Host Wes Goldberg checks in on three Western Conference teams after media days were held this week. First is Anthony Irwin (Lakers Daily, Lakers Lounge) to talk about the Los Angeles Lakers and changes under JJ Redick. Next is Dane Moore (Dane Moore NBA Podcast) to talk about why the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Karl-Anthony Towns and what happens next. And finally, Brendon Kleen (Locked On Suns) joins the show to discuss changes to the Phoenix Suns and if they will buy in under Mike Budenholze...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 10 min
On this episode of RealGM Radio, host Wes Goldberg and Spotrac's Keith Smith draft contenders based on how open or closed their championship windows are, including a few teams who might be facing their last chance to win a title in the 2024-25 season. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on YouTube , Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Dive into the NBA's defensive landscape as we predict the top 10 defenses for the upcoming season. Host Wes Goldberg is joined by Mo Dakhil (The Athletic, Bleacher Report) to rank their top 10 offenses going into the 2024-25 season. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on YouTube , Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 18, 2024•53 min
Dive into the NBA's offensive landscape as we predict the top 10 offenses for the upcoming season. Host Wes Goldberg is joined by Yahoo Sports' Dan Devine to rank their top 10 offenses going into the 2024-25 season. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on YouTube , Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . 0:00 Intro 5:30 Dallas Mavericks' Offensive Evolution 11:34 Charlotte Hornets' Potential Resurgence 21:31 Phoenix Suns' Offensive Transformation 28:32 Milwaukee Bucks' Offensive Strengths 31:44 Challenges and...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Host Wes Goldberg and Ben Golliver of the Washington Post are talking about Identity Changers -- New faces in new places who will change the way a team plays or how a specific unit functions. They discuss Klay Thompson with the Dallas Mavericks, changes to the Phoenix Suns, JJ Redick's impact on the Los Angeles Lakers and plenty of other new additions. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Host Danny Leroux, Kevin Pelton of ESPN and Seth Partnow of Penn Interactive go in-depth on the NBA’s Pacific Division. They discuss how the Kings, Suns, Warriors, Lakers and Clippers fared in the off-season, including which teams improved and what moves stood out. The three also predict the season to come, including projected finish, breakout players and rookies they are most excited to see. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Host Danny Leroux, David Locke of the Utah Jazz and Locked on Podcast Network and Adam Mares of DNVR break down the Northwest Division. They discuss how the Jazz, Nuggets, Trail Blazers, Timberwolves and Thunder fared in the off-season and predict the season to come, including projected finish, breakout players and rookies they are most excited to see. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Host Danny Leroux, Wes Goldberg of Locked On Heat and Mike Prada of The Athletic break down the NBA’s Southeast Division. They discuss how the Heat, Magic, Wizards, Hornets and Hawks fared in the off-season, including which teams improved and what moves stood out. The three also predict the season to come, including projected finish, breakout players and rookies they are most excited to see. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Host Danny Leroux, Rob Mahoney of The Ringer and Matt Moore of The Action Network go in-depth on the NBA’s Southwest Division. They discuss how the Rockets, Pelicans, Spurs, Mavericks and Grizzlies fared in the off-season, including which teams improved and what moves stood out. The three also predict the season to come, including projected finish, breakout players and rookies they are most excited to see. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Host Danny Leroux, Caitlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote and Dan Feldman of Dunc’d On Prime go in-depth on the NBA’s Central Division. They discuss how the Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pacers and Pistons fared in the off-season and predict the season to come, including projected finish, breakout players and rookies they are most excited to see. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Host Danny Leroux, Tim Bontemps of ESPN and Jared Dubin of Last Night in Basketball go in-depth on the NBA’s Atlantic Division. They discuss how the Celtics, 76ers, Knicks, Nets and Raptors fared in the off-season and predict the season to come, including projected finish, breakout players and rookies they are most excited to see. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Host Danny Leroux and Dan Feldman of Dunc’d On Prime discuss the 2024 NBA offseason. They discuss the second apron as a (real and exaggerated) hard cap, what stories from 2024 will carry over to future years, the diminishing importance of cap space and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Host Danny Leroux and Keith Smith of Spotrac discuss the NBA offseason. They discuss how the new CBA has changed things, the rise of the hard caps, which teams did particularly well this July and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Host Danny Leroux talks with Jared Dubin of Last Night in Basketball about the offseason. They discuss Paul George joining the 76ers, the Knicks trading for Mikal Bridges, the Thunder and Magic “leveling up” with new signings, the second apron as an excuse and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 06, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Host Danny Leroux goes in-depth on the NBA Champion Boston Celtics with Jared Weiss of The Athletic. Weiss and Leroux break down how the Celtics built this roster, the development of Tatum/Brown, impact of Joe Mazzula, their financial future, Jared’s experience in the championship parade and much more. Sponsored by PrizePicks (code: clns) and Gametime Tickets (code: clns). Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
