The Cleveland Cavaliers Episode: Larry Nance Jr., Jarrett Allen, and Sam Merrill | YM3
The Old Man and the Three
ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
It’s the Cleveland Cavaliers episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ featuring Larry Nance Jr., Jarrett Allen, and Sam Merrill!
The trio discusses what it’s been like adding James Harden to the roster, the dynamic of him and Donovan Mitchell playing to together, and how it all affects their offense.
Sam also shares the WILD story of his two-year mission trip to Nicaragua, the time he got jumped there, and what it was like getting back into basketball after the trip.
They then get into each of their NBA backstories, including Larry playing with the Los Angeles Lakers during Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour for his rookie year, Jarrett’s time on the Brooklyn Nets, and Sam’s experience being the last pick in the draft, winning a championship with Giannis and the Milwaukee Bucks, and his G-League journey.
Then, they end with sharing some of their interests outside of basketball, their favorite movies, and Pokemon. Let’s go!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to The Young Man in the Three, as always presented by 342 Productions and our friends at Amazon Wondery Media. |
| 0:14.2 | Today's episode, very special episode, we taped this past Saturday in Oklahoma City with the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of the hottest teams in the |
| 0:22.4 | NBA, obviously just traded for James Hardin, Keon Ellis, and Dennis Schroeder. Today's episode, |
| 0:28.7 | we are joined by Friend of the Show, hasn't been on in a little bit, Jared Allen, Mr. Sam Merrill, |
| 0:33.7 | one of the craziest backstories in the NBA, and Larry Nance Jr., who somehow we have not had on this iteration of YM3 yet, it's been a long time coming. |
| 0:43.2 | Really funny group. |
| 0:44.3 | This is sort of the characters of the Cavs. |
| 0:47.3 | I think you guys are really going to enjoy these three together. |
| 0:50.0 | We get into everything from Sam's background to the trades to where they stand in the Eastern Conference, |
| 0:56.8 | little Pokemon with Jared as well, of course. |
| 1:00.5 | Without further ado, here are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jared Allen, Sam Mero, and Larry Nance Jr. |
| 1:06.3 | Enjoy it. |
| 1:13.5 | How's up, fellas? |
| 1:14.2 | How you doing? |
| 1:15.5 | What's going on, man? |
| 1:16.6 | How cool is this? |
| 1:17.9 | You got Will Chamberlain on your phone. I was going to say. |
| 1:20.4 | What month are we in? |
| 1:22.4 | Yeah, February. |
| 1:24.1 | You know it. |
| 1:25.2 | You know it. |
| 1:26.7 | You know it. |
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