Cam Johnson’s 2026 NBA Playoff Primer | The Play-in Tournament, Wolves Series, and More

We welcome Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets & Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers on this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’!In this episode, they discuss the intricacies, similarities, and differences of becoming an NBA and MLB player, and what they think it takes to be a great pro — which was really interesting to hear given the dynamics of Kon just finishing his rookie season and Yelich being an MLB veteran. Kon discussed his background growing up in the Milwaukee area and Wisconsin as a basketball state, going to Duke, a new approach he took over the last year, and his thoughts on his impressive rookie season on the Hornets.Christian also discussed his background making it to the majors, his career on the Brewers, what he changed during his MVP season, his thoughts on the new MLB rules (pitch clock & ABS), Shohei Ohtani, getting thrown out of games, and much more.Let’s go!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s Part 2 of our conversation with Adam Friedland, Bomani Jones, and Trey Murphy III!In this episode, Bomani and Adam start by getting into a heated debate about ‘The Sopranos’ vs. ‘The Wire’. The group also discusses the Frank Isola and Kenny Beecham happenings this week, how Adam become so comfortable interviewing people on ‘The Adam Friedland Show’, and share each of their own pieces of career advice for making it in both media and NBA. They also discover how much Bomani looks like Trey’s dad, hear Adam’s hilarious encounters with Maury and Zoe Kravitz, give predictions for the rest of the NBA playoffs, and much, much more. Let’s go!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we welcome Bomani Jones, Adam Friedland, and Trey Murphy III! On this Part 1 (Part 2 drops Friday!) this hilarious crew discusses the first round of the NBA playoffs, including their favorite storylines, the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves seemingly hating each other, LeBron James & Bronny and the Los Angeles Lakers, Victory Wembanyama and the Spurs, and more. Let’s go!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s the Sacramento Kings episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ featuring Maxine Raynaud, Precious Achiuwa, and Nique Clifford! In this extremely enjoyable and candid conversation, they get into so much including:Max and Nique’s draft nightNique’s backstory growing up Colorado and moreMax’s backstory in France and decision to go to StanfordPrecious moving to Queens from Nigeria and going to Monteverde AcademyThe moment they knew they could be pro and welcome to the NBA moments Precious on his Miami Heat and New York Knicks YearsLearning from Russell and DeMar DeRozan, especially Max and Nique in their rookie yearsLessons from this season and the attitude of the team…and so much more. Let’s go!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s the Dallas Mavericks episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ featuring Cooper Flagg, Max Christie, and Ryan Nembhard! It’s Cooper’s first-ever podcast. The group gets into so much, including:Ryan’s background with his brother, Andrew on the PacersRyan and Cooper’s time at MonteverdeCooper’s background and come upCooper’s decision to go to DukeMax’s background and come up, and MSUEach of their NBA draft and draft lottery experiencesCooper on Kon and KhamanMax’s time on the Lakers and the Luka Doncic tradeLearning to deal with losingHobbies and anime What Max has learned from Klay Thomson…and so much more. Let’s go!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.