The Finder With Tom Haberstroh

After Kyrie Irving dropped 44 on the red-hot Knicks, we had to run it back with Brandon Payne.

Stephen Curry’s longtime trainer Brandon Payne couldn’t wait to talk about Irving’s array of shot-making, creativity and space creation. What struck me about Irving is how unique his moves are. Totally unpredictable. No one else is like him.

On Frida...

Victor Wembanyama celebrated his 20th birthday by melting candles and melting minds on Thursday.

27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks in just 26 minutes against Milwaukee Bucks’ frontline of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez. The numbers don’t do his performance justice.

The behind-the-back And-1 dunk in transition on Brook Lopez.

The backdoo...

Stephen Curry dropped 36 points on Tuesday night against Orlando with a couple shots that made its way through socials.

Since y’all seemed to love the Steph moonball video we did, I sent out the Brandon Payne bat signal.

He’s been Stephen Curry’s skills trainer and shot guru for Curry for years.

We went through each and every one of Curry’s 12...

One of my favorite people (and a favorite to so many others in the NBA universe), my friend Travonne “Tray” Edwards joins the pod at a very … let’s say transitional time in my life.

The copywriter at top ad agency Weiden-Kennedy / author of two books / confidante to NBA stars / Count The Dings co-founder / social media expert / Compton native / amazing teammate helps me untangle the web of emotions following my mother’s recent deat...

This week’s guest is ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky, a former NFL quarterback and terrific TV analyst for ESPN NFL Live and Monday Night Football. He’s also bff’s with my older brother Chuck.

This week on the pod, we discuss:

* Why don’t pro athletes play two sports anymore? My recent piece on Bo and Deion.

* Why specialization and year-round youth sports is “suffocating” kids

* Why Dan doesn’t want to parent like his father

* Did the end zone blo...

I was going to wait a bit before I launched a podcast on The Finder. And then on Tuesday, ESPN went ahead and announced ESPN The Sportsbook! Kinda.

I had lots of questions so I asked my two industry buddies/gurus to hop on — the Bens.

Ben Fawkes — formerly of ESPN Chalk, the gambling section of ESPN.com, and VSiN — came to us from Vegas to share his sports betting expertise from the inside.

Ben Aronson, a longtime media/marketing exec...