The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast

Hosted by Joe Manganiello 🏀 Deep NBA & WNBA Coverage 🎙️ Pro Basketball Negotiation Champion analyzing pivotal jargon & implications of the Hoops industry.

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

My Top 5:

Kendrick
3 Stacks
Pusha T
Killer Mike
Eminem

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

Most Drafts, maybe 80-90%, Malonga is no-brainer top pick. A grade as a defensive prospect & rare physical tools. Probably A- offensive grade. All-Star ceiling.

But 2025 Draft had Paige. This is what A+ offensive grade gets you. Dallas Wings take flight for a decade around her.

[WNBA @WNBA]

EVERY. SINGLE. BUCKET from Paige Buecker's historic 44-point performance 🎥

[Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou]

Paige Bueckers' 44 points tonight vs. the Sparks are:

-the most points in a game by a rookie in WNBA history
-the most points in a game by any player this season
-the first 40-piece in league history on 80% FG

[Erin Grugan @eringrugan]

Aubrey Plaza at the Lynx-Liberty WNBA game wearing a "Philly is a women's sports town" t-shirt

[Florence + the Machine @florencemachine]

Florence + The Machine
Everybody Scream, the sixth album
Released on Halloween, October 31st 2025

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

She's Back -- the greatest Rock Star on Earth is ready to deliver the good word. I'm beyond ready to see @florencemachine live in 2026.

https://t.co/Hpvgqqvjtz

[WNBL @WNBL]

The WNBL to WNBA pathway continues to produce results 🔥 #ReadyToRise 

Who's your favourite WNBL player in the WNBA? 🤔

[Hunter Cruse @HunterCruse14]

21-year-old guard Leïla Lacan is the second player in WNBA HISTORY with 14 assists & 0 turnovers in a game, according to @WBBTimeline.

The other player: Jennifer Rizzotti (now Sun president) in 2002

[Toronto Tempo @TempoBasketball]

West Coast, we're coming back for you. Next season, we’re bringing two Tempo home games to Vancouver. 🍁

Sign up at the link in our bio to be the first to know about Tempo games in Vancouver in 2026. 🌊

Presented by Sephora Canada @CIBC

[Nekias (Nuh-KAI-us) Duncan @NekiasNBA]

was that an a'ja lob to bam lol that's fire

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

Mr. Kolb operating at his own level right now when it comes to WNBA GM performance

[Geoff Magliocchetti @GeoffJMags]

Through her first five games with the New York Liberty, Emma Meesseman has....

73 points (on 51 percent from the floor)
27 rebounds
20 assists
6 blocks
5 steals

No player in #WNBA history has had such a stint to start her career with a team.
#WNBA #LightItUpNYL

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

More a powerhouse forward in college. But I'm seeing Asinde improved her skill creation and overall timing, a lot more refined offensive package, 18 months after UTEP. She was a training camp cut by Atlanta Dream in May but could make a W roster in 2026

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

A lotta lotta lotta size and speed and playmaking ability off the dribble for Jane Asinde. A slender point-forward with star scoring abilities.

[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup @FIBAWWC]

The alpha of the gazelles is an #AfroBasketWomen All-Star ⭐️

📊 15.8 PTS, 8.8 REB, 5.2 AST

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

On the one hand, Asinde turns 26 later this year and lacks WNBA experience after leaving NCAA in 2024.

On the other hand, she is peaking in international competition, with even better production than in her senior year at UTEP (16.5 points & 8.7 rebounds per game).

[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup @FIBAWWC]

Bookmark this under “Post-moves to copy” 🗃️🗂️

Mali’s Sika Kone is #AfroBasketWomen All-Star 5

📊 10.4 PTS, 11.0 REB, 2.0 AST

[Steve Vear @SJVear]

🥉 “Build it + they will come!” ~ @LuolDeng9
#HerStory @ssbfed

[Myles @MylesEhrlich]

INBOX: TNT Sports has reached a multi-year extension with Candace Parker, one of the most decorated basketball players of all-time, for an expanded role across its basketball portfolio. The three-time WNBA Champion and two-time WNBA MVP will continue as an analyst for TNT Sports and CBS Sports’ NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship coverage, a position she’s held since 2019. 

Additionally, Parker – a two-time National Player of the Year at Tennessee – will expand her college sports commentating duties to include serving as an analyst for TNT Sports’ inaugural seasons of BIG EAST men’s and women’s basketball and Big 12 men’s basketball. Parker will also continue as a lead studio analyst for TNT Sports’ coverage of Unrivaled. She will also continue to contribute to Bleacher Report and its B/R W platform.

“I’m grateful to keep doing what I love with my TNT Sports family,” said Parker. “Getting to cover the Big EAST, Big 12, March Madness, and now Unrivaled — it all means a lot. These moments are special, and I don’t take any of it for granted.” @Winsidr

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

NHL Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon has agreed to buy the Portland Trail Blazers from the estate of Paul G. Allen for a valuation of over $4 billion, sources tell ESPN.

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

I’m gonna try this again without the typo…

My guess for the Blazers sale price: 4.55 billion

[The Collective Basketball Agreements Podcast @thatjoemags]

A lot of meat on the bone here. Important reporting from @AnnieCostabile on the business considerations for the WNBA re: the looming Connecticut Sun relocation.

[Underdog WNBA @UnderdogWNBA]

Updates on Connecticut Sun sale, per @AnnieCostabile:

- Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca's offer "stalled" because commissioner Engelbert never presented it to WNBA board of governors
- Former Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry matched Pagliuca's $325M offer; wants to move team to Hartford, CT
- Houston is WNBA's preferred landing spot for Sun
- WNBA would "favor" a deal with Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta if he is willing to match sale price and pay relocation fee