Basketball Illuminati
Basketball Illuminati is an NBA podcast hosted by insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh. It offers behind-the-scenes analysis and aims to reveal the hidden reasons behind NBA events, free from agenda-driven commentary.
Episodes
Do You Believe... The Jaylen Brown Trade Can Be Justified?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre are willing to take the minimum if it means they can podcast for a contender.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Jaylen Brown Trade Can Be Justified?
The Lakers Improved Their Roster?
This Is The Craziest Offseason You Can Remembe
The Decision 2
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes want to make sure you didn't miss the Malik Beasley update in the deluge of Free Agency news.
LeBron James has announced his decision... To not be a Laker anymore. Where will he take his 42 year old talents next?
Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN joins the show as the Kawhi Leonard era for the LA Clippers
Do You Believe... Giannis Takes The Heat To The NBA Finals?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre signed a one year deal with two producer options to keep making this show.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
Giannis Takes The Heat To The NBA Finals?
The Minnesota Timberwolves Have Improved?
Trae Young’s Agent Is The Real Wizard?
Two Years Away
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes hope to someday celebrate 10 years of BI like LeBron & the 2016 Cavs did.
What does Minnesota salary dumping Julius Randle to Brooklyn indicate about the way NBA rosters will be built with the changing salary cap and lottery rules?
Fran Fraschilla, the Jose Alvarado of the ESPN broadcast joins u
Freak Out
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are giving you a bonus episode now that Giannis has finally been traded.
Jeremy Taché of the LeBatard Show joins the program to celebrate the blockbuster acquisition by the Miami Heat, explain why Pelle Larson > Hugo Gonzalez and which former Heat players he hopes return home to fill out the rost
The Camden Connection
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes remind you that the road to this Knicks championship began 40+ years ago in Camden, New Jersey.
Fred Katz of The Athletic takes us behind the scenes at MSG and inside Mitchell Robinson's award winning truck interior as the Knicks win a magical NBA Championship. From the front office alignment to
Do You Believe... The NY Knicks Are A Team Of Destiny?
Zach Harper, Anthony Mayes & Wosny Lambre remember the AlaMO, when their absent co-host wore a cowboy hat.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The NY Knicks Are A Team Of Destiny?
The Spurs Are Finished?
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Perception
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are keeping a watchful third eye on Air Corgi.
Adam Silver thinks that Wachtell Lipton needs to wrap up their investigation, but might be having some issues separating perception from the truth.
Jorge Sedano gives us some boots on the ground truth telling from MSG after an extremely dramatic Gam
Do You Believe... The Knicks Just Stole The NBA Finals?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre believe in streaking, but are out on clout chasing.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Knicks Game 1 Victory Stole The Series?
The Thunder Are Still Contenders?
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Chet Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are not going on vacation until the NBA announces the findings of the Aspiration Investigation.
We dig deep into the Chet of it all as the Thunder face an offseason of roster decisions as their days of avoiding the luxury tax aprons are over.
Michelle Beadle of the Run It Back show talks us thr
Do You Believe... The Thunder Are Inevitable?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre show off their collectible cards from Sarina Morales and We The Hobby.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Thunder Are Inevitable?
The Knicks Dominance Translates To The Finals?
The NBA Tried To Bury Joe Mazzulla’s Coach Of The Year Award?
AnalytKNICKS
New York City is at Defcon 1 as the Knicks are returning to the NBA Finals for the first time this Millennium.
Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes consult the analytical table to try and figure out what alternate reality Kenny Atkinson and James Harden are living in.
We are joined by diehards Ben Lyons, who accumulated a veritable
Do You Believe... The Cavs Make An Adjustment Against The Knicks?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre address Zach's hypocrisy when it comes to Cade Cunningham racking up 111 turnovers in 20 career playoff games.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
Thunder vs Spurs Goes To Seven Games?
The Cavs Make An Adjustment Against The Knicks?
Jason Kidd G
Our Mutual Friend
Tom Haberstroh, producer Anthony Mayes and Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan break the code on who's really in the wrong when it comes to Bucks players being late for the team plane.
