week's Nerder, She Wrote. Hosted by Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow. The fellas welcome John Hollinger to "class the place up."Rundown:Favorite things Hollinger: Tyrese HaliburtonMo: D'angelo Russell space cadet / TimberWolves vibes way downSeth: Importance of having 5 good players on the floorSteve Kerr: Development vs Maintaining excellenceLuka Doncic, Mavs, help wanted.Scoring: Offenses have been ahead of defenses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 10, 2022 • 16min
Daily Ding: Kings down Cavaliers, Pelicans escape with win over Bulls
Mark Schindler and Mo Dakhil breakdown the slate of games on Wednesday night, including the Kings beating the Cavaliers, the Pelicans pulling out a win over the Bulls, a pair of weird games in Pacer-Nuggets and Grizzlies-Spurs, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 9, 2022 • 46min
Cavaliers on Top of the World
In this week's Hoop's Adjacent, David Aldridge talks to Washington Post's Michael Lee and Cavs' reporter Kelsey Russo about the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 8, 2022 • 57min
Early Victory Laps
Sam Amick, Anthony Slater and Fred Katz discuss the things they got right and wrong early on with the Cavs hot start, Westbrook to the bench, the Blazers playing great ball, and more.On the back half, the guys discuss the Brooklyn Nets and Sam's peice at the Athletic on Kyrie's future from the eyes of other NBA executives. You can find that piece here: https://theathletic.com/3769515/2022/11/07/nets-nba-executives-poll-kyrie-irving-kevin-durant/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 8, 2022 • 15min
Daily Ding: Blazers Beat Buzzer, Luka Out-duels KD
Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down the 15 game slate from Monday night including a Blazers game winner, a close one in Dallas, bad vibes for the Wolves and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 7, 2022 • 48min
Heat of the Moment
In this week's Basketball Buds, hosted by Zach Harper with Tray Edwards, Mo Dakhil and Jay King.Rundown:— can anybody stop the Bucks? — Kyrie suspension, nets move on?— Tony Brothers Vs Spencer Dinwiddie— Jay’s Kings minute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 7, 2022 • 16min
Weekend Update: Bucks 9-0!, Up and down weekend for Phoenix
Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap the weekend in the NBA. The Milwaukee Bucks move to a franchise best 9 and 0 to start the season after picking up back to back wins over Minnesota and Oklahoma City. The Suns and Blazers trade off wins in their Phoenix back to back. Phoenix trades off starters with Deandre Ayton returning to the lineup as Cam Johnson is sidelined. The surprising Utah Jazz move to 8 and 3 after a pair of wins over the Lakers and the Clippers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