Jun 28, 2024•46 min
Host Danny Leroux and draft expert Sam Vecenie of The Athletic and the Game Theory podcast preview the 2024 NBA Draft. They discuss the Hawks’ decision at #1 plus the overall top of the draft, which players Sam and Danny are higher and lower on than the general consensus, how the playoffs affected their thought process and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Host Danny Leroux and Dan Feldman of Dunc’d On Prime discuss the NBA Finals and offseason. They discuss the present and future of teambuilding, where the Celtics fit in (potentially!) with champions of the modern era, the next possible superteams and more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Host Danny Leroux talks with Caitlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote about the Pacers and Eric Nehm of The Athletic about the Bucks. Cooper and Leroux discuss how to interpret the Pacers’ surprising run to the Conference Finals, some fascinating roster decisions and much more while Nehm and Leroux attempt to filter out the relevant stories of a strange Bucks season and preview their offseason. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Host Danny Leroux and Keith Smith of Spotrac discuss the NBA Finals and offseason. They discuss the how the Celtics and Mavericks match up and how the series could go plus how the new CBA changes the timing of the NBA offseason. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Host Danny Leroux talks with Jared Dubin of Last Night in Basketball about the playoffs and Fred Katz of The Athletic about the Knicks. Dubin and Leroux discuss both Conference Finals series and other playoff takeaways. After that, the “Exit Interview” series continues as Katz joins to break down what happened to the Knicks’ season and where they go from here, including Jalen Brunson’s ascendance, their fascinating offseason and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the R...
May 26, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Host Danny Leroux and Dan Feldman of Dunc’d On Prime break down the NBA playoffs then Derek Bodner of PHLY comes on to discuss the 76ers. Leroux and Feldman discuss the just-ended Mavericks/Thunder series, where the Thunder go from here, what lessons teams can learn from the 2023 offseason and much more while Bodner and Leroux go in-depth on how this 76ers season went for the key figures, Joel Embiid’s present and future and their offseason possibilities. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podca...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Host Danny Leroux talks with Kevin Pelton of ESPN (@kpelton.bsky.social) about the NBA season so far. They break down each of the four second-round series in terms of the key matchups, swing factors and much more plus other NBA discussion. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Host Danny Leroux and Rob Mahoney of The Ringer break down the NBA playoffs. They discuss their biggest takeaways from the first round so far, Mahoney’s excellent Point Guard Field Guide , the 2024 offseason, teambuilding and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Host Danny Leroux talks with Jared Dubin of Last Night in Basketball about the playoffs and Anthony Slater of The Athletic about the Warriors. Dubin and Leroux discuss the Knicks going up 3-1 on the 76ers, a bizarre Clippers/Mavericks series, which teams have been most impressive so far and much more. After that, the “Exit Interview” series starts as Slater joins to break down what happened to the Warriors this season and where they go from here, including young player development, ownership’s w...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Host Danny Leroux and Seth Partnow of The Athletic preview the NBA playoffs. They break down which series they are most excited for, which are the toughest to call, key match-ups and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr
Host Danny Leroux talks Celtics with Jared Weiss and the NBA’s closing stretch with Keith Smith of Spotrac. Weiss and Leroux break down the Celtics’ phenomenal regular season and their playoff outlook while Leroux and Smith discuss Jrue Holiday’s extension, calibrating player salaries in the new cap environment and much more. Sponsored by Factor Meals (code: realgm50) and PrizePicks (code: clns). Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 51 min
Host Danny Leroux and Ben Golliver of the Washington Post break down the NBA’s stretch run. The two discuss the playoff pictures in both conferences, how some teams could respond to playoff disappointment, Paul George’s future, the playoff series they most want to happen and much more. Sponsored by Mood (code: REALGM) and PrizePicks (code: clns). Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Host Danny Leroux and Dan Feldman of Dunc’d On Prime break down the NBA’s closing stretch. They discuss which teams and players have the most on the line over the next few months, Donovan Mitchell’s situation, the continued murkiness of both conference’s playoff seeding and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Host Danny Leroux and Mo Dakhil of The Athletic and Bleacher Report talk about the NBA season so far. They discuss the wild Western conference playoff picture, properly evaluating success, team-building and much more. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 23, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Host Danny Leroux and his biologist sister continue a family tradition by going through the full NCAA Tournament bracket as if the schools’ mascots were fighting. Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts or via the RSS feed . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 13 min