Truth Teller Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss returns to the program to discuss the epic first game of the Thunder/Spurs series, whether this is the type of game Adam Silver and Coach K were visualizing, why
Do You Believe... In James Harden?
Anthony Mayes, Jay King & Wosny Lambre have discovered the identity of the Caveman on Causeway.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
In James Harden?
The Wolves Can Topple The Spurs?
Firing Daryl Morey Makes The 76ers Better?
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Sweeps Week
Tom Haberstroh, producer Anthony Mayes and Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan attempt to triangulate the perfect NBA career in terms of success, earnings and anonymity.
The ping pong balls have settled from the draft lottery, with the Wizards' good luck charm of Anthony Davis securing the top spot. Will the Jazz trade up for AJ Dybantsa?
Truth Teller Yaron Weitzman returns to discuss the 76ers
Do You Believe... Jaylen Brown Will Be Traded This Summer?
Zach Harper and Mo Dakhil start spreading the news to Wosny Lambre about their experiences in NYC.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Spurs Have Solved The Wolves?
The Lakers Get Swept Without Luka?
Jaylen Brown Will Be Traded This Summer?
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Pulitzer Winning Podcasting
Tom Haberstroh, producer Anthony Mayes and Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan explain the referee agenda against Jaylen Brown, why Jamahl Mosley subscribes to Shams' Diamond Package and the reason Dallas made Masai Ujiri their alternate governor.
Truth Teller Spike Eskin of The Rights to Ricky Sanchez and WIP steps off his rollercoaster of emotion from the best 76ers victory he's ever felt to
Do You Believe... We Will Get 3 Or More Game 7s?
Zach Harper, Anthony Mayes and Wosny Lambre don't want politicians cutting the line for food, unless they're the politicians.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The NBA’s New 3-2-1 Lottery Proposal Will Be Approved As Is?
We Will Get 3 Or More Game 7s?
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Patient 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 A
Do 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 Ow
Sell 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 i
Do 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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The 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
Do 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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Extraordinary 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
Do 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 Fina
MVP 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
Do 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
Doc 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 vi
BAM!
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, t
Do 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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The 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
Do 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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Dr. 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 th
Do You Believe...The Spurs Need Playoff Experience?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are sippin on DA's crunk juice to unleash the beast for this episode.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Lakers Will Get Out Of The First Round?
The Spurs Need Playoff Experience?
Mat Ishbia Will Save The Dunk Contest?
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I Want To Believe
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes want you to burn some calories when parsing breaking news stories for truth, instead of simply wanting it to be true.
This season may strike the death knell for the 65 game rule, as we could have an MVP by default and entirely new All NBA Teams with major cap ramifications.
Truth Teller Jared Weiss of The Athletic returns as our official W
Do You Believe... The Orlando Magic Are The Biggest Disappointment In The NBA?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre really wish Mat Ishbia would stop making so much sense.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
SHOULD You Believe In The Detroit Pistons?
Off Court Drama Will Sink The Rockets & Hornets?
The Orlando Magic Are The Biggest Disappointment In The NBA?
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The Abolitionists
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes eulogize the Point God Chris Paul's abruptly truncated career at his wake (forest).
A new movement has gained traction in the Illumination, as Amin's decade old manifesto to Abolish the NBA Draft is finally being considered by the league.
Truth Teller Vincent Goodwill of ESPN teaches us how to get a question for Adam Silver through the vet
Do You Believe...Anyone Can Out-Tank The Sacramento Kings?
Anthony Mayes, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are rolling their eyes at the news that Jaren Jackson Jr. is out for the season.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
In Nick Wright’s Proposed All Star Race War?
Anyone Can Out-Tank The Sacramento Kings?
It’s Never Too Late To Start Over?
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Let's Make A Deal
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are clearing the benches in Charlotte for a good ol fashioned brawl that would make Joe Mazzulla jealous.
As we approach the All Star break, the tankathon is fully underway. Can the league do anything to stop the inevitable?
Truth Teller and newsbreaker extraordinaire Jake Fischer ends his podcast silence by taking us behind the scenes of
Do You Believe...The Chicago Bulls Have Any Idea WTF They’re Doing?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre survived the trade deadline and Doc Rivers' awful joke.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Jazz And Wizards Will Be Playoff Teams in 2027?
