The Woj Pod

Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins joins The Woj Pod to discuss Ja Morant (10:41), the influences of Mike Budenholzer, Quin Snyder and Gregg Popovich, how he had to convince RC Buford to let him become a G League assistant (19:46), building your voice as an NBA coach. Plus, Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., visit for a mini-pod together (38:22). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Max Kellerman joins The Woj Pod to discuss the Sixers trajectory, Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, James Dolan's Knicks (24:47), Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis (33:31) and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Woj Pod Live at an unforgettable 2020 All-Star Game in Chicago: Trae Young, Joel Embiid, Pascal Siakam and Nick Nurse. Plus ESPN's Malika Andrews and Tim Bontemps on Kobe Bryant's imprint on the weekend, the dramatic game and the stretch run for Lakers and Clippers, Bucks and rest of East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clippers guard Patrick Beverley joins The Woj Pod to discuss his path to the NBA, his reaction to the Clippers landing Kawhi Leonard and Paul George this summer (11:33), and his Chicago upbringing. Plus, ESPN's Jackie MacMullan and The Ringer's Ryen Russillo join the conversation to discuss the battle in LA for supremacy in the West (25:54), much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Zach Lowe joins The Woj Pod as part of The Woj & Lowe Show to discuss the arms race between the LA teams (2:59), a sleeper team for Andre Igoudala (13:42), trades they want to see happen (20:40), and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's NBA front-office insider Bobby Marks joins The Woj Pod to discuss the latest on how Western Conference teams will factor into Thursday's NBA Trade Deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's NBA front-office insider Bobby Marks joins The Woj Pod to discuss the latest on how Eastern Conference teams will factor into Thursday's NBA Trade Deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Ramona Shelburne joins The Woj Pod as both share reaction, memories and context on the death of Kobe Bryant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zion Williamson (0:29), David Griffin (5:41) and Alvin Gentry (14:35) join The Woj Pod on the night of the No. 1 pick's debut in New Orleans to go inside the comeback, the debut, the wild fourth quarter, the decision to pull him out of the game, his body and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown joins The Woj Pod for an illuminating conversation on his rapid pro trajectory to stardom, the challenge of playing pro sports in Boston (31:10), Kemba Walker's leadership (34:27), his perspective and work on improving education for low-income American children, why he didn't hire an agent out of college (13:08), starting to negotiate his own contract extension, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milwaukee Bucks GM Jon Horst joins The Woj Pod to discuss his franchise's chase for a championship, the genius of Giannis Antetokounmpo, the plan to keep the Greek Freak long-term (6:34) and Horst's first job as a trailer park manager (21:51). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spurs guard Patty Mills joins The Woj Pod to discuss the devastating wild fires in Australia (2:15), his memories from the back-to-back Finals match ups with the Heat (19:28), what it's like to have Tim Duncan back in the building as an assistant coach (35:36), and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Jalen Rose joins The Woj Pod to discuss the NBA life and legacy of late Commissioner David Stern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young joins The Woj Pod to discuss his rise toward NBA stardom, his wild college season with the Oklahoma Sooners (16:19), hanging out with Baker Mayfield (24:28), his childhood studying Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in OKC (7:45), the Hawks rebuilding and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Zach Lowe joins The Woj Pod as part of The Woj & Lowe Show to discuss the trade market now that players who signed deals over the summer are eligible to be moved (1:43). Plus, a bonus segment assessing the trade options for the Heat, Jazz, and others (27:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brooklyn Nets forward Taurean Prince joins The Woj Pod to discuss the state of the Nets (1:58), the future with Kyrie and KG, his incredible journey from homelessness to the NBA (8:46), and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti joins The Woj Pod to discuss the decision making process behind trading Paul George and Russell Westbrook this summer (1:54), how volatility is the new normal in the NBA (22:56), the myriad ways in which his job has changed since becoming the GM at 29 (46:03), and the lessons he learned while playing at Emerson College under Hank Smith (50:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Zach Lowe joins The Woj Pod to discuss the framework of the NBA's negotiations with the NBPA on dramatic changes in the NBA schedule and calendar - including a 78 game schedule, a 30-team in season-tournament (7:57), a play-in round for the 7th and 8th seeds in the conference playoffs (19:36) and a reseeding of the conference finals (1:29). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Tim MacMahon, draft analyst Jonathan Givony and ex-Mavericks player development director Mike Procopio join The Woj Pod to discuss the emergence of Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic, including his rapid ascent into an MVP candidate, his draft evaluation as a European prodigy (4:39), Dirk Nowitzki's influence (24:23), the 2018 NBA draft night drama surrounding Doncic (13:02) and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NBA All-Star and G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim joins The Woj Pod to discuss the NBA minor league's impact on the NBA , life as an original Vancouver Grizzly (14:44), the gold medal run with the USA's 2000 Sydney Olympic team (21:54), living as a Muslim in America (36:01), and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Washington Wizards All-Star Bradley Beal joins The Woj Pod to discuss the evolution of his relationship with John Wall (18:30), Ray Allen's summer advice (3:15), what Paul Pierce taught him as a teammate (28:50), the responsibilities of a franchise player in good times and bad, and why he chose Billy Donovan at Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard joins The Woj Pod to discuss Victor Oladipo's progress on a return (1:51), winning with a low payroll (13:53), Larry Bird (22:04) and winning a national title at Kansas as part of Danny (Manning) and The Miracles (28:08). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryen Russillo of The Ringer joins The Woj Pod to discuss the early season of the NBA, including Lakers-Clippers (6:56), Warriors struggles (41:19), Harden and Westbrook (14:13), Kyrie Irving and the Nets (31:09), the Trae Young-Luka Doncic debate, Giannis and the Bucks, and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Golden State star Draymond Green and President/GM Bob Myers join The Woj Pod for an illuminating window into the Warriors' championship run (6:06), including the relationships and dynamics that propelled historic highs and combustible episodes- including an introspective and raw examination around the final season with Kevin Durant (20:22). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol joins The Woj Pod to discuss his whirlwind championship run with the Raptors, the difficulty of leaving Mike Conley Jr. and the city of Memphis (6:16), his commitment to playing for the Spanish national team (22:30), and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN analyst Doris Burke joins The Woj Pod to discuss the LeBron James installment of the NBA's China drama, the Lakers and Clippers, her intrigue with the Utah Jazz (17:21), the post-Kyrie Irving Boston Celtics (20:39), the quagmire surrounding state of the Knicks (29:34), and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Zach Lowe joins The Woj Pod as part of The Woj & Lowe Show, digging into the fallout of NBA and China relations in the aftermath of Daryl Morey's tweet and Adam Silver's statements, the legitimate championship contenders, trade candidates and the latest on the rookie contract extension class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cavaliers coach John Beilein joins The Woj Pod to discuss his transition to the NBA at 66 years old, including a four decades journey from high school and small college coaching to the pinnacle of the profession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trainer Rob McClanaghan joins The Woj Pod to discuss his decade in the NBA working with the league's biggest stars - including Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Derrick Rose, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook - and his close proximity to some of the biggest free agent and NBA Draft stories of recent years. McClanaghan's new book, "Net Work: Training The NBA's Best and Finding the Keys to Greatness," is available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lonzo Ball joins the Woj Pod to discuss joining the Pelicans, leaving the Lakers, Ball family matters, throwing lobs to Zion and how he's taken full control of his professional life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Brian Windhorst joins The Woj Pod to dig deep into the NBA's strengthening of penalties and enforcement of tampering and salary cap circumvention, the practical impact it could have on free agency, the unregulated world of player-to-player tampering, flipping the order of free agency and the NBA Draft, why the elimination of the one-and-done draft rule remains stalled and Woj's most expensive phone bill ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two NBA championship coaches -- Doc Rivers and Erik Spoelstra -- join The Woj Pod to discuss a series of topics in a high-level conversation, including the coaching craft, the Celtics-Heat rivalry, the impact of Pat Riley in their careers, ownership and management support, the lack of NBA coaches in the Hall of Fame and the changes they've had to make as coaches with the shorter attention spans of the modern NBA players, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Ramona Shelburne joins The Woj Pod to go inside the reporting and making of her new 30 For 30 Podcasts series, "The Sterling Affairs," including Sterling's obsession with Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Donald Trump, why he wanted to kill a JJ Redick deal, how the NBA allowed him to exist as an owner for decades, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum joins The Woj Pod to discuss the wild Western Conference, his $100M contract extension, what would've changed his mind on playing USA Basketball this summer, the Blazers, NBA officiating, the Cleveland Browns, redrafting his 2013 NBA Draft Class, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Denver Nuggets GM Arturas Karnisovas joins the Woj Pod to discuss the Western Conference arms race, the discovery and development of All-NBA center Nikola Jokic, the evolution of scouting perceptions toward European prospects, the KGB's role in allowing him to be the first USSR-born player to be allowed to leave for college basketball, playing against the Dream Team in the 1992 Olympics with Sabonis