Courtside Club with Rachel DeMita

Courtside Club with Rachel DeMita

Join Rachel DeMita as she hangs with the biggest athletes, celebrities, and creative minds in basketball & beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

December 9, 2025 11 mins

Zero days without WNBA drama… and today it’s all blowing up over the new TIME Magazine Athlete of the Year article featuring A’ja Wilson and the way it drags Caitlin Clark for absolutely no reason. In this video, I react live to the viral screenshots from the article, break down why fans are furious, and explain how the media continues to manufacture narratives that hurt the WNBA instead of helping it grow.


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Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors are officially heating up and it now looks more realistic than ever that Giannis has played his final game as a Milwaukee Buck. After scrubbing the Bucks from his social media and with reports from Shams that Giannis and his agent are discussing his future “in the coming weeks,” NBA fans are preparing for a franchise-altering move. Doc Rivers insists Giannis hasn’t asked for a trade, but the Bucks...

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The WNBA and WNBPA have officially extended the CBA deadline again.. The first 30-day extension expired on November 30th, only for both sides to push negotiations into January 9th, 2026.. right before the Unrivaled season begins. The back and forth between a 24 hour extension, a 21-day counter, and eventually a 40-day request shows just how disconnected this process has become. The union made it clear they expect substantive moveme...

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December 4, 2025 13 mins

Back again with more WNBA CBA updates, including the WNBA's newest proposal that would remove team housing AND start the season earlier.. do you think the ladies will get a deal done before the January 9th deadline!?


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Hey you guys! I’m filming this one from Florida while I’m home with my family for the holiday, but I had to sit down and talk about what’s going on with Steph Curry leaving Under Armour.


We finally got reporting on what triggered the split, including the wild detail that Steph personally pushed to get Caitlin Clark to join the C...

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November 21, 2025 11 mins

The WNBA’s CBA negotiations have officially hit a breaking point, and over the last 72 hours the conversation has only grown more confusing. Reports surfaced claiming the league offered players a new deal featuring a potential $1.1 million maximum salary, a higher league average, and increased minimums. But almost immediately, players pushed back, with additional reporting revealing that the “$1.1M” figure wasn’t actually a base sa...

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November 17, 2025 10 mins

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The NBA’s sports gambling scandal continues to escalate as the league has now asked the Los Angeles Lakers and multiple other teams to turn over phones, documents, and internal records connected to the investigation into illegal sport...

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Steph Curry just dropped 49 points and 9 threes against the San Antonio Spurs.. and yes, he’s still doing it at 37 years old. We break down Curry’s historic performance, his first game in Nike Kobe 6 “Mamba” sneakers since parting ways with Under Armour, and why he’s back in the MVP conversation.


We also dive into Victor Wembanyama’s unreal highlights including his self-lob dunk and poster over Draymond Green & Jimmy Butler...

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I had a chance to talk to someone who works very close with Project B and was able to get some answers.


In this video, We break down what’s true and what’s not about the new global women’s hoops league. Including: the “Saudi-funded” claims, why the events company Sela is involved, the league’s tech-first streaming platform strategy, and what the latest signing of Alyssa Thomas means for the WNBA and Unrivaled.


We also get i...

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Dallas Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont has officially fired GM Nico Harrison.. just one day after being spotted with a fan wearing a Lakers Luka Doncic jersey. The move comes as the Mavs spiraled after the Luka Doncic trade, fan outrage continues to build, and rumors swirl that the franchise could even relocate to Las Vegas.


We break down what really happened behind the scenes, why Dumont’s decision could reshape the Mavericks’ ...

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It’s been 281 days since the shocking Luka Doncic trade to the Lakers, and we need to talk about how its all shaken out. We break down how the blockbuster deal completely changed the direction of both franchises.. and how Dallas is now facing its darkest stretch in decades.


The Mavericks are in complete and utter shambles and GM Nico Harrison’s future is certainly in question. Plus, they've lost the trust of their loyal fanbase...

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After breaking the news that WNBA Players Association President Nneka Ogwumike signed as the first player in the new Project B Basketball League, new reports now claim the league “isn’t Saudi-funded...


We breakdown the latest Front Office Sports article.. What’s really going on behind Project B’s money trail, and how does this impacts the WNBA’s ongoing CBA negotiations? Especially as the league faces growing questions about ac...

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This is INSANE. WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike in the middle of the WNBA’s tense CBA negotiations and a potential lockout... just became the FIRST player to officially sign with Saudi Arabia–backed Project B, a brand-new women’s basketball league being marketed as a direct rival to the WNBA.


In this episode, we break down exactly what Project B is, why it’s backed by Saudi investment money, how it compares to Unrivaled and Athl...

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Notre Dame star Hannah Hidalgo returns to the Courtside Club!


We talk national-title goals, a Team USA gold summer, her evolving off-season grind, and how she manages rising NIL opportunities without losing focus.


She reflects on watching Sonia Citron thrive as a WNBA rookie, the rivalry vibes with UConn, and how Coach Ivey keeps the Irish tight through wins and losses. Hannah also opens up on faith, family, and long-term d...

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Starting with some WNBA news, WNBA players accepted the league’s extension at the 11th hour, which gives them another 30 days to figure out the new CBA to see if we will have a 2026 season.


Moving onto Unrivaled, 3 new faces finalized the rosters for the league: Aari McDonald, Rebecca Allen and Dominique Malonga. Malonga has an interesting situation going on with her overseas


Players who won’t be returning include: Dijonai ...

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Today we have some WNBA CBA updates… the never ending CBA negotiations continue and the official deadline for the league. The WNBA has offered players a 30 day extension for a new collective bargaining agreement. The extension would allow both sides more time to work toward a new deal. A source said players would be open to the extension to avoid a work stoppage under the right circumstances, but those circumstances do not exist.

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NBA Champion & ESPN Analyst Richard Jefferson joins the Courtside Club!


We are diving into one of the wildest NBA storylines we’ve seen in years: the ongoing NBA gambling scandal that’s rocking the league. RJ reacts to new breaking news from Shams Charania, talks about how gambling culture has evolved around the game, and even draws parallels to the point-shaving scandal that hit Arizona back when he was growing up.


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Today we have to talk about this gambling scandal that is currently happening in the NBA. There is sports betting, illegal poker games, there’s mafia ties. It’s absolutely insane.


FBI Director Kash Patel held a press conference where he spilled the beans on everything that’s going on. He said the fraud is mind boggling, its tens of million in fraud, theft and robberies across a multi year period.


Damon Jones and Chauncey Bi...

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We might have just witnessed the best display of basketball that us as NBA fans have ever seen. Victor Wembanyama went OFF with 40 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks and shot the lights out from the field. He’s only 21-years-old and coming off a blood clot injury in his shoulder that forced him to miss time last year. He’s said in interviews he’s “not taking anything for granted” and he went to WORK this offseason clearly. This offseaso...

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The Stephen A Smith vs. LeBron James saga continues!! Just yesterday, Stephen A Smith made an appearance on Carmelo Anthony's show 7pm In Brooklyn, and was once again asked about the infamous altercation between him and LeBron. Stephen A Smith does NOT hold back when talking about LeBron and what has transpired between the two of them.. so who is in the wrong here? Will these two powerhouses in sports ever make amends?


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