Phenomenal show, best nba podcast by far. Great music, great energy and great league wide balance. I make it my first listen every day!

I just stumbled onto this podcast a few months ago and love it. Having a show each morning to look forward to is so much fun. All of the hosts are thoughtful and interesting to listen to. Thank you!!! Go Spurs Go!

Rockets win a big game against GS and the hosts spend the entire segment trashing the team & saying it was a “stolen” victory? No wonder The Athletic is trending downwards. Won’t be listening to this pod again. Better ones out there for NBA analysis

As a longtime listener, the new format is taking a bit of time for me to adjust to. The Athletic podcasts were a good alternative to the tabloid style ESPN nonsense, so I hope this isn’t more of the same. Thank goodness you kept the Saturday Slam and Jam.

The Wheel of Fandom is undefeated. Denver thought they were safe, but the Thanksgiving Slam-and-Jam hiatus opened the window for the Wizards of Washington to strike. In a Saturday night game, which I was in attendance, Jokic had a monster 56/16/8 and it wasn’t enough. The Wizards broke a 16 game losing streak and Jordan Poole got MVP chants at the foul line. An incredible highlight in our sad season. The Wheel of Fandom has shined upon us. Praised, be the basketball gods. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Excellent NBA show with Andrew & Alex and wow, John Hollinger this Saturday. Y’all on fire

Glad to hear Alex concedes the Grizz are legit contenders after beating the Celtics in Boston on Saturday

Not feeling the new daily crew with Zena & S. Zena's voice/mic is way louder than the rest of the crew. Bad production. Plus the long ad reads. Pod fell off from a couple years ago unfortunately.

Slam n Jam is good. Deserves the one star by itself, the rest is garbage. The daily shows used to be good, now unlistenable.

Hmm

All the Athletic NBA Shows are good but Slam n Jam is the best NBA podcast out there, I look forward to it every week. BUT I need to call attention to a grave injustice during 76ers trivia last week. Andrew was up 2 points and selected question 2, which was a multi-part answer about rookies. Andrew got 1 point (Allen Iverson) and Trill got 1 point (Joel Embiid), and after the question Alex said that Andrew only led by 1 now, but he should’ve still been up by 2. Normally it’s whatever, but Trill won trivia by 1 point, meaning they should’ve gone to SUDDEN DEATH. Still though, love the podcast so much, best NBA podcast out there.

Dave is fine, but it feels like a loss to put all of the shows eggs in his basket. I like the cohosts too, but the old rotating panels and different focuses on different days felt more interesting and fresh rather than having the same, one-note update show every day. No one really likes a daily update show. Justice for Nerder!

I had somewhat high expectations for this podcast given the Athletic’s usually stellar journalism. I was wrong. This is slightly improved from its previous incarnation, but still the hosts talk over each other constantly and argue over their own uninformed “hot takes” which are rarely interesting. Oh, and one of them used to work for the Warriors and is quick to point that out in every episode whether or not it is relevant to the discussion.

i js started listening to this and i’m a teen but this is honestly amazing it keeps me interested and it’s captivating also it has good info abt the nba and just like an overview of basically everything so definitely listen

getting rid of all the actual pods for a 30 minute Locked on NBA style recap show is pretty sad, will miss hoops adjacent the most

I’m writing this review because my Reddit post about Anthony Edwards was referenced on the Saturday slam and jam pod. That’s super cool. To be fair, it was sharing a stat from the baseball writer, also of the Athletic, Aaron Gleeman. Either way, love the pod. You guys are great. Been listening since before the format change!

Really enjoying the new format. Been listening for years and Dave has chemistry with just about anyone. The only thing I don’t understand is why the episodes are so short? Should let the hosts cook a bit more and cover more of the games, but overall a great addition to my morning routine.

The kings of content and true GOATs of the game Andrew and Alex are back. Ball knowers rejoice.

I like the new format of 20-25 minutes max during the week and an extended Slam on the weekend. Most sports podcasts longer than 20 minutes are padded with mindless chatting, arguments and repetitive opinions. Just give me the headlines/main stories from the previous night, some brief analysis, and I can get on with my day. I love the throwback theme music with the funky horns!

Been listening for a few years now and I love the Saturday Slam and Jam. Alex’s snark when Andrew guesses wrong in trivia always makes me laugh Insightful, informative, and maybe most importantly, positive! I do miss the theme song/intro though. I often listen while doing my yard work and it’s prescience tickled me Also, to be 100% honest, I wrote this review to say that Keldon Johnson is in his 6th NBA season and I couldn’t find Speers on twitter to inform him of this crucial trivia fact check

As a 5’4 female schoolteacher, most people don’t expect me to be a wealth of knowledge about the NBA. I’ve been a huge fan and follower of my hometown Sixers (tragically) for many years, but Slam and Jam started my love of basketball podcasts. For the last 3 years I’ve been a student of the game and now, I get to show everyone up with my knowledge. Andrew and Alex- thanks for creating a podcast for every level of NBA fan. This teacher says- keep up the amazing work!

A couple of these hosts are clearly biased and should host local fan podcasts instead. There are a couple good hosts but overall disappointing.

