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7/3/25 Clipps & Drew breakdown major NBA trades and free agent signings including Deandre Ayton joining the Lakers, the Rockets adding multiple pieces, the Bucks stretching Damian Lillard's contract and signing Myles Turner, the Nuggets trading Michael Porter Jr for Cam Johnson & bringing back Bruce Brown, as well as big changes for the Hawks, Celtics and more... but it's just the tip of the iceberg! Check out www.clippsndrew.com and join our mailing list!

On this week's episode, the guys open by discussing the ramifications of the latest CBA and the 2nd apron on teams' approaches to transactions and teambuilding this offseason. Then, they each pick teams to discuss whether they liked their moves or not - including the Hawks (24:15), Bucks (31:59), Nuggets (42:08), Rockets (49:00), Knicks (54:32), and Lakers (1:00:25).  

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Nesta semana, Denis Botana e Danilo Silvestre falam sobre a Free Agency da NBA. Ao longo da semana vimos de tudo: DeAndre Ayton foi dispensado pelo Blazers e contratado pelo Lakers, o Milwaukee Bucks dispensou Damian Lillard e contratou Myles Turner do rival Pacers. Enquanto isso Rockets e Nuggets se reforçaram para brigar no Oeste e o Atlanta Hawks foi um dos times mais ativos no Leste. No KTO Kero Todas Opiniões falamos sobre os Free Agents Restritos que restaram no mercado.No Both Teams Played Hard respondemos perguntas sobre a distribuição de lucros dos times da NBA, repórteres que cobrem a liga e o caso do ouvinte casado que se apaixonou pela moça que conheceu no trem....NESTE EPISÓDIOIntrodução do Tema - 0:35Carinha do Jabá - 3:55Free Agency - 6:44KTO Kero Todas Opiniões - 1:16:39Both Teams Playerd Hard - 1:22:11...|OS PARÇAS DO BOLA PRESA|ASSINE O BOLA PRESA E RECEBA CONTEÚDO EXCLUSIVO São planos de R$14 e R$20 reais e mais de 80 podcasts para apoiadores.O BOLA PRESA É PARCEIRO DA KTO Faça suas apostas na NBA ou em qualquer outro esporte na KTO =) .CAMISETAS INSIDER

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In hour 2 the guys discuss Jabari Smith Jr's comments on Stephen Silas' time with the Rockets, the NY Knicks newest head coach Mike Brown, will the Pistons surprise in the east next season? Plus, is Reed Shepherd a future star in the NBA? and Cam Whitmore trade rumors. 

