The Athletic NBA Daily

Jared Weiss and Keith Parish are back to discuss their favorite candidates to surprise based on new situations and opportunities in the upcoming season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No Dunks' Tas Melas joins Zach Harper and and Jay King in this week's Point of Contention to Debate!Take 1 > Can anyone say Groundhog Day? Yes? Yes? YESSSS??? (Ben Simmons)Take 2 > Death Taxes and the NBA’s In Season Tournament IdeaTake 3 > Less video replay? Yes please!Take 4 > All Bets are ...ON? Title Odds.Take 5 > MVP Odds! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jared Weiss and Keith Parish discuss their favorites for this year's Most Improved player award.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Amick and Anthony Slater are joined by Athletic Sacramento Kings writer Jason Jones to discuss his piece on Chris Webber, the direction of the Kings, if they should trade for Ben Simmons, and what destinations make sense for Ben Simmons.Then in part 2 at the 56:00 minute mark Sam Amick is joined by Donovan and Nicole Mitchell to discuss their partnership with Clorox to improve schools, Donovan's injury and their playoff performance, and what to expect for the Jazz this offseason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Jon Krawczynski discuss the Timberwolves upcoming season, how Karl Anthony Towns is ready for the challenge, revisiting the D'Angelo Russell trade, if the Wolves should trade for Ben Simmons and what it would take to get him, and finally how Anthony Edwards can be the next star in Minnesota. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Nerder crew, Dave Seth and Mo, assembles for a listener Mailbag!> Ben Simmons> Shot selection> Why teams overachieve and underachieve? > FIBA vs. NBA rules> Favorite season of all time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the NBA Contenders and Pretenders from each conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss which rookies could surprise in year 1 as key contributors on their teams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss 5 mildly interesting storylines from the NBA news cycle, 6 Western Conference players that could break out, and then the boys are joined by Jonathan Macri of Knicks Film School to discuss how the Knicks new additions fit with Randle, if RJ Barrett can take the next step, how the young guys can develop, How Kemba fits with the Knicks and much more! Then the guys play a Knicks trivia game as part of Andrew vs. The Beat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keith Parish and Dave DuFour run it back, this time taking a far too early glance at the Western Conference playoff picture and giving their thoughts on the pecking order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.