We’re back with another OKC Thunder episode for this week’s ‘Young Man and the Three,’ featuring Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein!

The duo get into so much, including:

• How the Thunder have been dealing with injuries this season
• Jared McCain joining the squad
• Hart’s experience joining the team last summer
• Hart’s basketball journey, his skill progression, and G-League experience
• SGA’s impact on the Thunder’s culture
• What Hart learning playing with James Harden and Nikola Jokic
• Hart’s time the Knicks, their playoff series, and playing with Jalen Brunson

…and so much more. Let’s go!

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This week on ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ Cam Johnson welcomes one of his Denver Nuggets’ teammates, Christian Braun!

They get into CB’s college career at Kansas University, including the legendary comeback against UNC in the National Championship game. He also reminisces on what it was like winning the NCAA Tournament and then winning an NBA championship as a rookie in back-to-back seasons, and what the biggest difference was on each championship run. Cam and Christian also have an in-depth conversation about the current college landscape and NIL and share what their experiences were like were in school.

Then, CB explains what it’s like playing with Nikola Jokic and the things he had to learn about playing with him early on, what it was like playing for coach Michael Malone, what it was like playing with Russell Westbrook, and this year’s Denver team. He also opens up about why he thinks he’s facing the biggest tests of his career this season.

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It’s the Cleveland Cavaliers episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ featuring Larry Nance Jr., Jarrett Allen, and Sam Merrill!

The trio discusses what it’s been like adding James Harden to the roster, the dynamic of him and Donovan Mitchell playing to together, and how it all affects their offense.

Sam also shares the WILD story of his two-year mission trip to Nicaragua, the time he got jumped there, and what it was like getting back into basketball after the trip.

They then get into each of their NBA backstories, including Larry playing with the Los Angeles Lakers during Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour for his rookie year, Jarrett’s time on the Brooklyn Nets, and Sam’s experience being the last pick in the draft, winning a championship with Giannis and the Milwaukee Bucks, and his G-League journey. 

Then, they end with sharing some of their interests outside of basketball, their favorite movies, and Pokemon. Let’s go!

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On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ we welcome Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs!

Pete is coming off his first MLB All-Star season, in which he hit 30+ HRs, had 30+ stolen bases, and earned his first Gold Glove Award. Pete gets into how he made his jump last season, what he expects from this upcoming season, his young career so far and getting traded from the Mets, what makes players like Shohei Otani and Paul Skenes so great, and much more.

Pete and Cam also have a fascinating discussion about the similarities and differences in basketball vs. baseball and the NBA vs. MLB around schedules, watching film, measuring success in their statistics, and lots more. Let’s go!

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On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ Cam Johnson and Tommy Alter discuss everything from All-Star weekend, including the game, dunk contest, and location, as well as the recent developments and conversations around tanking in the NBA and what suggestions they can think of to fix all of it. Let’s go!

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On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’, we welcome Noah Clowney, Danny Wolf, Egor Dёmin, and Drake Powell of the Brooklyn Nets. 

The group discusses the Nets young roster and their mindsets and approach to this season, each of their backstories playing AAU, overseas, and college (including a great discussion about how NCAA basketball is changing), stories from their draft nights, standout moments from their young NBA careers so far (including Danny’s viral moments getting sh*t talked by Jimmy Butler and Kevin Durant), and so much more. Let’s go!

00:00 Intro

0:48 Show start

2:45 Egor on Moscow Academy and Real Madrid

6:45 European style of basketball

11:50 Drake growing up, going to UNC

13:30 AAU experiences

18:30 Danny at Yale and Michigan

21:50 Noah on Alabama

24:00 Changes in college and NIL

28:40 Egor on BYU

34:19 Everyone’s draft nights

43:40 Biggest differences in NBA v college

49:45 Mindset on the Nets this season and dealing with losing

54:55 Wow moments and welcome the NBA moments

1:01:15 Adjusting to NBA defenses

1:03:30 Lessons they’d give to younger selves

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On this episode of YM3, Tommy Alter and Cam Johnson break down all the moves of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, run through some mailbag questions, and preview the Super Bowl.

00:00 NBA Trade Deadline

17:52 Mailbag questions

28:06 Super Bowl preview

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This week, Michael Porter Jr. of the Brooklyn Nets joins ‘The Old Man and the Three’ hosted by Cam Johnson of the Denver Nuggets — that’s right…it’s a podcast featuring the very two players that were traded for each other.

They obviously discuss what went down with the trade, the differences in playing for the Nuggets and the Nets, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and their overall adjustments on both teams.

MPJ also gets very candid about his back and shoulder injuries, why he was disappointed in his draft process, and his early career with the Nuggets. They also have an awesome conversation about the differences in their shots, the NBA trade market, and so much more. Let’s go!

00:00 Intro

0:35 MPJ joins

1:20 Cam and MPJ’s Nuggets-Nets trade

9:00 MPJ’s mindset coming to Brooklyn

15:50 MPJ’s adjustment to NYC

20:00 MPJ on his shot making, playing for Jordi

24:40 Keeping morale up on the Nets

27:20 MPJ leaking Adam Silver’s phone number

28:55 MPJ’s draft experience & dealing with his back injuries

36:30 Early career in Denver & playing in the bubble

42:00 Jamal Murray and Jokic praise

48:30 MPJ on the Nuggets Finals run

51:50 This year’s depth on the Nuggets

56:00 The best tough shot makers in the NBA

58:30 The NBA trade market & keeping level

1:03:08 Has MPJ ever lost his confidence?

1:05:00 Cam and MPJ have a in-depth shooting convo

1:10:16 Closing thoughts

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‘The Young Man and the Three’ & ‘White Noise’ — It’s a special collab episode!

Tommy is joined by Derrick White and Alex Welsh of the ‘White Noise’ pod for an incredibly fun convo with Derrick’s Boston Celtics teammates: Payton Pritchard, Anfernee Simons, and Luka Garza.

The group gets into so much and share so many great stories about head coach Joe Mazzulla, the Celtics offseason, and D White’s glow up. 

They also discuss moments about their individuals careers like Anfernee playing and learning from Damian Lillard, and finding out he got traded to the Celtics, what Luka learned playing in Minnesota with Anthony Edwards, Payton’s hardest players to guard when he entered the league, and so much more. Let’s go!

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On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ host Cam Johnson welcomes his Denver Nuggets teammate Jonas Valanciunas!

The begin the episode Cam and co-host Tommy Alter address the current events in Minneapolis and the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Then with Jonas, they dive into Jonas’ 14-year NBA career, his professional career in Lithuania before the NBA, his advice to bigs in the the current NBA, why he enjoys this year’s Nuggets roster, what it’s like playing with Nikola Jokic, and so much more. Let’s go!

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