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How has the media distorted Israel's response to the October 7 Hamas attacks? In this powerful conversation from AJC Global Forum 2025, award-winning journalist and former AP correspondent Matti Friedman breaks down the media bias, misinformation, and double standards shaping global coverage of Israel. Moderated by AJC Chief Communications and Strategy Officer Belle Etra Yoeli, this episode explores how skewed narratives have taken hold in the media, in a climate of activist journalism. A must-listen for anyone concerned with truth in journalism, Israel advocacy, and combating disinformation in today's media landscape. Take Action: Take 15 seconds and urge your elected leaders to send a clear, united message: We stand with Israel. Take action now. Resources: Global Forum 2025 session with Matti Friedman:: Watch the full video. Listen – AJC Podcasts: The Forgotten Exodus: Untold stories of Jews who left or were driven from Arab nations and Iran People of the Pod:  Latest Episodes:  John Spencer's Key Takeaways After the 12-Day War: Air Supremacy, Intelligence, and Deterrence Iran's Secret Nuclear Program and What Comes Next in the Iranian Regime vs. Israel War Why Israel Had No Choice: Inside the Defensive Strike That Shook Iran's Nuclear Program Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript of the Interview: Manya Brachear Pashman: I've had the privilege of interviewing journalism colleague Matti Friedman: twice on this podcast. In 2022, Matti took listeners behind the scenes of Jerusalem's AP bureau where he had worked between 2006 and 2011 and shared some insight on what happens when news outlets try to oversimplify the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Then in 2023, I got to sit down with Matti in Jerusalem to talk about his latest book on Leonard Cohen and how the 1973 Yom Kippur War was a turning point both for the singer and for Israel.  Earlier this year, Matti came to New York for AJC Global Forum 2025, and sat down with Belle Yoeli, AJC Chief Strategy and Communications Officer. They rehashed some of what we discussed before, but against an entirely different backdrop: post-October 7. For this week's episode, we bring you a portion of that conversation.  Belle Yoeli:   Hi, everyone. Great to see all of you. Thank you so much for being here. Matti, thank you for being here.  Matti Friedman:   Thanks for having me.  Belle Yoeli:   As you can tell by zero empty seats in this room, you have a lot of fans, and unless you want to open with anything, I'm going to jump right in. Okay, great.  So for those of you who don't know, in September 2024 Matti wrote a piece in The Free Press that is a really great foundation for today's discussion. In When We Started to Lie, Matti, you reflect on two pieces that you had written in 2015 about issues of media coverage of Israel during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. And this piece basically talked about the conclusions you drew and how they've evolved since October 7. We're gonna get to those conclusions, but first, I'm hoping you can describe for everyone what were the issues of media coverage of Israel that you first identified based on the experience in 2014? Matti Friedman:   First of all, thanks so much for having me here, and thanks for all of the amazing work that you guys are doing. So it's a real honor for me. I was a reporter for the AP, between 2006 and the very end of 2011, in Jerusalem. I was a reporter and editor. The AP, of course, as you know, is the American news agency. It's the world's largest news organization, according to the AP, according to Reuters, it's Reuters. One of them is probably right, but it's a big deal in the news world.  And I had an inside view inside one of the biggest AP bureaus. In fact, the AP's biggest International Bureau, which was in Jerusalem. So I can try to sketch the problems that I saw as a reporter there. It would take me seven or eight hours, and apparently we only have four or five hours for this lunch, so I have to keep it short. But I would say there are two main problems. We often get very involved. When we talk about problems with coverage of Israel. We get involved with very micro issues like, you call it a settlement. I call it a neighborhood. Rockets, you know, the Nakba, issues of terminology. But in fact, there are two major problems that are much bigger, and because they're bigger, they're often harder to see. One of the things that I noticed at the Bureau was the scale of coverage of Israel. So at the time that I was at the AP, again, between 2006 and the very end of 2011 we had about 40 full time staffers covering Israel. That's print reporters like me, stills photographers, TV crews. Israel, as most of you probably know, is a very small country. As a percentage of the world's surface, Israel is 1/100 of 1% of the surface of the world, and as a percentage of the land mass of the Arab world, Israel is 1/5 of 1%. 0.2%.  And we had 40 people covering it.  And just as a point of comparison, that was dramatically more people than we had at the time covering China. There are about 10 million people today in Israel proper, in China, there are 1.3 billion. We had more people in Israel than we had in China. We had more people in Israel than we had in India, which is another country of about 1.3 billion people. We had more people in Israel than we had in all of the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. That's 50 something countries. So we had more people in Israel than we had in all of those countries combined. And sometimes I say that to Jews, I say we covered Israel more than we covered China, and people just stare at me blankly, because it's Israel. So of course, that makes perfect sense.  I happen to think Israel is the most important country in the world because I live there. But if the news is meant to be a rational analysis of events on planet Earth, you cannot cover Israel more than you cover the continent of Africa. It just doesn't make any sense. So one of the things that first jumped out at me– actually, that's making me sound smarter than I am. It didn't jump out at me at first. It took a couple of years. And I just started realizing that it was very strange that the world's largest organization had its largest international bureau in the State of Israel, which is a very small country, very small conflict in numeric terms. And yet there was this intense global focus on it that made people think that it was the most important story in the world. And it definitely occupies a place in the American political imagination that is not comparable to any other international conflict.  So that's one part of the problem. That was the scope, the other part was the context. And it took me a while to figure this out, but the coverage of Israel is framed as an Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The conflict is defined in those terms, the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and everyone in this room has heard it discussed in those terms. Sometimes we discuss it in those terms, and that is because the news folks have framed the conflict in those terms. So at the AP bureau in Jerusalem, every single day, we had to write a story that was called, in the jargon of the Bureau, Is-Pals, Israelis, Palestinians. And it was the daily wrap of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. So what Netanyahu said, what Abbas said, rockets, settlers, Hamas, you know, whatever, the problem is that there isn't an Israeli=Palestinian conflict. And I know that sounds crazy, because everyone thinks there is.  And of course, we're seeing conflicts play out in the most tragic way right now in Gaza. But most of Israel's wars have not been fought against Palestinians. Israel has unfortunately fought wars against Egyptians and Jordanians and Lebanese and Iraqis. And Israel's most important enemy at the moment, is Iran, right? The Iranians are not Palestinian. The Iranians are not Arab. They're Muslim, but they're not Arab. So clearly, there is a broader regional conflict that's going on that is not an Israeli Palestinian conflict, and we've seen it in the past year. If we had a satellite in space looking down and just following the paths of ballistic missiles and rockets fired at Israel. Like a photograph of these red trails of rockets fired at Israel. You'd see rockets being fired from Iraq and from Yemen and from Lebanon and from Gaza and from Iran. You'd see the contours of a regional conflict.  And if you understand it's a regional conflict, then you understand the way Israelis see it. There are in the Arab world, 300 million people, almost all of them Muslim. And in one corner of that world, there are 7 million Jews, who are Israelis. And if we zoom out even farther to the level of the Islamic world, we'll see that there are 2 billion people in the Islamic world. There's some argument about the numbers, but it's roughly a quarter of the world's population. And in one corner of that world there, there are 7 million Israeli Jews. The entire Jewish population on planet Earth is a lot smaller than the population of Cairo.  So the idea that this is an Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where Israelis are the stronger side, where Israelis are the dominant actor, and where Israelis are, let's face it, the bad guy in the story, that's a fictional presentation of a story that actually works in a completely different way. So if you take a small story and make it seem big. If you take a complicated regional story and you make it seem like a very small local story involving only Israelis and Palestinians, then you get the highly simplified but very emotive narrative that everyone is being subjected to now. And you get this portrayal of a villainous country called Israel that really looms in the liberal imagination of the West as an embodiment of the worst possible qualities of the age. Belle Yoeli:   Wow. So already you were seeing these issues when you were reporter, earlier on. But like this, some of this was before and since, since productive edge. This is over 10 years ago, and here we are. So October 7 happens. You already know these issues exist. You've identified them. How would you describe because obviously we have a lot of feelings about this, but like, strictly as a journalist, how would you describe the coverage that you've seen since during October 7, in its aftermath? Is it just these issues? Have they? Have they expanded? Are there new issues in play? What's your analysis? Matti Friedman:   The coverage has been great. I really have very I have no criticism of it. I think it's very accurate. I think that I, in a way, I was lucky to have been through what I went through 10 or 15 years ago, and I wasn't blindsided on October 7, as many people were, many people, quite naturally, don't pay close attention to this. And even people who are sympathetic to Israel, I think, were not necessarily convinced that my argument about the press was right. And I think many people thought it was overstated.  And you can read those articles from 2014 one was in tablet and one was in the Atlantic, but it's basically the two chapters of the same argument. And unfortunately, I think that those the essays, they stand up. In fact, if you don't really look at the date of the essays, they kind of seem that they could have been written in the past year and a half. And I'm not happy about that. I think that's and I certainly wrote them in hopes that they would somehow make things better. But the issues that I saw in the press 15 years ago have only been exacerbated since then. And October seven didn't invent the wheel. The issues were pre existing, but it took everything that I saw and kind of supercharged it.  