The Old Man and the Three is back with a new host, NBA sharpshooter and Denver Nuggets forward, Cam Johnson. Every week, Cam joins Tommy Alter for insightful analysis of NBA games, trends, strategy and major moments in hoops culture along with exclusive interviews and highlights — all from a current player’s perspective. The legacy continues!Don’t worry, The Young Man and the Three isn't going anywhere. Catch new episodes right here, where Tommy will continue to bring together your favorite rising stars from the NBA and culture to celebrate their love of hoops. Two shows. One feed. Every single week. Subscribe everywhere.
On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ Cam Johnson and Tommy Alter welcome NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal! Shaq discusses his new Dunkman League and goes back and forth trading stories with Cam on some of their best and worst dunk experiences. He also shares his thoughts on LeBron James’s decision to join the Philadelphia 76ers, Jalen Brunson and the Knicks winning the Finals, all his off-court ventures and side quests, and what his gameday routines were like. He then explains big-to-big what Victor Wembanyama needs to do better and what he needs to work on this offseason, shares what the best career advice he ever got was, 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.
29/07/2026 • 47:26
On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ the title doesn’t get much more explanatory. Cam Johnson and Tommy Alter are joined by the legendary astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to talk through some of his suggestions for the game of basketball and his athletic background growing up, as well as his most important scientific revelations of all time, unified theory in physics and the universe, and Neil’s dedication to space and his thoughts on aliens (which he wrote about in his book “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter”) 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.
21/07/2026 • 84:30
On this episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) and Tommy Alter discuss the NBA offseason so far, including the Jaylen Brown trade to the Sixers, the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade to the Miami Heat, Victor Wembanyama’s contract extension, where LeBron James could end up, the Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo altercation, 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.
14/07/2026 • 46:51
On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we welcome New York Knicks shooting guard Landry Shamet and die-hard Knicks fan actor John Turturro!The duo break down each round of the Knicks’ 2026 championship, go in-depth on the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs (Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper), discuss what this championship means to Knicks fans and the city of New York, the obstacles the team overcame, the play of Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby, and Mikal Bridges, and the dynamics and how strangely similar working on set as an actor with directors like Spike Lee and The Coen Brothers is to playing on a sports team. 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.
26/06/2026 • 77:17
Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) and Tommy Alter answer listener questions about Victor Wembanyama and Jalen Brunson’s performances in the NBA Finals, what it’s like dealing with trade rumors, the toughest actions to guard in the league, underrated players and teams, training in the offseason, 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.
20/06/2026 • 33:38
Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) and Tommy Alter break down the New York Knicks’ (Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, OG Anunoby) 2026 NBA Championship run after defeating the San Antonio Spurs (Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox) in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, including Brunson’s performance in the playoffs, the lack of experience for the Spurs, what it means for Mikal Bridges to win, the Knicks fans, 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.
15/06/2026 • 38:30
Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets and Tommy Alter break down the New York Knicks’ (Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart) insane comeback win against the San Antonio Spurs (Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox) in Game 4 in the NBA Finals, OG Anunoby’s game-winning tip in, and where both teams go from here heading into Game 5.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
11/06/2026 • 36:33
Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) and Tommy Alter break down the San Antonio Spurs (Victor Wembanyama) heading into MSG and taking Game 3 of the NBA Finals over the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart). Cam also shares his thoughts on the Brendan Sorsby, Texas Tech, and Big Ten situation.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.
09/06/2026 • 43:07
Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) and Tommy Alter break down the New York Knicks’ (Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges) Game 2 win in the NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs (Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper) to take a 2-0 lead and share their takeaways heading into Game 3 at MSG.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
06/06/2026 • 38:38
Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) and Tommy Alter break down the New York Knicks’ win over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the NBA Finals and each share five takeaways from the game.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
04/06/2026 • 35:16
On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we have two separate conversations: one with the legendary Stephon Marbury, and another with Trey Murphy III (New Orleans Pelicans) and Naji Marshall (Dallas Mavericks).Marbury shares some amazing stories about his extensive basketball career, his thoughts on Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks Finals run, and so much more. Then, Trey and Naji discuss Cooper Flagg’s rookie season and who they like in the upcoming NBA Draft, before having a draft of their own picking what they think are the best nicknames. 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.
