Basketball Illuminati
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan & Anthony Mayes
Basketball Illuminati
- 1 hour 2 minutesPatient Zero
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are getting serious deja vu from the Magic taking a 3-1 lead over the Pistons.
Tom dusts off the old research machine on players wearing the number zero, Amin has an inconvenient truth about Brad Stevens winning Executive of the Year, and Mayes wants to file an Extraordinary Circumstances grievance on behalf of Kon Knueppel.
Truth Teller Adam Mares of DNVR and the All City Network breaks down Nikola Jokic's struggles against Rudy Gobert, how the Nuggets are losing the PR battle, Aaron Gordon's importance and Michael Malone's fit at UNC.
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29 April 2026, 9:00 am - 47 minutes 37 secondsDo You Believe... The Knicks Can Right The Ship Against The Hawks?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre don't think it's Rocket science for Ime Udoka to run some kind of offense against the Lakers.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
- The Knicks Can Right The Ship Against The Hawks?
- Either Team Has An Edge In The Denver/Minnesota Series?
- New Blazers Owner Tom Dundon’s Penny Pinching Will Cost Them Wins?
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23 April 2026, 8:07 pm - 1 hour 32 minutesSell The Team
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are definitely on James Dolan's enemies list, as they tackled Pablo Torre's latest surveillance story way back in October 2022.
The coaching carousel is in full swing as Billy Donovan steps down in Chicago, Jamahl Mosley is allegedly a dead man walking despite Orlando stunning the Pistons in Game 1, and Steve Kerr appears to be riding off into the sunset.
MVP Tracker Max Croes re-joins the program to explain how he scours the media for data to connect the dots on awards voters' ballots. So if you want to keep your third eye firmly shut, definitely don't listen to our Truth Teller and wait to find out who won MVP next month like everyone else.
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22 April 2026, 9:00 am - 50 minutes 21 secondsDo You Believe... Draymond Green Is A Hall Of Famer?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre had their extraordinary circumstances grievances approved by the NBA.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
- Draymond Green Is A Hall Of Famer?
- The Orlando Magic Are Salvageable?
- There Will Be Upsets In The First Round?
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16 April 2026, 8:30 pm - 1 hour 37 secondsThe French Laundry
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes apparently have to continue talking about the Milwaukee Bucks disaster as Doc Rivers departs as coach and Shams calls out the organization's mess.
Truth Teller Jared Weiss of The Athletic goes for the three-peat to celebrate Wemby's multiplication skills, rock a cowboy hat Iike he's still on Keldon Johnson's ranch and update his bucket list after scoring an elusive interview with visionary artist James Turrell.
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15 April 2026, 9:00 am - 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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