Why Are Bad Teams So Bad? And the Minnows of the Trade Market

Four Under-the-Radar Stories; “Bad” Contracts Looking Good; Scouting in Person: John and Nate each pick two under-the-radar stories to talk about that haven’t received enough coverage in this busy early season, focusing on surprising teams and the 2019 draft. Then a couple of mailbag questions on which “bad” contracts from this offseason are looking better, and whose big leaps forward will sustain, with a particular focus on Andrew Wiggins’ improvement. Finally John discusses the challenges of scouting players in person during the NBA season. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Front Office Trade Deadline Prep for Contenders: MIL, LAC, LAL, PHI: Last episode John talked about what preparation goes on in front offices prior to the trade deadline. This week, we try to put that into practice with deadline prep for four key contenders, Milwaukee, the LA Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Philadelphia 76ers. We discuss team needs, which players might be available, which players the teams should go after, and how much we’d be willing to give up for each of those players as these teams. Then of course we eliminate another team from the playoffs to close the show. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

83 min listen

Who Should Be Traded?: With December 15 upon us, almost all of the league is eligible to be traded. John and Nate talk about what to expect from the general trade market this year and bounce around a ton of names to see who teams should be looking to trade in several categories. We close by looking at buy-low young players who might benefit from a fresh start and finally rule out 2 teams each from the playoff picture. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Controversial Rookies, Controversial Teams, a Mailbag, and How Teams Make Cuts: John shows he'll give us the closest look behind the curtain of running an NBA franchise that we’ve ever seen. To start John and Nate discuss some of the rookies who will over- and underperform their draft slots and debate three West playoff contenders whose fortunes they disagree on this season. Then a mailbag from listeners, including the definitive answer on the value of midrange shots that will put an end to all discussion of this issue forever, how important ball movement is for an offense, what John thinks of his PER metric almost 20 years later, and whether Knicks fans have anything to look forward to this year. We finish up with discussing how cuts are made in camp. What kind of influence do coaches have, what happens if you have to convince the owner to eat guaranteed money, and whether it’s better to have a solid 15-man roster coming into camp. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscr by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Hollinger & Duncan Coming Soon!: John Hollinger and Nate Duncan give you a sneak peak at what to expect from their new pod this season. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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The Most Confusing Players in the NBA: John and Nate pick the players that they have had the most difficulty evaluating over the years, including a pair of highly-paid point guards. But before that, we catch up by eliminating 3 teams each from the playoffs. Then, John tells us what most surprised him about working for an NBA team when he first got in after working in NBA media. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Western Conference Mailbag!: All 15 teams in the Western Conference in mailbag form. We hit on questions from our listeners for each team in the West in alphabetical order. Timestamps are as follows: DAL (1:56), DEN (7:37), GSW (16:06), HOU (21:42), LAC (27:03), LAL (33:16), MEM (39:27), MIN (44:10), NOP (48:53), OKC (55:50), PHX (1:00:00), POR (1:05:52), SAC (1:10:05), SAS (1:14:36), UTA (1:20:42). With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Five Minutes on Each Contender: John and Nate spend 5 minutes on the 12 teams with a chance to win a playoff series. We discuss questions like the closing lineups, underrated strengths and vulnerabilities, favorable and unfavorable playoff matchups, and more. With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

