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The Athletic NBA Show

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An NBA podcast featuring a rotating lineup of the best insiders, writers, and reporters from The Athletic. Monday thru Friday. Monday: Basketball Buds with Zach Harper, Jay King and Josh Huestis | Tuesday: Hoops Adjacent with David Aldridge and Marcus Thompson | Wednesday: Nerder She Wrote with Dave DuFour, Seth Partnow, and Mo Dakhil | Thursday: Tampering with Sam Amick, Anthony Slater and Fred Katz | Friday: The Slam & Jam with Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers. read less

Our Editor's Take

Basketball fans searching for a podcast that goes beyond recapping games may like The Athletic NBA Show podcast. The program offers listeners different perspectives on the game. While the podcast has recap segments, it also has episodes that offer expert analyses. Plus, interviews, predictions, and trade rumors. It's a magazine-style podcast with many subjects on the stream. The show is the audio counterpart of The Athletic, a New York Times subsidiary. Reporters from the premium website host the show. The Athletic charges readers for its written content, but this podcast is free.

The Athletic NBA Show podcast listeners have access to content from different hosts. Andrew Schlecht is the senior producer of the program. He also cohosts the show's Saturday episodes. He and the other podcast hosts talk playoffs, team rankings, and other topics. They also interview a variety of guests.

The topics vary each day, depending on what is going on in the NBA. The Athletic NBA Show podcast has many different segments to please hoops fans. Listeners get recaps and expert insight into the previous night's games. Other episodes talk about the past weekend's action. Players, teams, stats, and contenders get discussed as well. Winning streaks and losing streaks are top topics. So are the perennial best and worst teams in the league.

Show fans will hear hosts discuss trade rumors, free agent signings, and surprising standouts. And other reporters and podcasters often join the hosts of The Athletic NBA Show. Past panelists on the show include ESPN's Howard Bryant. Eddie Johnson from SiriusXM sometimes appears. So does Gerald Bourguet of PHNX. Fellow podcaster Matt Babcock contributes his insight as well. People who love basketball and want variety should listen to The Athletic NBA Show. New episodes come out at least once daily during the basketball season. In the offseason, episodes have a less frequent schedule.

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Episodes

NBA SLAMMY AWARDS + Grizzlies Week
Apr 12 2024
NBA SLAMMY AWARDS + Grizzlies Week
Slam and Jam Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers recap the week that was in the NBA, discuss the Slam and Jam end of season awards (the Slammys), and then Keith Parish of Gritz and Grindz joins to discuss the Grizzlies and their season they end with a fun edition of Andrew vs. The Beat. 1) “I wasn’t familiar with your game” Award a. This award goes to the player whose ceiling changed the most this year compared to how we felt about them coming into the season 2) Prepare for Takeoff Award a. This award goes to the player who we believe is most primed to take a massive leap next season (similar to Haliburton, Maxey, Barnes, Ant, etc. this season) 3) The Rollercoaster Award a. This award goes to the team who we changed our opinion on the most violently this season. 4) The Time Traveler from August 2024 Award a. A time traveler shows up from August 2024. They only have time to tell you about what happened to one team this upcoming offseason (draft, free agency, trades). This award goes to the team we’d pick. 5) Stat of the Season a. This award goes to the stat that we still can’t believe is real. 6) Anti-League Pass Team of the Year Award a. This award goes to the team that we watched the least. 7) NBA Beat Reporter of the Year a. This award goes to the beat reporter/team podcaster who we thought had the best season 8) Best Take of the Year a. This award goes to the take we are most proud of. 9) Worst Take of the Year a. This award goes to the take we are most embarrassed by. 10) Bold Prediction for the NBA Playoffs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices