In this special episode of the ATL podcast, Tuan and Nav are joined by their favourite guest, Dejan Stajic, who helps break down the Super League fiasco that shocked the entire football world. They discuss the details of the new Overtime Elite league that is looking to challenge the NCAA and G-League as an alternative option for the new generation of basketball superstars. They finally wrap things up by highlighting their favourite storylines of the current NBA season and discuss who they believe will eventually take home the MVP trophy!

On this week's episode, Tuan and Nav quickly recap the key trade deadline acquisitions around the league and discuss how they've panned out for the teams involved within the first two weeks. They debate whether the Paul Pierce IG live incident was enough for ESPN to relieve him of his duties and discuss previous social media blunders from NBA players and executives from years past. They wrap up the episode by giving their thoughts on the direction the Raptors should move towards as they sit at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Is it worth battling for a spot in the play-in game or should they #FadeForCade?

In this installment of the Special Guest Series on the ATL podcast, Tuan and Nav are joined by Mike Bratusa, who's a Senior Manager on the Talent Marketing team at Wasserman Media Group.

 

A former graduate of the Sports Management Masters program at Western University (UWO), he shares his journey through the sport marketing world and how he navigated the competitive landscape to secure a dream job on the Wasserman team. 

 

With the recent trade of one of his marquee clients, Norman Powell, Mike gives us a inside look of how the business of talent management goes down and shares some memorable stories from the Toronto Raptors Championship parade in which he was lucky to be apart of!

On this episode of the ATL podcast, Tuan and Nav are joined by a special guest, Murphy Burnatowski, who's currently a professional basketball player, trainer at Burnatowski Basketball and assistant coach at Dalhousie University!

 

Murph is a former member of the Canadian Men's National Basketball program where he has represented Canada at the Junior, University, and Senior level. A seven year professional, Murph has made notable stops in Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic and Vietnam. Spending five years between the University of Maine and Colgate University, Murph ended his D1 NCAA career by winning Male Athlete of The Year with the Colgate Raiders.

 

Tune in as he shares his stories and lessons learned from every stage of his illustrious basketball career....so far! 

 

Check out his basketball training on IG @burnatowskibasketball

The boys get together Sunday morning to talk all things All Star! Tuan & Nav reflect on the All Star reserve selections by the NBA coaches and compares it to their own picks. They have some fun drafting their own All Star roster from the available 24 players and quickly chat about the current MVP race between the dominant big men in Joel Emiid and Nikola Jokic.

On this episode of the ATL podcast, Tuan and Nav are joined by a special guest, Jesse Schwarz, who shocked the sports collectible world last week by purchasing a $208,000 LeBron James NBA Top Shot moment, making it the largest purchase ever on the new NFT blockchain platform! Being one of the earliest adopter of the technology, he explains why he made the purchase and gives his thoughts on what the future holds for the NBA's newest licensing business venture. With the platform blowing up in recent months, he explains how current NBA players are helping grow the technology through social media and gives his advice to newcomers on how they can start collecting these virtual moments!

 

Check Jesse out @YoDough on Instagram and look out for his own clothing line called FRONT PAGE.

On this episode of the ATL podcast, Tuan and Nav select and debate their 2021 NBA All-Star Game starters and reserves! Doe Bradley Beal and Luka Doncic deserve to be starters with their teams playing under .500? Will Mike Conley, Zach LaVine, and Fred VanVleet become first time all-stars this year? Who will be the biggest snubs this year? Tune into this week's episode to find out how they round out their twelve man all-star game roster!

With the Toronto Raptors moving up the East standings and looking more like themselves, Tuan and Nav give their thoughts on why their season has slowly turned around after a dismal 2-8 start. They discuss Adam Silver's decision to go ahead with the All-Star game on March 7th in Atlanta and whether the league made the right move or not.

To review the quarter mark of the NBA season, the boys are joined by Dejan to discuss and debate the candidates of each major NBA award and crown a early season runner-up and winner! This week marked the one year anniversary of the tragic accident that claimed the lives of nine people including Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi. The guys take some time to commemorate and celebrate their lives and share personal stories on the impact that Kobe's had on their lives. They also celebrate the life of Sekou Smith, a NBA TV personality that passed away due to COVID complications this past Thursday. May they all Rest In Peace.

In a weekend filled of major sporting events, the boys start the pod with their thoughts on UFC 257 (McGregor vs Poirier Part 2) and the AFC/NFC championship games. Afterwards, Tuan and Nav discuss the jam packed action across the NBA starting with the marquee matchups between the Nets vs Bucks and 76ers vs Celtics. With the Jazz and Knicks off to a hot start, they also give their thoughts on some of the leagues most surprising and underrated teams to start the season.