The 30 Best NBA Podcasts Worth Your Time

There are tons of NBA podcasts out there. In fact there are TOO many. Whether it is YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Amazon, each platform is LOADED with NBA pods, and most of them are two guys agreeing with each other for an hour.

Wondering what is the best NBA podcast out there? These are the 30 we would actually recommend, sorted by what you want out of a show.

30 Best NBA Basketball Podcasts:

For analysis and film-room talk

1. The Zach Lowe Show. Lowe took his long-running show from ESPN, where it was The Lowe Post, to The Ringer in 2025. Still the smartest general NBA conversation going.
2. Thinking Basketball. Ben Taylor breaks down players and eras with numbers and video. Good for settling arguments.
3. Dunc’d On Basketball. Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux cover every game and every salary cap wrinkle. Not for casual listeners, which is the point.
4. The Dunker Spot. Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. on schemes and sets, explained so you can see them on the next broadcast.
5. Hoops Tonight. Jason Timpf reacts to the night’s games, usually within hours.
6. The Kevin O’Connor Show. Draft, trades and team-building from Yahoo Sports.
7. Game Theory Podcast. Sam Vecenie’s show is the best place to follow the NBA draft all year, which makes it the best fit for readers of this site.
8. Basketball Illuminati. Tom Haberstroh and Amin Elhassan test the league’s conspiracy theories and tall tales.

For news and the league at large

9. The Bill Simmons Podcast. Not only an NBA show, but the NBA is what he cares about most, and the biggest names come on.
10. Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective. ESPN reporters trading what they are hearing around the league.
11. The Ringer NBA Show. One feed, several shows, including The Mismatch.
12. Locked On NBA. A short daily episode, plus a separate daily show for every team in the league.
13. No Dunks. The crew that used to be The Starters. The funniest daily NBA show.
14. This League Uncut. Chris Haynes and Marc Stein, two of the best-sourced reporters covering the league.
15. The HoopsHype Podcast. Michael Scotto on trades, free agency and contracts.

Hosted by players

16. All the Smoke. Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson get guests to say things they wouldn’t say to a reporter.
17. Knuckleheads. Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles, with long, loose interviews with players of every era.
18. Mind the Game. LeBron James talking pure basketball, first with JJ Redick and later with Steve Nash.
19. The Old Man and the Three. Redick’s earlier show ended when he became the Lakers’ coach, but the archive of player interviews is worth going back to.
20. The Draymond Green Show. Green recaps games he has just played in, which nobody else can offer.
21. Podcast P with Paul George. An active star interviewing his peers.
22. 7PM in Brooklyn. Carmelo Anthony on the league and on New York basketball.
23. Gil’s Arena. Gilbert Arenas and a panel of former players. Loud, and often very funny.
24. Club 520. Jeff Teague telling stories about his old teammates.
25. Roommates Show. Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, teammates since college, making fun of each other.
26. Point Forward. Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner on the game and the business around it.
27. Road Trippin’. Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye and Allie Clifton. It started on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ team plane.
28. The OGs. Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller, mostly about the Miami Heat years.
29. The Big Podcast with Shaq. Exactly what it sounds like.
30. The Pat Bev Podcast with Rone. Patrick Beverley says what he thinks about everyone.

Podcasts start, stop and change hosts all the time, so check the feed for recent episodes before you commit to one.