So if I talked about ideological conformity in the bureaus that has been that has become much more extreme. A guy like me, I was hired in 2006 at the AP. I'm an Israeli of center left political leanings. Hiring me was not a problem in 22,006 by the time I left the AP, at the end of 2011 I'm pretty sure someone like me would not have been hired because my views, which are again, very centrist Israeli views, were really beyond the pale by the time that I left the AP, and certainly, and certainly today, the thing has really moved what I saw happening at the AP. And I hate picking on the AP because they were just unfortunate enough to hire me. That was their only error, but what I'm saying about them is true of a whole new. Was heard. It's true of the Times and CNN and the BBC, the news industry really works kind of as a it has a herd mentality. What happened was that news decisions were increasingly being made by people who are not interested in explanatory journalism. They were activists. Activists had moved into the key positions in the Bureau, and they had a very different idea of what press coverage was supposed to do. I would say, and I tried to explain it in that article for the free press, when I approach a news story, when I approach the profession of journalism, the question that I'm asking is, what's going on? That's the question I think you're supposed to ask, what's going on? How can I explain it in a way that's as accurate as as possible? The question that was increasingly being asked was not what's going on. The question was, who does this serve? That's an activist question. So when you look at a story, you don't ask, is it true, or is it not true? You ask, who's it going to help? Is it going to help the good guys, or is it going to help the bad guys?  So if Israel in the story is the villain, then a story that makes Israel seem reasonable, reasonable or rational or sympathetic needs to be played down to the extent possible or made to disappear. And I can give you an example from my own experience.  At the very end of 2008 two reporters in my bureau, people who I know, learned of a very dramatic peace offer that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had made to the Palestinians. So Olmert, who was the prime minister at the time, had made a very far reaching offer that was supposed to see a Palestinian state in all of Gaza, most of the West Bank, with land swaps for territory that Israel was going to retain, and a very far reaching international consortium agreement to run the Old City of Jerusalem. Was a very dramatic. It was so far reaching, I think that Israelis probably wouldn't have supported it. But it was offered to the Palestinian side, and the Palestinians rejected it as insufficient. And two of our reporters knew about this, and they'd seen a map of the offer. And this was obviously a pretty big story for a bureau that had as the thrust of its coverage the peace process.  The two reporters who had the story were ordered to drop it, they were not allowed to cover the story. And there were different explanations. And they didn't, by the way, AP did not publish the story at the time, even though we were the first to have it. Eventually, it kind of came out and in other ways, through other news organizations. But we knew at first. Why were we not allowed to cover it? Because it would have made the Israelis who we were trying to villainize and demonize, it would have made Israel seem like it was trying to solve the conflict on kind of reasonable lines, which, of course, was true at that time. So that story would have upended the thrust of our news coverage. So it had to be made to go away, even though it was true, it would have helped the wrong people. And that question of who does this serve has destroyed, I want to say all, but much, of what used to be mainstream news coverage, and it's not just where Israel is concerned.  You can look at a story like the mental health of President Biden, right. Something's going on with Biden at the end of his term. It's a huge global news story, and the press, by and large, won't touch it, because why? I mean, it's true, right? We're all seeing that it's true, but why can't you touch it? Because it would help the wrong people. It would help the Republicans who in the press are the people who you are not supposed to help.  The origins of COVID, right? We heard one story about that. The true story seems to be a different story. And there are many other examples of stories that are reported because they help the right people, or not reported because they would help the wrong people. And I saw this thinking really come into action in Israel 10 or 15 years ago, and unfortunately, it's really spread to include the whole mainstream press scene and really kill it.  I mean, essentially, anyone interested in trying to get a solid sense of what's going on, we have very few options. There's not a lot, there's not a lot out there. So that's the broader conclusion that I drew from what I thought at the time was just a very small malfunction involving Israel coverage. But Israel coverage ends up being a symptom of something much bigger, as Jews often are the symptom of something much bigger that's going on.  So my problems in the AP bureau 15 years ago were really a kind of maybe a canary in the coal mine, or a whiff of something much bigger that we were all going to see happen, which is the transformation of the important liberal institutions of the west into kind of activist arms of a very radical ideology that has as its goal the transformation of the west into something else. And that's true of the press, and it's true of NGO world, places like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, which were one thing 30 years ago and are something very different today. And it's also true of big parts of the academy. It's true of places like Columbia and places like Harvard, they still have the logo, they still have the name, but they serve a different purpose, and I just happen to be on the ground floor of it as a reporter. Belle Yoeli:   So obviously, this concept of who does this serve, and this activist journalism is deeply concerning, and you actually mentioned a couple other areas, academia, obviously we're in that a lot right now in terms of what's going on campus. So I guess a couple of questions on that. First of all, think about this very practically, tachlis, in the day to day.  I'm a journalist, and I go to write about what's happening in Gaza. What would you say is, if you had to throw out a percentage, are all of them aware of this activist journalist tendency? Or you think it's like, like intentional for many of them, or it's sort of they've been educated that way, and it's their worldview in such a way that they don't even know that they're not reporting the news in a very biased way. Does that make sense? Matti Friedman:   Totally. I think that many people in the journalism world today view their job as not as explaining a complicated situation, but as swaying people toward the correct political conclusion. Journalism is power, and the power has to be wielded in support of justice. Now, justice is very slippery, and, you know, choosing who's in the right is very, very slippery, and that's how journalism gets into a lot of trouble. Instead of just trying to explain what's going on and then leave, you're supposed to leave the politics and the activism to other people. Politics and activism are very important.  But unless everyone can agree on what is going on, it's impossible to choose the kind of act, the kind of activism that would be useful. So when the journalists become activists, then no one can understand what's what's going on, because the story itself is fake, and there are many, many examples of it. But you know, returning to what you asked about, about October 7, and reporting post October 7, you can really see it happen. The massacres of October 7 were very problematic for the ideological strain that now controls a lot of the press, because it's counterintuitive. You're not supposed to sympathize with Israelis.  And yet, there were a few weeks after October 7 when they were forced to because the nature of the atrocities were so heinous that they could not be ignored. So you had the press covering what happened on October 7, but you could feel it. As someone who knows that scene, you could feel there was a lot of discomfort. There was a lot of discomfort. It wasn't their comfort zone, and you knew that within a few weeks, maybe a month, it was gonna snap back at the first opportunity.  When did it snap back? In the story of the Al Ahli hospital strike. If you remember that a few weeks in, there's a massive global story that Israel has rocketed Hospital in Gaza and killed about 500 people and and then you can see the kind of the comfort the comfort zone return, because the story that the press is primed to cover is a story about villainous Israelis victimizing innocent Palestinians, and now, now we're back. Okay. Now Israel's rocketing hospital. The problem was that it hadn't happened, and it was that a lot of stories don't happen, and they're allowed to stand.  But this story was so far from the truth that even the people involved couldn't make it work, and it had to be retracted, but it was basically too late. And then as soon as the Israeli ground offensive got into swing in Gaza, then the story really becomes the same old story, which is a story of Israel victimizing Palestinians for no reason. And you'll never see Hamas militants in uniform in Gaza. You just see dead civilians, and you'll see the aftermath of a rocket strike when the, you know, when an Israeli F16 takes out the launcher, but you will never see the strike. Which is the way it's worked in Gaza since the very end of 2008 which is when the first really bad round of violence in Gaza happens, which is when I'm at the AP.  As far as I know, I was the first staffer to erase information from the story, because we were threatened by Hamas, which happened at the very end of 2008. We had a great reporter in Gaza, a Palestinian who had always been really an excellent reporter. We had a detail in a story. The detail was a crucial one. It was that Hamas fighters were dressed as civilians and were being counted as civilians in the death toll, an important thing to know, that went out in an AP story. The reporter called me a few hours later. It was clear that someone had spoken to him, and he told me, I was on the desk in Jerusalem, so I was kind of writing the story from the main bureau in Jerusalem. And he said, Matti, you have to take that detail out of the story. And it was clear that someone had threatened him. I took the detail out of the story. I suggested to our editors that we note in an Editor's Note that we were now complying with Hamas censorship. I was overruled, and from that point in time, the AP, like all of its sister organizations, collaborates with Hamas censorship in Gaza.  What does that mean? You'll see a lot of dead civilians, and you won't see dead militants. You won't have a clear idea of what the Hamas military strategy is. And this is the kicker, the center of the coverage will be a number, a casualty number, that is provided to the press by something called the Gaza health ministry, which is Hamas. And we've been doing that since 2008, and it's a way of basically settling the story before you get into any other information. Because when you put, you know, when you say 50 Palestinians were killed, and one Israeli on a given day, it doesn't matter what else you say. The numbers kind of tell their own story, and it's a way of settling the story with something that sounds like a concrete statistic. And the statistic is being, you know, given to us by one of the combatant sides. But because the reporters sympathize with that side, they're happy to play along. So since 2008, certainly since 2014 when we had another serious war in Gaza, the press has not been covering Gaza, the press has been essentially an amplifier for one of the most poisonous ideologies on Earth. Hamas has figured out how to make the press amplify its messaging rather than covering Hamas. There are no Western reporters in Gaza. All of the reporters in Gaza are Palestinians, and those people fall into three categories. Some of them identify with Hamas. Some of them are intimidated by Hamas and won't cross Hamas, which makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't want to cross Hamas either. So either. And the third category is people who actually belong to Hamas. That's where the information from Gaza is coming from. And if you're credulous, then of course, you're going to get a story that makes Israel look pretty bad. Belle Yoeli:   So this is very depressing. That's okay. It's very helpful, very depressing. But on that note, I would ask you so whether, because you spoke about this problem in terms, of, of course, the coverage of Israel, but that it's it's also more widespread you talk, you spoke about President Biden in your article, you name other examples of how this sort of activist journalism is affecting everything we read. So what should everyone in this room be reading, truly, from your opinion. This is Matti's opinion. But if you want to you want to get information from our news and not activist journalism, obviously The Free Press, perhaps. But are there other sites or outlets that you think are getting this more down the line, or at least better than some, some better than others?  