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The Athletic NBA Daily

The Athletic NBA Daily

By: The Athletic
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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.

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2019 - The Athletic
Basketball Politics & Government
Episodes
  • 10 Questions about the NBA Season + Schedule Winners and Losers
    Aug 15 2025

    Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the winners and losers of the NBA schedule including the Blazers, Sixers and Pelicans. Then the guys are joined by Dave DuFour to discuss 10 questions about the upcoming NBA Season.


    Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers

    With: Dave DuFour

    Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

    Audio/Video Producer: Monica Compton

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Is TMac overrated? - Episodes 2 Basketball 100
    Aug 14 2025

    The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 2 includes players 79-60 hosted by Jon Krawczynski, Fred Katz and Law Murray of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.


    60. Tracy McGrady

    61. Dave Cowens

    62. Wes Unseld

    63. Dolph Schayes

    64. Dennis Rodman

    65. Damian Lillard

    66. Carmelo Anthony

    67. Earl Monroe

    68. Chris Webber

    69. Billy Cunningham

    70. Tiny Archibald

    71. Robert Parish

    72. Paul George

    73. Hal Greer

    74. Bill Walton

    75. Alonzo Mourning

    76. Jerry Lucas

    77. Sam Jones

    78. Pau Gasol

    79. Alex English


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    Host: Jon Krawczynski

    With: Fred Katz and Law Murray

    Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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    58 mins
  • Is Kyrie Irving best number 2 ever? - Episode 1 Basketball 100
    Aug 12 2025

    The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 1 includes players 100-80 hosted by Jared Weiss, Mike Vorkunov and Tony Jones of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.


    80. Kyrie Irving

    81. Pete Maravich

    82. Manu Ginobili

    83. Spencer Haywood

    84. Grant Hill

    85. Vince Carter

    86. Chris Bosh

    87. Tony Parker

    88. Dennis Johnson

    89. Paul Arizin

    90. Nate Thurmond

    91. Jayson Tatum

    92. Bernard King

    93. Bill Sharman

    94. Artis Gilmore

    95. Sidney Moncrief

    96. Lenny Wilkens

    97. Dave DeBusschere

    98. Dave Bing

    99. Jimmy Butler

    100. Draymond Green


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    Host: Jared Weiss

    With: Tony Jones and Mike Vorkunov

    Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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    1 hr and 7 mins
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