Basketball Illuminati
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan & Anthony Mayes
Basketball Illuminati
- 44 minutes 31 secondsDo You Believe... Cooper Flagg Is The Rookie Of The Year?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Anthony Mayes are holding down the fort while Wos is in parts unknown.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
- The Denver Nuggets Will Win The Championship?
- Cooper Flagg Is The Rookie Of The Year?
- The Sacramento Kings Should Be Fined For Tanking?
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9 April 2026, 7:53 pm - 1 hour 52 minutesExtraordinary Circumstances
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes feast on the smorgasbord of details in Shams' story about the Milwaukee Bucks that had one source saying "It feels like a funeral".
Class is in session as Professor Adande returns to Illuminati U for a graduate seminar on the state of the association, or as he wants it known, the WemByA.
J.A. takes us inside the selection process for his new podcast with Chuck Todd called Dynastic, wonders if the NCAA Tournament is a predictor of NBA Success and expresses concern about the future of journalism with media consolidation.
Plus a whole lot of reminiscing about past NBA Finals.
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8 April 2026, 9:00 am - 44 minutes 32 secondsDo You Believe... Joel Embiid Was April Fooled?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre know that the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
- The MVP Award Can Be Won In The Next 6 Games?
- The Cavaliers Will Make The Eastern Conference Finals?
- Joel Embiid Was April Fooled?
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2 April 2026, 8:17 pm - 1 hour 23 minutesMVP Conversation Bar Rescue
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes get inside the mind of a head-butting Dan Hurley and imagine Doc Rivers' HOF Induction speech.
As April is upon us, the time has come to spend another night at the MVP Conversation Bar and figure out who's holding court.
Truth Teller Jason Timpf of Hoops Tonight joins us to relegate all inferior tanking solutions to a developmental league and guide us through a highly competitive and entertaining MVP race.
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1 April 2026, 9:00 am - 41 minutes 51 secondsDo You Believe... The 65 Game Rule Is Working?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are trying to scrape together enough quiche for one of the Seattle or Las Vegas expansion teams.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
- The 65 Game Rule Is Working?
- The Milwaukee Bucks Are The Most Miserable Franchise In The NBA?
- The Houston Rockets Can Win A Playoff Series?
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26 March 2026, 7:40 pm - 1 hour 15 minutesDoc Rivers' Decision Tree
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes audit the microwave ability of Cam Thomas and revisit the old Doc Rivers Decision Tree that Amin created back at ESPN.
Wemby made his case for MVP this week and wants to end the debate. Tom also wants to end the debate for MVP and we attempt to create a new statistic.
Truth Teller Daniss Woike of The Athletic takes us inside the amazing vibes of the Lakers locker room to discuss Third Option LeBron, potential playoff opponents and why he decided to unveil his real name.
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25 March 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 20 minutesBAM!
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are still fiending for the Insights to Excellence from Michael Jordan that NBC has been trickling out since the beginning of the season.
Truth Teller Jorge Sedano of ESPN is uniquely equipped to tackle Bam Adebayo's historical evening, being born and raised in Miami while currently doing radio in Los Angeles.
We also talk NBA Expansion, test Jorge's knowledge of the Backstreet Boys catalog and discuss who Wemby should replace on his bookcase full of photographs.
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18 March 2026, 9:00 am - 38 minutes 19 secondsDo You Believe... Bam Adebayo’s 83 Point Game Is An Indictment Of Nerds Ruining The League?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are witnesses to NBA HISTORY.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
- Bam Adebayo’s 83 Point Game Is An Indictment Of Nerds Ruining The League?
- The Lakers Are Better Without LeBron?
- The Orlando Magic Have Turned A Corner?
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12 March 2026, 7:30 pm - 1 hour 41 minutesThe Woj Files
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes remember the last Sloan Conference 6 years ago, before Rudy Gobert changed the world forever.
Truth Teller Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss drops in fresh off a viewing of Tombstone to tackle a trio of topics:
- The NBA pulling the plug on Atlanta's Magic City Monday and Luke Kornet's open letter.
- Adrian Wojnarowski's involvement in St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt's sudden retirement after 19 years.
- Pablo Torre's reveal of a 2023 whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC that alleges the Clippers circumvented the salary cap to pay Kawhi Leonard.
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11 March 2026, 9:00 am - 40 minutes 46 secondsDo You Believe...Kon Knueppel Is The Rookie Of The Year?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre can't wait for Jayson Tatum's return to the court.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
- Knicks vs Thunder Was A Finals Preview?
- Luka & JJ Redick Have A “Great Relationship”?
- Kon Knueppel Is The Rookie Of The Year?
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6 March 2026, 12:23 am - 1 hour 33 minutesDr. Giannis Will See You Now
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are blown away that Giannis is back in the lineup EXACTLY when he predicted. We also unveil the Michael Beasley All Stars and marvel at the Atlanta Hawks mediocrity.
To put our newest campaign to the ultimate test, we presented Truth Teller Mike Schur with the case for Payton Pritchard to be awarded All NBA this season. Mike also took us through his memorabilia vetting process and how he's cheating on the Celtics with Kon Knueppel.
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