The Clippers Expect Punishment After All Star Weekend?
The Chicago Bulls Have Any Idea WTF They’re Doing?
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Master of the Trade Demand
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes urge you to be more thorough when trying to read the tea leaves about Giannis' future.
Is the Paul George suspension actually beneficial to the 76ers? We explain the creative accounting involved before we are interrupted by BREAKING NEWS that Jaren Jackson Junior is now a Jazz.
Finally, Truth Teller Law Murray of The Athletic takes us behi
Do You Believe...Giannis Gets Traded Before The Deadline?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Anthony Mayes are on borrowed time, trying to finish the episode before Zach gets kicked out of his hotel room.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
Giannis Gets Traded Before The Deadline?
The Hornets Will Make The Playoffs?
The Rockets Will Win The West?
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No Timetable
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes can't believe the NBA changed the schedule for the Finals without explanation.
Giannis' self diagnosis on his calf injury was truly innovative, sending the Bucks season into a tailspin, but Doc Rivers made sure to be explicitly clear about one thing in particular.
Truth Teller Tippernaught Sports, lip reader extraordinaire, joins the progr
Do You Believe...The NBA Cup Cursed The Knicks?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are still getting texts from Jay King about his White American squad.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The NBA Cup Cursed The Knicks?
The Warriors Are Cooked?
The Bucks Will Miss The Playoffs?
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Shearing The Sheep
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes try to pinpoint the exact moment the All Star Game lost it's mojo. And speaking of All Stars, why are all these players trying to jump ship to Team World?
Truth Teller Danny Funt, author of Everybody Loses pulls back the curtain on the alluring yet perilous world of American sports gambling, exposing how the proliferation of mobile bets ha
Do You Believe's White American Player Draft
Jay King and Wosny Lambre draft White American Players to compile their ten man rosters and then receive Draft Grades from Zach Harper.
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Illegal Screen
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes wonder if the Trae Young deal portends an unceremonious exit from Memphis for Ja Morant.
Could Jaylen Brown and Joe Mazzulla's frustration with the referees be valid? Tom Did His Own Research on an interesting trend in the new year that has caught everyone off guard.
Surgeon General Jeff Stotts of InStreetClothes.com is back on the show
Do You Believe...The Wizards Will Extend Trae Young?
Zach Harper, Jay King and Wosny Lambre are having their best moment in decades, and this is only the beginning.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Wizards Will Extend Trae Young?
Jaylen Brown Is First Team All NBA?
Kevin Durant Was Kicked Out Of Phoenix?
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Quantifying Gravity
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes praise Kris Dunn for his commitment to guarding Steph Curry.
What's behind Trae Young's change of heart about a potential trade to the Washington Wizards? Follow the money.
Truth Tellers Nick Altschuller and Rich Levine, who created the 30 for 30 podcast Chasing Basketball Heaven, present the mysterious Martin Manley and share some choice
Do You Believe...The Spurs Are Better Than The Thunder?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Anthony Mayes know that "The Rules Bes The Rules".
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Spurs Are Better Than The Thunder?
Nikola Jokic Will Break The 65 Game Rule?
The Clippers Are Back?
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Sorry Vosges
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes really want to know why Luke is apologizing to Adrian Wojnarowski.
Nikola Jokic went down with an ugly looking knee hyperextension, but is it good news or bad news? Reporting can be deceiving.
Finally, we turn our third eyes backwards to revisit some of our favorite stories and episodes of the year.
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Momentum
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes welcome back referee Eric Lewis out of retirement.
The NBA has implemented policy changes for injury reporting and is reviewing proposals to end tanking, but will these measures actually do anything?
On Sunday December 14th, the Atlanta Hawks led the Philadelphia 76ers by 1 point with 2.5 seconds left. The ensuing possession sparked contro
Do You Believe...The NBA Is Bluffing About Leaving Las Vegas?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre know that ubuntu means throwing your teammate under the bus.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Knicks Will Make The NBA Finals?
The NBA Is Bluffing About Leaving Las Vegas?
Joe Lacob Knew His Email Would Be Leaked?
