Chet's ELITE Defense with Fred Katz

Down to Dunk OKC Thunder Podcast

The Athletic

Hobbies, Basketball, Sports, Leisure

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Andrew Schlecht and Michele Berra are joined by Fred Katz of the Athletic to discuss Chet's elite defense, OKC halfway through the season, and more.

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0:00.0	This is Straight Good Just Alexander and I'm down to dunk.
0:05.4	This is Jay Will and I'm down to dunk.
0:07.5	There we go.
0:09.2	I'm Isaiah Hardinstein and I'm down to dunk.
0:11.5	I hope like savior of basketball is one.
0:13.9	I wanted the Dorcher Chamber has been going pretty well.
0:16.9	I'm Aaron Wiggins and I'm down to dunk.
0:18.8	I'm Chad Holmgren and I'm down to dunk.
0:20.8	I'm Mark Degnell and I'm down to dunk. I'm Chet Holmgren and I'm down to dunk. I'm Mark Degnell and I'm down to dunk. He just does a big smile and like... I feel blessed by God to be here with Down to Dunk, be here with you. I'm Alice Crusoe and I'm down to dunk. I'm A.J. Mitchell and I'm down to dunk. This is Isaiah Joe and I'm down to dunk. Oh, jeez. Are you going to sing it good enough for me to guess it or? Panhandle. Panhandle.
0:40.9	Jeez. I'm tweaking. Name two famous Oklahomaans. Myself and J. LaMoleums. Is that a crazy answer? All my friends call me Bob. Where's Rachel? All right.. He lived the whole life. Plain? Plain. This is Kaysen Wallace, and I'm down the dunk. This is Blue Dory, and I'm down to Doree. True Blood, Oklahoma. That's right. Pretty exciting, if you ask me. This is J-Dubb, world champion J-Dub, and I'm down to Doug. And eat burgers.
1:15.6	Welcome to Don to Dunk. I'm your host, Andrew Schleck. We're part of the Athletic Podcast Network.
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1:53.8	and they can also talk about how awesome she was last night in milwaukee so you get the double whamie
2:00.2	support the people that support down to dunk uh with me was last night in Milwaukee. So you get the double whamie.
2:03.2	Support the people that support down to dunk.
2:13.1	With me on a Thursday, weird Thursday pod, but we've got McKellie Barra and special guest, Fred Katz of the athletic.
2:14.7	Fred, welcome to the show.
2:15.9	Thank you.
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