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Apr 12
1h 29m

NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers ...

THE ATHLETIC
About this episode

Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of NBA Basketball and bring back the Slammies, the made up NBA Awards we've done the last 4 seasons. Then they are joined by Mike Richman of Locked on Blazers to discuss the Portland Trailblazers and their fun unexpected season, Scoot Henderson's potential, the lottery and much more. Then the boys play a fun edition of Andrew vs. the Beat, a trivia game where Andrew is pitted against a beat writer.


Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers

With: Mike Richman

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio/Video Editor: Jake Kleinberg

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