The Athletic NBA Daily
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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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Sep 24, 2021 • 41min
NBA meets NFL: Strategy and Analytics
This week Sheil Kapadia joins Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow to discuss the analytics in the NBA and NFL. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 24, 2021 • 16min
Daily Ding: Underrated Teams
Jared Weiss and Mo Dakhil discuss which teams they think are underrated heading in to the NBA season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2021 • 13min
Daily Ding: Timberwolves fire Gersson Rosas, promote Sachin Gupta
Jared Weiss and Mo Dakhil discuss the changes in the Minnesota Timberwolves front office, why, and what's next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2021 • 46min
Life, Love, Sopranos and NBA referee Bob Delaney
Former undercover New Jersey state trooper and professional basketball referee, Bob Delaney drops by to talk with David and Marcus about life, coping with stress, September 11th and all that's going on now. Plus his connections to the NJ mafia and thoughts on the new Sopranos movie coming in October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 20, 2021 • 34min
Intuit, Clippers, John Wall and other observations
Tray, Mo and Jay react to a lack of enthusiasm Kawhi and others had during the Clippers announcement on their new stadium. Also John Wall for Ben Simmons? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 17, 2021 • 1h 5min
Eastern Conference Breakout Candidates, Joe Fulks, and the Grizzlies future plans
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers bring you another week of Slam and Jam! We discuss the player that had one of the worst stats in NBA history, 5 breakout candidates in the Eastern conference, and then Keith Parish of Fastbreak Breakfast joins the show to discuss the Memphis Grizzlies, their offseason moves and how they move forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 16, 2021 • 13min
Daily Ding: New faces, new places, new chances
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.
Sep 15, 2021 • 39min
Ben Simmons Saga, Death, Taxes and ? ... NBA Title/MVP Odds! with Tas Melas
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.
Sep 14, 2021 • 13min
Daily Ding: Most Improved Candidates
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.
Sep 14, 2021 • 1h 10min
Can the Kings get back in the Playoffs? + Donovan Mitchell Interview
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.
