Basketball Illuminati
Tired of agenda-driven basketball talk that only offers glimpses of the truth? Wish there was a place you could get the full picture? Basketball Illuminati offers you salvation. Go behind the scenes with exclusive analysis previously restricted from the general public. Fearless NBA Insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh peel back the curtain on why things happen in the NBA.
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Height Fraud
Victor Wembenyama is deflating his height from 7'5" to 7'3", and he's not the only athlete to do so. You won't want to Skip this segment.
56 min
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Small Sample Size Theater
Tom contextualizes Victor Wembenyama's Summer League performance by doing his own research on other star debuts.
49 min
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Source Loyalty Program
Does your favorite news breaker have a rewards program depending on how many miles their sources accrue? We break down all the loyalty tiers.
55 min
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Draft Gradeys
Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports returns as Truth Teller to give us the inside track on the upcoming free agent frenzy, teams afraid of the second apron and Dame scenarios.
58 min
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Scooting Drills
Brandon Payne of Accelerate Basketball returns to the program to give us the scoop on Scoot Henderson's training and workout with Steph Curry before this year's draft.
72 min
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Nikola Jok-Ish
Denver has climbed to the mountaintop due to Nikola Jokic' workmanlike effort, as the Heat sink back to sea level and a summer of Damian Lillard rumors.
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Untrained Eyes
Amin continues to search for the mythical Jokic brothers and the Illumination Loves the adjustments the Heat have made so far in this series.
47 min
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What About Bob?
The Finals are here, the Heat made history that the Celtics fell just short of, and there's a mysterious blackout at the new LeBatard Show HQ. Is it all connected?
68 min
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The French Connection
A script for this year's NBA playoffs got leaked onto the internet... Or was that all simply part of the script?
49 min
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Harden the Interruption
Tim 'Banned' MacMahon joins the program with his signature theme song to discuss Ja Morant's habitual line stepping in our Truth Tellers segment.
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Steward Little
Mat Ishbia, the steward of the community asset that is the Phoenix Suns, found himself in a controversial spotlight after an encounter with Nikola Jokic on Sunday.
50 min
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Kitchen Sink Trades
We explore the history of trading everything but the kitchen sink for a star player and determine who is responsible for this trendy trade technique.
48 min
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Knicks - Heat VI
This year's first round of the playoffs has provided us with a litany of surprising series, and the Illuminarmy Generals reveal which is the rarest of them all.
55 min
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Statistical Noise
Tom finally gets back to doing what he does best: his own research! And he brings in wonderful statistician Sam Cook to sift through the randomness.
49 min
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Everybody Hates Rudy
MVP Tracker Max Croes joins the program to explain how he scours the media for data to connect the dots on who people are voting for in the major NBA Awards categories.
52 min
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Unintended Consequences
Truth Teller Keith Smith of Spotrac joins the program to help us parse the new Collective Bargaining Agreement details that have been announced and identify the unintended consequences of the major changes to the league.
69 min
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Fraud Alert
Investment fraud attorney Chase Carlson joins the program as a Truth Teller to discuss the prevalence of fraudulent financial advisors and strategies to help address this rampant issue in professional sports.
60 min
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Mental Health
Chris Herring of Sports Illustrated joins the program to navigate the thorny waters of the Ja Morant situation, especially in regards to players advantageously invoking mental health in serious matters.
62 min
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Out Indefinitely
Truth Teller Don Vaden of Third Side Coaching rejoins the program to help us understand the referee perspective on the altercation at the end of Kings-Bucks and Fred VanVleet's comments about Ben Taylor.
54 min
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Winning > Fun
Sports Scientist Lorena Torres of You First joins the program to discuss prioritizing player performance when it comes to load management.
69 min
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A Young Man's Game
Damian Lillard joined Donovan Mitchell in the 71 club, prompting an investigation into the correlation between this season's scoring boom, the increased pace of play, load management and the average age of an NBA player.
50 min
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The Front Burner
Truth Teller extraordinaire Rachel Nichols of 'What's Burnin' and Showtime Sports joins us to discuss the All Star Game, load management, CBA negotiations and what she considers to be a real issue facing the league.
66 min
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No Mistakes, No Coincidences
The trade deadline provided plenty of exciting developments, whether it be Suns' new owner Mat Ishbia emptying the coffers for Kevin Durant or the Lakers banishing a 'vampire' in Russell Westbrook.
42 min
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Maybe It's Me
With the Trade Deadline looming, a double dose of Truth Tellers answer the call to discuss trades past, present, and yet to come.
58 min
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Lil Joker
We are joined by Truth Teller Nate Jones of Goodwin Sports and co-founder of Move Insoles to discuss how to market more reserved superstars like Nikola Jokic and load management
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