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Basketball Illuminati
Hosted by Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan & Anthony Mayes · EN
Tired of agenda-driven basketball talk that only offers glimpses of the truth? Wish there was a place you could get the full picture? Basketball Illuminati offers you salvation. Go behind the scenes with exclusive analysis previously restricted from the general public. Fearless NBA Insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh peel back the curtain on why things happen in the NBA.
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Do You Believe... The Wizards Extend Anthony Davis?
4d ago00:51:51Tap to summarizeZach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre are threatening to move this podcast unless listeners pay for a new studio. Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube This week's docket, Do You Believe: Restricted Free Agency Needs To Be Amended? The Wizards Extend Anthony Davis? Caleb Wilson Leads The Chicago Bulls To The Playoffs? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Watch Truth Teller Interviews on YouTube Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Financial Decisions
6d ago01:14:32Tap to summarizeDr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are not going to be rushed. Truth Teller Henry Abbott of TrueHoop and author of Ballistic is here to wonder if paying a player over 30 the Super Max is viable in team building, explain why Mark Cuban is the de facto advocate for ownership and divine what happiness truly means to LeBron on day 22 of his free agency. Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube Channel Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Follow Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Do You Believe... In Optionality?
2w ago00:48:54Tap to summarizeZach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre are hoping for their own Gary Trent Jr. style contracts after career worst years. Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube This week's docket, Do You Believe: In Optionality? Victor Wembanyama Should Have Taken A Discount? LeBron Makes Any Team A Title Favorite? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Watch Truth Teller Interviews on YouTube Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Cuck Chair
2w ago01:20:58Tap to summarizeDr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes wonder if a strike lands in the head area, does it leave a mark? Will LeBron announce his next team at Fanatics Fest this week? Or wait til after the world cup? Or will he continue to keep the whole world right where he wants them: in the cuck chair. Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star makes his triumphant return to discuss The Neverending Story of Kawhi Leonard, the trade back to the Raptors that was put on hold, how much the salary cap landscape has shifted in only a year and a bunch of references to Sidney Crosby cuz, yknow, Canada. Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube Channel Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Follow Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Do You Believe... The Jaylen Brown Trade Can Be Justified?
4w ago00:51:24Tap to summarizeZach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre are willing to take the minimum if it means they can podcast for a contender. Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube 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 Remember? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Watch Truth Teller Interviews on YouTube Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Decision 2
4w ago01:39:25Tap to summarizeDr. 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 comes to a close. How will this era of Clippers basketball be remembered, and what hope does the new youth movement inspire? Ohm also recalls his interview opportunities with the ever elusive Kawhi, who is now Toronto bound for the second time in his career. Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube Channel Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Follow Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Do You Believe... Giannis Takes The Heat To The NBA Finals?
Jun 2500:43:27Tap to summarizeZach Harper, Mo Dakhil & Wosny Lambre signed a one year deal with two producer options to keep making this show. Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube 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? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Watch Truth Teller Interviews on YouTube Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Two Years Away
Jun 2400:55:02Tap to summarizeDr. 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 us in between rounds of the NBA Draft to revel in his memorable quote about Bruno Caboclo, explain why International prospects have more sex appeal and what first round players he loves. Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube Channel Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Follow Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Freak Out
Jun 2300:43:19Tap to summarizeDr. 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 roster. Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube Channel Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Follow Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Camden Connection
Jun 1701:38:39Tap to summarizeDr. 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 the training staff to the role players to even Jim Dolan, there were contributions at every level. Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube Channel Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. Join the Count The Dings Patreon to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/countthedings ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Follow Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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