Matti Friedman:   No, it's just The Free Press. No. I mean, it's a question that I also wrestle with. I haven't given up on everyone, and even in publications that have, I think, largely lost the plot, you'll still find good stuff on occasion. So I try to keep my eye on certain reporters whose name I know. I often ask not just on Israel, but on anything, does this reporter speak the language of the country that they're covering? You'd be shocked at how rare that is for Americans. A lot of the people covering Ukraine have no idea what language they speak in Ukraine, and just as someone who covers Israel, I'm aware of the low level of knowledge that many of the Western reporters have. You'll find really good stuff still in the Atlantic. The Atlantic has managed, against steep odds, to maintain its equilibrium amid all this. The New Yorker, unfortunately, less so, but you'll still see, on occasion, things that are good. And there are certain reporters who are, you know, you can trust. Isabel Kirchner, who writes for The New York Times, is an old colleague of mine from the Jerusalem report. She's excellent, and they're just people who are doing their job. But by and large, you have to be very, very suspicious of absolutely everything that you read and see. And I'm not saying that as someone who I'm not happy to say that, and I certainly don't identify with, you know, the term fake news, as it has been pushed by President Trump.  I think that fake news is, you know, for those guys, is an attempt to avoid scrutiny. They're trying to, you know, neuter the watchdog so that they can get away with whatever they want. I don't think that crowd is interested in good press coverage. Unfortunately, the term fake news sticks because it's true. That's why it has worked. And the press, instead of helping people navigate the blizzard of disinformation that we're all in, they've joined it. People who are confused about what's going on, should be able to open up the New York Times or go to the AP and figure out what's going on, but because, and I saw it happen, instead of covering the circus, the reporters became dancing bears in the circus. So no one can make heads or tails of anything. So we need to be very careful.  Most headlines that are out there are out there to generate outrage, because that's the most predictable generator of clicks, which is the, we're in a click economy. So I actually think that the less time you spend following headlines and daily news, the better off you'll be. Because you can follow the daily news for a year, and by the end of the year, you'll just be deranged. You'll just be crazy and very angry.  If you take that time and use it to read books about, you know, bitten by people who are knowledgeable, or read longer form essays that are, you know, that are obviously less likely to be very simplistic, although not, you know, it's not completely impossible that they will be. I think that's time, that's time better spent. Unfortunately, much of the industry is kind of gone. And we're in an interesting kind of interim moment where it's clear that the old news industry is basically dead and that something new has to happen. And those new things are happening. I mean, The Free Press is part of a new thing that's happening. It's not big enough to really move the needle in a dramatic way yet, but it might be, and I think we all have to hope that new institutions emerge to fill the vacuum.  The old institutions, and I say this with sorrow, and I think that this also might be true of a lot of the academic institutions. They can't be saved. They can't be saved. So if people think that writing an editor, a letter to the editor of the New York Times is going to help. It's not going to help. Sometimes people say, Why don't we just get the top people in the news industry and bring them to Israel and show them the truth? Doesn't help. It's not about knowing or not knowing. They define the profession differently.  So it's not about a lack of information. The institutions have changed, and it's kind of irrevocable at this point, and we need new institutions, and one of them is The Free Press, and it's a great model of what to do when faced with fading institutions. By the way, the greatest model of all time in that regard is Zionism. That's what Zionism is. There's a guy in Vienna in 1890 something, and his moment is incredibly contemporary. There's an amazing biography of Herzl called Herzl by Amos Elon. It's an amazing book. If you haven't read it, you should read it, because his moment in cosmopolitan Vienna sounds exactly like now. It's shockingly current. He's in this friendly city. He's a reporter for the New York Times, basically of the Austro Hungarian empire, and he's assimilated, and he's got a Christmas tree in his house, and his son isn't circumcised, and he thinks everything is basically great. And then the light changes.  He notices that something has changed in Vienna, and the discourse about Jews changes, and like in a Hollywood movie, the light changes. And he doesn't try to he doesn't start a campaign against antisemitism. He doesn't get on social media and kind of rail against unfair coverage. He sits down in a hotel room in Paris and he writes this pamphlet called the Jewish state, and I literally flew from that state yesterday. So there's a Zionist model where you look at a failing world and you think about radical solutions that involve creation. And I think we're there. And I think Herzl's model is a good one at a dark time you need real creativity. Belle Yoeli:   Thank God you found the inspiration there, because I was really, I was really starting to worry. No, in all seriousness, Matti, the saying that these institutions can't be saved. I mean the consequences of this, not just for us as pro-Israel, pro-Jewish advocates, but for our country, for the world, the countries that we come from are tremendous.  And the way we've been dealing with this issue and thinking about how, how can you change hearts and minds of individuals about Israel, about the Jewish people, if everything that they're reading is so damaging and most of what they're reading is so damaging and basically saying there's very little that we can do about that. So I am going to push you to dream big with us. We're an advocacy organization. AJC is an advocacy organization. So if you had unlimited resources, right, if you really wanted to make change in this area, to me, it sounds like you're saying we basically need 15 Free Presses or the new institutions to really take on this way. What would you do? What would you do to try to make it so that news media were more like the old days? Matti Friedman:   Anyone who wants unlimited resources should not go into journalism. I have found that my resources remain limited. I'll give you an answer that is probably not what you're expecting or not what you want here. I think that the fight can't be won. I think that antisemitism can't be defeated. And I think that resources that are poured into it are resources wasted. And of course, I think that people need legal protection, and they need, you know, lawyers who can protect people from discrimination and from defamation. That's very important. But I know that when people are presented with a problem like antisemitism, which is so disturbing and it's really rocking the world of everyone in this room, and certainly, you know, children and grandchildren, you have a problem and you want to address it, right? You have a really bad rash on your arm. You want the rash to go away, and you're willing to do almost anything to make it go away. This has always been with us. It's always been with us.  And you know, we recently celebrated the Seder, and we read in the Seder, in the Haggadah, l'chol dor vador, omdim aleinu l'chaloteinu. Which is, in every generation, they come at us to destroy us. And it's an incredibly depressing worldview. Okay, it's not the way I wanted to see the world when I grew up in Toronto in the 1990s. But in our tradition, we have this idea that this is always gonna be around. And the question is, what do you do? Do you let other people define you? Do you make your identity the fight against the people who hate you? And I think that's a dead end.  This crisis is hitting the Jewish people at a moment when many of us don't know who we are, and I think that's why it's hitting so hard. For my grandfather, who was a standard New York Jew, garment industry, Lower East Side, poor union guy. This would not have shaken him, because he just assumed that this was the world like this. The term Jewish identity was not one he ever heard, because it wasn't an issue or something that had to be taught. So if I had unlimited resources, what I would do is I would make sure that young Jewish people have access to the riches of Jewish civilization, I would, you know, institute a program that would allow any young Jewish person to be fluent in Hebrew by the time they finish college. Why is that so important? Why is that such an amazing key?  Because if you're fluent in Hebrew, you can open a Tanakh, or you can open a prayer book if you want. Or you can watch Fauda or you can get on a plane to Israel and hit on Israeli guys. Hebrew is the key to Jewish life, and if you have it, a whole world will open up. And it's not one that antisemites can interfere with. It does not depend on the goodwill of our neighbors. It's all about us and what we're doing with ourselves. And I think that if you're rooted in Jewish tradition, and I'm not saying becoming religious, I'm just saying, diving into the riches of Jewish tradition, whether it's history or gemara or Israel, or whatever, if you're if you're deep in there enough, then the other stuff doesn't go away, but it becomes less important.  It won't be solved because it can't be solved, but it will fade into the background. And if we make the center of identity the fight against antisemitism, they've won. Why should they be the center of our identity? For a young person who's looking for some way of living or some deep kind of guide to life, the fight against antisemitism is not going to do it, and philanthropy is not going to do it. We come from the wisest and one of the oldest civilizations in the world, and many of us don't know how to open the door to that civilization, and that's in our hands. And if we're not doing it, it's not the fault of the antisemites. It's our own fault. So if I had unlimited resources, which, again, it's not, it's not going to happen unless I make a career change, that's where I would be putting my effort. Internally and not externally.  Belle Yoeli:   You did find the inspiration, though, again, by pushing Jewish identity, and we appreciate that. It's come up a lot in this conversation, this question about how we fight antisemitism, investing in Jewish identity and who we are, and at the same time, what do we do about it? And I think all of you heard Ted in a different context last night, say, we can hold two things, two thoughts at the same time, right? Two things can be true at the same time. And I think for me, what I took out of this, in addition to your excellent insights, is that that's exactly what we have to be doing.  At AJC, we have to be engaging in this advocacy to stand up for the Jewish people and the State of Israel. But that's not the only piece of the puzzle. Of course, we have to be investing in Jewish identity. That's why we bring so many young people to this conference. Of course, we need to be investing in Jewish education. That's not necessarily what AJC is doing, the bulk of our work, but it's a lot of what the Jewish community is doing, and these pieces have to go together. And I want to thank you for raising that up for us, and again, for everything that you said. Thank you all so much for being here. Thank you. Manya Brachear Pashman: If you missed last week's episode, be sure to tune in as John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at West Point, breaks down Israel's high-stakes strike on Iran's nuclear infrastructure and the U.S. decision to enter the fight. 

