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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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Jul 5, 2023 • 34min
Daily Ding: Free Agency Thoughts | NBA Summer League Tips
Keith Parish and Dave DuFour give their reactions to some of the free agency moves so far, the Lakers big wins, the Suns hopes, and some insider tips and tricks for attending NBA Summer League. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 3, 2023 • 1h 2min
Underrated/Overrated Free Agent Signings
TamperingSam Amick, Fred Katz and Anthony Slater break down the following topics surrounding NBA Free Agency: Best Signing, Worst Signing, Best under the radar signing, Most confusing contract, and who advanced the most in the offseason? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 2, 2023 • 39min
Lillard and Harden ask out | Best & Worst of Free Agency
Zach Harper, Travonne Edwards, and Jay King react to the Damian Lillard trade request, James Harden trade request, and the first few days of free agency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 1, 2023 • 52min
Free Agency Day 1 Recap
Saturday Slam and JamFred VanVleet's massive deal, Houston and Toronto's outlook, the Lakers improvements, Bruce Brown to Indy, and much more. The guys then play another rousing edition of Andrew vs. the Beat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 30, 2023 • 59min
New CBA Fears | Summer Plans
Mo Dakhil, Seth Partnow, and Dave DuFour react live to James Harden's decision to exercise his option and make a trade request, the fears of a new CBA, and what teams have planned or unplanned for the offseason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 29, 2023 • 41min
Harden Fake Trades + Rockets Offseason Checklist
Andrew Schlecht and Dave DuFour discuss 6 fake trades for James Harden after his opt in and trade request from the 76ers. In part 2 Andrew Schlecht and Kelly Iko break down the upcoming offseason for the Houston Rockets, how they did in the draft, who they will target in Free Agency and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 29, 2023 • 35min
Free Agency Position Rankings
Point of ContentionZach Harper, Will Guillory and Jay King discuss Free Agency with 5 topics, 5 minutes 5 points of contentionRanking the Free Agents by positionPoint Guards, Shooting Guards, Small Forwards, Power Forwards and Shooting GuardsIncluding players like Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Bruce Brown, Khris Middleton, Jerami Grant, Draymond Green and Brook Lopez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 28, 2023 • 42min
Free Agents to Watch
Hoops AdjacentDavid Aldridge and Marcus Thompson are joined by Sam Amick of the Athletic to discuss the opening of NBA Free Agency. They discuss what the Kings are up to with their cap space, can Detroit or Houston make a leap?, What big names will move? and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 27, 2023 • 54min
Free Agency Primer
Sam Amick, Fred Katz and Anothony Slater discuss the direction of the Blazers, what the Kings could do in Free Agency, what Jerami Grant might do, where the Rockets are headed, what the Warriors and Draymond Green will do with his contract expiring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 26, 2023 • 44min
Smart move in Memphis?
Jay King, Mo Dakhil, and Dave DuFour take a look at last week's trades, the roster fits, and what teams should do next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