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Locker Room Lawyer
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes give you a lesson in NBA terminology, as Chris Paul's dismissal from the Clippers is the perfect example of a 'Locker Room Lawyer' in action.
Truth Teller Vincent Goodwill of ESPN is here to fix your league. Fresh off a 6 day stint in Vegas covering the NBA Cup, Vinnie gives us boots on the grounds coverage of the tournament, it's future an
Do You Believe...The Celtics Should Bring Back Jayson Tatum?
Only one of Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre was given a shout out by Kevin Harlan on the broadcast last night.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Celtics Should Bring Back Jayson Tatum?
The Thunder Winning Would Be Good For The NBA Cup?
The Lakers Are Title Contenders?
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Tallest Man in Short League
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes have their third eyes open to Kalshi and Polymarket endorsing sports parody accounts like Ballsack Sports.
Comedian Joe Zimmerman joins the program to discuss his revolutionary proposal to solve height fraud and fix competitive basketball once and for all. We also figure out what constitutes a comedian draft class, why a comedy sports show
Do You Believe...Giannis Is Really Injured?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre just found out they're being sent home.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
Giannis Is Really Injured?
In The Toronto Raptors?
Chris Paul Will Get To Finish His Farewell Tour?
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Villain Jr.
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes wonder if Dillon Brooks can sneak his way into the All Star Game. Blame Canada!
Sean Patrick Griffin, criminal justice professor and author of Gaming The Game returns to examine the current NBA gambling indictments through the lens of the Tim Donaghy scandal, comparing the scale of the bets and explaining how legalized sports betting and pr
Work Life Balance
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes go deep into the memory banks with Truth Teller Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss, as Klay Thompson chirping at Ja Morant and Kenyon Martin coming after Draymond Green stir up old memories of Ethan's beat reporter days.
After a behind the scenes look at working for the many headed hydra that is ESPN, we also question fan bandwidth in the
Do You Believe...The Hawks Are Better Without Trae Young?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre, unlike the Brooklyn Nets, want Michael Porter Jr. to keep podcasting as much as possible.
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
The Detroit Pistons Will Win The East?
The Phoenix Suns Are A Different Team With A Different Culture?
The Atlanta Hawks Are Better Without Trae Young?
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Abundance Of Caution
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes use their third eyes to see past the preponderance of calf strain announcements and connect the dots to what's really going on.
Truth Teller Jared Weiss of The Athletic is boots on the ground in San Antonio to tell us Wemby's real height and injury status, what it's like to watch Steph Curry go nuclear and how to be a victor, not a victim.
Do You Believe... Nico Harrison Was Scapegoated?
Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are back together again after a long hiatus to talk about... the Kings?
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This week's docket, Do You Believe:
Nico Harrison was scapegoated by Patrick Dumont?
The Orlando Magic defensive identity will be fixed?
The Clippers will miss the playoffs?
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Biggest Hater's Funeral
Tom Haberstroh and Amin Elhassan attempt to get producer Anthony Mayes up to speed on the latest NBA happenings after his time away.
Draymond Green believes the Warriors have too many personal agendas.
Truth Teller Jason Gallagher of ThreeFourTwo Productions returns triumphant as Nico Harrison has been unceremoniously ejected from his position as GM of the Dallas Mavericks, 282 days after the du
The Wembenyama Dimension
Basketball Illuminati will return with a full length episode next week, but in the meantime Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes turn over the reigns of the podcast to their intern, Chad, for an investigation into Wemby's extraterrestrial height fraud.
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Moment Of Clarity
If you've been a member of the Illumination since at least July, your third eye has been open to NBA gambling issues long before last week's arrests. Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes attempt to clear up the confusion surrounding Terry Rozier's status.
Truth Teller Nate Jones of Goodwin Sports joins us to discuss the league's new broadcast partners at NBC and Amazon, Anthon
Insights To Excellence
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes react to opening night, a mysterious timeout that was never called, the return of pageantry, Michael Jordan's segment and Wemby's mysterious height.
