Trivia Host

Welcome to the Saturday Slammin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we're going to give an update on the surprise teams. Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports stops by to discuss the playoffs, and we do a contender draft. But before we get to all of that, Alex, tell me about the top stories this week.

Welcome to the Saturday Slammin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we're going to give an update on the surprise teams. Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports stops by to discuss the playoffs, and we do a contender draft. But before we get to all of that, Alex, tell me about the top stories this week.

Welcome to the Saturday Slammin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we're going to give an update on the surprise teams. Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports stops by to discuss the playoffs, and we do a contender draft. But before we get to all of that, Alex, tell me about the top stories this week.

Wow, what a week. What a week right before the playoffs. Just so many unnecessary things happening from NBA owners this week. It was almost it's almost too good. Al, let's let's give us a prize team update. And this surprise team update is brought to you by our good friends at Bet MGM.

Wow, what a week. What a week right before the playoffs. Just so many unnecessary things happening from NBA owners this week. It was almost it's almost too good. Al, let's let's give us a prize team update. And this surprise team update is brought to you by our good friends at Bet MGM.

Wow, what a week. What a week right before the playoffs. Just so many unnecessary things happening from NBA owners this week. It was almost it's almost too good. Al, let's let's give us a prize team update. And this surprise team update is brought to you by our good friends at Bet MGM.

In hindsight, they all make sense. But at the time, like at the time, there wasn't a ton of confidence that Josh Giddey was going to turn this ship around, you know? Right. Yeah, absolutely. But yeah, looking at it now, you're like, how can I be so dumb not to pick him? You know, that is definitely how it felt. OK, we are going to take a quick break.

In hindsight, they all make sense. But at the time, like at the time, there wasn't a ton of confidence that Josh Giddey was going to turn this ship around, you know? Right. Yeah, absolutely. But yeah, looking at it now, you're like, how can I be so dumb not to pick him? You know, that is definitely how it felt. OK, we are going to take a quick break.

In hindsight, they all make sense. But at the time, like at the time, there wasn't a ton of confidence that Josh Giddey was going to turn this ship around, you know? Right. Yeah, absolutely. But yeah, looking at it now, you're like, how can I be so dumb not to pick him? You know, that is definitely how it felt. OK, we are going to take a quick break.

And after this, we're going to talk to our guy, Dan Devine from Yahoo Sports. We'll be right back.

And after this, we're going to talk to our guy, Dan Devine from Yahoo Sports. We'll be right back.

And after this, we're going to talk to our guy, Dan Devine from Yahoo Sports. We'll be right back.

All right, Al. It is my pleasure to welcome Dan Devine onto the show from Yahoo Sports. He writes, he does podcasts. That's it. Really excited.

All right, Al. It is my pleasure to welcome Dan Devine onto the show from Yahoo Sports. He writes, he does podcasts. That's it. Really excited.

All right, Al. It is my pleasure to welcome Dan Devine onto the show from Yahoo Sports. He writes, he does podcasts. That's it. Really excited.

No more. Do not expect anything else.

No more. Do not expect anything else.

No more. Do not expect anything else.

Do you bake?

Do you bake?