Fantastic podcast I always listen to it when I go to bed keep up the good work

Have listened for 3 seasons. I love slam and jam and still listen each week (5 stars). I do not like the daily at all. I used to like point of contention and basketbuds (or whatever was Monday). Not a huge dave dufour guy.

Some pods and hosts are great. Others are not so much. And was the rebranded podcast just a reason to cut the time of each podcast in half?

Sounds obvious enough, right? Well, here’s the thing: if you expect to skip the first 10-ish minutes of a basketball pod because one of the hosts is giving you updates on his kid’s AAU games, or his house, or his back pain, this is not the program for you. Or if you want the hosts to suddenly pivot to talking about football on a basketball pod, again, don’t bother with this one. And if you want the hosts’ personalities to grate on your nerves as you wait for them to finally make some salient points… you get the picture. This pod is pure hoops. Every day. And it’s awesome. Every episode is packed with opinions and updates and perspectives. The hosts are simultaneously approachable and wildly knowledgeable. Thank you for putting this together—it’s clearly a labor of love for the game and the fans who can’t get enough real basketball talk.

Years ago a wrote a review of this…and then stopped listening for some reason….glad to see it’s back and better than ever…….(updated oct 27,2024) best Saturday nba podcast out there!!! Of course, it is the 'only' Saturday nba podcast out there...still... unlike many... there is a rememberence that sports is supposed to be fun and it is ok to laugh. Also usually informative. i listen every week (more or less).

This might as well be an OKC Thunder specific podcast. Don’t waste your time if you are a fan of another team.

Every weekday morning, I wake up at 7:30 am, walk to the bathroom and tell my unnamed virtual assistant to “play the newest episode of The Athletic NBA Daily.”

You guys turned daily shows that were 45 min long into a 26 min show everyday with the two same guys except on Saturdays. Good job. Lost a subscription

Listened to the first episode after opening night (Wednesday) and it was not very good. Almost as much ad/promo time as there was episode and a scattershot coverage. Alot if time spent on guys who didn’t play (Kawhi, Embid etc.) while other team (Magic, Heat) not even mentioned (a shame as Banchero had a great night).

haven’t checked this feed since Alex left. WHAT A WONDERFUL SUPRISE. LOVE YOU GUYS. thanks for bringing back the Slam and Jam. best basketball pod out here.

The Lakers?!? You’re talking about the Lakers?!!

Hey guys I am a huge basketball fan and player I won mvp and single handily lead my team to the state championship and we won I really wanna go to the WNBA but is this a good podcast ?

I was about to write a scathing review when it happened! Alex came back! Alex is the best and now Slam and Jam is the best again. Slam on, brothers.

The full Slam and Jam team is back. Thank you!

What’s up with slam and jam? That’s the good one (with Andrew and Alex). If Slam and Jam is dead yall should let us know so I don’t have to keep checking my feed for good NBA content like an idiot.

Mannnnnnn….. Is this a Generational thing? Is it a Feminization thing? Is this how our young black male athletes have been socialized into being so feminine? All they do is whine about nonsense. Who were their male role models? Feminine “men” ain’t it? The NBA is in a bad place with all these Feminized American Born & Raised Basketball players…..

I am long time listener, and at this point, I skip any episode that Mo is hosting. No hate at all, as I think his unique experience working for nba teams has its value, but none of it shows up in his commentary. His takes often poorly paraphrase what the most basic contrarian take of the moment is, or exactly what his cohost has already put in better words. I think his experience could be fascinating, but he rarely injects insight from these moments into his takes or opinions. Its such a bummer to enjoy this show’s many energetic, and insightful hosts only to turn on a episode where he slows everything down to make terrible jokes and boring takes that everyone already has heard. Not to mention constantly repeating himself until he runs out of steam or loses his train of thought, and “playfully” browbeating cohosts. I wish there was a Mo Dakhil-less feed.

This is 3 stars without Alex Speers!!!

what a hilariously uniformed hoops podcast. maybe the most and there’s a lot of dumb hoops pods

Too much OKC homerism. They need to rename the podcast to Thunder Talk

Alex and Andrew were a perfect combo. You guys messed with your best show

If these guys can make a career out of talking about the NBA, don’t give up on your dreams kids, ‘cause there’s no way you’d be worse than them.

Everything about this show is great, except for the unexplainable addition of Dave DuFour. Without exaggeration, he is unbearable. I find the sound of his voice to be offensive. The only adequate comparison would be the sound of nails on a chalkboard, but nails also belong to a honey badger and the chalkboard is on fire. I propose a listener boycott until the Athletic takes the only humane course of action, by terminating Mr. DuFour immediately and issuing an apology to subscribers. Other than that, a really solid listen!

They do a good after analysis of the games. They do great by getting right to the games and are not superfluous like other podcasters. A pet peeve of mine though, is the constant “like” by one of them. But overall it’s a good podcast.

"Nikola jokic unguardable nothing anyone could possibly do" trash

Everytime Mo Dahkil is on any pod…. U can play this drinking game! 🤣🤣🤣 (btw: in that regard is also applicable) enjoy ✌🏾✌🏾🧞

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The homie Dave Defour asked those of us who are enjoying the late night postgame recaps to say so--count me in. I appreciate the late hours the hosts and editors are putting in. Thanks to all of you!