The Old Man and the Three

Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans joins Tommy Alter to discuss the Atlanta Hawks (and CJ McCollum) beating the New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves beating the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of each of their first round playoffs series. They also analyze what’s happening around the rest of the East and West first round series: Rockets vs. Lakers, Raptors vs. Cavs, Blazers vs. Spurs, Celtics vs. Sixers, Magic vs. Pistons, and Suns vs. Thunder. Let’s go!
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On this episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ Cam Johnson of the Denver Nuggets helps get us ready for the 2026 NBA playoffs by sharing some thoughts on the play-in tournament (Hornets, Steph Curry, and more), lessons he’s learned from playoff series he been a part of in the past, and what he’s excited for in the Nuggets first round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Let’s go!
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It’s the Portland Trail Blazers episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’, featuring Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan!
The trio discuss so much, including each of their thoughts on the Blazers growth throughout the season, Toumani’s background growing up in Brussels and how became an elite defender in the NBA, Deni’s first all-star season and his thoughts from when he was traded to Portland from the Washington Wizards, as well as his take on the “foul baiting” conversation, Donovan’s UConn career and playing with Stephon Castle, what each of them have learned from Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday, and so much more. Let’s go!
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On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and Three,’ we welcome Nickeil Alexander-Walker and CJ McCollum of the streaking Atlanta Hawks!
The duo gets into so much, including why the Hawks got so hot post-trade deadline and why they enjoy playing for head coach Quin Snyder. They also get into a lot of Nickeil’s background and growing up with his cousin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and when Nickeil knew SGA was special. Nickeil also shares his journey of being traded multiple times in the NBA, his time on the Pelicans, Jazz, and Wolves, and what has led to his impressive scoring jump this year. So much more fascinating basketball discussion in this episode as well. Let’s go!
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On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three’, Cam Johnson of the Denver Nuggets opens the listener mailbag to answers questions about the incredible game against the Spurs and the Jokic vs. Wemby matchup, the 65-game rule for NBA award season, Michael Malone being hired as the head coach at UNC, the Nuggets recent stretch of games, and much more. Let’s go!
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