{"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":"Why would LeBron leave the Lakers?","slug":"will-lebron-james-return-to-the-lakers","published_at":"2026-06-30T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/will-lebron-james-return-to-the-lakers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-nba-daily/episodes/will-lebron-james-return-to-the-lakers","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833/e/6a436cb03f8c1ab4f2bb0c30/media.mp3","summary":"The rumors surrounding the future of LeBron James are swirling around the Golden State Warriors convincing. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Dan Woike take a look at the odds of the Lakers retaining LeBron and discuss Austin Reaves' big contract. Then, they take a look at how the Lakers fill their roster, who replaces Marcus Smart, and the crucial decision Los Angeles has to make at center. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/eme2tPcUM2 Host: Dave DuFour With: Zena Keita and Dan Woike Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The rumors surrounding the future of LeBron James are swirling around the Golden State Warriors convincing. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Dan Woike take a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1449,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/episodes/will-lebron-james-return-to-the-lakers/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/will-lebron-james-return-to-the-lakers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}