The Athletic NBA Show
Hosted by Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni and Andrew Schlecht · The Athletic
4.1from 3,783 ratings
- 2,242
- Episodes
- 648
- Transcribed
- 3,783
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 5M
- YouTube views
About The Athletic NBA Show
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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The Athletic
- Category
- comedy · news · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Aug 2018
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
648 of 2,242 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Toronto Raptors Season Preview
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Atlanta Hawks Season Preview
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Golden State Warriors Preview
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Toronto Raptors Season Preview
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I think it's fairly possible. I mean, the interesting part about all of this, it feels like there is a lot of easy buckets on the table for Scotty Barnes, a lot of easy opportunity for him to increase his scoring in the regular season. Like this is a guy who, if I remember correctly, hasn't break broken like the 20 point per game barrier in the regular season yet. And so is this the season playing next to an all NBA star? who should take the more difficult matchups on a night-to-night basis, who should, like you said, Trey, have the defense tilted towards him all the time, is that going to give him more easy opportunities? […]
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- Samson Folk
- Trevon Heath
- Lauren Williams
- Zena Keita
- Marcus Thompson II
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 5,088,678
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 2,205 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.1 / 5
- 1,578 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The Athletic NBA Show?
Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni and Andrew Schlecht host the show. Published by The Athletic.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Athletic NBA Show take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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