# Shams Charania on the Craziest Stories He’s Reported, NBA Tanking & Expansion, and His Media Career

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Podcast: [The Old Man and the Three](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-man-and-the-three-551471)
Published: 2026-03-20T10:00:00+00:00
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On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we welcome ESPN’s Shams Charania! Shams shares some of the craziest stories he’s ever reported on (including Chauncey Billups’s arrest, Trump having Covid, and Anthony Davis and Kevin Durant trades), an in-depth perspective on tanking and expansion in the NBA, his career journey (which started as a high school student reporting on the league), his approach to which reports are worth sharing, and so much more! Let’s go! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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