John McClain, Hall of Fame Columnist, joins 365 Sports to discuss his thoughts on the Browns approving a new stadium in Cleveland, their thoughts on if this will change the Browns' luck at the quarterback position, his thoughts on what Kevin Durant brings to the Rockets and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Rob Mahoney to react to NBA free agency with major moves from the Bucks, Rockets, and Lakers (2:01). Then, they talk about the positive offseason for the Nuggets and the Hawks, before discussing the Pacers, Celtics, and Pistons (31:47). After that, they have an “Atrocious GM Summit” to discuss the teams making the worst moves and more (59:13). Finally, Bill's dad joins the pod to discuss the Celtics next season (01:25:13). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Rob Mahoney and Bill's dad Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Play for an ULTRA today, available on Doordash! ENJOY RESPONSIBLY ©️ 2025 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MICHELOB ULTRA®️ LIGHT BEER, ST. LOUIS, MO. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode, Vinnie Goodwill of Yahoo Sports joins Bomani Jones to recap some NBA offseason headlines. They start off the show by saying how shocking the Damian Lillard news was (0:58) and how it most likely won't help keep Giannis in Milwaukee (2:16). Continuing with the Giannis topic, Bo and Vinnie say why the Bucks would want Amen Thompson from the Rockets in return (15:24). After the break, Bo explains why it would be a mistake for the Lakers to acquire Deandre Ayton (31:45) and if the Denver Nuggets are now back to being the best team in the Western Conference again (41:15)? Bo and Vinnie round out the show by reacting to the Detroit News article on who Malik Beasley owed money to. (45:30) . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave DuFour and Zena Keita give their reaction to the Milwaukee Bucks waiving Damian Lillard and signing Myles Turner in free agency. Then, Kelly Iko joins the show to go behind the scenes on the Rockets trade for Kevin Durant and where all of the pieces fit in Houston.Host: Zena KeitaWith: Dave DuFour & Kelly IkoExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson Moody Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to Players Choice From The Logo, the ultimate destination for breaking NBA news, in-depth game breakdowns, and insightful opinions on all things basketball! If you're a dedicated follower of the NBA, a passionate fan of your favorite teams, or simply love to stay up-to-date on the latest hoop action, you're in for a treat. Tune in every week for exclusive insights, analysis, and discussions that will keep you at the forefront of the NBA conversation. Join us for a live, interactive experience that connects you with fellow fans and lets you dive deep into all things basketball.