Truth Teller Yaron Weitzman joins the program to discuss his new book A Hollywood Ending, which features some amazing stories from behind the scenes of all the prestige drama that has transpire
The Information Gap
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes woke up early to crush through Mark Cuban's second appearance on PTFO, and they didn't use ChatGPT to summarize it for you.
Truth Teller Michael C. Wright of ESPN joins us to discuss his story about Victor Wembenyama's ambitious and diverse summer activities, react live to Harrison Barnes' AI music video and announce his upcoming Texas two
The Main Thing
Tom Haberstroh and producer Anthony Mayes have no contemplation of replacing Amin Elhassan in the Illuminarmy, just like Adam Silver has no contemplation to move the All Star Game.
Truth Teller Travonne Edwards of Greatest of their Era joins to discuss the absurd reaction to LeBron James' "Decision of all Decisions", Michael Jordan's future as a broadcaster on NBC and who should trade for Giannis
What Would David Stern Do
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes cast the dramatization of this Pablo Torre Finds Out saga into a miniseries.
Truth Teller Henry Abbott of TrueHoop and author of Ballistic joins us to propose his diabolical plan to penalize Steve Ballmer that should satisfy all parties involved.
Henry also recalls his encounters with David Stern and wild Donald Sterling detail that was ed
The Uncle Dennis System
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes react to the BRUTAL news about Fred Van Vleet's ACL injury and it's affect on the Rockets championship aspirations.
Truth Teller Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star gives us the inside scoop on his story that details exactly what Uncle Dennis and Kawhi Leonard's camp asked for from the Toronto Raptors when negotiating as a free agent in the s
Highlights Based Sport
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are betting on themselves and taking the qualifying offer!
Adam Silver's press conference last week provided one hell of a promotional clip for the aggregators, and not in the way he would have wanted.
Truth Teller Wosny Lambre of the Ringer walks us down memory lane to his previous attempts to interview Kawhi Leonard, including an 8 am dr
Due Diligence
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes have identified their new favorite phrase that keeps popping up all over the place, and even consider renaming Tom's Research segment.
Truth Teller Law Murray of The Athletic joins us to dig deeper into the Kawhi Leonard / Clippers cap circumvention situation that provides a boundless level of intrigue.
If the allegations levied by Pablo T
Find A New Slant
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes have defeated every rival when it comes to analyzing LeBron's latest 'Forever King' commercial.
Truth Teller Ben Detrick of Cookies Hoops joins the program to reminisce about the bygone era of AND1 Mixtapes and streetball, especially in contrast to the current state of affairs in an NBA full of what he describes as "nepo babies, foreign gia
Third Eye Division
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes react to the latest update in the Malik Beasley situation and discuss Tyrese Maxey turning to IG live for help opening a can.
Truth Tellers Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins join the show to discuss their book Pipeline to the Pros , which details the impact of former Division 3 college basketball players that rose through the coaching and front
Woike Agenda
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are having deja vu with another week gone by and no movement on the Jonathan Kuminga situation.
Truth Teller Dan Woike of The Athletic joins the show to discuss the state of the Lakers after Luka inked his extension. We're also DEEP into the offseason, discussing Happy Gilmore 2, which NBA Player would be the best guest on Hot Ones, Giannis
The Real Slim Luka
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are launching the Federal Bureau of Illuminati to keep a handle on all the illicit dealings across all sports.
As we rapidly approach August with 4 major Restricted FAs still unsigned, who will blink first in these contractual standoffs?
Truth Teller Ebenezer Samuel of Men's Health gets trainer nerdy with us to break down his Luka Doncic
Trust Issues
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes admire the Clippers for assembling the most experienced (aka OLD) team in the association following the return of Chris Paul.
Truth Teller Spike Eskin of The Rights to Ricky Sanchez and WIP joins the show to discuss the extremely insightful article about Joel Embiid written by Dotun Akintoye and the state of the 76ers .
Basketball Illumi
WikiMaliks
Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are joined by investigative journalist extraordinaire and Peabody Award loser Pablo Torre to dive even deeper into the Malik Beasley story that aired yesterday on Pablo Torre Finds Out.
What elements of the story were the most shocking? What didn't make the final cut? And how is Jussie Smollet involved? Tune in to find out.
Basketball I
