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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Jan 20, 2021 • 54min
Clippers Deep Dive with Law Murray
In this week's Hoops Adjacent, The Athletic's Clippers beat reporter, Law Murray joins David Aldridge and Wos Lambre to talk about the enigmatic Clippers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 19, 2021 • 1h
Inside the Harden Rockets Breakup + Early NBA Surprises
Sam Amick is joined by Kelly Iko, Anthony Slater, and Kelly Iko to discuss the behind the scenes story of the Harden trade to Brooklyn, COVID protocols, the Raptors slow start, Jerami Grant’s emergence, and other early season surprises. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 18, 2021 • 50min
Harden's Debut + Nets Outlook, The Kyrie Question and Lakers' Sleepwalk to Finals
The Basketball Buds Zach Harper, Tray Edwards, Dave DuFour and BIG Wos on James Harden's Nets debut. His crazy fluctuation in weight, and the outlook in Brooklyn here on out. Plus Caris LaVert out indefinitely in Indiana, shortly after being traded in Harden deal. Then the Lakers' easy ride to an inevitable Finals title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 15, 2021 • 54min
Harden, Rocket's Process + How to Watch the Game with Ben Falk
This week's Nerder, with Ben Falk from CleaningTheGlass.com. Dave, Mo and Seth talk to Ben about the huge Harden-to-the-Nets trade that went down on Wednesday, the process in Houston, How to watch the game and Xs and Os vs. Player personnel scouting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 14, 2021 • 36min
Beal Or No Beal, LaMelo Ballin' + LeBron Trollin
In this week's episode of Point of Contention Marcus Thompson and Ethan Strauss debate. Hosted by Zach Harper.Take 1: Beal to the Warriors?Take 2: Lakers having too much fun?Take 3: LeMelo better than we thoughtTake 4: Warriors sizzlin' sort ofTake 5: James Harden talk or TV talk? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2021 • 27min
James Harden Traded to Nets - Emergency Pod
Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil, Mike Smeltz, Seth Partnow and Wos Lambre break down the blockbuster trade between the Nets and Rockets that sends Harden to Brooklyn to reunite with Kevin Durant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2021 • 1h 2min
Performative Measures and Image + Raptors Rut, Spurs Never Die, Mailbag with Amin Elhassan
Amin Elhassan drops by to talk with DA and Wos about leaving ESPN and joining forces with Dan LeBatard. Then, the many inconsistencies of Covid protocols. Plus, the Raptors rut and the Never Die Spurs. And finally the very first Hoops A Mailbag. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2021 • 1h 3min
NBA Eastern Conference Top 5 + Hawks Drama
Sam Amick is joined by Fred Katz, Anthony Slater and Chris Kirschner to discuss the Hawks drama and how the get back on track and then Amick, Katz and Slater give their top 5 teams in the Eastern Conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 11, 2021 • 53min
NBA's Covid Mess + Rookie Status Check + Injuries
In this week's edition of the Basketball Buds, Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Tray Edwards and Mike Smeltz of the 'Glue Guys' pod talk about what the hell is going on with the NBA and Covid. Then a look at the Rookie class, James Wiseman, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, among others. Then some key injuries in the NBA, a roundup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 8, 2021 • 44min
76ers Dive, Joel Embiid + Changing Rotations and Minutes
In this week's Nerder Dave DuFour, Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow dive down on the 76ers, Joel Embiid playing like and MVP, Simmons' aggressiveness, Tobias Harris and Doc Rivers. Before that, the guys talk about changing rotations on the fly and minutes per game and production decrease. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