Seth and Shaun discuss the lawsuit against Joe Mixon being settled, engage in some Rockets hype on the heels of hearing Zach Lowe gushing about their offseason moves, and assess ow the Astros will navigate without Yordan Alvarez and Jeremy Peña.

Seth and Shaun discuss the Rockets' incredible offseason moves, assess how the Astros are going to navigate without Jeremy Peña and Yordan Alvarez, and talk about how much control Aaron Rodgers might have in Pittsburgh and the Browns getting the OK to build a new covered stadium.

Shaun Bijani is in for Sean Pendergast. Seth and Shaun discuss the Astros' 6-5 win over the Rockies, Yordan Alvarez suffering a setback to his hand, if injuries are the one thing that could prevent the Astros from competing for a World Series, go through the day's Headlines, dive into the Rockets' incredible offseason moves, assess how the Astros are going to navigate without Jeremy Peña and Yordan Alvarez, talk about how much control Aaron Rodgers might have in Pittsburgh and the Browns getting the OK to build a new covered stadium, if WR Jaylin Noel could be one of the biggest draft steals in Texans history, react to Assistant GM Chris Blanco explaining building the team with guys who have a love for the game, assess if the Astros clubhouse culture is overblown or underrated, discuss which move or non-move may be the Texans' most regrettable this offseason, why Texans Assistant General Manager Chris Blanco seems to be the right kind of nerdy for the job, how heavy the Texans are into the analytics, and get the question of the day from Reggie and Luke.

The Prophets break down the NBA Free Agency winners and losers in a special Independence Day episode. Did the Nuggets and Rockets make enough moves to join OKC at the top of the West? Are the Timberwolves still in that elite mix? We also dive into which Western Conference teams are heading toward disarray. Out East, the Bucks are at a crossroads—does waiving Dame make sense, and could Milwaukee still be in decent shape without him? Plus, the rivalry heats up as Kev and Rashad square off in the never-ending Knicks vs Hawks war. All that and more in this explosive July 4th edition.

There are good shows, then there are GREAT ones. The guys start off on the hardwood and celebrate SGA and the Thunder's title. They then tackle the NBA free agency and the WNBA. How legit are the Rockets? What about the East? The show ends with auction fantasy, dynasty trades, WWE, F1, Brad Pitt vs. Tom Cruise versus, and more!  00:00 - IntroRick Ross 15:03: Hoops 1:06:34: Fantasy 1:47:39 - NFL 1:50:18 - WWE & Quick Hitters 1:59:22 - Sign-off   Don't forget to submit your questions to the guys at speakonitpod14@gmail.com so they can answer them during the next show!  Follow the squad!! @losdeemix @dannyocean41 @goingfor2live  @speakonit_pod (Twitter, Tik Tok, and Instagram)

