The Athletic NBA Daily
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
Zena Keita and Es Baraheni discuss Celtics dominating the Lakers, the Nuggets falling to the short handed Warriors, and then after the break Andrew Schlecht joins to discuss the Thunder’s big win against the red hot Cavs without SGA, Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Es Baraheni and Andrew Schlecht
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Lara Sinclair
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are back for another episode of the Saturday Slam N Jam. They discuss the All Star Weekend, the Sixers, the success of the Pistons, and their pre-leap players. Then after the break they are joined by Rylan Stiles of the Locked on Thunder Podcast and OKC Dream Team to discuss the Thunder’s season, their injuries, leaps from Cason Wallace and Isaiah Joe and much more. Then they finish with a fun editio...
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Clippers win over the Nuggets and Kevin Durant’s burning performance against the Hornets. Then, James Edwards joins the show after the Knicks’ disheartening loss to the Pistons to discuss the problem with Karl-Anthony Towns in the offense, New York’s defensive problems, and Cade Cunningham’s MVP case.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni an...
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita are joined by Jon Krawczynski to react to Anthony Edwards’ All-Star MVP, why the Wolves seem bored with the regular season, and the importance of Mike Conley’s return.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Jon Krawczynski
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Carl Finocchiaro
Andrew Schlecht, Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni do the full NBA expansion draft protections for all 30 teams in the NBA.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni and Zena Keita
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita are joined by Mirin Fader to discuss her profile of Kon Knueppel, his incredible rookie season, and the Charlotte Hornets fun season.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Mirin Fader
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Carl Finocchiaro
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are joined by Justin Rowan of the Chase Down Podcast to discuss the Cavs post trade deadline. How has James Harden changed the Cavs offense? How will they be different come playoff time? What are the defensive concerns come playoff time? And then….. will LeBron come back to Cleveland this summer?
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Justin Rowan and Es Baraheni
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Carl Fin...
Zena Keita and Es Baraheni are joined by Dave DuFour who is in LA for the All Star Game to discuss the new All Star format and how it was a success, and if it can be replicated. Then they discuss the 3 point contest, the slam dunk contest and how Saturday night can be improved. Then the crew close out the show discussion Adam Silver’s press conference about tanking and the state of the league.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Dave DuFour a...
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are back for another episode of the Saturday Slam N Jam. They discuss the week of basketball including a fight between the Hornets and Pistons, Clippers drama, new faces in new places and more. Then they go over their Good, Bad and WHAT??? Including tanking, Topic’s return, CP3’s retirement and more. In part 2, Law Murray of the Athletic joins to discuss the Clippers on and off court drama, what it’s...
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are joined by Sam Amick of the Athletic to discuss his sit down with Suns owner Mat Ishbia. How did the Suns get here? What lessons has he learned, and much more. Then in segment 2, the guys discuss the trade deadline leftovers, tanking and much more.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and James Edwards
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Pro...
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Kawhi Leonard’s 4th quarter in a Clippers win over the Rockets and Cam Thomas exploding off the bench to take down the Magic. Then, James Edwards joins the show after the Knicks’ dismantling of the 76ers to talk Jose Alvarado and what the Knicks need coming out of the All Star break.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and James Edwards
Execu...
Andrew Schlecht, Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zen Keita do an NBA role player draft to highlight the best supporting players in the NBA.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, Zena Keita
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni break down the insane performance by Wemby against the Lakers, the Suns taking down the Mavs, and then Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports joins the show to discuss the slog of a game between the Clippers and Rockets, how the Rockets can improve their offense between now and the Playoffs, if they can sign anyone to play point guard for them, and more.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni, Kelly Iko
Producer: Andre...
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Cavs win over the Nuggets and all of the players returning from injury. Then, Hunter Patterson joins the show from Charlotte where the Pistons and Hornets had a playoff atmosphere and flared tempers.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Hunter Patterson
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Carl Finocchiaro
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Rockets close win over the Thunder, James Harden’s Cavs debut, and the egregious tanking happening in Utah. Then, the gang takes a look at the Hornets 9-game winning streak, the messiness of the Eastern Conference, and Minnesota’s struggles.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Carl Fino...
Andrew Schlecht is joined by Fred Katz to break down the NBA Trade Deadline and hand out trade awards including:
Pau Gasol Award - the trade that makes a team a true contender
PJ Washington Award - goes to the trade that most people didn’t like, but we think could really pay off in the Playoffs
Gordon Hayward Award - a trade that most everyone praises but it will reveal a player is washed
Poeltl Award - to the team that gav...
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are joined by John Hollinger to recap the trade deadline, the Zubac to the Pacers trade, Anthony Davis to the Wizards, the most confusing trade and the best/worst trades of the deadline.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and John Hollinger
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Carl Finocchiaro
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the James Harden for Darius Garland trade from both sides. Danny Cunningham, from Locked On Cavs, hits the Cavaliers angle and Law Murray, of the Athletic, joins the show to offer the Clippers perspective.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni, Danny Cunningham, and Law Murray
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Carl Fin...
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are joined by Sam Amick to discuss potential trades for James Harden, Giannis and more.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and Sam Amick
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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