72 min listen

Jump to Conclusions Week; 2020 Free Agency Outlook, How Teams Report Injuries to the Media: With jump to conclusions week in the books, what predictions are Nate and John thinking about revising? We’ve got major concerns about the Kings and Warriors, plus the Suns are looking a ton better. Then we look at the 2020 free agency and discuss why the extension market played out as it did, plus what the teams with cap space will do now with so many targets off the market. Plus what will happen with key veteran free agents like DeMar DeRozan, Andre Drummond, and Mike Conley? We hit a couple of mailbag questions on what front offices have access to stats wise that laypeople don’t, and whether the league is doing enough to help small markets. And John explains what goes into team reporting about injuries and disabuses Nate of a theory or two. Finally we talk about some of the games we’ve seen in person over the last week. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, R by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Long-Term Plans: TOR, ORL, DAL; When to Challenge; How to Navigate Conflict w/ Coaches: What is the future for 3 interesting teams at different points in the success cycle, Toronto, Orlando, and Dallas? For the Raptors, we assess where Pascal Siakam is as a foundational piece, plus whether it makes sense to move their veterans and what they might get on the trade market, plus how to set up for Giannis in 2021. Orlando is off to a rough offensive start, is there a path forward into contention for this group or are major changes needed? We also look at how Dallas can get a 3rd piece to pair with KP and Luka, or whether they should try to fill in with role guys around them instead? Then we take stock of how coaches have been using challenges so far and when is the best time to use them. Finally we get into how a front office can address the situation when there’s a difference with the coach on how and who to play. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTune by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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NBA Organization Rankings, Part 1: John and Nate rank every organization in the NBA based on who we’d want running our team. In part 1, we look at the top half of the league and reveal our individual rankings. In particular we’ve got some significant disagreements on the Spurs, Warriors, Nets, Rockets, and Thunder. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Eastern Conference Every Team Mailbag: All 15 teams in the Eastern Conference in mailbag form. We hit on questions from our listeners for each team in the East in alphabetical order from Atlanta to Washington. Included: Why are the Hawks so bad and who deserves the blame? What do to in Brooklyn when Kyrie and LeVert are back? Can the Pistons get anything for Drummond or Blake? What can Miami do to improve? How would the East 3-6 shake out in the playoffs? What is Davis Bertans’ fate this summer? Timestamps: ATL (0:45), BOS (7:30), BKN (15:05), CHA (19:10), CHI (24:18). CLE (32:00), DET (38:10), IND (42:00), MIA (47:08), MIL (51:56). NY (56:06), ORL (1:01:03), PHI (1:10:08), TOR (1:15:47), WAS (1:21:12) With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

88 min listen

Suns Playoff Hopes; NBA’s Schedule Proposal; How to Develop Players: A fun melange, first we catch up with our observations on the Suns and whether they can make the playoffs. Then a new feature as we will each eliminate a team from making the playoffs each week the rest of the year. The meat of the show is John and Nate rating the league’s proposed schedule changes, including reseeding the Final 4, a mid-season tournament, and a play-in tournament for the 7th and 8th seeds. We hit a couple of mailbag questions about which extensions are looking better or worse and Fred Van Vleet’s market next summer. Finally, an extended discussion on player development and how to use the G-League. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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An Insider Look at NBA Front Offices at the Trade Deadline: The best insider info yet, as Nate grills John for an hour on the specifics of what happens in NBA front offices during the deadline. What information is prepared, how are calls made by buyers and sellers, what are the roles of the staff in the front offices, what do teams know about what other teams are doing, why are relationships and trust so important, what are the pros and cons of various negotiating strategies, and much more. Then of course we eliminate another team from the playoffs to close the show. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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NBA Organization Rankings, Part 2: John and Nate finish ranking every organization in the NBA based on who we’d want running our team. In part 2, we look at the bottom half of the league. We’ve got some disagreements on the Bulls, Cavs, and Hawks. We also struggle with some of the newer front offices like Minnesota, New Orleans, and Washington. And, of course, find out who we both agree should be dead last. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Where Do the Non-Playoff Teams Go From Here; When to Fire a Coach: We start by eliminating a team from the playoffs, then take a look at the teams we’ve eliminated from the playoffs so far and where they go from here. Which of these teams is in the best position, which has the best talent and management, and how has this year changed the future for these teams? Included: Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, Washington, New York, Detroit, Charlotte, Sacramento, and Minnesota. Then, in the wake of John Beilein’s departure, we discuss when it makes sense to fire a coach. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

56 min listen

NBA Draft 2020 Catch-Up: Nate grills John about the 2020 draft class that he’s followed closely for several years, including who he’d have number one, who the other contenders are, and which players he’s higher or lower on than the consensus. They also discuss how a draft rich in point guards will play out with a number of lottery teams that seemingly already have solutions at the position. Then our weekly elimination of a team from the playoffs, and a discussion of how practices play into front office evaluations. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

61 min listen

What Keeps Contenders Up at Night, Brooklyn Pivots, How Execs Deal With Media: We look at Brooklyn’s move with Kenny Atkinson, and why “deserve ain’t got nothin’ to do with it.” The media reporting around the move provides a good lens for Nate to ask John how executives deal with the media, particularly what they perceive as unfair reporting. Then a new feature born of Nate’s tossing and turning, what keeps contenders up at night. A look at the biggest issues the Clippers, Lakers, and Bucks face, plus a debate on whether the Thunder are a threat in the playoffs. Finally, eliminating two more teams from the playoffs, with a discussion of what we can take away from their seasons. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

