{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic NBA Daily","slug":"the-athletic-nba-daily-529354","podcast_index_feed_id":529354,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833/1774730840738-f98f6396-6203-4925-97bf-d79a38383850.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":2215,"summary":"Start your day with The Athletic NBA Daily – a fast, entertaining recap of the most important games and stories from the world of professional basketball with new episodes dropping Monday through Friday. Hosted by Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Esfandiar Baraheni with regular appearances by The Athletic’s award-winning NBA reporters. Andrew Schlecht and Alex Spears cap the week with the full-length Saturday Slam n’ Jam episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T20:21:22.066005+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354"},"episode":{"title":"Mock Draft with Ben Pfeifer","slug":"mock-draft-with-ben-pfeifer","published_at":"2026-06-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/mock-draft-with-ben-pfeifer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-nba-daily/episodes/mock-draft-with-ben-pfeifer","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833/e/6a38f2ee0a50343743240984/media.mp3","summary":"The NBA Draft is just days away and Es Baraheni is here with guest and NBA Draft expert Ben Pfeifer to discuss the draft through a first round mock draft. Es and Ben discuss which players will go in the lottery, and how good the 2026 draft class is. Why Cam Boozer, AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson could change franchises. Which guard in the 5-10 range will make the biggest difference? Which late lottery pick is the biggest sleeper? Host: Es Baraheni With: Ben Pfeifer Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio/Video Edit: Alex Oliver Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The NBA Draft is just days away and Es Baraheni is here with guest and NBA Draft expert Ben Pfeifer to discuss the draft through a first round mock draft.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3433,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/episodes/mock-draft-with-ben-pfeifer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/mock-draft-with-ben-pfeifer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}