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Basketball Illuminati

by Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan & Anthony Mayes

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Latest episodes

The Camden Championship

October 28, 2026 · 48 min

Tom Haberstroh and producer Anthony Mayes are staggered by the proliferation of star player injuries in the first week of the season. How exactly did Leon Rose and World Wide Wes turn their connections into a Knicks championship? Can they…
Eternal Flame

October 21, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes celebrate Tom's new job as sideline reporter for NBC Sports Philadelphia, Kyrie Irving's veteran wisdom and Kyle Kuzma's new…
Midseason Form

October 14, 2026 · 45 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are in the best podcasting shape of their lives, just in time for the season to begin. Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic takes us inside…
Fantastic Four

October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes think it's high time to normalize commuting by helicopter. Nate Duncan of the Dunc'd On podcast has been campaigning for the NBA to do…
Valuing Imperfection

September 30, 2026 · 59 min

Tom and Mayes sit down with Brandon Payne of Accelerate Basketball, who reveals the advanced training principles behind Stephen Curry’s sustained excellence, from protecting Curry’s body with recovery-focused and underwater work to…

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Soulless Transaction Robots

September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes revisit the Doc Rivers Decision Tree™. Keith Smith of Spotrac breaks down the ongoing negotiations between Jalen Duren and Detroit…
Distractions

September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are taking accountability... for the distractions and distress this podcast will cause. Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star shares how the…
Scarce Human Experiences

September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes wonder who will follow in the footsteps of Russell Westbrook and Ben Simmons. Truth Teller Joe Pompliano of Huddle Up has had a busy…
Third Eye Open LLC

August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes have found their own Pepe Silvia: Guggenheim Partners. We take you back to the first domino that led to Peyton Watson's sign and trade…
Emergency Pod - Minnesota Timberwolves Sold

August 21, 2026 · 42 min

Tom, Amin, Wos and Mayes react to the second NBA team sale of August, at an absurd price increase, to a buyer leveraging their OpenAI investments. Who is Marc Stad? Another venture capitalist looking for a stable place to park his highly…
The Summer Of Adam

August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes are more than close, they're vacation close. Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss is here to discuss the various ownership stories…
The Chosen Successor

August 18, 2026 · 36 min

Dr. Tom "The Scientist" Haberstroh, Pulitzer Prize Winner Amin Elhassan... and producer Anthony Mayes can't decide which Prestige HBO TV show best describes what's going on with the Lakers right now. Truth Teller Yaron Weitzman, author of…

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About the show

Tired of agenda-driven basketball talk that only offers glimpses of the truth? Wish there was a place you could get the full picture? Basketball Illuminati offers you salvation. Go behind the scenes with exclusive analysis previously restricted from the general public. Fearless NBA Insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh peel back the curtain on why things happen in the NBA.