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The man who knows the Nuggets better than anyone else, Adam Mares of DNVR, is our guest to break down Denver’s hopes for bouncing back in 2024-25.What went wrong in the Minnesota series? Was it personnel, or the failure of that personnel to play to their potential?How Jamal Murray has looked in camp after a rough 6 monthsThe pressure on Michael Malone and Calvin Booth this seasonWho needs to step up in the absence of KCP?The starting shooting guard competitionRussell Westbrook’s impact on the second unit…or the closing unit?What combinations Michael Malone can rely on off the benchHow hard will Nikola Jokic need to push this season?Which of the other projected top-4 Denver matches up well againstOur predictions for the regular seasonNoah Magaro-George of the Vic-and-Roll is our guest to look ahead to a Spurs season in which they’re projected to take a big step forward.Will the Spurs exhibit the same mindset of emphasizing development over wins?What is Devin Vassell’s health situation and how does he project this year?We’ve all seen the highlights, but how good was Victor on defense last year and where can he improve?Is Gregg Popovich still a good coach?What’s realistic to expect Victor to improve on offensively?How do newcomer vets Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes fit into the rotation? What about Jeremy Sochan?Whether Stephon Castle will play a big role in year 1.The Spurs’ strengths and weaknesses and our predictions for the season. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

The Athletic’s Jovan Buha guests to discuss the dawn of the JJ Redick era in LA.How much of an upgrade will Redick be on Darvin Ham?What are the prospects for the return of Jarrett Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent?Will the lack of depth sink this squad?Under what circumstances will the Lakers make a trade to bolster their playoff chase, and what are the holes they need to fill?Should Austin Reaves be untouchable in trade talks?How do the Lakers get to be a top-5 offense?Can LeBron and AD keep it going another year?Our predictions for the season. Celtics reporter Noa Dalzell of CLNS and SBNation joins to look ahead to Boston’s title defense. The key topics:What was the secret sauce to last year’s crazy regular season numbers?Which players are possible regression candidates this season?Which players who weren’t in the rotation last year can contribute this year?How can Jayson Tatum take another step forward?Was Derrick White’s career year sustainable?How do the Celtics match up with their chief competition in the East?Are Kristaps Porzingis’ awesome postup numbers going to carry over to the postseason?Our predictions for the season Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

A late-night pod on the blockbuster Wolves/Knicks deal involving Karl-Anthony Towns, Julius Randle, and Donte DiVincenzo.We go through the salary cap math as it stands now, how good this Knicks team is, and whether we’d have done the deal as New York.We disagree on the impact of this deal for Minnesota, in which Nate likes it a lot more for the Wolves than Danny. Caitlin Cooper of Basketball She Wrote joins to look ahead to a highly-anticipated season in Indiana.What part of last year’s season is most relevant for predicting this year?How much did Tyrese Haliburton’s injury bother him and what do we expect this year?Why Caitlin expects a big year from Andrew Nembhard.Will the Pacers change up their scheme that was so obsessed with taking away threes?It’s a crucial year for Benn Mathurin to prove he can contribute to winning.How Rick Carlisle’s rotation will shake out.The epic backup center competition between Isaiah Jackson and James Wiseman.Can the offense reach the same heights as last year? Plus, other strengths and weaknesses.Was Pascal Siakam what the Pacers thought they were trading for?How much of a weakness will the defense be?A tangent on Jarace Walker and whether he can figure this year.Our predictions for the season. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Danny is back to evaluate the Eastern Conference season over/unders, in which we have a stunning SIX disagreements.ATLBOS 7:00BRK 12:20CHA 21:00CHI 27:00CLE 35:38DET 39:41IND 49:17MIA 59:13MIL 1:03:40NYK 1:12:04ORL 1:17:21PHI 1:22:29TOR 1:30:13WAS 1:37:18 Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Dan Feldman and Danny Leroux are the teams and Nate Duncan the player agent to negotiate deals for the rookie scale players eligible for extensions.Jalen Green 4:29Jalen Suggs 16:04Josh Giddey 24:20Jonathan Kuminga 32:00Davion Mitchell 40:20Ziaire Williams 42:32Moses Moody 45:22Corey Kispert 50:00Alperen Sengun 53:49Trey Murphy III 1:01:46Jalen Johnson 1:06:31Isaiah Jackson 1:09:04Quentin Grimes 1:11:40Cam Thomas 1:13:18Day’Ron Sharpe 1:15:09Santi Aldama 1:17:34Caleb Houstan 1:20:00Jaylin Williams 1:21:36Jaden Hardy 1:24:20We finally give our overall impressions of the market for extensions and which negotiations were the most complex. 1:27:00. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Blake Murphy of Sportsnet is our portal into a new kind of Raptors season having fully moved on from the old guard.What Blake thinks of this tack in the Raptors’ rebuildCan we take anything away from the limited minutes the new big 3 of Barnes, Barrett, and Quickley played with the Raps a season ago? 4:00.What to make of Darko Rajakovic after a chaotic season. 12:49.Jakob Poeltl’s ability to anchor the defense, and how the rest of the talent projects on that end. 17:26.Scottie Barnes’ evolution into an All-Star. 27:30.The competition to be the 5th starter at shooting guard and the bench rotation. 37:30.The Raptors’ rotational and statistical strengths and weaknesses. 50:53.Our predictions for the Raptors’ season. 1:00. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

