YARON WEITZMAN

Yaron Weitzman is a two-time award-winning NBA writer and the author of "Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports." He's also the host of the Weitzman Can't Jump podcast. His work has appeared in, among other places, Bleacher Report, SLAM, ESPN, The New Yorker, The Ringer, Five Thirty Eight and GQ, and was recognized in 2020's "The Best American Sports Writing." None of this, however, matches his career highlight of being the ESPN Radio college intern tasked with delivering Stephen A. Smith his daily bag of Cheez Doodles. Yaron lives in Riverdale, N.Y. with his wife and two kids.