Why was a federal courthouse the most important place to be so far this NBA season? Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and Heat guard Terry Rozier were both arrested and charged by federal law enforcement as part of an illegal sports gambling and rigged poker ring that involves the mafia. Two days into the NBA season! It's unprecedented. What does it mean for the NBA? How does the league respond? Mike Vorkunov and Yaron Weitzman talk about a crazy day and what it means.

Guest: Yaron Weitzman

READING LIST:

Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrests escalate sprawling NBA betting scandal

Jontay Porter pays the price, as NBA and other leagues play with fire on gambling

Big parlays, fake injuries and Telegram tips: The betting scandal in college and pro sports

Sports media is changing quickly, even for the fans who want to get into it. Jonathan Macri is a Knicks fan who turned his love for the team into Knicks Film School, now a thriving Knicks media ecosystem and his full-time job. Mike Vorkunov talks to Jonathan about how he did it, what it says about sports media now and how legacy media is trying to be more like him than he is trying to be like them.

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Have you heard of Project B? It's got a lot of money, it's trying to sign stars, it might one day compete with the WNBA, it could be a problem for Unrivaled, and it's talking about starting a men's basketball league one day that could also be an issue for the NBA. Oh, it also used to have Maverick Carter — a longtime business partner for LeBron James. What should we make of this new project and what could it mean for the NBA, WNBA and Unrivaled?

SEGMENT 2

LeBron James just made a second (bad) decision. Let's get into his cryptic and unpopular ad campaign, and the bad week for the Los Angeles Lakers star. We get into why the Second Decision was repeating the mistakes of The Decision.

SEGMENT 3

Bill Belichick, the University of North Carolina, Amazon, and John Wall — who had the good decision of the week and who made the bad decision of the week

GUEST: Yaron Weitzman

Reading List:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6699988/2025/10/08/project-b-global-basketball-wnba-nba-threat/

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6704076/2025/10/10/bill-belichick-unc-football-collapse-one-month/