Justin, Rob and Wos are here with their immediate thoughts on Day 1 of free agency. They start with the Cam Johnson-for-Michael Porter Jr. trade and Denver's outlook moving forward. Then, they talk about the Rockets getting deeper (20:48), what the Lakers' plan is (31:10), the Hawks' interesting offseason (48:40), and much more. Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and Wosny Lambre Producers: Isaiah Blakely and Ben Cruz Social: Keith Fujimoto and Jomi Adeniran This episode is presented by State Farm®️. Dishing the assists you need off the court. State Farm®️ with the Assist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Watch clips on YouTube! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠THE FACILITY YOUTUBE CHANNEL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (00:00) Did the Steelers get better? / Shai Gilgeous-Alexander signs max contract with Thunder (20:20) What does ASG voting say about Caitlin Clark compared to her peers voting on her skill level? (35:13) Do the Steelers moves add more pressure on Aaron Rodgers? (44:10) AFC Pressure Cooker (49:24) Are Kevin Durant and the Rockets a threat to the Thunder? (58:33) Is this something or nothing with Caitlin Clark? (1:04:05) Bucks waive Damian Lillard (1:15:05) Should Giannis Antetokounmpo want to leave the Bucks? (1:23:43) Blitz Meeting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Watch clips on YouTube! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠THE FACILITY YOUTUBE CHANNEL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (00:00) Did trading for Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith make the Steelers better? / Reaction to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander agreeing to a max deal with the Thunder (19:57) AFC Pressure Cooker (25:11) Are Kevin Durant and the Rockets a threat to the Thunder? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Free agency is here! Join Verno and Jacoby as they recap the day-one deals and discuss everything from the Rockets refueling for a championship run with Kevin Durant to their hopes for a competitive Hornets team. They also discuss the Hawks' impressive first day, the Nuggets trading away MPJ and signing Bruce Brown Jr., and the Grizzlies' aggressiveness to start free agency. They also debate whether the Lakers would actually trade LeBron James.(0:00) Welcome to The Mismatch!(0:22) NBA Free Agency Reactions(0:43) Rockets Extensions + Sign DFS and Capela(11:18) Nuggets Trade MPJ for Cam Johnson + Sign Bruce Brown(13:45) Hawks Acquire Porzingis, Nickeil Alexander-Walker + Kennard(16:40) BREAKING: Hornets Sign Mason Plumlee(20:38) BREAKING: Bucks Sign Taurean Prince(21:45) Grizzlies: JJJ & Santi Aldama Extension + Sign Ty Jerome(28:42) Lakers: Sign Jake LaRavia + LeBron Rumors(37:43) Blazers Buyout Deandre Ayton(38:20) More Free Agency Reactions(43:48) BREAKING: Jordan Clarkson to Sign with the Knicks(45:32) More Free Agency Reactions(58:05) Biggest Takeaways from Free AgencyLeave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091Visit creditkarma.com or download the app today.The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available.Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducers: Jessie Lopez and Tucker TashjianSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to discuss the winners & losers of the first day of NBA free agency. The guys break down the Lakers' inability to find a center, Boston's continued deconstruction, a big day for Atlanta, some financial moves from Cleveland, a new direction for Memphis, a big trade in Denver and a massive summer for the Rockets continuing.   Vegas Summer League Live Show Link: hoopcollectivelive.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jared Smith & Rob Brown are in for Nick & Femi! The guys break down everything from last night's NBA Free Agency. Jared & Rob talk Rockets, Knicks, Myles Turner signing with Milwaukee and MUCH MORE! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jared Smith & Rob Brown break down if the Houston Rockets can win the Western Conference next season with the addition of Kevin Durant. Plus, the guys discuss what's next for the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan and Michelle decipher the mysterious circumstances surrounding LeBron James opting into his contract. Evan thinks something larger may be at play. Are the Rockets the biggest threat in the West to the Thunder? Then, Michelle takes us through All the Small Things that you may have missed in the world of sports. Plus, David Dennis Jr. joins the show to debate what the Steelers trading for Jalen Ramsey means for Mike Tomlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan and Michelle dissect the variety of moves made by NBA teams as Free Agency opened yesterday. Are the Rockets now a win now and later team? Could LeBron be out in LA? What would it take for LeBron to be traded from the Lakers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan and Michelle decipher the mysterious circumstances surrounding LeBron James opting into his contract. Evan thinks something larger may be at play. Are the Rockets the biggest threat in the West to the Thunder? Then, Michelle takes us through All the Small Things that you may have missed in the world of sports. Plus, David Dennis Jr. joins the show to debate what the Steelers trading for Jalen Ramsey means for Mike Tomlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan and Michelle dissect the variety of moves made by NBA teams as Free Agency opened yesterday. Are the Rockets now a win now and later team? Could LeBron be out in LA? What would it take for LeBron to be traded from the Lakers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nate and John dive into NBA free agency, headlined by Denver's bold roster shake-up and what it means for their title aspirations. They unpack Houston's flurry of moves and debate where the Rockets stand in the West. The duo also examines the Lakers' long-term plan with LeBron and Luka, Milwaukee's all-in bet on Myles Turner, and where teams stack up in the suddenly wide-open Eastern Conference. Plus, they break down the latest on key restricted free agents and highlight a few overlooked names who could become sneaky difference-makers.Denver Nuggets: Trade of Michael Porter Jr., additions of Cam Johnson, Jonas Valančiūnas, Bruce Brown, and Tim Hardaway Jr. – 00:00:38Houston Rockets: Clint Capela trade, Jabari Smith Jr. extension, roster balance concerns – 00:10:08Minnesota Timberwolves: Outlook without Nickeil Alexander-Walker, dependence on rookies – 00:15:08Los Angeles Lakers: Long-term strategy with LeBron James, Luka Dončić, and cap space planning – 00:15:49Miami Heat & Detroit Pistons: Duncan Robinson and Simone Fontecchio sign-and-trade – 00:28:03Indiana Pacers: Decision to let Myles Turner go, tax avoidance, and contract management – 00:31:26Milwaukee Bucks: Big commitment to Turner, long-term direction with Giannis – 00:34:00Atlanta Hawks: Additions of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Luke Kennard, and reshaping of depth – 00:41:26Eastern Conference Hierarchy: Ranking Cleveland, New York, Orlando, Atlanta, and others – 00:42:49Restricted Free Agents: Status of Quentin Grimes, Cam Thomas, Jonathan Kuminga, and Josh Giddey – 00:48:33Jonathan Kuminga's Future with Golden State: Extension scenarios and fit if Al Horford signs – 00:52:01Salary Cap Update: Impact of 7% cap growth and national TV deal structure – 00:54:57Damian Lillard Hypothetical: Should a contender sign him to rehab? – 00:58:44Underrated Free Agent Targets: A few overlooked names who could offer value – 01:03:03 Dunc'd On Prime is the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FM You can get 35% off a year membership to Dunc'd On Prime in honor of the legendary Mock Offseason episode with code mockoffseason2025. DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.Or, sign up for our FREE mailing list to get Dan Feldman's Daily Duncs with all the major topics around the league twice a week.

Joe Ostrowski and Kate Constbale react to the first day of NBA Free Agency, which saw the Rockets adding two veteran scorers to make their already great offseason in better, the Hawks continuing to improve as a possible contender in the East, Lakers dissapointment and more! Then, a look at the latest Defensive Rookie and Player of the Year Odds, disussing if you should invest in the favorites in each market or if there are any notable longshots on the board. The hour wraps with our reactions to a wild NFL Headline and which baseball players are most likely to get dealt at the July 31st trade deadline? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Ostrowksi and Kate Constable get you caught up on everything you might have missed from the opening day of NBA Free Agency, including why the Rockets should be considered massive winners after adding a pair of veteran depth pieces, dissapointment for the Lakers, a big name trade and more! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan and Michelle decipher the mysterious circumstances surrounding LeBron James opting into his contract. Evan thinks something larger may be at play. Are the Rockets the biggest threat in the West to the Thunder? Then, Michelle takes us through All the Small Things that you may have missed in the world of sports. Plus, David Dennis Jr. joins the show to debate what the Steelers trading for Jalen Ramsey means for Mike Tomlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan and Michelle dissect the variety of moves made by NBA teams as Free Agency opened yesterday. Are the Rockets now a win now and later team? Could LeBron be out in LA? What would it take for LeBron to be traded from the Lakers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why do the guys compare Dorian Finney-Smith to Robert Horry? Have the Rockets completed their 2025-26 roster? Or are there more moves to come? Does Capela signing with the Rockets open up the idea to trading away Sengun...maybe in a package for Giannis? And once again, the Astros have mislead us as Pena has a broken rib.

What would you rather: Giannis on the Rockets or the young core sticking around? Are the Giannis trade rumors for real or is it all just speculation? What makes you think that the Texans have improved from last season? And can you be optimistic with the Texans o-line?

John and Lance a look at transactions throughout different leagues. What else have the Rockets been up to and what comes next? Why does Lance feel some of these moves have been "weird?" And does Cam Whitmore still have a spot on this team? Or is it time to move on? Stay tuned, because the show wraps up with "News of the Weird."

