Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are joined by National Writer at the Athletic, Fred Katz to discuss which teams and players are under the most pressure heading into the 2025-2026 season. They each will draft one for each of the following categories:

Round 1: Star Player

Round 2: Contenders

Round 3: Young Player

Round 4: Front Office

Round 5: Wildcard (Choose anything NBA-related that wouldn’t fall into one of the previous categories)

Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers

With: Fred Katz

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio/Video Producer: Monica Compton

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The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 6 includes players 5-1 hosted by David Aldridge, Joe Vardon and Law Murray of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.

1.  Michael Jordan  

2.  LeBron James

3.  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

4.  Bill Russell

5.  Magic Johnson

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Host: David Aldridge

With: Joe Vardon and Law Murray

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 5 includes players 19-6 hosted by Jon Krawczynski, Jay King and Kelly Iko of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.

6.  Wilt Chamberlain

7.  Shaquille O’Neal

8.  Tim Duncan

9.  Larry Bird

10. Kobe Bryant

11. Hakeem Olajuwon

12. Steph Curry

13. Oscar Robertson

14. Kevin Durant

15. Julius Irving

16. Jerry West

17. Karl Malone

18. Kevin Garnett

19. Moses Malone

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Host: Jon Krawczynski

With: Jay King and Kelly Iko

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 4 includes players 39-20 hosted by Eric Nehm, Hunter Patterson and Law Murray of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.

20. Dirk Nowitzki

21. David Robinson

22. Giannis Antetokounmpo

23. Charles Barkley

24. Elgin Baylor

25. Isiah Thomas

26. Rick Barry

27. Dwayne Wade

28. Nikola Jokic

29. John Havlicek

30. Scottie Pippen

31. Chris Paul

32. Bob Pettit

33. John Stockton

34. James Harden

35. Kawhi Leonard

36. George Mikan

37. Jason Kidd

38. Patrick Ewing

39. Steve Nash

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Host: Eric Nehm

With: Hunter Patterson and Law Murray

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 3 includes players 59-40 hosted by Jay King, Eric Koreen and Jason Jones of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.

40. Bob Cousy

41. Joel Embiid

42. Elvin Hayes

43. George Gervin

44. Clyde Drexler

45. Willis Reed

46. Clyde Frazier

47. Russell Westbrook

48. Reggie Miller

49. Allen Iverson

50. Gary Payton

51. Paul Pierce

52. Kevin McHale

53. Luka Doncic

54. Dominique Wilkins

55. Ray Allen

56. Dwight Howard

57. Anthony Davis

58. Bob McAdoo

59. James Worthy

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Host: Jay King

With: Eric Koreen and Jason Jones

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the winners and losers of the NBA schedule including the Blazers, Sixers and Pelicans. Then the guys are joined by Dave DuFour to discuss 10 questions about the upcoming NBA Season.

Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers

With: Dave DuFour

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio/Video Producer: Monica Compton

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The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 2 includes players 79-60 hosted by Jon Krawczynski, Fred Katz and Law Murray of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.

60. Tracy McGrady

61. Dave Cowens

62. Wes Unseld

63. Dolph Schayes

64. Dennis Rodman

65. Damian Lillard

66. Carmelo Anthony 

67. Earl Monroe

68. Chris Webber 

69. Billy Cunningham

70. Tiny Archibald

71. Robert Parish

72. Paul George

73. Hal Greer

74. Bill Walton

75. Alonzo Mourning

76. Jerry Lucas

77. Sam Jones

78. Pau Gasol

79. Alex English

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Host: Jon Krawczynski

With: Fred Katz and Law Murray

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 1 includes players 100-80 hosted by Jared Weiss, Mike Vorkunov and Tony Jones of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.

80. Kyrie Irving

81. Pete Maravich 

82. Manu Ginobili

83. Spencer Haywood

84. Grant Hill

85. Vince Carter

86. Chris Bosh

87. Tony Parker

88. Dennis Johnson

89. Paul Arizin

90. Nate Thurmond

91. Jayson Tatum

92. Bernard King

93. Bill Sharman

94. Artis Gilmore

95. Sidney Moncrief

96. Lenny Wilkens

97. Dave DeBusschere

98. Dave Bing

99. Jimmy Butler

100. Draymond Green

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Host: Jared Weiss 

With: Tony Jones and Mike Vorkunov

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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From August 12th through the 28th the Athletic NBA Daily will become The Basketball 100 Podcast. This series is based on the book written by many of the talented writers at the Athletic that count down the top 100 players in NBA History. You will hear from David Aldridge, Joe Vardon, Fred Katz, Law Murray, Jared Weiss, Jon Kawcsynski and many more. They take an in depth look at the top 100 players and discuss which players brought them joy, who is too high or too low, and explain the games of legends like Bill Russell, George Gervin and Willis Reed.

Be sure to tune into the Basketball 100 Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday through the rest of August right here on the Athletic NBA Daily podcast feed. 

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Zena Keita, Es Baraheni and Andrew Schlecht discuss the over unders for 10 teams in the NBA including the Hawks, Lakers, Magic and more.

Host: Zena Keita

With: Es Baraheni

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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