and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Washington Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard joins The Woj Pod to discuss the future of Bradley Beal and John Wall, changing the way the franchise does business, mining the international talent pool, the influence of Mike D'Antoni on his career, working for Tark at UNLV and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni joins The Woj Pod to discuss the Chris Paul/Russell Westbrook trade, tensions within the Rockets locker room, why James Harden's voice is so important in personnel decisions, coaching the season without an extension, how he's had to compromise his offensive system to fit Harden's talents, working for a new, hands-on owner and a lingering regret of how he coached the Suns/Spurs battles a decade ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Orleans Pelicans EVP of Basketball Operations David Griffin joins Adrian Wojnarowski to go inside the Anthony Davis trade, the art of the superstar trade, the rapidly changing discipline of NBA team building, why the journey to the Cavaliers 2016 championship missed joy and Zion Williamson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Conley joins Adrian Wojnarowski to reflect on being traded from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Utah Jazz, the realization that his time in Memphis was coming to an end, Marc Gasol's trade mid-season to Toronto and winning the title, and free agency's change to the league dynamics. Then, new Jazz GM Justin Zanik stops by to discuss how the Conley trade came together, the fluidity of free agents like Nikola Mirotic and parity in the coming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a crossover edition of The Lowe Post and The Woj Pod, Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe react to the Kawhi Leonard signing and Paul George trade. The two NBA insiders discuss how these deals immediately change the league, when Leonard targeted George as the guy he wanted to pair with, Oklahoma City's cloudy future, who could be in the market for Russell Westbrook if he's made available, how Toronto will move forward and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ramona Shelburne joins Adrian Wojnarowski to talk about how Kevin Durant's relationship with the Warriors deteriorated throughout the course of this past season and why he felt like an outsider on Stephen Curry's team. Then, the two NBA insiders discuss the future of Durant's new team, the Brooklyn Nets, and the remarkable turnaround of the franchise as compared to their crosstown opponents, the New York Knicks, who traded Kristaps Porzingis and failed to land any big-name free agents. Plus, Adrian and Ramona lay out Kawhi Leonard's options and what's at stake for each team, as well as Leonard's own legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shortly after Adrian Wojnarowski breaks the news of a deal to sign with the Lakers, Jared Dudley joins The Woj Pod to openly recruit Kawhi Leonard to the Lakers over the Clippers, why LeBron James had to sign off on Dudley's desire for a deal, his old Brooklyn Nets recruiting Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, how a James/Anthony Davis/Kawhi Leonard Big 3 would be measured in history, his desire to play an enforcer role with the Lakers stars, his history in San Diego with Leonard and much, much more on the Woj Pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Brian Windhorst joins Woj to discuss tampering in free agency, how Nikola Mirotic leaving for the EuroLeague helped Bojan Bogdanovic, the speed at which free agency "ended" this year, if this is the end of the super-team era and if there should be a franchise tag in NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On ESPN's debut of The Woj Pod, Ryen Russillo joins Woj to break down the latest in NBA free agency including the Nets going all-in for KD and Kyrie, discuss the Jazz's chances with the Mike Conley trade and what to make of the Sixers with Jimmy Butler headed to Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's front office insider Bobby Marks joins The Woj Pod to discuss the countdown to NBA free agency, including the constructing of super teams, Kemba Walker and the Celtics, the question of spending restraint for teams with major cap space, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN NBA Draft Analyst Mike Schmitz joins The Woj Pod to set the stage for Thursday's draft in Brooklyn, New Orleans shopping the No. 4 pick, Toronto winning a championship without a lottery pick on the roster, Lonzo Ball's and Brandon Ingram's next steps in New Orleans, what LaMelo Ball needs to learn playing professionally in Australia, Africa's growing pool of big-time basketball talent and RJ Barrett and the Knicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's front office insider Bobby Marks joins The Woj Pod to discuss Kevin Durant's impending return in Game 5, Kawhi Leonard's remarkable impact on the Raptors franchise, Masai Ujiri's decisions, Golden State's future and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sixers guard TJ McConnell joins The Woj Pod to discuss Sixers playoff run, Brett Brown, his improbable journey as an NBA player and his summer free agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams joins The Woj Pod to discuss choosing the Suns over the Lakers, Robert Sarver, how personal tragedy changed his life and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas joins The Woj Pod on taking over the Wolves, KAT, the Rockets years including the James Harden trade, Yao, Daryl a Morey, his roots in Colombia, and the privilege and responsibility of becoming the NBA's first Latin top basketball executive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices