The most talked-about NBA teams, Aug 11 to Aug 17
769 minutes of NBA talk counted that week.
Across the 10 national shows The Cutdown listened to, Aug 11 to Aug 17. Arrows compare the week before.
Updated Wednesday 6:15 AM ET
That week's most talked-about team
Los Angeles Lakers
3h 49m of national talk ▲ 1
Most of it came from The Ringer NBA Show (105m), The Hoop Collective (43m) and Bill Simmons Podcast (31m).
Biggest riser
Portland Trail Blazers
Up 14 to No. 7, 26m of talk
Biggest faller
Minnesota Timberwolves
Down 19 to No. 20, 8m of talk
2
Oklahoma City Thunder
Bill Simmons Podcast 67m, The Athletic NBA Daily 25m, No Dunks 19m, Dunc'd On 11m, The Hoop Collective 10m
2h 19m
▲ 4
3
Los Angeles Clippers
The Hoop Collective 15m, Bill Simmons Podcast 12m, The Ryen Russillo Show 6m, Dunc'd On 6m, No Dunks 4m
47m
▲ 8
4
Philadelphia 76ers
The Athletic NBA Daily 18m, The Zach Lowe Show 13m, Bill Simmons Podcast 7m, No Dunks 2m
40m
▲ 1
5
New York Knicks
The Athletic NBA Daily 14m, Bill Simmons Podcast 10m, The Zach Lowe Show 4m, No Dunks 2m
30m
▲ 2
6
Indiana Pacers
The Athletic NBA Daily 15m, The Ringer NBA Show 9m, The Zach Lowe Show 5m, No Dunks 1m, Dunc'd On 1m
30m
▼ 2
12
San Antonio Spurs
Bill Simmons Podcast 7m, The Athletic NBA Daily 4m, The Hoop Collective 4m, No Dunks 3m
18m
▲ 5
The Bulls got 1 minutes of national talk all week. 2 NBA teams did not come up at all. Their playlist still ran every morning. Get the Bulls playlist.
Counted from 16 episodes. A conversation about two teams counts for both. Weeks run Tuesday through Monday, Eastern time.
Every one of these teams has a daily playlist in the app: the day's real conversations, cut clean and stitched into one feed. Find your team.