Josh Giddey, Clippers BAD, and Nets Identity | Slam N Jam
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🗓️ 8 November 2025
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Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers discuss the week of the NBA basketball, the Good, the Bad, and the WHAT?? and then the boys are joined by Mike Smeltz to discuss the Brooklyn Nets. They ask Mike about the Nets rookies, what they are going to do with the veterans this season, what the identity of the team is, and more. Then the guys play a fun edition of Andrew vs. the BeatHost: Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers
With: Mike Smeltz
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Monica Compton
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Saturday Slamin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. |
| 0:09.5 | On today's show, we're talking about the good, the bad, and the what of this past week. |
| 0:17.5 | We're having Mike Smelts on to talk about the Brooklyn Nets. Thanks a lot, Wheel of |
| 0:22.7 | fandom. One, actually thank you for letting us talk to Mike Smelts. And also, thanks a lot, |
| 0:26.8 | Wheel of Fandom for giving us the Nets. And then we'll do some trivia. But before we do any of that, |
| 0:33.8 | Al, tell me what happened in the NBA this week. Andrew, the top story this week was the Memphis |
| 0:40.4 | Grizzlies and their star, Jha Morant. After a loss to the Lakers last Friday, during which Jha was a |
| 0:46.9 | reluctant participant, Jha responded to all post-game interview questions with, quote, go ask the |
| 0:53.3 | coaching staff. |
| 0:54.8 | On Saturday, the Grizzlies announced that Jha was suspended one game for conduct |
| 0:59.2 | detrimental to the team. |
| 1:01.7 | Now, it's been a rough start to the season for Jha, who is currently shooting 38% from the field, |
| 1:06.3 | 14% from 3. |
| 1:09.2 | His drives per game have dropped from 20.3 per game in the 22-23 season to only 14.6 per game through eight games this year. |
| 1:18.0 | Starting with the loss to the Lakers, the Grizzlies have now lost four in a row, and they sit at three and six. |
| 1:24.2 | After a matchup against fellow surprise seller-deweller Dallas on Friday night, |
| 1:28.9 | the Grizzlies have a run of games against OKC, New York, Boston, Cleveland, and San Antonio, |
| 1:35.0 | with four of those five games on the road. |
| 1:38.0 | Now, the good news for Grizzlies fans is I just did a tank-a-thon spin, |
| 1:41.4 | and they got two top eight picks in next year's draft. |
| 1:45.9 | Congrats. |
| 1:47.9 | Now, another team who will have Tankathon bookmarked this season is the Indiana Pacers, |
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