Former Manhattan and Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez joins the show to reflect on his coaching career and talk about seeing Stephon Marbury during his recent trip to China, recruiting Metta World Peace and the current college basketball landscape.

Bleacher Report's Yaron Weitzman joins the Respect the Game Podcast to talk his experience on the Knicks beat, Phil Jackson and Carmelo Anthony's relationship, Jeff Horaneck and more. We also get into the Timberwolves, Brook Lopez and strange interactions at holiday parties.

Denver Nuggets big man Jusuf Nurkic drops by the SLAM Dome to talk about his transition from Bosnia to the NBA, his 7-foot, 400-pound father, how he got introduced to basketball, playing against Kobe Bryant, Joel Embiid, his Nuggets teammates and much, much more.

SLAM's Pete Walsh and Abe Schwadron are joined by Editor in Chief Adam Figman to talk SLAM 204, Russell Westbrook's role as the sole leader of the Thunder, Sean Kilpatrick's epic Tuesday, JR Smith and Jason Terry's relationship, Sam Hinkie's madness and more.

SLAM's Pete Walsh, Abe Schwadron and Franklyn Calle talk the start to the college hoops season, including our respective trips to the Garden for the Champions Classic and the Barclays Center for Northwestern-Texas. We also talk Grayson Allen, Villanova, Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball and the top recruits from the class of 2017.

After that, Yum Ramos and Fernando Quinones join the podcast to discuss the history of basketball in Puerto Rico and what's in store for the future of the Puerto Rican National Team and the BSN.