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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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Nov 16, 2022 • 15min
Daily Ding: Pelicans Soar | Kings Reign
Jared Weiss and Mo Dakhil discuss the night of NBA basketball from Tuesday, November 15. Big wins for the Mavericks and Pelicans and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 2022 • 58min
Wolves and Warriors Woes
Sam Amick, Anthony Slater and Jon Krawczynski discuss the following topics:Diagnosing the Wolves and the WarriorsObservations from the struggling Cavs and the surging KingsEarly MVP talk, with Joel Embiid making his first big-time statement of the season on that front Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 2022 • 11min
Daily Ding: Jimmy Locks Down + Celtics Escape Thunder
Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down the Heat's impressive win against the Suns, the Celtics sneaking past the Thunder, and then bouncing around the association on Monday, November 14th Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 14, 2022 • 47min
Funny Time Wasted
Rundown: — funny time wasting — Celtics surging — Luka or Tatum better start?— suns want Strus for Crowder — Jay’s Kings Minute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 14, 2022 • 15min
Weekend Update: Well Hello Joel!
Dave Parish and Mo Dakhil recap the weekend that was in the NBA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 12, 2022 • 56min
Fake Surprise Team + Piston's Slow Start
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA basketball, a good omen for the Spurs, and the Fake Surprise Team in the NBA this season.In Part 2 James Edwards III joins the guys to discuss the Detroit Pistons, their rough start, Cade Cunningham and play a rousing edition of Andrew vs. The Beat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 11, 2022 • 14min
Daily Ding: Jimmy Butler wills Heat to Victory, Trailblazers beat Pelicans without Damian Lillard
Jared Weiss and J.E. Skeets break down Thursday night's action including the Heats' OT win over Charlotte, Trailblazers beating the Pelicans, 76ers losing to the Hawks and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 11, 2022 • 48min
Shiver Me TimberWolves + All Star Haliburton & Help Wanted in Dallas
In this week's Nerder, She Wrote. Hosted by Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow. The fellas welcome John Hollinger to "class the place up."Rundown:Favorite things Hollinger: Tyrese HaliburtonMo: D'angelo Russell space cadet / TimberWolves vibes way downSeth: Importance of having 5 good players on the floorSteve Kerr: Development vs Maintaining excellenceLuka Doncic, Mavs, help wanted.Scoring: Offenses have been ahead of defenses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 10, 2022 • 16min
Daily Ding: Kings down Cavaliers, Pelicans escape with win over Bulls
Mark Schindler and Mo Dakhil breakdown the slate of games on Wednesday night, including the Kings beating the Cavaliers, the Pelicans pulling out a win over the Bulls, a pair of weird games in Pacer-Nuggets and Grizzlies-Spurs, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 9, 2022 • 46min
Cavaliers on Top of the World
In this week's Hoop's Adjacent, David Aldridge talks to Washington Post's Michael Lee and Cavs' reporter Kelsey Russo about the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.