On this week’s episode, we welcome Pat Spencer of the Golden State Warriors and Cam Spencer of the Memphis Grizzlies, as well as Cam Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets. Cam Johnson opens up the episode by breaking down what we’ve seen so far in the second round of the NBA playoffs, including the New York Knicks Game 2 comeback over the Boston Celtics, Tyrese Haliburton’s game winner, and the rest of the series. Then, the Spencer brothers join and share their unlikely stories to finding an NBA career that you need to hear to believe; including Pat being the best NCAA lacrosse player in the nation and Cam winning a National Championship at UConn. They also share insights on the Warriors and Grizzlies, opinions on undrafted NBA players, and much, much more. Let’s go!

0:00 Intro

0:17 Cam Johnson and NBA Playoffs discussion

28:46 Pat Spencer and Cam Spencer

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We’re backing with another Monday morning NBA playoffs recap with Trey Murphy III (New Orleans Pelicans) & Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. of ‘The Dunker Spot’ podcast. Today we’re reacting to and breaking down what we saw in the Golden State Warriors Game 7 victory over the Houston Rockets, the Indiana Pacers Game 1 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round, as well as previewing the Game 1 matchups between the Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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*This episode was recorded on March 30*

On this week’s episode we welcome point guard T.J. McConnell of the Indiana Pacers. T.J. opens up about his career up to this point including his University of Arizona teams in college, the start of his career on the Philadelphia 76ers with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, and this season’s Pacers team. He also shares his relationship with Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick, what he feels makes him a great defender, his mindset on needing to prove himself in the NBA, sh*ttalking, and much, much more. Let’s go!

0:00 Intro

0:43 Start of show

3:05 T.J.’s relationship with JJ Redick

6:16 High school career and the “Michael Jordan of Pittsburgh”

8:56 T.J.’s amazing college career and his Arizona teams

18:44 On his defensive skills

21:21 His Sixers years

31:31 T.J. as a sh*ttalker

36:20 Hardest part about leaving Philly

37:30 The pace of this Pacers team

42:14 Game 7 vs. Toronto & end of that Philly team

46:49 Advice on coming off the bench, important of being in shape

51:05 Teammate who plays the hardest

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We're back with another NBA playoffs breakdown with Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans and 'The Dunker Spot' to discuss another things Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves vs. Luka Doncic and the Lakers, Damian Lillard's injury, the dramatic ending to Knicks vs. Pistons, and much, much more. Let's go.

0:00 Intro

0:41 Start of show

1:21 Lakers vs. Wolves

13:40 Knicks vs. Pistons

23:00 Pacers vs. Bucks

26:30 Praise for the Cavs

29:52 Celtics vs. Magic

32:43 Warriors vs. Rockets

37:20 Clippers vs. Nuggets

47:20 Predictions

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On this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we’re joined by Steve Nash (NBA legend, Mind the Game Podcast) and YM3 favorite Cam Johnson (Brooklyn Nets for a check-in on the first round of the NBA playoffs (Nuggets vs. Clippers, Lakers vs. Wolves, Thunder vs. Grizzlies, Pacers vs. Bucks, Pistons vs. Knicks, Warriors vs. Rockets, Cavs vs. Heat). Steve and Cam also share learnings from their own playoffs experiences, including how and when teams need to make adjustments, their most emotional series they’ve played in, the mental toughness required in the playoffs, how to stop players with incredible basketball IQ like Luka Doncic, LeBron James, and Nikola Jokic, what makes a great team leader, and much more. Let’s go!

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On this special episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we create a superteam with Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans and Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. of ‘The Dunker Spot’ to discuss all reactions and takeaways for each Game 1 of the first round of the NBA playoffs. Let’s go!

0:00 Intro

1:25 Warriors vs. Rockets

6:14 Knicks vs. Pistons

10:20 Bucks vs. Pacers

14:55 Clippers vs. Nuggets

21:11 Thunder vs. Grizzlies

24:10 Ty Jerome shoutout

26:10 Celtics vs. Magic

28:35 Lakers vs. Wolves

34:50 Game 2 lookahead 

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On this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome back Cam Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets to discuss how he’s feeling at the end of his season and preview the four playoff matchups we had locked before the play-in tournament: Indianapolis Pacers vs. the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, and Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets.

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On this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Quentin Grimes of the Philadelphia 76ers for his first ever podcast appearance. And he didn’t disappoint. Quentin shares all things about starting his career with the New York Knicks, his time with the Dallas Mavericks and the team finding out about the Luka Doncic trade, being traded to the Sixers, and what led to his breakout at the end of the season. He also opens up about his relationship with JJ Redick, what he’s learned from playing with vets like Jalen Brunson, Kyrie Irving, and Klay Thompson, getting cosigned by James Harden while he was in college, and so much more. Let’s go.

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We’ve formed a superteam for this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’: Duncan Robinson, Ryen Russillo, and Big Cat. They start the episode with Russillo recalling some stories from the beginning of his career before they get into a discussion about NCAA basketball, starting with Big Cat’s huge bet on Florida’s National Championship. They then have an in-depth convo about the current effects of NIL and how that landscape might develop in the future. Then, Duncan explains the truth about Heat Culture, what it actually is, and if it can compares to any organizations in other sports. Duncan and Ryen then get into the recent firings of Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone and Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins, and share interesting perspectives on what goes into these decisions how the media can possibly affect them. Later, they discuss tanking in the NBA and what it takes to build a successful franchise, before Russillo closes with his life advice to finding your way in a media career. Let’s go.

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For this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three Things’ we welcome back Alex Caruso and Jalen Williams of the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder, as well as Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans. Trey opens the episode by sharing his thoughts on the Thunder season, their addition of Isaiah Hartenstein, the leap Jalen has taken in his career, and also Nikola Jokic’s (Denver Nuggets) 60-point triple double. The Alex and Jalen join to discuss all things about the Thunder’s historic season, including Shai Gilegeous-Alexander and more. They also unleash some takes they have on coverage of the NBA in the media, NBA awards, and movies and tv. It’s another great episode, let’s go.

0:00 Start

0:50 Intro with Trey Murphy

9:11 Alex and Jalen join

9:30 “Watch the games” and their issues with NBA media coverage

18:39 The collective effort of the Thunder

23:53 Jalen on his improvement

26:36 Thoughts on NBA awards, Lu Dort praise

34:00 Efficiency of the Thunder and Shai praise

37:45 Shoutout to the Bulls

39:00 Teams we like watching

39:57 March Madness and NIL

46:59 TV and movie talk

55:40 MVP cases for Shai

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