The Old Man and the Three with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter

On this Monday’s Old Man and the Three Things, Tim Legler returns to the show with JJ to break down Devin Booker’s game-winner and how great the Suns offense looks, why it’s time to recognize that Jalen Brunson is an elite point guard, and the outstanding play and contributions from Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're thrilled to welcome Tim Legler and Richard Jefferson back on The Old Man and the Three this week. The guys get in-depth about so many different topics, including James Harden's career and what a successful future looks like for him, what a Post-LeBron and Post-Steph NBA looks like, who in the league currently has the realistic potential to be a top-10 all-time talent, the talk of expansion teams, and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s Monday, so that means we’re back with The Old Man and The Three Things. Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. of The Dunker Spot return to discuss with JJ the latest from the past week of NBA action, including how it seems Dame and the Bucks are figuring it out, checking in on how everyone feels about the Heat, Cavs, Knicks, Thunder, and Lakers, plus the impressive return of De’Aaron Fox. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are psyched to welcome in the OG correspondent, Tyrese Haliburton (The Indiana Pacers) to answer questions from our fans. First up, JJ talks about the likelihood of The Pacers breaking into the upper tier of The Eastern Conference contenders, then Tyrese joins to give praise to Tyrese Maxey of The Philadelphia 76ers and Jrue Holiday of The Boston Celtics. Then Tyrese and JJ talk about The NBA's weird string of calling technical fouls for "taunting" (like Giannis Antetokounmpo and ANT). They then dig into the Indiana Pacers early success and what it feels like to finally be winning in The NBA, his takeaway from playing Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs), people who have tried to fix his jump shot and who JJ and Tyrese would pick as the third member of their 3-on-3 team. Let's go! Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another episode of The Old Man and The Three Things. Steve Jones Jr. and Nekias Duncan of The Dunker Spot return this week to break down the Wolves having the best defense in the league and what they still need to figure out in the Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert, the vibe shift with the Sixers since the start of the season, and what the Magic can build on since the start of their season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are thrilled to welcome to the podcast, commissioner of the NBA, Adam Silver. We were lucky enough to get 45 mins with Adam to talk through so many things surrounding the league. Let's get to it. Topics include: JJ and Tommy open up the pod talking about the first week of the In-Season Tournament. Then Adam joins the pod and we open up talking about how he manages his time. We also get into the in-season tournament, NBA Twitter, the league's approach to fixing the load management problem, refocusing the NBA on basketball itself, how NBA media (including our pod) can do a better job talking about the NBA and basketball, his personal experience with the Donald Sterling situation, Adam's biggest regrets as commissioner and so much more. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another episode of The Old Man and The Three Things. This week on OM3 Things, we welcome in Steve Jones and Nekias Duncan of The Dunker Spot to talk about our big week 2 takeaways. First up, Nekias talks about "The Scottie Leap" and what he's seen from Scottie Barnes that's made him optimistic about this season for him and the Toronto Raptors. Then Steve opens up a discussion about the Milwaukee Bucks poor defense this season due to the Jrue Holiday / Damian Lillard trade. And finally JJ Redick talks about the kind of player he'd like to see The Philadelphia 76ers trade for to pair with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. Spoiler - it's not a superstar. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are so psyched to welcome one of our favorite players, Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder. In this episode, we first dive deep into the James Harden trade and what it means for The Philadelphia 76ers and The Los Angeles Clippers. Then Jalen joins us and we have an incredible convo. Topics include: The Oklahoma City Thunder's sudden high expectations, what Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is really like as a teammate and how SGA grows each year, Chet Holmgren's competitive edge, battling against Victor Wembanyama, an incredible story about talking trash to Mark Daigneault before he became head coach, the Team USA experience, how Jalen is growing this offseason, being under recruited in high school, what he felt when he was drafted by The Thunder, how he feels about Oklahoma City as a place and much more. