The Old Man and the Three

This week on The Young Man and the Three we welcome Ben Simmons of the Brooklyn Nets, hosted by his teammate Cam Johnson. The episode begins with Tommy and Jason talking to Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans about the Pelicans’ hot streak, the play of CJ McCollum, and things that have caught their eye around the league recently (Hint: it’s Cade Cunningham and CP3). Then Cam and Ben discus...

On this episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ Tommy Alter is joined by Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane of the Memphis Grizzlies. First, Tommy and Jason Gallagher open the episode with Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans to discuss his game saving ‘block’ against the Dallas Mavericks. Then, JJJ and Des take us back to how they first met in the basketball world. They also discuss which NB...

Welcome to another episode of The Young Man and The Three podcast. Our guest this week is Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder. We get into so much this episode but first we open with Trey Murphy III, Tommy Alter and Jason Gallagher giving a shoutout to JJ Redick, Kylee Kilgore and everyone suffering from the fires in Los Angeles. We also discuss a few players who are having underrated seas...

We’re back this week for a great episode with a pair of NBA champions — Derrick White and Payton Pritchard of the Boston Celtics! First, Tommy and Jason talk with Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans about the MVP race and the state of NBA awards. Derrick and Payton open the episode reminiscing on their time in the Pac-12 at Oregon and Colorado, what their respective NBA draft processes were li...

This week on the Young Man and the Three we welcome Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson and the legendary Sue Bird to have an in-depth discussion about the current states of the NBA, WNBA, and college basketball. First, Tommy Alter and Jason Gallagher intro the episode with some takes and updates. Sue and Cam then discuss how star players in the NBA and generated differently than stars in the WNBA (...

On this Monday’s episode of The Old Man and the Three Things, Joakim Noah and Tommy Alter share their takeaways from the NBA Cup semifinals between the Atlanta Hawks (Trae Young, Dyson Daniels) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo) and the OKC Thunder (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams) vs. Houston Rockets (Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun). They then preview the NBA Cup Fin...

Our guest this week is non other than Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks. In this episode, Lively opens up by talking about his passion for Legos and how it helps his hand-eye coordination. Then he gets into his draft night and thinking he might be a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. He also gets real about learning how to play with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving and what it was like for th...

On this week's episode of The Young Man and the Three, Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels joins the show and is hosted by New Orleans Pelicans guard Trey Murphy III. Daniels opens up about his breakout season, including what he thinks makes him such a great defender and his approach to defense (especially while matching up with the opposing team's best player every night), why he's found so much su...

On this week’s episode of The Old Man and the Three Things, Joakim Noah and Tommy Alter preview the midseason NBA Cup matchups between the Dallas Mavericks (Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving) and the Oklahoma City Thunder (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams), the Golden State Warriors (Steph Curry, Draymond Green) and Houston Rockets (Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun), the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson,...

It’s Monday, which means Joakim and Tommy are back for another episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three Things!’ This week, they discuss the success of the Orlando Magic (Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs) without star Paolo Banchero, how the OKC Thunder (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams) find success without having yet played with both of their bigs, and the improvements of the Detroit...

On this week’s Old Man and the Three Things, former NBA all-star Joakim Noah and Tommy Alter breakdown the impressive (and unexpected) start of the Houston Rockets (Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun), the dominance of Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), and what the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns) need to do to improve.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Introducing the newest member of the YM3 family, Jarrett Allen of the Cleveland Cavaliers. In this episode, we start by talking to Jarrett about how it felt to play JJ Redick and the Los Angeles Lakers and his love of reading and how he just finished The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Then we get into the Cleveland Cavaliers hot start to the season and how he's feeling about teammates Darius...

Welcome back to the Old Man and the Three Things with Tommy Alter and new member of the team, Joakim Noah! In this episode, the guys jump right into talking about Donovan Mitchell and the impressive Cleveland Cavaliers. Jo provides unique perspective on Kenny Atkinson and how he is as a culture setter and coach. Then we dive into Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors. And fin...

We are so excited to welcome in two new members to the YM3 family, Donte DiVincenzo (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Duncan Robinson (Miami Heat). In this episode we get into so much including, Donte's trade from the New York Knicks to the Timberwolves and the difference in leadership style between Jalen Brunson and Anthony Edwards (ANT). Then the guys get into what it takes to be a successful at bein...

This week on 'The Young Man and the Three’ we have a great conversation with NBA Champion and Team USA’s gold medalist Derrick White of the Boston Celtics - in what will be the first of multiple appearances for Derrick on YM3. Derrick discusses the Celtics title run last season and what it was like guarding Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving (Dallas Mavericks) compared to Steph Curry (Golden State Warri...

Welcome to The Young Man and The Three, a new podcast hosted by a rotating cast of your favorite young NBA players and personalities. We have a fantastic episode this week: Enjoyer of basketball Kenny Beechman interviews his favorite center of all time, Joakim Noah. They talk about Noah's Chicago Bulls teams led by him and Derrick Rose (including the incredible 2009 playoff series against the Bost...

Welcome to The Young Man and The Three, a brand new podcast hosted by a rotating cast of your favorite young NBA players. We have such an exciting debut episode with host, Tyrese Haliburton interviewing our first guest, former president and true NBA sicko, Barack Obama. In this episode, President Obama covers so many things from the Team USA run at the Olympics, to the expansion of the global game...

On this Monday's episode of The Old Man and the Three Things, JJ Redick and ESPN's Tim Legler recap the Dallas Mavericks' (Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving) blowout win over the Boston Celtics (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown) in Game 4 of the 2024 NBA Finals and then preview Game 5. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

We are thrilled to be joined by JJ's former teammate and TNT broadcaster, Jamal Crawford to breakdown the 2024 NBA Finals between Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Jrue Holiday and the Boston Celtics and Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks. But first, JJ and Jamal talk about their media careers as analysts and calling NBA games and they react to the new FX show CLIPPED. The...

On this Monday’s episode of The Old Man and the Three Things, JJ Redick is joined by Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. of The Dunker Spot to break down Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday) and the Dallas Mavericks (Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving) and share their takeaways. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

On this week’s episode of The Old Man and the Three we welcome ESPN’s Zach Lowe and Oklahoma City Thunder star Jalen Williams! JJ and Zach preview the 2024 NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics by answering listener questions from the mailbag, including: how the Celtics can attempt to slow down Luka Doncic, is this Finals more important to the legacy of Doncic or Jayson Tatum,...

This is a bonus episode of The Old Man and the Three brought to you by BMW. On this episode of The Old Man and The Three, JJ Redick and Tommy Alter preview the 2024 NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks (Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving) and the Boston Celtics (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown). They discuss how the Mavs turned their season around at the trade deadlines, how the Kyrie Irving trade paid off,...

On this Monday’s episode of The Old Man and the Three Things, JJ Redick is joined by Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. of the The Dunker Spot to create and hand out awards for the 2024 NBA Playoffs ahead of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown) and the Dallas Mavericks (Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

On this week’s episode of The Old Man and the Three we welcome The Ringer’s Ryen Russillo to preview the Boston Celtics (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown) side of the NBA Finals ahead of their matchup against the Dallas Mavericks (Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving). They also discuss why it’s so difficult for teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves (Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns) to make history and win a s...