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
The Atlanta Hawks have made major additions to their rotation and are looking to compete in a diminished Eastern Conference. Zena Keita and Dave DuFour are joined by Lauren Williams from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to discuss the Hawks moves, the inside story on their draft day trade with the Pelicans, and expectations for next season.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Dave DuFour & Lauren Williams
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlech...
The Los Angeles Clippers have made major moves to their roster to get bigger. Dave DuFour, and Es Baraheni are joined by Law Murray to discuss the Clippers big additions, whether Bradley Beal moves the needle, and take a look the Athletic’s Player’s Tiers to see how it held up to playoff scrutiny.
Host: David DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Law Murray
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
The Denver Nuggets have had a splashy start to their summer. Dave DuFour, and Es Baraheni are joined by Adam Mares from DNVR to discuss the Nuggets additions and where they stack up in the West.
Host: David DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Adam Mares
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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The Clippers, Heat, and Jazz completed a three-team trade that sends Norm Powell to Miami and John Collins to Los Angeles and the gang has takes. Zena Keita, Dave DuFour, and Es Baraheni give their instant reaction to the move, look ahead to Summer League, and predict which players are going to break out next season.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Es Baraheni & Dave DuFour
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moo...
Andrew Schlecht is joined by Fred Katz of the Athletic to discuss a way too early ranking of the Eastern Conference.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Fred Katz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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The Knicks have hired a new head coach in Mike Brown and Dave DuFour and Zena Keita are joined by James Edwards III of the Athletic to discuss his potential impact. They also spend time discussing free agency moves, potential moves they could make and how the Knicks look heading into next season.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and James Edwards III
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, Es Baraheni and Zena Keita give their way too early West Rankings after a wild free agency.
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni give their reaction to the Lakers signing Deandre Ayton and Mike Brown as the new head coach of the New York Knicks. Then, Eric Nehm joins the show to go behind the scenes on the Bucks move to waive Damian Lillard and sign Myles Turner.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Eric Nehm
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita give their reaction to the Milwaukee Bucks waiving Damian Lillard and signing Myles Turner in free agency. Then, Kelly Iko joins the show to go behind the scenes on the Rockets trade for Kevin Durant and where all of the pieces fit in Houston.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Dave DuFour & Kelly Iko
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni break down the first free agency deals from the first hour.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Zena Keita, Es Baraheni, and Dave DuFour react to the biggest moves from the weekend and look ahead to the start of NBA free agency.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Es Baraheni and Dave DuFour
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by Sam Vecenie of the Athletic to discuss the NBA Draft, what the Pelicans and Nets are doing, who from this class will be an All Star or fringe All Star and so much more.
Then the guys have Sam sort the 2024 and 2025 drafts into categories of All Star, Starter, Role Player and Out of the league with the lottery for each draft. They finish the show with a fun edition of Andrew vs. ...
Zena Keita is joined by Tyler Rucker of No Ceilings to recap the NBA Draft.
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Andrew Schlecht, Es Baraheni, Dave DuFour and Zena Keita discuss the 2025 NBA Draft.
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Andrew Schlecht and Es Baraheni are joined by Christian Clarke, Josh Robbins, Eric Koreen, Brian Geisinger, and Derek Parker to give live reactions to the first 15 picks on the NBA Draft.
Host: Andrew Schlecht and Es Baraheni
Guest: Christian Clarke, Eric Koreen, Brian Geisinger, and Derek Parker
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Es Baraheni and Andrew Schlecht break down the Celtics trading Jrue Holiday to the Blazers and Porzingis to the Hawks and how these trades affect the Hawks, Blazers and Celtics. They also discuss the Jordan Poole to New Orleans trade and the overall direction of the Pelicans. Then the guys take a break to discuss the extensions of Kyrie Irving and Daniel Gafford PLUS a quick NBA Draft Preview.
Host: Es Baraheni
Wit...
The NBA Draft is just a day away and Es Baraheni is joined by Derek Parker of Sports Illustrated to discuss the NBA Draft and players to watch for, Ace Bailey’s draft range, and so much more.
Host: Es Baraheni
With: Derek Parker
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Zena Keita give their instant reaction to the Thunder winning the NBA title. Then, Andrew Schlecht joins the gang live from OKC behind the scenes as the Thunder celebrate their win.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni, Zena Keita, & Andrew Schlecht
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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Kevin Durant was traded to the Houston Rockets and the Athletic NBA Daily gang is here to break it down.
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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by Sam Amick to discuss the NBA Finals, Haliburton’s injury, the Lakers sale, KD trades and much more. In part 2 Caitlin Cooper of Basketball She Wrote joins to discuss Game 7, potential adjustments, and more. Then they play a fun edition of Andrew vs the Beat.
Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers
With: Sam Amick and Caitlin Cooper
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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