The Young Man and the Three

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New show. Same mission. It’s all about our love of basketball. Subscribe everywhere. Subscribe to The Young Man and The Three podcast aka YM3 today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. Previously The Old Man and the Three w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter.

  • 31 minutes 10 seconds
    Reacting to the Mavs Winning the Draft Lottery and the Knicks 3-1 Lead | Trey Murphy & The Dunker Spot

    Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans and Nekias Duncan & Steve Jones Jr. of ‘The Dunker Spot’ break down the Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA Draft Lottery and the presumed sweepstakes for Cooper Flagg, as well as the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges) taking a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Celtics (Jayson Tatum and his injury, Jaylen Brown). They also preview tonights matchups between the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets and the Indian Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers.

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    13 May 2025, 2:52 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Pat Spencer & Cam Spencer | Plus an NBA Playoffs Second Round Check-in With Cam Johnson

    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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    8 May 2025, 10:00 am
  • 29 minutes 33 seconds
    Breaking Down Warriors-Rockets Game 7 & The Pacers Game 1 Win

    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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    5 May 2025, 2:23 pm
  • 53 minutes 22 seconds
    T.J. McConnell on Still Trying to Prove That He Belongs in the NBA

    *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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    1 May 2025, 10:00 am
  • 49 minutes 9 seconds
    Breaking Down the Lakers Game 4 Loss to Anthony Edwards and the Wolves with Trey Murphy & The Dunker Spot

    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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    28 April 2025, 10:57 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Steve Nash & Cam Johnson | An NBA Playoffs First Round Check-In

    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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    24 April 2025, 10:00 am
  • 38 minutes 28 seconds
    NBA Playoffs First Round Game 1 Takeaways with Trey Murphy & The Dunker Spot

    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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    21 April 2025, 4:17 pm
  • 24 minutes 50 seconds
    A 2025 NBA Playoffs Preview With Cam Johnson

    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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    18 April 2025, 10:00 am
  • 52 minutes 52 seconds
    Quentin Grimes on Being Traded from the Mavs & Knicks and His Sixers Breakout

    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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    16 April 2025, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    Duncan Robinson, Ryen Russillo, and Big Cat | The NBA Coaching Turnover & The State of the NCAA

    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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    10 April 2025, 3:54 pm
  • 57 minutes
    Alex Caruso and Jalen Williams on the Thunder’s Historic Season, NBA Media, and Award Season

    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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    4 April 2025, 10:00 am
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