Podding the Bubble is a three-part mini-series taking a deep dive look into the biosphere created by the NBA in Orlando. Part 3 puts the NBA's plan into the context of what other major sports leagues are doing, and of the pandemic at large as it stands today. And with the help of global health expert and noted bioethicist, Dr. Zeke Emanuel, we try to answer the question: Was all of this a good idea? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: h...
Jul 29, 2020•26 min
Podding the Bubble is a three-part mini-series taking a deep dive look into the biosphere created by the NBA in Orlando. Part 2 follows the lives of the NBA players inside the bubble who now face a unique challenge. How do they stave off restlessness and cabin fever for three months while living inside the bubble through the rest of the season and the playoffs? Not to mention, they still have to find a way to play their best basketball. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodca...
Jul 28, 2020•30 min
Podding the Bubble is a three-part mini-series taking a deep dive look into the biosphere created by the NBA in Orlando. Part 1 explores how the NBA decided that a bubble was the right solution for them to be able to finish the 2019-2020 NBA season and conduct something resembling a normal playoffs and NBA finals. We'll also get into how the bubble is supposed to work on paper, both for players and basketball staff, as well as for Disney Parks employees, and for journalists. Learn more about you...
Jul 27, 2020•22 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix from the NBA bubble in Orlando is Mark Medina, NBA writer at USA Today. Mannix and Medina talk about their early experiences in the bubble, what kind of access teams are offering, how players seem to be coping in the new environment and more. Plus the Blazers have emerged as a trendy spoiler pick -- can they really beat the Lakers? And the NBA awards voting window has opened. Can LeBron overtake Giannis for MVP? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodc...
Jul 23, 2020•39 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Joe Vardon, senior NBA writer for The Athletic. Mannix and Vardon talk about life inside the bubble, from daily testing to being landlocked in a room for seven days. Plus Victor Oladipo inching towards a return, the impact of Rajon Rondo's injury on the Lakers, Ben Simmons moving to power forward in Philadelphia and more. Later, Wizards coach Scott Brooks on his bubble experience, why making the playoffs is important to the Wizards, why he was once told bee...
Jul 16, 2020•59 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Sarah Kustok, YES Network and FS1 NBA analyst. Mannix and Kustok discuss the Wizards and Nets depleted rosters, if the NBA should have -- and should still -- reseed the playoffs, if the NBA's bubble will hold up, what losing Avery Bradley means to the Lakers and The Decision, ten years later Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.co...
Jul 09, 2020•49 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Sam Amick, senior NBA writer for The Athletic, and Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce. Mannix and Amick dive into the NBA's plans to return, what the greatest concern is, how the league will handle an outbreak, teams that could surprise in Orlando and more; later, Pierce talks about the Hawks plans to use State Farm Arena as a polling station, Georgia's voting problems, Vince Carter's retirement, more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpod...
Jul 02, 2020•52 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Jeff Zilgitt, senior NBA writer at USA Today. Mannix and Zilgitt dive into the NBA's plans to return, the coronavirus spike in Florida, players withdrawing (with more likely to come) and the impact it will have on the postseason. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 25, 2020•36 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Jason Whitlock. Mannix and Whitlock discuss Kyrie Irving's push for players to consider not resuming the NBA season, LeBron James's use of social media, James's position on a return to play, the responsibility of NBA teams to advance the social justice movement and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 18, 2020•43 min
Joining SI’s Chris Mannix this week is SI staff writer Rohan Nadkarni. Mannix and Nadkarni discuss the NBA’s 22-team format, the ESPN report that some players were considering not returning, post-pandemic favorites, Kevin Durant’s decision to officially end his season, the league’s response to George Floyd’s killing and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pr...
Jun 11, 2020•43 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is former NBA forward -- and current Timberwolves exec -- John Thomas. A Minneapolis native who played college ball at Minnesota, Thomas talks about how the killing of George Floyd has impacted him, the conversations he has had in the last week, how the NBA has responded, his own experience with racism, how he responds to white people asking him what they should do and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising I...
Jun 04, 2020•43 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Howard Beck, senior NBA writer with Bleacher Report. Mannix and Beck discuss the latest in the NBA's return talks, from the scenarios being floated around, players feelings about coming back and how safe will a playoff bubble be? Later, Hall of Fame writer Jack McCallum joins to discuss his new podcast series, The Dream Team Tapes. McCallum talks about the origins of the project, Michael Jordan's true feelings on Isiah Thomas and who Thomas should have been...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is former Sixers and Nets GM Billy Kiing. Mannix and King discuss the final episodes of The Last Dance documentary, from the portrayal of Hall of Fame GM Jerry Krause to how realistic would it have been to keep the '98 Bulls team together. Plus, King's thoughts on the NBA's push to resume the season, a few Reggie Miller stories and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...
May 21, 2020•45 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Dan Woike, senior NBA writer with the LA Times. Mannix and Woike discuss the last two episodes of The Last Dance, from Michael Jordan's foray into baseball to the tragic death of his father. Plus thoughts on Adam Silver's conference call with the players last week and what that call tells us about the NBA's plans for the rest of this season. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com...
May 13, 2020•35 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week are SI's Stephanie Apstein, Alex Prewitt and Albert Breer. The staff takes a dive into the future of the four major sports, from plans to re-open, the impact of the layoff and how an abbreviated season could impact the future. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 07, 2020•38 min
Sports Illustrated is opening up the SI Vault and examining its most consequential work about the moments that defined the most legendary athletes in sports. Subscribe now to The Record wherever you get your podcasts. In 1993, Michael Jordan shocked the sports world when he announced that he was done with the NBA at just 30 years old. Jon Wertheim revisits that fateful day and the peculiar circumstances surrounding Jordan's decision. Jessica Smetana talks to former Sports Illustrated senior writ...
May 01, 2020•35 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com staff writer. Mannix and Nadkarni discuss the NBA's plan to re-open practice facilities, if non-playoff teams should return, the Bulls next move and why Vince Carter's end isn't getting much attention. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 30, 2020•34 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Jeremy Woo, SI's NBA draft insider, and Eric Musselman, a former NBA and G-League coach now the head coach at Arkansas. Mannix and Woo dive into the NBA's new G-League initiative, it's impact on college basketball, a look at Woo's latest draft board and more; later, Mannix gets Musselman's take on the new G-League program, how it will impact recruiting, the one-and-done rule, if the G-League can compete with college basketball for prospects and more. Learn ...
Apr 23, 2020•54 min
Joining SI’s Chris Mannix this week is Rich Kleiman, co-founder of Thirty Five Ventures and the manager of Nets All-Star Kevin Durant. Kleiman talks growing up a Knicks fan, getting involved with Durant, expanding Durant’s brand, balancing traditional media against new media, if Mark Jackson will ever get another coaching gig, Durant’s availability for a re-started season and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.c...
Apr 15, 2020•49 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Lakers forward Jared Dudley. Mannix and Dudley talk about how the Lakers were playing before the stoppage, if LeBron James really cares about winning MVP, how players feel about an abbreviated playoffs and more. Later, NBC Sports Chicago's KC Johnson joins to talk about the Bulls top executive search, from why the Bulls decided to shake up the front office to what they are looking for moving forward. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpod...
Apr 09, 2020•54 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Dan Pfeiffer, former White House communications director during the Barack Obama administration, author and co-host of Pod Save America. Mannix and Pfeiffer talk about basketball in the Obama White House, from the famed Obama basketball games, to his relationship with NBA players and coaches, to Obama's future in sports and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Priv...
Apr 01, 2020•47 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is former Hawks GM Wes Wilcox. Mannix and Wilcox dive into what is going on in NBA front offices right now, what a shortened season might look like, the merits of radically changing the NBA calendar permanently, more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 26, 2020•41 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and CNN contributor. Mannix and Dr. Gounder discuss the state of the coronavirus and sports, the NBA's response to it, the future of the NBA this season and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 17, 2020•23 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Howard Beck, senior NBA writer at Bleacher Report. Mannix and Beck talk about how the coronavirus has -- and likely will -- impact the NBA, dive into Kenny Atkinson's exit in Brooklyn and if we suddenly have a serious MVP race. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 11, 2020•45 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Jeff Goodman, basketball Insider at Stadium. Mannix and Goodman talk about Jayson Tatum's recent surge, if he can be a No. 1 option on a title team, Boston's ceiling and more. Plus, the Knicks latest PR disaster, Zion vs. Ja Morant, the Rockets ceiling, Jay Wright's interest in the NBA and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircl...
Mar 05, 2020•57 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week are SI staff writer Rohan Nadkarni and SI.com Lakers reporter Melissa Rohlin. Mannix, Nadkarni and Rohlin look back a surprisingly successful NBA All-Star weekend, a look at the Lakers and Clippers positioning headed into the playoffs, how far Houston can go in the West, the biggest threat to Toronto in the East and what do the Cavs do with John Beilein? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://red...
Feb 18, 2020•58 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Sarah Kustok, YES Network analyst and NBA analyst for FS1. Mannix and Kustok talk the NBA's trade deadline winners and losers, Houston going all-in on small ball, the Sixers shooting (and chemistry) woes, the Knicks decision to hire another front office neophyte and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 12, 2020•53 min
Joining SI’s Chris Mannix this week is former Hawks GM Wes Wilcox. Mannix and Wilcox dive into all the pre-trade deadline chatter, from the latest with Clint Capela, to the Clippers next move, Minnesota’s obsession with D’Angelo Russell, how the Andre Iguodala situation shakes out, interest in Andre Drummond and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/priva...
Feb 04, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is ESPN broadcaster Ryan Ruocco and Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier. Mannix and Ruocco look back at the life and career of Kobe Bryant, from his impact on the game, on young players, on women's basketball and how the NBA should remember him. Later, Terry Rozier on his decision to sign with Charlotte and a long look at Boston's wacky 2017-18 season. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redc...
Jan 30, 2020•58 min
Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is FS1's Nick Wright. Mannix and Wright look at the state of the two LA franchises, from the Lakers Kyle Kuzma problem, to where the Clippers fit in the pecking order out West to what kind of upgrades both teams could be looking at before the trade deadline. Plus a debate over the All-Star starters, Ben Simmons issues in Philly and can anyone in the east beat Milwaukee? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Advertising Inquir...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 6 min
