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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchStart 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.
The Athletic NBA Daily is hosted by The Athletic. The show has published more than 1,000 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Grizzlies Rise and Grind + Are the Thunder STILL contenders? | Slam N Jam" (31 October 2026, 69 minutes), "Why Are NBA Injury Rates Increasing?" (30 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Steph Curry Remains an Ageless Wonder" (29 October 2026, 44 minutes).
The Athletic NBA Daily publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across more than 1,000 episodes.
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The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA season has been... well.... kind of a bummer to start with all the injuries, but Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are here to walk you through the week of NBA basketball including the success of the Grizzlies...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Are the Grizzlies good? Dave DuFour and Andrew Schlecht get to the bottom of it after Memphis remained undefeated with an impressive win in Portland. Plus, Dave explains why Darius Acuff Jr. is on a Wilt Chamberlain...
The Athletic NBA Daily
We have a lot of injuries, but the basketball continues to bounce. On an active Wednesday night in the NBA, Dave DuFour and Andrew Schlecht recap Steph Curry’s big night against the Timberwolves, AJ Dybantsa’s...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Alex Speers and Andrew Schlecht break down the biggest storylines from the first week of the NBA season, including why they're already bailing on some of their NBA preseason predictions. They discuss what's changed...
The Athletic NBA Daily
In a special edition of NBA Daily, Dave DuFour is joined by NBA Draft expert and Sports Illustrated columnist Derek Parker to dive into (unfortunately) more injury updates from around the league, now including Anthony...
The Athletic NBA Daily
On a strange day to live in Oklahoma City, Andrew Schlecht joins Dave DuFour to unpack the latest on Jalen Williams’ fractured fibula and dislocated ankle, Cason Wallaces’ labral tear in his left shoulder, and what...
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Following two brutal lower leg injuries to Jalen Williams and Jalen Suggs, Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni and Law Murray catch up on a damaging first Sunday night of the season. Then we head to Law’s weekly NBA power...
The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA Season is HERE. Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are here to chop it up. Alex gives his classic "Top Stories this Week" monolog and the guys give their Good, Bad and What of the NBA this week. Then Shamit Dua of...
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On the first Thursday night of the regular season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 20-point streak came to an end, in a win, after 141 games; and Philadelphia erased a 29-point Cavaliers lead to finish off a monumental...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Okay, now the NBA season has officially started. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni break down all the major action from the first full slate of action, including: Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball & Giannis Antetokounmpo putting...
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Opening Night in the NBA! Dave DuFour, Esfandiar Baraheni and Law Murray are live Tuesday night following all the action to unpack a lively tipoff to the 2026-27 NBA season, including: the Pistons completing the largest...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Real, tangible basketball! We are finally here. As we head into the 2026-27 NBA season, we have a few questions for our opening trio of games: Will Ausar Thompson ascend to Detroit’s second option alongside Cade...
The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA preseason can be deceiving. Dave and Es walk you through what’s real and what’s fake, between: the Orlando Magic offense, Denver Nuggets role players, Matisse Thybulle in the Lakers starting lineup and NBA...
The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA season is just days away, and every year there is a team that no one expects to win a lot games…..that wins a lot of games. Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by Trill Bro Dude of the You Know Ball...
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From Cooper Flagg to Cam Boozer, the NBA is loaded with young, generational talent. Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni, and Andrew Schlecht are here to put players from the last 3 draft classes into tiers and attempt to project...
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Boston Celtics as the one seed, the Utah Jazz as a top-six seed, and the Washington Wizards as a top-eight seed? Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are here to share predictions ahead of the 2026-2027 NBA season and give their...
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won the last 2 MVP's, why can't he do it again? Dave, Es and Andrew explore that and all the other major NBA awards and make predictions ahead of the beginning of the NBA season. Host: Dave...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Dave DuFour is joined by Adam Mares, from DNVR, to preview the Denver Nuggets season, discuss Jamal Murray’s impact and importance, and breakdown the MVP chances for Nikola Jokić. Host: Dave DuFour Guest: Adam Mares...
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Es Baraheni is joined by Josh Robbins from the Athletic to preview the Washington Wizards season, breakdown A.J. Dybantsa’s impact as a rookie, and project their playoff chances. Host: Es Baraheni With: Josh Robbins...
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Dave DuFour is joined by Tony Jones from the Athletic to preview the Philadelphia 76ers season, discuss their added star power with Jaylen Brown and LeBron James, and debate who their best player will be this season...
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