Basketball Illuminati
Tired of agenda-driven basketball talk that only offers glimpses of the truth? Wish there was a place you could get the full picture? Basketball Illuminati offers you salvation. Go behind the scenes with exclusive analysis previously restricted from the general public. Fearless NBA Insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh peel back the curtain on why things happen in the NBA.
Episodes
April 30, 2026 • 33 mins
Zach Harper, Anthony Mayes and Wosny Lambre don't want politicians cutting the line for food, unless they're the politicians.
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The NBA’s New 3-2-1 Lottery Proposal Will Be Approved As Is?
We Will Get 3 Or More Game 7s?
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April 29, 2026 • 62 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are getting serious deja vu from the Magic taking a 3-1 lead over the Pistons.
Tom dusts off the old research machine on players wearing the number zero, Amin has an inconvenient truth about Brad Stevens winning Executive of the Year, and Mayes wants to file an Extraordinary Circumstances grievance on behalf of Kon Knueppel.
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April 23, 2026 • 47 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre don't think it's Rocket science for Ime Udoka to run some kind of offense against the Lakers.
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The Knicks Can Right The Ship Against The Hawks?
Either Team Has An Edge In The Denver/Minnesota Series?
New Blazers Owner Tom Dundon’s Penny Pinching Wil...
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April 22, 2026 • 92 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are definitely on James Dolan's enemies list, as they tackled Pablo Torre's latest surveillance story way back in October 2022.
The coaching carousel is in full swing as Billy Donovan steps down in Chicago, Jamahl Mosley is allegedly a dead man walking despite Orlando stunning the Pistons in Game 1, and Steve Kerr appears to be riding off into the sunset.
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April 16, 2026 • 50 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre had their extraordinary circumstances grievances approved by the NBA.
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Draymond Green Is A Hall Of Famer?
The Orlando Magic Are Salvageable?
There Will Be Upsets In The First Round?
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April 15, 2026 • 60 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes apparently have to continue talking about the Milwaukee Bucks disaster as Doc Rivers departs as coach and Shams calls out the organization's mess.
Truth Teller Jared Weiss of The Athletic goes for the three-peat to celebrate Wemby's multiplication skills, rock a cowboy hat Iike he's still on Keldon Johnson's ranch and update his bucket list after scoring an elusive interview...
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April 9, 2026 • 44 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Anthony Mayes are holding down the fort while Wos is in parts unknown.
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The Denver Nuggets Will Win The Championship?
Cooper Flagg Is The Rookie Of The Year?
The Sacramento Kings Should Be Fined For Tanking?
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April 8, 2026 • 112 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes feast on the smorgasbord of details in Shams' story about the Milwaukee Bucks that had one source saying "It feels like a funeral".
Class is in session as Professor Adande returns to Illuminati U for a graduate seminar on the state of the association, or as he wants it known, the WemByA.
J.A. takes us inside the selection process for his new podcast with Chuck Todd called ...
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April 2, 2026 • 44 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre know that the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
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The MVP Award Can Be Won In The Next 6 Games?
The Cavaliers Will Make The Eastern Conference Finals?
Joel Embiid Was April Fooled...
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April 1, 2026 • 83 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes get inside the mind of a head-butting Dan Hurley and imagine Doc Rivers' HOF Induction speech.
As April is upon us, the time has come to spend another night at the MVP Conversation Bar and figure out who's holding court.
Truth Teller Jason Timpf of Hoops Tonight joins us to relegate all inferior tanking solutions to a developmental league and guide us through a highly compe...
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March 26, 2026 • 41 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are trying to scrape together enough quiche for one of the Seattle or Las Vegas expansion teams.
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The 65 Game Rule Is Working?
The Milwaukee Bucks Are The Most Miserable Franchise In The NBA?
The Houston Rockets Can Win A Playoff Series?
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March 25, 2026 • 75 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes audit the microwave ability of Cam Thomas and revisit the old Doc Rivers Decision Tree that Amin created back at ESPN.
Wemby made his case for MVP this week and wants to end the debate. Tom also wants to end the debate for MVP and we attempt to create a new statistic.
Truth Teller Daniss Woike of The Athletic takes us inside the amazing vibes of the Lakers locker room to di...
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March 18, 2026 • 80 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are still fiending for the Insights to Excellence from Michael Jordan that NBC has been trickling out since the beginning of the season.
Truth Teller Jorge Sedano of ESPN is uniquely equipped to tackle Bam Adebayo's historical evening, being born and raised in Miami while currently doing radio in Los Angeles.
We also talk NBA Expansion, test Jorge's knowledge of the Backst...
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March 12, 2026 • 38 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are witnesses to NBA HISTORY.
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Bam Adebayo’s 83 Point Game Is An Indictment Of Nerds Ruining The League?
The Lakers Are Better Without LeBron?
The Orlando Magic Have Turned A Corner?
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March 11, 2026 • 101 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes remember the last Sloan Conference 6 years ago, before Rudy Gobert changed the world forever.
Truth Teller Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss drops in fresh off a viewing of Tombstone to tackle a trio of topics:
- The NBA pulling the plug on Atlanta's Magic City Monday and Luke Kornet's open letter.
- Adrian Wojnarowski's involvement in St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmi...
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March 5, 2026 • 40 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre can't wait for Jayson Tatum's return to the court.
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Knicks vs Thunder Was A Finals Preview?
Luka & JJ Redick Have A “Great Relationship”?
Kon Knueppel Is The Rookie Of The Year?
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March 4, 2026 • 93 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are blown away that Giannis is back in the lineup EXACTLY when he predicted. We also unveil the Michael Beasley All Stars and marvel at the Atlanta Hawks mediocrity.
To put our newest campaign to the ultimate test, we presented Truth Teller Mike Schur with the case for Payton Pritchard to be awarded All NBA this season. Mike also took us through his memorabilia vetting proce...
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February 26, 2026 • 35 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are sippin on DA's crunk juice to unleash the beast for this episode.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Lakers Will Get Out Of The First Round?
The Spurs Need Playoff Experience?
Mat Ishbia Will Save The Dunk Contest?
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February 25, 2026 • 83 mins
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes want you to burn some calories when parsing breaking news stories for truth, instead of simply wanting it to be true.
This season may strike the death knell for the 65 game rule, as we could have an MVP by default and entirely new All NBA Teams with major cap ramifications.
Truth Teller Jared Weiss of The Athletic returns as our official Wemby correspondent right when the S...
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February 19, 2026 • 43 mins
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre really wish Mat Ishbia would stop making so much sense.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
SHOULD You Believe In The Detroit Pistons?
Off Court Drama Will Sink The Rockets & Hornets?
The Orlando Magic Are The Biggest Disappointment In The NBA?
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