Basketball Illuminati

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes praise Kris Dunn for his commitment to guarding Steph Curry. What's behind Trae Young's change of heart about a potential trade to the Washington Wizards? Follow the money. Truth Tellers Nick Altschuller and Rich Levine, who created the 30 for 30 podcast Chasing Basketball Heaven, present the mysterious Martin Manley and share some choice de...

Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Anthony Mayes know that "The Rules Bes The Rules". ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week's docket, Do You Believe: The Spurs Are Better Than The Thunder? Nikola Jokic Will Break The 65 Game Rule? The Clippers Are Back? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Count T...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes really want to know why Luke is apologizing to Adrian Wojnarowski. Nikola Jokic went down with an ugly looking knee hyperextension, but is it good news or bad news? Reporting can be deceiving. Finally, we turn our third eyes backwards to revisit some of our favorite stories and episodes of the year. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Illuminati YouTube⁠⁠...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes welcome back referee Eric Lewis out of retirement. The NBA has implemented policy changes for injury reporting and is reviewing proposals to end tanking, but will these measures actually do anything? On Sunday December 14th, the Atlanta Hawks led the Philadelphia 76ers by 1 point with 2.5 seconds left. The ensuing possession sparked controve...

Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre know that ubuntu means throwing your teammate under the bus. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week's docket, Do You Believe: The Knicks Will Make The NBA Finals? The NBA Is Bluffing About Leaving Las Vegas? Joe Lacob Knew His Email Would Be Leaked? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes give you a lesson in NBA terminology, as Chris Paul's dismissal from the Clippers is the perfect example of a 'Locker Room Lawyer' in action. Truth Teller Vincent Goodwill of ESPN is here to fix your league. Fresh off a 6 day stint in Vegas covering the NBA Cup, Vinnie gives us boots on the grounds coverage of the tournament, it's future and...

Only one of Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre was given a shout out by Kevin Harlan on the broadcast last night. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week's docket, Do You Believe: The Celtics Should Bring Back Jayson Tatum? The Thunder Winning Would Be Good For The NBA Cup? The Lakers Are Title Contenders? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes have their third eyes open to Kalshi and Polymarket endorsing sports parody accounts like Ballsack Sports. Comedian Joe Zimmerman joins the program to discuss his revolutionary proposal to solve height fraud and fix competitive basketball once and for all. We also figure out what constitutes a comedian draft class, why a comedy sports show h...

Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre just found out they're being sent home. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week's docket, Do You Believe: Giannis Is Really Injured? In The Toronto Raptors? Chris Paul Will Get To Finish His Farewell Tour? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Pa...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes wonder if Dillon Brooks can sneak his way into the All Star Game. Blame Canada! Sean Patrick Griffin, criminal justice professor and author of Gaming The Game returns to examine the current NBA gambling indictments through the lens of the Tim Donaghy scandal, comparing the scale of the bets and explaining how legalized sports betting and pro...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes go deep into the memory banks with Truth Teller Ethan Strauss of ⁠House of Strauss⁠, as Klay Thompson chirping at Ja Morant and Kenyon Martin coming after Draymond Green stir up old memories of Ethan's beat reporter days. After a behind the scenes look at working for the many headed hydra that is ESPN, we also question fan bandwidth in the w...

Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre, unlike the Brooklyn Nets, want Michael Porter Jr. to keep podcasting as much as possible. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week's docket, Do You Believe: The Detroit Pistons Will Win The East? The Phoenix Suns Are A Different Team With A Different Culture? The Atlanta Hawks Are Better Without Trae Young? Basketball Illumin...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes use their third eyes to see past the preponderance of calf strain announcements and connect the dots to what's really going on. Truth Teller Jared Weiss of The Athletic is boots on the ground in San Antonio to tell us Wemby's real height and injury status, what it's like to watch Steph Curry go nuclear and how to be a victor, not a victim. B...

Zach Harper, Mo Dakhil and Wosny Lambre are back together again after a long hiatus to talk about... the Kings? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Do You Believe? On YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week's docket, Do You Believe: Nico Harrison was scapegoated by Patrick Dumont? The Orlando Magic defensive identity will be fixed? The Clippers will miss the playoffs? Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Di...

Tom Haberstroh and Amin Elhassan attempt to get producer Anthony Mayes up to speed on the latest NBA happenings after his time away. Draymond Green believes the Warriors have too many personal agendas. Truth Teller Jason Gallagher of ThreeFourTwo Productions returns triumphant as Nico Harrison has been unceremoniously ejected from his position as GM of the Dallas Mavericks, 282 days after the dumb...

Basketball Illuminati will return with a full length episode next week, but in the meantime Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes turn over the reigns of the podcast to their intern, Chad, for an investigation into Wemby's extraterrestrial height fraud. Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

If you've been a member of the Illumination since at least July, your third eye has been open to NBA gambling issues long before last week's arrests. Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes attempt to clear up the confusion surrounding Terry Rozier's status. Truth Teller Nate Jones of Goodwin Sports joins us to discuss the league's new broadcast partners at NBC and Amazon, Anthony...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes react to opening night, a mysterious timeout that was never called, the return of pageantry, Michael Jordan's segment and Wemby's mysterious height. Truth Teller Yaron Weitzman joins the program to discuss his new book A Hollywood Ending, which features some amazing stories from behind the scenes of all the prestige drama that has transpired...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes woke up early to crush through Mark Cuban's second appearance on PTFO, and they didn't use ChatGPT to summarize it for you. Truth Teller Michael C. Wright of ESPN joins us to discuss his story about Victor Wembenyama's ambitious and diverse summer activities, react live to Harrison Barnes' AI music video and announce his upcoming Texas two s...

Tom Haberstroh and producer Anthony Mayes have no contemplation of replacing Amin Elhassan in the Illuminarmy, just like Adam Silver has no contemplation to move the All Star Game. Truth Teller Travonne Edwards of Greatest of their Era joins to discuss the absurd reaction to LeBron James' "Decision of all Decisions", Michael Jordan's future as a broadcaster on NBC and who should trade for Giannis....

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes cast the dramatization of this Pablo Torre Finds Out saga into a miniseries. Truth Teller Henry Abbott of TrueHoop and author of Ballistic joins us to propose his diabolical plan to penalize Steve Ballmer that should satisfy all parties involved. Henry also recalls his encounters with David Stern and wild Donald Sterling detail that was edit...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes react to the BRUTAL news about Fred Van Vleet's ACL injury and it's affect on the Rockets championship aspirations. Truth Teller Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star gives us the inside scoop on his story that details exactly what Uncle Dennis and Kawhi Leonard's camp asked for from the Toronto Raptors when negotiating as a free agent in the sum...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes are betting on themselves and taking the qualifying offer! Adam Silver's press conference last week provided one hell of a promotional clip for the aggregators, and not in the way he would have wanted. Truth Teller Wosny Lambre of the Ringer walks us down memory lane to his previous attempts to interview Kawhi Leonard, including an 8 am driv...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes have identified their new favorite phrase that keeps popping up all over the place, and even consider renaming Tom's Research segment. Truth Teller Law Murray of The Athletic joins us to dig deeper into the Kawhi Leonard / Clippers cap circumvention situation that provides a boundless level of intrigue. If the allegations levied by Pablo Tor...

Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes have defeated every rival when it comes to analyzing LeBron's latest 'Forever King' commercial. Truth Teller Ben Detrick of Cookies Hoops joins the program to reminisce about the bygone era of AND1 Mixtapes and streetball, especially in contrast to the current state of affairs in an NBA full of what he describes as "nepo babies, foreign gian...