One of the best beat writers in the business, Anthony Slater of the Athletic, is our guest to look at the upcoming Warriors seasonThe pros and cons of the Steph Curry extension.What they were last season and if they’ll miss Klay. 6:23Jonathan Kuminga’s potential to evolve into the needed second scorer. 14:00The massive burden on Steph and Draymond. 17:00The prospects for Bradin Podziemski in year two to evolve his game into a key offensive piece. 22:00The new signings replacing Klay and the lower-end rotation pieces. 29:30The possibility of a big trade, and how aggressive the Warriors should be even if they can’t necessarily get back into championship contention. 36:30The Warriors’ strengths and weaknesses heading into the season. 43:00The under-discussed Andrew Wiggins factor. 51:00Our predictions for the season. 58:00 Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Kings-watcher extraordinaire James Ham is our guest to kick off our offseason outlook series. Sacramento is a fascinating team this year, and we hit on all the big questions:What to make of last year’s “step back” and what needs to change this year to rejoin the playoffs?The impact of the DeMar DeRozan signing and his fit with the existing players. 11:20How the guard rotation will shake out with Ellis, Huerter, and Monk. 18:00Who are the main improvement and regression candidates. 27:00The Kings’ closing lineup as a potential strength, and the other key strengths and weaknesses for this team. 37:28Our predictions for the Kings’ season. 49:10 Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

It’s time to hold ourselves accountable by looking back at what we originally thought each team’s 2023 offseason and decide how well that take and the teams’ offseasons themselves have aged. We start in reverse alphabetical order in the East:WASTOR-13:36PHI-22:20ORL-28:22NYK-36:25MIL-43:40MIA-58:41IND-1:10:06 Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

It’s time to hold ourselves accountable by looking back at what we originally thought each team’s 2023 offseason and decide how well that take and the teams’ offseasons themselves have aged. Plus, we break our rules and go back to re-grade a key 2022 offseason move whose outcome has fluctuated wildly.DALDEN-17:00GSW-28:00HOU-35:05LAC-41:53LAL-51:47MEM-1:01:05MIN-1:09:28 Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

An ode of appreciation to LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry as they carry the Americans to another gold medal in Paris over a game French squad. We break down what they’ve meant to American basketball, plus a deep dive on the gold medal game itself.  We also discuss our theories for why Americans (relatively) struggle in FIBA basketball, and pick our All-Olympics teams. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

We give our observations and predictions for the knockout round of the Olympic basketball tournament, then get into offseason grades for the rest of the East:MIL and CLE after signing Trent and Allen 23:00ATL-30:00CHA-39:00CHI-44:51DET-53:00MIA-1:04:15PHI-1:15:40TOR-1:20:00WAS-1:27:30 Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

