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
Es Baraheni is joined by Eric Koreen to preview the Toronto Raptors season. Eric gives his thoughts on the Raptors changing their front office, Scottie Barnes expectations, how the roster fits together, and reasonable expectations for the Raptors this season.
Host: Es Baraheni
With: Eric Koreen
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Andrew Schlecht is joined by Richie Randall of the Buzz Beat Podcast to discuss the Charlotte Hornets and their season outlook. Andrew and Richie discuss how the young players stack up on the Hornets roster, if LaMelo can deliver for the Hornets or if they need to trade him, who starts at the 2 for the Hornets, and so much more.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Richie Randall
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Gra...
Andrew Schlecht is joined by Lauren Williams of the Atlanta Journal Constitution to discuss the Atlanta Hawks and their season outlook. Andrew and Lauren discuss Trae Young and the season he needs to have to stay with Atlanta, how the additions of Porzingis and Alexander-Walker will impact the season, what a Dyson Daniels extension could look like, how Okongwu is expected to perform this season, and where the Hawks will end up at t...
Es Baraheni is joined by Joel Lorenzi of the Athletic to discuss the Chicago Bulls and their season outlook. In the podcast Es and Joel discuss Josh Giddey's extension and how he needs to perform this season, what the Bulls are doing with their roster, what they will do with Coby White, and how the Bulls role players can step up this season.
Host: Es Baraheni
With: Joel Lorenzi
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Produc...
Es Baraheni is joined by Josh Robbins of the Athletic to discuss the Orlando Magic and their season outlook. In the podcast Es and Josh discuss the addition of Desmond Bane and how he will help the offense, if Franz Wagner is ready to take another step up, how Paolo Banchero can lead the team, and much more.
Host: Es Baraheni
With: Josh Robbins
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
Es Baraheni is joined by Josh Robbins of the Athletic to discuss the Washington Wizards and their season outlook. In the podcast Es and Josh discuss the trades the Wizards made in the offseason and how they will help propel the Wizards into the future, how Sarr and Coulibaly need to improve this season, what can be expected from Tre Johnson this season, and so much more.
Host: Es Baraheni
With: Josh Robbins
Executive Producer: And...
Dave DuFour is joined by Mike Smeltz to preview the Brooklyn Nets season. Mike explains what the trade for Michael Porter Jr. can do for the Nets, how he’s been unleashed this summer, the Nets draft, and what the goals for this season are.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Mike Smeltz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Andrew Schlecht was joined by Will Guillory of the Athletic to preview the New Orleans Pelicans season. Will gives his thoughts on if Zion Williamson can continue his stellar play from the end of last season, what rookies Queen and Fears can do, how much of a leap can Trey Murphy make, and so much more.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Will Guillory
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
Dave DuFour is joined by Mike Vorkunov of the Athletic to discuss the ongoing saga of the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard. Mike discusses his original reporting as well as what Pablo Torre has reported on his show.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Mike Vorkunov
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour was joined by Adam Mares of DNVR to preview the Denver Nuggets season. Adam gives his thoughts on Jamal Murray and his ability to be ready for a title run, how Cam Johnson changes the Nuggets outlook, if they can win the championship this season and so much more.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Adam Mares
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by Yossi Gozlan of the Third Apron podcast and Substack to discuss questions about the NBA’s CBA including why the Celtics are rebuilding this way and how fast they could recover, how soon can the Lakers get max cap space, what punishments can be levied on the Clippers, and many other in the weeds CBA questions only someone like Yossi can answer. Then they play a fun version of Andrew vs. ...
Dave DuFour is joined by Pablo Torre of the Pablo Torre Finds Out Podcast to discuss his latest findings on the Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers saga. Pablo discusses his thoughts on the new reports, whether the Clippers will get punished for this, how much worse is this than the Joe Smith situation with the Timberwolves, where does Adam Silver stand with all of this, and so much more. After the break, Sam Amick joins the podcast to ...
Continuing our season preview series Zena Keita is joined by Deuce Mason and Morgan Ragan from the Deuce and Mo podcast to discuss the Sacramento Kings. What are the expectations for Domantas Sabonis? What can LaVine and DeRozan accomplish together? How does Keegan Murray level up? And what are reasonable expectations for the Kings this season?
After the break DuFour is joined by Jay King of the Athletic to discuss the Boston Ce...
Dave DuFour is joined by Keith Parish of the Grits and Grinds podcast to discuss the Memphis Grizzlies upcoming season. What are the expectations for Ja Morant? Can Zach Edey and the young players take a step up? How can Jaren Jackson get better? That and much more.
After the break Andrew Schlecht is joined by Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report to discuss the Portland Trail Blazers. Can Scoot Henderson take the starting spot...
Zena Keita is joined by Caitlin Cooper of Basketball She Wrote to discuss in Indiana Pacers. How will they move forward this season without Haliburton? Can Andrew Nemhard carry the load at starting point guard? In what ways can Siakam, Nesmith, and Mathurin step up? How will they fill in the center position without Myles Turner?
After the break Es Baraheni is joined by Hunter Patterson to discuss the Detroit Pistons. What additions ...
Dave DuFour and Sam Amick are joined by Pablo Torre to discuss his report on Pablo Torre Finds Out about Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers. They discuss what will make the report stick, what the smoking gun in this reporting is, the timeline of Kawhi’s deal, the Clippers birthday tweet, and if the league will actually take on Steve Balmer.
Host: Dave DuFour and Sam Amick
With: Pablo Torre
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Dave DuFour is joined by Law Murray to preview the Clippers season. What are the expectations for Kawhi? What are the biggest offseason moves that will affect the team? What are reasonable expectations for the Clippers?
After the break Es Baraheni is joined by James Edwards III to discuss the Knicks and what improvements they made in the offseason, if Mike Brown can help them get to the Finals, and what is the best measure of succes...
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by National Writer at the Athletic, Fred Katz to discuss which teams and players are under the most pressure heading into the 2025-2026 season. They each will draft one for each of the following categories:
Round 1: Star Player
Round 2: Contenders
Round 3: Young Player
Round 4: Front Office
Round 5: Wildcard (Choose anything NBA-related that wouldn’t fall into one of the previous catego...
The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 6 includes players 5-1 hosted by David Aldridge, Joe Vardon and Law Murray of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.
1. Michael Jordan
2. &nb...
The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 5 includes players 19-6 hosted by Jon Krawczynski, Jay King and Kelly Iko of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.
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7. Shaquill...
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