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
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the big night in the Western Conference playoff race with the Wolves and Nuggets heading up and the Rockets and Lakers moving down. Then, Hunter Patterson joins the show after the Pistons were dominated by Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs to discuss their level of contention and how they adjust when Cade Cunningham is ineffective.
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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Hornets dominant win over the Celtics and wonder about Charlotte’s success in the playoffs. Then, Fred Katz joins the show after the Knicks loss to the Thunder to breakdown the positives, their recent success, and whether their defense holds up in the playoffs.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Fred Katz
Executive Producer: Andr...
Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni and Zena Keita discuss the news around the NBA and have a discussion around the Pistons on if Cade is doing too much.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Cavaliers taking down the Pistons without Donovan Mitchell, Cade Cunningham’s rough night, and the how the Knicks exposed the Raptors flaws. Then, Tony Jones joins the show after the Sixers were dismantled by Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs to discuss Joel Embiid’s return and Philly’s playoff hopes.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Barah...
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the Nuggets’ scare in Utah and Darius Garland’s return for the Clippers. Then, Jay King joins the show to discuss Jayson Tatum’s return, the Celtics season, and Joe Mazzulla’s coaching style.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni and Jay King
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni and Zena Keita react to the marquee games from the weekend and their impact on the playoff race with only six weeks remaining in the regular season. Do the Nuggets just need to get healthy? Can anyone in the East stop the Pistons?
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Es Baraheni
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are back for another episode of the Saturday Slam N Jam. They discuss the week of basketball plus their Good, Bad, and What including the best and worst shooters in the NBA, the Pelicans, Kon Knueppel and more. In part 2, Christian Clark of the Athletic joins to discuss the Mavs, Cooper Flagg’s rookie season, and what their plan is moving forward. Then they finish with a fun edition of Andrew vs. the...
Es Baraheni is joined by Andrew Schlecht to discuss the Rockets win over the Magic, Shai’s return and the Spurs going undefeated in the month of February. Then after the break Wes Goldberg of Locked On joins to discuss the Heat’s loss to the Sixers, and how the Heat move forward in this summer.
Host: Es Baraheni
With: Andrew Schlecht and Wes Goldberg
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
Zena Keita is joined by Law Murray of the Athletic to discuss the Nuggets big win over the Celtics. They also touch on the Bucks win over the Cavs and if the Bucks are going to make the Play In. Then after the break Hunter Patterson of the Athletic joins to discuss the Piston’s win over the short handed Thunder.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Law Murray and Hunter Patterson
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
Andrew Schlecht and Es Baraheni play a game of Who do you trust more? and discuss who are the most trustworthy teams come Playoff time.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Es Baraheni
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Es Baraheni is joined by Andrew Schlecht to discuss the Thunder’s win over the Raptors and Cason Wallace’s big night. Then they discuss the debuts of Coby White and Jonathan Kuminga plus the return of Dejounte Murray. Then after the break, James Edwards of the Athletic joins to discuss the Knicks loss to the Cavs and how the Knicks can solve their issues before the playoffs.
Host: Es Baraheni
With: Andrew Schlecht and James Edwar...
Zena Keita and Law Murray discuss Law’s power rankings and who are the true contenders in the NBA right now, and what his process is like selecting the teams. Then Jared Weiss of the Athletic joins to discuss the Spurs win in Detroit over the Pistons, if they are title contenders, and much more.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Law Murray and Jared Weiss
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Lara Sinclair
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...
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