TNT sues the NBA to enforce its matching rights, what are the early indications on how it could play out? Andrew Nembhard’s extension negotiations were some of the more fascinating in recent memory. (8:00) Tyus Jones joins Phoenix, is this a game-changer for the Suns? (16:00) Plus the rest of the transactions around the league.Then, our wrap-up of every roster player in Summer League continues!CHI: Matas Buzelis, Julian Phillips (36:30)OKC: Dillon Jones, Ajay Mitchell, Ousmane Dieng (45:20)SAC: Keon Ellis, Colby Jones (54:00)MIA: Kel’el Ware, Pelle Larsson, Josh Christopher, Keshad Johnson (58:00)PHI: Jared McCain, Adem Bona (1:09:00)LAL: Dalton Knecht, Bronny James, Maxwell Lewis (1:16:00)ORL: Tristan Da Silva, Anthony Black, Jett Howard (1:26:44)TOR: Ja’Kobe Walter, Jonathan Mogbo, Jamal Shead, Ulrich Chomche, Gradey Dick (1:34:40) Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Our wrap-up of every roster player in Summer League begins!ATL–Zaccharie Risacher and Co.WAS–Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George (13:40)HOU-Reed Sheppard, Cam Whitmore, AJ Griffin (33:30)Then, the news including our reaction to the Evan Mobley extension (54:00), TNT’s intent to match the Amazon TV deal (1:04:18), and Gary Trent Jr. signing with the Bucks (1:16:10) among other things. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

The first part of our look at the Western Conference offseasons, with NO business school grade inflation! A “C” is average folks.Oklahoma City ThunderDenver NuggetsL.A. ClippersDallas MavericksPhoenix SunsLos Angeles LakersGolden State Warriors Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Paul George reveals the course of negotiations with the Clippers. At 16:00, we catch-up on a few other signings from the last couple days. Then, we reevaluate some interesting predictions about Dejounte Murray, Pascal Siakam, the 2024 playoffs, and more. 27:00 and make some new predictions about:Whether Lauri Markkanen will be traded-41:00Whether Brandon Ingram will be traded-46:00How effective the Nuggets’ new starting 5 will be 48:00Trae Young’s chances of staying in Atlanta 50:00Four or more teams finishing with 60 losses-52:53The Sixers making it thru the playoffs healthy-57:00The top-4 in the West and the top-8 in the East-1:00:50Julius Randle finishing the year as a Knick 1:06 Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Donovan Mitchell extends in Cleveland.8:12–Financial implications of LeBron re-signing on a 1+1 for the max, Bronny’s contract relative to other late selections.19:20–The Orlando Magic have used their financial flexibility to assemble a crazy deep team.29:00–Golden State’s signing of Kyle Anderson and pursuit of Buddy Hield38:00–Phoenix, Milwaukee and Boston make value signings for the minimum.45:00–The remaining free agents Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Paul George spurns the Clippers, or was it the other way around? What does this mean now for the Clippers, plus we put a rather ugly bow on this 213 era of Clippers basketball.The Nuggets also take an apparent step back in their championship contention with the departure of KCP.  Is there any justification other than just “the money?”What does Orlando look like with KCP and what should they be focused on if they don’t get PG?Klay Thompson’s exit from Golden State is all but confirmed–will he join the Mavericks who added Naji Marshall?Plus, the Sixers set the table for PG. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Nate and Danny break down all of the major trades, picks and signings involving the teams through the 9th pick in the draft. Part 2 is available exclusively on Dunc'd On Prime.Hawks take Risacher5:26–Wizards picks and trade with Blazers26:00–Knicks night, re-signing OG and draft moves35:00–Portland gets Donovan Clingan39:00–Houston takes Reed Sheppard43:00–San Antonio takes Stephon Castle.49:00–Ron Holland to Detroit52:00–Tidjane Salane to Charlotte57:00–Minnesota gets Rob Dillingham107:00–Zach Edey to Memphis1:13:00–Listener questions from YouTube  Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.

Jonathan Givony of ESPN is our guest to discuss some of the big themes around the 2024 draft and debate the top picks. On the docket:How will the new 2-day format affect the second round?12:45: Why he has Zaccharie Risacher #1 on his board17:00 Alex Sarr’s potential as a do-everything center19:30 Why Nate has Reed Sheppard #1 on HIS board, and what Jonathan thinks of that.23:00 The comparisons for Stephon Castle27:00 A debate on Donovan Clingan, who Jonathan is higher on than Nate34:00 A debate on Ron Holland, who Nate is much higher on than Jonathan42:00 Where Jonathan thinks the best place is for an 18-year-old draft prospect to play46:00 A debate on Rob Dillingham, who Jonathan is much higher on than Nate Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FMSubscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the key moments from the pod each week.