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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.
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Jan 2, 2019 • 1h 13min
Basketball Buds: Westbrook Debate, Warriors Past, Present and Future
Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Ethan Strauss, Anthony Mayes and Dave DuFour Produced by: Jade Hoye Rundown: Bird Box Good or Nah? Russ Westbrook Debate Is he as good as he thinks he is? Defense Tanking and Zion LeBron Underrated and Under Appreciated Dwane Casey upset WW2 Digression Warriors Aggregation Segment The Draymond Green Problem Someone has to go! Klay too? Boogie Cousins fix this? End Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 28, 2018 • 1h 16min
The Friday Mailbag: Happy New Year!
The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BLK Tray, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Jerome Cheng, Sarah the Pharmacist, Anthony Mayes and special Fan Duel winner guest, Jonathan Zoob. Produced by: Jade Hoye Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 22, 2018 • 1h 59min
The Friday Mailbag: Happy Christmas
The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Mariano Bivins, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Sarah the Pharmacist, Jerome Cheng, Kariemah Shah, Angela Gaile and a special appearance from Greyson and Sadie Hoye. Produced by: Jade Hoye Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 20, 2018 • 60min
Nerder She Wrote with David Aldridge: Wiz-Wall, Anthony Davis, Rockets-Harden
Nerder She Wrote: Dave DuFour, David Thorpe and special guest Hall of Fame reporter, David Aldridge from the Athletic DC https://theathletic.com/dc/ Sponsored by: The Athletic get 40% Off https://theathletic.com/back2back Rundown: Favorite Holiday drinks Wizards / Wall Dwight Howard Wall's effort / inconsistency LeBron and Anthony Davis Celtics have better assets with Kyrie caveat Stars playing with LeBron Chris Bosh as an example Too many stars in Boston Rockets / James Harden / West What are you watching Coach? Too many 3s a problem? Final thoughts Appreciate The Game LeBron's message to his son End Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 18, 2018 • 1h 14min
BasketBall Buds: Harden-CP3, West's Second Best, Lines
Basketball Buds: Zach Harper, Tom Haberstroh, Ethan Strauss, Dave DuFour, Anthony Mayes and Jovan Buha. Produced by: Jade Hoye Rundown: James Harden What's the problem? Refs this year Clippers regressing to the mean Rockets good now? Chris Paul washed Still injured? Getting old? Behind the Rockets 4 game win streak Thunder are the #2 team in the West Lakers have LeBron tho Kemba regression Welcome Ethan Grizz or Clipps, who's more legit? Trail Blazers What is cute ugly? French Bull Dogs can't have sex Fan Duel x NBA LeBron broken hand in last year's Finals Lines The carry is worse then the travel End Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 14, 2018 • 2h 25min
The Friday Mailbag: What's Past Is Prologue
The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, BIG Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Anthony Mayes, Mama Hoye, Matt Ruffin, Dave DuFour and Sarah. With: Jerome Cheng, Rich Gunz and Ricky Logan. Produced by: Jade Hoye Sponsored by: Mint Mobile mintmobile.com/btb Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 2018 • 1h 12min
Nerder She Wrote: With Ethan Strauss talking Zion, NBA Spies, Warriors and MVPs
Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour, David Thorpe and Ethan Strauss. Sponsored by: The Athletic https://theathletic.com/back2back for 40% off. Rundown: Sleep Monitors Drinking and sleep What's going on with the Bulls? Grace and maturity vs Machismo Michael Jordan vs Malik Monk Zion Williamson's Potential Welcome Ethan Strauss The Life of an NBA Spy (Advanced Scouting) Why choose this life? Warriors' mid range shooting Klay Thompson Bored Warriors MVPs End Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 12, 2018 • 20min
NBA Daily Ding: Lowry Bounced Back, Bulls Dysfunction Continues, DPOY and COY Favorites
Dave DuFour is joined by Blk Tray and special guest Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo! Sports. The trio talks about a three-game Tuesday night in the NBA, the latest in the Bulls dysfunction, a bounce-back game from Kyle Lowry, the Rockets show signs of life and the guys make their early season picks for the Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year. Produced by: Rob Lopez Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 8, 2018 • 2h 7min
The Friday Mailbag
The Friday Mailbag: Zach Harper, Big Wos, Eden Liu, Nitzan Bluvstein, Sarah, Anthony Mayes, Dave DuFour, Mama Hoye and Maskims. Special guest: Andre Trottie Produced by: Jade Hoye Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 6, 2018 • 1h 7min
Nerder She Wrote: In Defense of Defense
Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour and Coach David Thorpe Appreciating Defense Sponsored by: The Athletic theathletic.com/back2back. for 40% off Rundown: Allen Iverson story time with Coach Let's talk about defense Thunder without Roberson are good Westbrook has been great Memphis too Men in the middle Marc Gasol Elasticity Jaren Jackson is going to be a Hall of Famer Like a running back The "Economy of Movement" Faking effort Joakim Noah back If he's healthy...watch out. Motor and energy are off the charts Timberwolves Karl Towns fools gold? Andrew Wiggins Derrick Rose unreal Dario Saric Who would have thought? Lakers Lonzo's defense Kuzma Anthony Davis future Final thoughts End Support us on www.patreon.com/countthedings Find us: www.countthedings.com Social: @back2backpod @countthedings Facebook: www.facebook.com/countthedings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


