Thunder Spurs Game 7 Preview + Knicks are in the FINALS | Slam N Jam
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🗓️ 30 May 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers are back for another episode of the Saturday Slam N Jam. We discuss the Knicks and how they got here in this current era, Mitchell Robinson’s injury, who they’d prefer to play in the Finals and more. Then we discuss Fred’s article on Chet, the Thunder’s journey to this point and who will win in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. Then they finish with some trivia in our weekly show Andrew vs. the Beat.
Hosts: Andrew Schlecht, Alex Speers
With: Fred Katz
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. |
| 0:07.7 | We're talking about the New York Knicks. |
| 0:11.3 | We're going to talk about Chet Holmgren and the Thunder and preview game seven, which is happening tonight. |
| 0:17.1 | And then we're going to do some trivia with me as always. |
| 0:20.5 | This is my good friend Alex Spears. |
| 0:21.8 | Alex, what's up? |
| 0:23.5 | What's up, Andrew? |
| 0:24.8 | What's up? |
| 0:25.3 | And joining us today, author of Under the Bright Lights, the Revival of the New York Knicks. |
| 0:35.7 | Also, he works with me at the athletic. |
| 0:38.0 | Also, a good friend of mine, Fred Katz. |
| 0:41.2 | Is this the first time you've been introduced as the author of that book as the first thing? |
| 0:47.6 | Yes, as the first thing. |
| 0:49.4 | It's the second time I've been introduced as the author of that book. |
| 0:56.7 | And the first time I was like, whoa, and it's still weird now, especially because I haven't finished the book. |
| 1:02.8 | Yeah, you should do that. |
| 1:04.3 | Yeah, you got to get on that. |
| 1:05.4 | It's a little. |
| 1:05.7 | It's a little harder when you don't know the ending, you know. |
| 1:10.2 | So, I try to figure out the ending. When I, when I tweeted out know the ending, you know. So it's true. |
| 1:11.2 | I figure out the ending. When I, when I tweeted out that I was that I was, you know, coming out with the book and there'd be more information. So many people were like, I hope, I hope you're going to be able to get this. I hope you're going to be able to rewrite the ending. I'm like, no, you know, you guys are misunderstanding. |
| 1:33.3 | How terrible would that book be? If it didn't include the revival of the New York Knicks was like, |
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