Stay ConnectedStart 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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The Clippers, Heat, and Jazz completed a three-team trade that sends Norm Powell to Miami and John Collins to Los Angeles and the gang has takes. Zena Keita, Dave DuFour, and Es Baraheni give their instant reaction to the move, look ahead to Summer League, and predict which players are going to break out next season.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Es Baraheni & Dave DuFour
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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Andrew Schlecht is joined by Fred Katz of the Athletic to discuss a way too early ranking of the Eastern Conference.
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Fred Katz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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The Knicks have hired a new head coach in Mike Brown and Dave DuFour and Zena Keita are joined by James Edwards III of the Athletic to discuss his potential impact. They also spend time discussing free agency moves, potential moves they could make and how the Knicks look heading into next season.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and James Edwards III
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, Es Baraheni and Zena Keita give their way too early West Rankings after a wild free agency.
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Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni give their reaction to the Lakers signing Deandre Ayton and Mike Brown as the new head coach of the New York Knicks. Then, Eric Nehm joins the show to go behind the scenes on the Bucks move to waive Damian Lillard and sign Myles Turner.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Eric Nehm
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour and Zena Keita give their reaction to the Milwaukee Bucks waiving Damian Lillard and signing Myles Turner in free agency. Then, Kelly Iko joins the show to go behind the scenes on the Rockets trade for Kevin Durant and where all of the pieces fit in Houston.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Dave DuFour & Kelly Iko
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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Dave DuFour, Zena Keita and Es Baraheni break down the first free agency deals from the first hour.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Zena Keita, Es Baraheni, and Dave DuFour react to the biggest moves from the weekend and look ahead to the start of NBA free agency.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Es Baraheni and Dave DuFour
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by Sam Vecenie of the Athletic to discuss the NBA Draft, what the Pelicans and Nets are doing, who from this class will be an All Star or fringe All Star and so much more.
Then the guys have Sam sort the 2024 and 2025 drafts into categories of All Star, Starter, Role Player and Out of the league with the lottery for each draft. They finish the show with a fun edition of Andrew vs. The Beat.
Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers
With: Sam Vecenie
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Editor: Gonzalo Torres
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Zena Keita is joined by Tyler Rucker of No Ceilings to recap the NBA Draft.
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