Slammie Awards + Where do the Warriors go from here? | Slam N Jam
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🗓️ 11 April 2026
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are back for another episode of the Saturday Slam N Jam. They hand our their annual Slammie Awards including a Say What Stat of the Year, Nico Harrison Award, The Last Tanker Award, Weirdo Awards and more. In part 2, Zena Keita joins the show to discuss the Warriors. They talk about Steph's return, who will step up in the Play In, what happens in the offseason, and if the Warriors would prefer to make or miss the Playoffs. Then they finish with a fun edition of Andrew vs. the Beat.
Hosts: Andrew Schlecht, Alex Speers
With: Zena Keita
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Video Edit: Monica Compton
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Saturday Slamming Jam here on the Athletic NBA daily on today's show. |
| 0:09.0 | We're not doing the good, bad what? |
| 0:10.2 | We're doing the slammies. |
| 0:12.9 | It's going to be so good. |
| 0:14.2 | I'm so excited. |
| 0:15.6 | How about doing the Slamies? |
| 0:17.0 | We are also going to have Zinacada on to talk about the Warriors, and then we'll do some trivia and some historic trivia. |
| 0:24.6 | Something happens in this trivia contest that's never happened before. |
| 0:28.5 | So tune in. |
| 0:30.2 | And with that, Alex Spears, tell me what happened in the NBA this week? |
| 0:36.2 | Well, Andrew, it was the penultimate week of the NBA season, |
| 0:40.2 | and the top story was the game we got between the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs last weekend. |
| 0:46.8 | Despite being behind most of the game and falling down by six with only 90 seconds left, |
| 0:51.9 | Eden Nuggets fought back with clutch shots from Cam Johnson and Aaron Gordon, |
| 0:56.5 | pushing the game to overtime. |
| 0:58.3 | That's when Nikola Yokic scored seven of his 40 points, |
| 1:01.9 | including a ridiculous fadeaway over Wembe's outstretched arm that pushed the lead to four. |
| 1:07.7 | In the end, the Nuggets would win 136 to 134, led by Yokic's 48 and 13. That Denver win |
| 1:14.5 | had some major implications for seating in the Western Conference. First, the Nuggets moved ahead |
| 1:19.0 | of the Lakers for the three-seat in the West. The Lakers are, of course, dealing with season-altering |
| 1:23.7 | injuries to both Luka Donchich and Austin Reeves, which has led to a one and three |
| 1:28.6 | record in their last four. The win also pushed the thunder one step closer to clinching the |
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