It’s NBA Free Agency madness! Join Robert Horry and the crew in Episode 218 of the Big Shot Bob Podcast as they dive deep into the latest NBA Free Agency news and trades. From Giannis Antetokounmpo's potential landing spots to Kevin Durant's shocking move to Houston, they cover it all. Get their takes on Miles Turner's surprise signing with the Bucks, Deandre Ayton's free agency prospects, and the most surprising NBA Draft picks. The team also debates the power dynamics between NBA and college athletes in today's sports landscape. Don't miss the laughs, insights, and hot takes!   00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back 01:12 NBA Free Agency Frenzy 02:05 Giannis Trade Speculations 08:32 Kevin Durant to the Rockets 10:31 Houston Rockets' Offseason Moves 13:44 LeBron's Future and Lakers' Moves 26:26 NBA Trade and Free Agency Roundup 32:38 Cryptic Area Codes and NBA Rumors 33:23 NBA Draft Highlights and Controversies 34:33 Advice for New NBA Players 37:52 Brooklyn Nets' Draft Decisions 39:12 NBA Free Agency Updates 42:04 WNBA Star Caitlyn Clark's Popularity 43:56 Big Shot of the Week: BMX Journey 45:09 NBA Player Salaries and Power Dynamics 46:46 Debate: College vs. NBA Player Power 53:20 Geography Game: On the Move

Evan and Michelle dissect the variety of moves made by NBA teams as Free Agency opened yesterday. Are the Rockets now a win now and later team? Could LeBron be out in LA? What would it take for LeBron to be traded from the Lakers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan and Michelle decipher the mysterious circumstances surrounding LeBron James opting into his contract. Evan thinks something larger may be at play. Are the Rockets the biggest threat in the West to the Thunder? Then, Michelle takes us through All the Small Things that you may have missed in the world of sports. Plus, David Dennis Jr. joins the show to debate what the Steelers trading for Jalen Ramsey means for Mike Tomlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shaun Bijani is in for Sean Pendergast. Seth and Shaun discuss the Rockets signing Clint Capela and Dorian Finney-Smith.

Seth and Shaun take a look at the remarkable moves the Rockets have made this offseason and assess how close it is to the Texans' remarkable offseason last year. It's actually even better.

Seth and Shaun dive into some numbers indicating just how much better the Rockets should be off the ball with KD on the court.

Seth and Shaun circle back to comparing how the Rockets have rebuilt to the Texans, take a look around the NFL with the Steelers perhaps about to get a bunch of calls about TJ Watt, dive into an unwritten baseball rule even the Astros weren't aware of, and see what Reggie and Criss have for the question of the day.

Shaun Bijani is in for Sean Pendergast. Seth and Shaun discuss the Rockets signing Clint Capela and Dorian Finney-Smith, compare this Rockets' offseason to the Texans' offseason last year, and go through the day's Headlines.

Shaun Bijani is in for Sean Pendergast. Seth and Shaun react to the Rockets signing Clint Capela and Dorian Finney-Smith, compare this Rockets' offseason to the Texans' offseason last year, go through the day's Headlines, discuss what inspired CJ Stroud abroad in Milan, how Dameon Pierce is liking the Nick Caley offense, some some numbers showing just how much better the Rockets should be off the ball with Kevin Durant on the roster, dive into others being petty and get petty themselves in the Petty Cast, discuss it being next man up yet again for the Astros, have some fun discussing how many football players the Astros have after Dana Brown said football players play with the kind of injury Jeremy Peña has, circle back to comparing how the Rockets have rebuilt to the Texans, take a look around the NFL with the Steelers perhaps about to get a bunch of calls about TJ Watt, dive into an unwritten baseball rule even the Astros weren't aware of, and see what Reggie and Criss have for the question of the day.

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss the upcoming NBA free agency, plus some big deals that already came from the Rockets and Timberwolves (2:07). Then, they talk about their favorite free agents, Yang Hansen, and the Collin Sexton trade (35:33). Finally, they talk about the possibility of a LeBron trade, the Pelicans' mess, and the most desperate teams (49:44). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Ryen Russillo Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo This episode is presented by State Farm®. Dishing the assists you need off the court. State Farm® with the Assist. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nate and Danny break down the biggest news on the eve of free agency, including LeBron James finding another bump in the road in LA, Malik Beasley's legal troubles suddenly making the Pistons interesting players in free agency, the Rockets locking up Jabari Smith, Jr., a surprising Jazz/Hornets trade, and an even more surprising buyout of Deandre Ayton. Plus, we recap all the option and qualifying offer decisions of note and set the table for tomorrow.Setting the stage for free agency and nostalgia for midnight July 1st signings. 0:00LeBron James opts in—what does it mean for his future and the Lakers' strategy? 1:45Interpreting Rich Paul's statement and how LeBron's decision gives him trade flexibility. 2:20The Lakers' approach to asset management and competing timelines with Luka. 6:45Why LeBron might have more control through opting in vs free agency. 9:00Evaluating the odds of LeBron finishing 25-26 with the Lakers. 11:00Kyrie Irving ACL return—odds and considerations for 25-26. 14:06Dorian Finney-Smith declines option; what are the Lakers' options to bring him back? 16:53Houston's cap situation and fit for DFS. 18:56Jabari Smith Jr.'s extension—terms, upside for Rockets, and long-term implications. 21:51How Jabari's deal affects Houston's trade flexibility and potential star trades. 25:56Julius Randle's new 2+1 deal in Minnesota—fit, cap impact, and comparison to Towns. 30:21Malik Beasley under federal investigation—what it means for the Pistons. 35:28Detroit's shifting cap space plans and options on the wing. 38:04Nikhil Alexander-Walker's market and potential destinations. 39:49Simone Fontecchio's trade market. 40:51James Harden's new 1+1 contract with partial guarantee—structure and implications. 41:32Sam Amick reports LeBron and Lakers didn't discuss extensions—what does it mean? 47:16Utah sends Collin Sexton to Charlotte for Jusuf Nurkic—trade analysis. 48:00Why Utah made the move and what it means for their tanking effort. 50:00Sexton's fit in Charlotte and how this impacts their offseason approach. 55:04Deandre Ayton bought out in Portland—next steps and potential suitors. 58:00Ranking Ayton among free agent centers. 1:00:30Bobby Portis re-signs in Milwaukee—value analysis and cap context. 1:01:21Option decisions around the league: Jaylin Williams (OKC), Moe Wagner, Caleb Houstan, and others. 1:06:13Tribute to Bojan Bogdanović as he retires. 1:10:00OKC's Jaylin Williams deal—cap impact and backup center fit. 1:11:39Quentin Grimes seeking $25M annually—what's his market? 1:27:29Duncan Robinson declines ETO—what are Miami's options now? 1:31:27Wrap-up and preview of Day 1 of free agency. 1:34:00  Join Dunc'd On Prime! It's the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMYou can get 35% off a year membership to Dunc'd On Prime in honor of the legendary Mock Offseason episode with code mockoffseason2025.Subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see watch this free pod twice a week.Or, sign up for our FREE mailing list to get Dan Feldman's Daily Duncs with all the major topics around the league twice a week.