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Big news... The Old Man and The Three Things is now available on our main feed! We will be publishing every Monday with JJ and either Tim Legler or Steve Jones and Nekias Duncan of The Dunker Spot. We want to make this THE place for NBA sickos. On today's episode, we're joined by Tim Legler to talk about our Week 1 takeaways from this young NBA season. First up, Tim talks about his biggest x-factor in this entire NBA - Tyrese Maxey and why, given his play so far, The Philadelphia 76ers and Joel Embiid don't need James Harden. Then JJ talks about the thrilling play of Luka Doncic and The Dallas Mavericks and how... they might not actually need tremendous defense to compete. Then JJ talks about how impressed he's been with Jalen Duren and Tim Legler talks about the steady hand of Chris Paul helping with The Golden State Warriors offense. And finally, Tim talks about how much he's loved watching Kristaps Porzingis on The Boston Celtics and JJ praises the undeniable Nikola Jokic and The Denver Nuggets. Be sure to subscribe to us on Amazon Music, YouTube.com/JJRedick or wherever you get your podcasts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The NBA season starts today! And we are so psyched to welcome in NBA genius analysis Zach Lowe. Let's waste no time and get to it. Topics include: offseason trades of Damian Lillard to The Milwaukee Bucks to Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics, how much Zach believes in Chris Paul to The Golden State Warriors, how Bradley Beal helps Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns the looming James Harden Philadelphia 76ers question and whether Harden moves the needle for a team like The Los Angeles Clippers, why the guys aren't super high on Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and The Dallas Mavericks, plus other favorites like LeBron James, Anthony Davis and The Los Angeles Lakers and why Nikola Jokic and The Denver Nuggets could have a VERY good repeat season, Zach sharing what teams he’s excited about in his NBA League Pass rankings and why, discussing with JJ what teams could realistically make the conference finals and which teams they might be higher on than others, the new rules limiting players from sitting back-to-backs, and so much more. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are so psyched so welcome in agent, Rich Paul to The Old Man and The Three. Topics include: His memoir "Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds" and why he decided to write it, Rich's upbringing and the lessons he learned from his neighborhood, how he came to represent so many athletes like LeBron James (The Los Angeles Lakers), Anthony Davis and more, negotiating the notorious Eric Bledsoe deal, player empowerment and what that really means, why he decided to build Klutch Sports Group, how Rich could sense that LeBron could live up to the "chosen one" nickname on and off the court, what he's learned from all these deals he's negotiated and his craziest gambling stories. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion are back! And this time they’re combing through all the NBA news from the past week and handing out six pop culture-themed trophies to six basketball-related activities. Every week, superlatives will reign down on basketball culture like Steph Curry threes when Jason and Shea dish out hoops honors like they’re Stockton to Malone running a pick & roll. Was that too many analogies for one sentence? Hell yes, but get used to it! On this new NBA pop culture show from Wondery, the guys will honor the most magical and messy moments from the NBA and beyond by handing out hardware like “The Step Brothers Catalina Wine Mixer” Trophy for the matchup they’re most excited about. Or “The Liam Neeson ‘I Have a Very Particular Set of Skills’ Trophy given to an aging player who proves they still got it. And on and on. Till the break of dawn. Enjoy Six Trophies with Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion wherever you get your podcasts: Wondery.fm/SIX See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are so psyched to welcome in Philadelphia 76ers guard, Tyrese Maxey today. Tyrese was such an awesome interview and we're really grateful that he sat down with us. Let's get to it. Topics include: JJ gives his take on the 76ers chances at a championship and Embiid's chances at MVP, then Tyrese comes on to talk about his new friendship with JJ (and why he recently gave JJ a cold shoulder), how he stays positive during tough times on the 76ers, how he's handled the James Harden trade request situation and what he's learned from The Ben Simmons trade request situation, how he's grown as a shooter and scorer, learning how to play with Joel Embiid, how Joel has grown into a wonderful leader for the 76ers, his time at Kentucky with John Calipari, learning from crucial playoff losses, how it's been with Nick Nurse so far and much more. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. #nba #philadelphia76ers #tyresemaxey See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The coaching series is BACK and this week we're delighted to welcome in, Boston Celtics Head Coach, Joe Mazzulla. Joe was gracious enough to give us an hour of his time to cover all sorts of things. So without further ado, let's get into it. Topics include: JJ's thoughts on the tier 1 teams in The NBA including The Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and more, then Joe joins us to talk through his sudden rise to becoming head coach of The Celtics, his recruitment of JJ to join his coaching staff, what he did to lead his team through the firing of Ime Udoka last season, how an introvert handles being a head coach, his D2 coaching journey and how he broke into the NBA, learning from his mistakes and building relationships with players, what he learned about last NBA season, his strategy of not calling timeouts at pivotal moments last season, teaching Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, integrating Kristaps Porzingis into the offense, reacting to The Milwaukee Bucks having both Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo, his mindset heading into this upcoming NBA season and what he learned from his father and how he applies it to coaching. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our guest this week is our neighbor on The Brooklyn Nets, Cam Johnson. It's not typical that such a young player has so much insight into the NBA. We're pumped for this episode so let's get into it. Topics include: The UNC North Carolina vs. Duke rivalry, Team USA's loss in the FIBA World Cup, what he learned from Monty WIlliams and why he thinks The Detroit Pistons will shine under him, an in depth conversation about intricacies of shooting a basketball, when he realized Devin Booker is the real deal, what he expects from Mikal Bridges, Ben Simmons and The Brooklyn Nets this season and so much more. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We have an action packed episode of The Old Man and The Three with special guests Andre Iguodala (The Golden State Warriors) and Evan Turner of The Point Forward Podcast. This is a wildly entertaining episode so buckle up. Topics include: What white players like JJ do to get themselves pumped up before NBA games, the way the game has changed since they first got into the league to now, Iggy on weighing out playing or retiring from the NBA, the best NBA cultures they've ever been a part of, Iggy on the good and the bad of Heat Culture, real talk about the Jordan Poole situation in Golden State (with Draymond Green, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson), why 'embracing your role' can be a challenge if you get drafted by the wrong team, Evan's honest assessment on Sam Hinkie and The Process Philadelphia 76ers, the negative impact of the supermax deal, why Iggy thinks Philly should've been fined the same as James Harden, more talk about white players in the NBA, the time a truck crashed into Evan Turner's swimming pool in Portland and JJ gives his take about how Chris Paul will help The Warriors. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Finally, we have "notable" WNBA and NBA announcer, Ryan Roucco on the pod for a bonus episode of The Old Man and The Three to talk all things WNBA Playoffs. Topics include: Ryan talks about whether the Las Vegas Aces are truly "inevitable", the phenomenal play of A'ja Wilson and why Candace Parker's injury is very underrated, the guys then talk about The New York Liberty's incredible season behind Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu, then we get into why Alyssa Thomas is a deserving MVP candidate leading the Connecticut Sun to an amazing season and finally why The Dallas Wings have the best chance to upset one of the favorites to make a deep playoff run. This bonus episode of The Old Man & the Three is brought to you by ​​Nike. Sabrina Ionescu just launched her Nike signature shoe, the Sabrina 1’s. Get ‘em on Nike.com or at select Nike stores. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's another day here in OM3 world and we're psyched welcome in Milwaukee Bucks star, Khris Middleton. Khris was gracias enough to sit down for his very first podcast interview. Let's get to it. Topics include: JJ's intro on Milwaukee's ability to compete in the future, Khris Middleton on last year's playoff disappointment, playoff Jimmy going OFF on The Bucks, Giannis' comments last year about "failure", his stressful NBA draft story, the growth and development between he and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the batman vs. robin media narrative with he and Giannis and how they've learned to play together, why the series against Kevin Durant and The Brooklyn Nets was SO stressful, the key moments from that playoff run that led to an NBA Championship, what he learned from becoming a champion, why he tries to stay out of the limelight, and the most gratifying part of his NBA career. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to a very special episode of The Old Man and The Three with special guest, New York Liberty guard, Sabrina Ionescu. In this episode, Sabrina talks about the upcoming playoffs, winning the Commissioner's Cup, the budding rivalry between the Liberty and The Las Vegas Aces, what her teammate Breanna Stewart brings to The Liberty, how awesome A'ja Wilson has been this season, her INCREDIBLE 3-point contest performance and taking a closer look at her brand new Nike signature shoe - the Sabrina 1s'. This bonus episode of The Old Man & the Three is brought to you by ​​Nike. Sabrina Ionescu just launched her Nike signature shoe, the Sabrina 1’s. Get ‘em on Nike.com or at select Nike stores. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to a very special episode of The Old Man and The Three where we're previewing the WNBA playoffs by highlighting our some of our favorite players with Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. from The Dunker Spot. First we start with the defending champs - Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson, Candace Parker and The Las Vegas Aces. Then we dive into their biggest competition heading into the playoffs - Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones and The New York Liberty. We also talk about the teams looking to upset like Alyssa Thomas and The Connecticut Sun. And finally, which players are going to be the biggest wild cards, outside of those three teams, that could really shake up the playoffs. This bonus episode of The Old Man & the Three is brought to you by ​​Nike. Sabrina Ionescu just launched her Nike signature shoe, the Sabrina 1’s. Get ‘em on Nike.com or at select Nike stores. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.