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The Athletic NBA Daily

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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.

Episodes

Weekend Update: Riding down the King's Highway

Weekend Update with Keith Parish and Law Murray. Kings win 6 straight Klay's 41 gets Warriors 1st road win Kyrie returns from suspension Mavs lose a strange one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 202224 min

Lakers Struggle | The Best Steph

Saturday Slam and Jam Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball, 5 underrated players, and how Steph is actually better than he ever has been. In Part II (20:00) the guys are joined by Jovan Buha of the Athletic to discuss the Lakers, their struggles, and what are they gonna do with those 2 picks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 19, 20221 hr 5 min

Welcome to The Machine

In this week's Nerder, She Wrote. Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow are joined by Kevin Pelton of ESPN. Rundown: Favorite things Seth: Playing mediocre vets vs promising young talent KP: Candace Parker's WNBA return & Rookies playing ahead of more experienced players Mo: End of Suns / Heat game (No Elam Endings!) & Shai Gilgeous Alexander top tier player? Other guys that have been awesome: Kevin Huerter / Kings talk Tyrese Haliburton / Bennedict Mathurin Many averaging 30+ points / offense pace / juice...

Nov 18, 202255 min

Smooth 11

Point of Contention. Hosted by Zach Harper With Marcus Thompson and Jay. King. Take 1: The Nets are Getting Frustrated! Take 2: TAKE THE FIELD DAY! Take 3: Chump CHANGE? Tank 4: The Victor Wimbamyama Watch! Take 5: THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 17, 202247 min

Daily Ding: Thunder triumph, Warriors fall

Keith Parish and Law Murray recap Wednesday night's action, including the Thunder beating the Wizards, Suns taking down the Warriors, the Celtics over the Hawks, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 17, 202221 min

Daily Ding: Pelicans Soar | Kings Reign

Jared Weiss and Mo Dakhil discuss the night of NBA basketball from Tuesday, November 15. Big wins for the Mavericks and Pelicans and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 16, 202219 min

Wolves and Warriors Woes

Sam Amick, Anthony Slater and Jon Krawczynski discuss the following topics: Diagnosing the Wolves and the Warriors Observations from the struggling Cavs and the surging Kings Early MVP talk, with Joel Embiid making his first big-time statement of the season on that front Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 15, 20221 hr 5 min

Daily Ding: Jimmy Locks Down + Celtics Escape Thunder

Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down the Heat's impressive win against the Suns, the Celtics sneaking past the Thunder, and then bouncing around the association on Monday, November 14th Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 15, 202216 min

Funny Time Wasted

Rundown: — funny time wasting — Celtics surging — Luka or Tatum better start? — suns want Strus for Crowder — Jay’s Kings Minute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 202252 min

Weekend Update: Well Hello Joel!

Dave Parish and Mo Dakhil recap the weekend that was in the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 202219 min

Fake Surprise Team + Piston's Slow Start

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA basketball, a good omen for the Spurs, and the Fake Surprise Team in the NBA this season. In Part 2 James Edwards III joins the guys to discuss the Detroit Pistons, their rough start, Cade Cunningham and play a rousing edition of Andrew vs. The Beat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 12, 20221 hr 2 min

Shiver Me TimberWolves + All Star Haliburton & Help Wanted in Dallas

In this week's Nerder, She Wrote. Hosted by Mo Dakhil and Seth Partnow. The fellas welcome John Hollinger to "class the place up." Rundown: Favorite things Hollinger: Tyrese Haliburton Mo: D'angelo Russell space cadet / TimberWolves vibes way down Seth: Importance of having 5 good players on the floor Steve Kerr: Development vs Maintaining excellence Luka Doncic, Mavs, help wanted. Scoring: Offenses have been ahead of defenses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 11, 202253 min

Daily Ding: Kings down Cavaliers, Pelicans escape with win over Bulls

Mark Schindler and Mo Dakhil breakdown the slate of games on Wednesday night, including the Kings beating the Cavaliers, the Pelicans pulling out a win over the Bulls, a pair of weird games in Pacer-Nuggets and Grizzlies-Spurs, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 10, 202220 min

Cavaliers on Top of the World

In this week's Hoop's Adjacent, David Aldridge talks to Washington Post's Michael Lee and Cavs' reporter Kelsey Russo about the Cleveland Cavaliers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 09, 202252 min

Early Victory Laps

Sam Amick, Anthony Slater and Fred Katz discuss the things they got right and wrong early on with the Cavs hot start, Westbrook to the bench, the Blazers playing great ball, and more. On the back half, the guys discuss the Brooklyn Nets and Sam's peice at the Athletic on Kyrie's future from the eyes of other NBA executives. You can find that piece here: https://theathletic.com/3769515/2022/11/07/nets-nba-executives-poll-kyrie-irving-kevin-durant/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Nov 08, 20221 hr 3 min

Daily Ding: Blazers Beat Buzzer, Luka Out-duels KD

Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down the 15 game slate from Monday night including a Blazers game winner, a close one in Dallas, bad vibes for the Wolves and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 08, 202219 min

Heat of the Moment

In this week's Basketball Buds, hosted by Zach Harper with Tray Edwards, Mo Dakhil and Jay King. Rundown: — can anybody stop the Bucks? — Kyrie suspension, nets move on? — Tony Brothers Vs Spencer Dinwiddie — Jay’s Kings minute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 07, 202252 min

Weekend Update: Bucks 9-0!, Up and down weekend for Phoenix

Keith Parish and Dave DuFour recap the weekend in the NBA. The Milwaukee Bucks move to a franchise best 9 and 0 to start the season after picking up back to back wins over Minnesota and Oklahoma City. The Suns and Blazers trade off wins in their Phoenix back to back. Phoenix trades off starters with Deandre Ayton returning to the lineup as Cam Johnson is sidelined. The surprising Utah Jazz move to 8 and 3 after a pair of wins over the Lakers and the Clippers. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Nov 07, 202220 min

Fun with NBA Stats | Prime Giannis

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers have some fun with NBA stats and discuss SGA, the Pistons, the Timberwolves, Doncic and more. Then Eric Nehm of the Athletic joins to discuss the the Bucks hot start, prime Giannis, Brook Lopez and play a rousing version of Andrew vs. the Beat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 05, 20221 hr 18 min

Push|Back: Bucks Beasts of East | Suns Best in West

In this week's Nerder, She Wrote. Dave, Seth and Mo play PUSH|BACK Favorite things Dave: refs blowing the whistle Mo: zone defense Seth: competence rewarded INTERMISSION: with Rick Barry PUSH|BACK The Bucks are the best team in the NBA The Suns should be the favorites in the west The Cavaliers are the third best team in the east We will get a first time MVP this season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 04, 202250 min

Daily Ding: Suggs slugs Warriors, Murray is back, Kyrie and Primo crisis

Mo Dakhil and Jared Weiss recap Jalen Suggs leading the Magic to a big upset over Steph Curry’s lights out shooting night for the Warriors. Then they break down Jamal Murray’s electric fourth quarter in a Nuggets win over the Thunder. Just as they were wrapping up on Kyrie Irving’s suspension, the Nets star dropped a statement finally apologizing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 04, 202217 min

Fire! Wait! ....Hire This Man!

In this week's Point of Contention. Marcus Thompson and Jay King Debate! Hosted by Zach Harper Take 1: The Greatest Shit Show on Earth! Take 2: The Butler Did It! Again! Take 3: Can Myles turn…er the table for the Lakers? Take 4: Tanks for Nothing! Take 5: Are the Woeful Warriors getting Rooked? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 03, 202255 min

Daily Ding: Cavs & Celtics OT Sequel!, Mavs find rhythm over Jazz

Mark Schindler and Dave DuFour recap the marquee Wednesday night games. Darius Garland returns for Cleveland with 29 to lead the Cavaliers to another overtime win against the Celtics. Luka scores 33 for his 7th straight game with 30 or more points and leads the Mavs to hard fought win over the plucky Utah Jazz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 03, 202218 min

The NETS Dismiss Steve Nash

In this week's Hoop's Adjacent, Sports Illustrated's Howard Beck drops by to chat with Marcus Thompson and David Aldridge about the Nets mess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 02, 20221 hr 4 min

Borderline Contenders | Do You Believe?

Believe/Don't Believe Borderline Contender Edition Eastern Conference Cleveland Cavaliers, 5-1 Boston Celtics, 4-2 Atlanta Hawks, 4-2 Philadelphia 76ers, 3-4 Miami Heat 2-5 Western Conference Portland Trail Blazers, 5-1 Utah Jazz, 5-2 New Orleans Pelicans, 4-2 Minnesota Timberwolves, 4-2 Memphis Grizzlies, 4-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 01, 20221 hr 12 min

Daily Ding: PG Game Winner | Bucks Remain Unbeaten

Andrew Schlecht and Mark Schindler break down the games from Halloween night in the NBA. Paul George gets a game winner, the Bucks narrowly beat the Pistons and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 01, 202220 min

Confucius Kyrie the King of Pretendcontenderland

Basketball Buds. Hosted by Zach Harper. With Travonne Edwards, Mo Dakhil, Jay King and James Edwards III. Produced by Jade Hoye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 31, 202253 min