Third Eye Division

Basketball Illuminati

Count The Dings

Sports, Comedy, Basketball

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan and producer Anthony Mayes react to the latest update in the Malik Beasley situation and discuss Tyrese Maxey turning to IG live for help opening a can. Truth Tellers Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins join the show to discuss their book Pipeline to the Pros , which details the impact of former Division 3 college basketball players that rose through the coaching and front office ranks of the NBA such as Jeff Van Gundy, Brad Stevens, Tom Thibodeau and Sam Presti. Basketball Illuminati is now part of the Count The Dings Network. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to support the show, get ad free episodes and exclusive content at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/countthedings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ILLUMINATI MERCH HAS RETURNED⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Watch Truth Teller Interviews on YouTube⁠⁠ Email us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@bballilluminati⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@basketballilluminati⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Guys, it finally happened.
0:03.2	What?
0:03.5	We have a development in one of our stories of the summer, and it's not Jonathan Caminga.
0:09.1	Oh, okay.
0:10.1	Malik Beasley, according to Shams, is no longer a target of the federal gambling investigation
0:17.1	conducted by the Eastern District of New York.
0:20.0	And that's according to Steve Haney, his attorney.
0:22.5	Important qualification there.
0:24.1	Yes.
0:24.6	Diamond package member, attorney Steve Haney, and his other attorney, Mike Shachter.
0:31.1	I feel like this is a good opportunity to mention that there will be another episode of Pablo
0:35.3	Tore finds out.
0:36.3	Oh.
0:36.8	Yes.
0:37.4	On this story.
0:56.2	Right, I mean, we can say that? We can say that. It is a forthcoming episode. Don't know when it's coming out, but there will be another episode. There will be updates. This is also a good time. Should I divulge the conversation we had on the phone the other day? No. No. All right. We'll say that. Keep your mouth closed and keep your third eye open is what I would say.
1:14.7	This is how I will walk the line. Language matters, people. Language matters. Language does matter because no longer a target of, huh, that is mighty specific. Sounds great. Sounds great for Malik that he is no longer the target.
1:22.8	But it doesn't say that he's cleared of all charges. Well, he wasn't charged with anything.
1:28.5	The legal jargon is that he is not indicted. That's what he means when no longer a target. But it reminds me kind of of the draft day shenanigans they would get into when they couldn't say the Chicago Bulls
1:34.7	are drafting. Matis Buzellis. Yeah. They said circling modest Buzellis. Zeroing in on. Zeroing in on
1:43.8	laser focused on. All signs in on. Laser focused on.
1:45.8	All signs point to.
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