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The Old Man and the Three

Kenny Beecham on Midseason NBA Rankings and Storylines | The Old Man and the Three

The Old Man and the Three

ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery

Sports

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cam Johnson and Tommy Alter welcome the legend Kenny Beecham!

They share some various rankings and takeaways from this midway point of the NBA season: Teams and players they have been impressed by and enjoy watching, who’s underrated, the players your want to have the ball in the fourth quarter, and more. They also lament the end of the Chicago Bears season. To close out the episode, Cam shares his extensive thoughts on the NCAA and the current situation regarding his brother Puff Johnson at Ohio State. Let’s go!

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0:00.0

No, I'm going back to Kenny with this because I really like this kind of advanced analytic wave he's on.

0:04.6

So I'm letting him rock out with another one.

0:06.6

Because I don't have those off the top of my head.

0:08.8

Like I'm not going through him every day.

0:11.6

You know, it's like just, you know, his bald knowledge is the real deal.

0:16.2

So keep cooking.

0:29.4

What's up, everybody?

0:31.8

Welcome back to another episode of The Old Man the Three.

0:35.2

I'm your host, Cam Johnson, joined by my co-host, Tommy Alter.

0:56.1

Today we have a very special guest, a good friend of ours, a good friend of the show, Chicago Kid, Kenny Beecham. Kenny, thank you for joining us. Of course, man. Anytime you need me, I'm here. I wish it was under different circumstances based on the game, the Bears and all. But, you know, I'm here. Tommy, how are we feeling? I was going to ask you, what is your, what have your last 12 hours look like in terms of, in terms of process? The last 12 hours? Um, a lot of crying.

1:07.1

No, this is the thing though, Tommy and Cam, um. I'm a Chicago sports fans through and through right.

1:12.6

I was born in 96, so those last three Bulls championships, I don't even count personally in my fandom.

1:18.2

I got one World Series here with the White Sox, and then the Bears have a Super Bowl appearance once in my life, but I was 10, so it doesn't count.

1:26.2

So this is the most fun I've ever

1:28.0

had as a sports fan. And for it to end like that, like my daughter, she's three. She doesn't even understand that the season is over. She thinks that we got another game next week, right? So it's kind of crazy, excited about the future. But you know how the internet is, man. They keep posting that clip of Dan Campbell saying this might be the only time we got a chance to do this. And now it's in the back of my mind. Like, this is the furthest we're ever going to go in my adult life. It sucks. I'm happy for Iceman. But it's just all the emotions. What do you think, Ken? I mean, sometimes it's just so hard to go straight to the top in any sport.

2:04.8

I mean, what the Bears were able to do, turn, you know,

2:07.6

turn the culture, the feeling, the fan base around, the team around.

2:12.4

I just think Ben Johnson is elite.

2:14.1

I think he's the real deal.

2:15.2

I think you guys have a great young quarterback and Caleb.

2:18.3

Like, I wouldn't say, you know, I would say your timeline is, is plenty, plenty wide enough to get what you want to get accomplished.

2:28.1

And shoot, man, like, you guys outperforming expectations. So that got to be a win. But coming so close. I get it. I'm a Bengals fan. So I've been exactly in your shoes. Exactly. Burroughs second year comes back from injury. I went to the Super Bowl in L.A. Heartbreaking. And we haven't been back. Loss in the A.C. Championship and then injuries and all that stuff, man. So I get it,

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