Talking Magic Johnson with author of new biography Roland Lazenby
Magic Johnson is synonymous with the five-time champion Showtime Lakers — the fast-break master with the no-look pass whose infectious smile...
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Kurt Helin and the team from ProBasketballTalk at NBCSports.com talk all things NBA basketball: news, analysis and even the ridiculous. Regular guests include NBA players and media members.
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20 of 323 episodesWestern Conference preview with Mark Medina
The Western Conference is stacked — 12 teams enter the season thinking they can make the playoffs. That will lead to some very disappointed...
NBA season preview with betting edge
Every NBA season comes with questions and opportunities, but this season more than most: What's going to happen with James Harden and the 76...
World Cup semifinals, Central division preview and Erykah Badu
This year's version of Team USA, even without America's biggest names (or maybe because of that), has shown more chemistry than we have seen...
Harden saga, Diana Taurasi, Northwest Division preview
In the middle of what is usually the quiet period of the NBA calendar — when the focus should be on the basketball Hall of Fame and the WNBA...
Talking WNBA, Sixth Person of the Year love with Sun's DiJonai Carrington
DiJonai Carrington's path to the WNBA was not smooth. While she came from an athletic family — her father, Darren Carrington, played eight y...
Harden trade, Summer League standouts, WNBA All-Star Game
With Summer League and free agency in the rearview mirror, this is supposed to be the slow offseason of the NBA. Not so much this summer. Th...
NBA free agency breakdown, Lillard trade talk
The NBA off-season has come fast and furious and it's time to talk about the biggest moves so far — with the Damian Lillard and James Harden...
Beal trade to Suns, NBA Draft talk
So much news to get to this week that it took a few minutes even to get to the NBA Draft. But they got to it. First up was the news of the B...
Talking NBA Draft, what will Portland do with Sean Highkin
Here's what we know for sure: The San Antonio Spurs will select Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. After t...
Nuggets earn title, can it be a dynasty? Plus trade, draft talk.
The Denver Nuggets left no doubt who was the best team in the NBA. Not only did they roll through the West, but also the Miami Heat dragged...
Heat vs. Nuggets NBA Finals, coaching hires
After three games of the NBA Finals, there are still so many questions. Can the Heat stop the Jamal Murray/Nikola Jokić pick-and-roll? Will...
NBA Finals preview, plus Nurse to Philly, and Bucks as opera
The NBA Finals are here and it's not the matchup anybody predicted: The Denver Nuggets vs. the Miami Heat. In this latest PBT Extra podcast,...
Nuggets advance, LeBron talks retirement, and coaching carousel
LeBron James and his retirement stole the headlines, but the Denver Nuggets and their play deserve to be front and center, and that's the fi...
It's a Fiesta when Spurs win lottery, plus playoff talk
It's a Fiesta in San Antonio. Literally. And not just because the Spurs won the NBA Draft Lottery, and with it the rights to draft Victor We...
Playoffs second round, All-NBA and NBA Draft Lottery talk
This has been a wild playoffs and in this episode of PBT Extra Corey Robinson and Kurt Helin of NBC Sports dive into the second round with a...
Talking NBA playoffs second round, Grizzlies future
After a summer of brash talk and high-profile distractions — including poking the bear that is LeBron James — the Memphis Grizzlies exited t...
First round playoff talk, what's next for Clippers
We're approaching the end of what has been an unexpectedly great first round of the NBA playoffs. Remember when we thought the West was goin...
First round playoff preview, latin music for LaMelo
No more talk of load management or the Groundhog Day nature of NBA regular season — the playoffs are here. The games matter, the intensity i...
MVP and NBA awards, new CBA, and a deep Hall of Fame class
It's the busy season in the NBA with the playoffs about to start, but Corey Robinson and Kurt Helin of NBC Sports focus on the big picture t...