Listen Now: Mind the Game
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
LeBron James and Steve Nash sit down for an unfiltered, in-depth conversation about basketball—how it’s played, how it’s evolved, and what it really means to understand the game.
From breaking down the Nash dribble and the evolution of the short roll, to dissecting playoff adjustments, body recovery, and how great players process the game in real time, Mind The Game goes deep into the nuances that define elite basketball.
This isn’t a show about hot takes or headlines. It’s a masterclass in basketball IQ—told through the lens of two of the greatest to ever do it.
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| 0:00.0 | Steve Nash here. Ever wonder what goes through the minds of NBA legends during those game-changing |
| 0:04.6 | moments? We'll buckle up because I'm joining LeBron James on the second season of Mind the Game. |
| 0:09.6 | We're teaming up to pull back the curtain on the game we love like you've never seen before. |
| 0:14.0 | We're talking scheme and strategy, exploring the X's and O's, preparation and recovery, |
| 0:18.7 | and the human elements of the game, and all the little |
| 0:21.0 | things that go into making basketball so great. Plus, LeBron and I are talking about never |
| 0:25.4 | before heard stories from the court. Here's a sneak peek of this season of Mind the Game. |
| 0:31.0 | Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube or Prime Video. |
| 0:36.6 | And I'd like to start by talking about it. or watch on YouTube or Prime Video. |
| 0:44.3 | And I'd like to start by talking about two of the greatest point forwards of all time. |
| 0:47.6 | Two guys that can dominate a game with the ball in their hands, |
| 0:50.2 | scoring, passing, rebounding, whatever they want. |
| 0:51.7 | Two computer processors, right? |
| 0:54.1 | But you can't both have the ball. |
| 0:55.0 | Right. |
| 0:56.0 | So what I've been impressed with is, and Luca too, and I think you've started down this path |
| 1:01.0 | with Austin in that you started empowering him. You started like picking more spots, saying |
| 1:05.0 | like I don't need to control everything. As we feel in the heart of our career, |
| 1:12.6 | you feel like we can't lose, |
| 1:13.6 | I can't give the game away. |
| 1:14.4 | When it comes down the stretch, |
| 1:16.2 | I'm going to make every decision, right? |
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