{"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":"NBA Mock Draft Dissection with Sam Vecenie","slug":"nba-mock-draft-dissection-with-sam-vecenie","published_at":"2026-06-20T08:00:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/nba-mock-draft-dissection-with-sam-vecenie","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-nba-daily/episodes/nba-mock-draft-dissection-with-sam-vecenie","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833/e/6a35a9664339c2a7d3dd9bd0/media.mp3","summary":"The 2026 NBA Draft has been called one of the deepest in recent years and Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are back for another episode of the Saturday Slam N Jam. This time Sam Vecenie from the Athletic joins to help walk the guys through his most recent mock draft and dissect it with questions they have about multiple draft prospects. Is Caleb Wilson’s downside being ignored? Why is Yaxel falling on draft boards? Morez on the rise? And which late round prospects could make an impact? Then the guys finish with another round of Andrew vs. the Beat. Host: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers With: Sam Vecenie Producer: Andrew Schlecht Video Producer: Monica Compton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The 2026 NBA Draft has been called one of the deepest in recent years and Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are back for another episode of the Saturday Sla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6229,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/episodes/nba-mock-draft-dissection-with-sam-vecenie/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/nba-mock-draft-dissection-with-sam-vecenie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}