29/05/2026 • 75:32
On this episode of ‘The Old Man of the Three’, host Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) breaks down the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, Karl-Anthony Towns) sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers (James Harden, Donovan Mitchell) in the Eastern Conference Finals and advancing to the NBA Finals. We’re also joined by NBA Draft prospect Allen Graves (Santa Clara) to announce his decision about remaining in the draft this year, discuss what his draft process has been like so far, and what he expects from his career. 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.
26/05/2026 • 42:35
On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans for a special collab episode with Jeff Teague and the Club 520 Podcast! The group shares hilarious NBA stories from both Jeff and Trey’s careers, what their relationship with NBA media is, as well as discuss the NBA playoffs, what they want to see in the Finals, the appeal of small market teams, if we could see Giannis, Kawhi, and LeBron get traded to new teams, and so much more. You don’t want to miss this one. 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.
22/05/2026 • 64:13
Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) breaks down the San Antonio Spurs win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals, including the performances of Victor Wembanyama and Dylan Harper, how the Spurs guarded MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and more. He also reflects on the Nuggets first round loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and how he is approaching his offseason.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
19/05/2026 • 32:12
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.
08/05/2026 • 92:41
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.
01/05/2026 • 46:26
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.
29/04/2026 • 34:39
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.
24/04/2026 • 68:40
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.
21/04/2026 • 31:16
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.
17/04/2026 • 23:01
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.
14/04/2026 • 62:53
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.
10/04/2026 • 62:19
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.
07/04/2026 • 42:41
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.
03/04/2026 • 56:35
On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three’, Cam Johnson and Tommy Alter are joined by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst! We loved this conversation. Windy and Cam discuss everything from some of Windy and Cam’s favorite basketball stories and travels around the world, the current relationship between NBA media and players and how it’s evolved throughout Windy’s career, Windy covering LeBron James since high school and his origin story of getting into media, NBA storytelling, and what Windy is looking forward to about this upcoming playoffs. 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.
31/03/2026 • 61:19
On this Friday’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we welcome Nicolas Batum of the Los Angeles Clippers back to the show! He opens up about so much, including:How the Clippers turned their season around after starting 6-21Kawhi’s dominance this seasonThe James Harden and Ivica Zubac tradesAddition on Darius GarlandBrandon Roy storiesHis tough Charlotte years and the motivation that came from themVictor Wembanyama…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.
27/03/2026 • 43:46
On this week’s episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three’, Cam Johnson breaks down the final 10-game stretch of the regular season for the Denver Nuggets and the Western Conference playoff battle. He also discusses Tim Hardaway Jr.’s big games, the return of Peyton Watson, and the Nuggets finally being healthy for the first time since early November. Cam then gets into the NCAA Tournament and March Madness, and shares his thoughts on UNC basketball after the Tar Heels were upset in the first round by VCU. 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.
24/03/2026 • 34:07
On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we welcome ESPN’s Shams Charania! Shams shares some of the craziest stories he’s ever reported on (including Chauncey Billups’s arrest, Trump having Covid, and Anthony Davis and Kevin Durant trades), an in-depth perspective on tanking and expansion in the NBA, his career journey (which started as a high school student reporting on the league), his approach to which reports are worth sharing, 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.
20/03/2026 • 52:47
On this episode of ‘The Old Man and the Three,’ Cam Johnson shares his thoughts on the Denver Nuggets intense recent stretch against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, and more, as well as reacts to Bam Adebayo’s 83 point outing, and the World Baseball Classic.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
18/03/2026 • 25:17
This week, Cam Johnson (Denver Nuggets) welcomes John Fanta (NBC Sports) to break down all the expert predictions and exciting storylines for this year’s March Madness! They discuss potential upsets and key players to watch as the NCAA Tournament unfolds, such as Cam Boozer (Duke), AJ Dybantsa (BYU), Darius Acuff (Arkansas) 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.
17/03/2026 • 33:02