61 min listen

John and Nate Debate NBA Awards: Every once in awhile, even John and Nate disagree. They sent each other their NBA awards picks and saw where they disagreed, then spent over an hour arguing about who is right--respectfully, of course. With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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More Trade Prep for Contenders: BOS, HOU, DEN, DAL, IND, TOR: We continue our deadline prep for the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, and Toronto Raptors. We discuss team needs, which players might be available, which players the teams should go after, and how much we’d be willing to give up for each of those players as these teams. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Five Minutes on the Challengers in the Bubble: 5 minutes on the 10 teams challenging to be part of the postseason in the bubble. We hit on some of the biggest surprises to date, handicap the playoff race going forward, and hit the most pressing questions for each squad. Don’t worry, the Nets and Wizards are at the end. With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

67 min listen

What Happened with Bogdan; What Do Warriors Do Next; Harden Trade Options; Draft Winners and Losers: Why did the apparent deal for Bogdan Bogdanovic fall apart, and how much did “tampering” have to do with it? With Klay out, what is the Warriors’ next move? Is James Harden to Brooklyn fait accompli? Plus recapping all the draft night moves and our winners and losers. Catch H&D live on Twitch every Thursday at 2:30 ET/11:30 PT. Follow and sub! Twitch.TV/NateDuncanNBA Starting September 8, Nate’s podcast Dunc’d On is exclusively ad-free four days a week. Become a member! With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA. Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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The Most Underrated Players of All-Time: Which players haven’t gotten their historical due over the years? John and Nate each pick their top-3 most underrated players ever, in comparison to how they are publicly perceived. Included: Some players who should be Hall of Famers, Hall of Famers nobody talks about, and some players who should be talked about in the top-10 ever but are not. With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Trade Target Rankings: John and Nate look at which players available on the trade market teams should be valuing the most. After a look at the trade deadline from the sellers’ side a few weeks ago, now it’s time to look at the buyers’ side. If your team needs a point guard, or a center, we rank the players at each position that needy teams should target. They also discuss the Andre Drummond situation in Detroit, and eliminate another team each from the playoff race. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger & Duncan" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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How Can the NBA Resume Play; John’s Favorite Basketball Memories: John and Nate look at what would have to happen for the NBA to resume play, and what that might look like when it does? What playoff format makes the most sense? Should all 30 teams be involved, and should there be any type of regular season? What do to about the draft, free agency, and the start of next season depending on when the NBA resumes play? Then Nate asks John about his favorite basketball memories, including his favorite game, favorite player to watch, most awesome play he's ever seen, and his favorite team (non-Memphis division). Finally, a word on how to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in your communities. With hosts @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Eight on the Delete 8: Taking eight minutes per team to talk about the Delete 8 that won't be in Orlando. We free form with the most intriguing questions about these teams heading into the offseason, like how their young players are looking, who they should target in the draft, how much to pay their free agents, and more. With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Listeners Ask Us to Pick More of the NBA’s Best: Listeners submit more fun categories for John and Nate discuss the NBA’s best. Included: The most average player at every position Most likely to coach Best NFL player in the NBA Most unfairly labeled as “good stats, bad team” Most fairly labeled as same Best team at developing talent The best roll and pick-and-pop men Best pick-and-roll duo Best screener Best cutter Best fundamentals With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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Playoffs Week 2; What Happens in Exit Interviews: A comprehensive look at the second week of the playoffs, including Denver/Utah and the crazy shooting, the Boston/Toronto rockfight, a look ahead to a potential Lakers/Rockets series, and more. Plus the best/worst coaching jobs, most surprising players, All-NBA playoffs edition and playoff MVP, and more. Plus Nate asks John what happens in a front office once a team is eliminated Starting September 8, Dunc’d On is exclusively ad-free four days a week. Get one-time only pricing as a Founding Member. With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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The Best Overseas Veterans for the NBA: A dive into the tape to find the best veteran players overseas who might fit in the NBA. John and Nate found the best players who have already been eligible for the draft but are still under 30 to try to find the ones who could most help an NBA team. They start by giving an insight into their scouting process, what things to look for and look out for in overseas players, then discuss the top fifteen or so players overseas before each picking their top three that might realistically help an NBA team. With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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SPECIAL - Locked On's Black Lives Matter Roundtable - 8 Locked On Hosts discuss life as a black man in America: In an eye-opening discussion, Ross Jackson (Locked On Saints) Aaron Freeman (Locked on Falcons) Tony Wiggins (Locked On Jaguars) John Hickman (Locked On Texans) Chris Carter (Locked On Steelers) Keith Pompey (Locked On 76ers) Coty Davis (Locked On Texans) and Your Boy Q (Locked On Raiders) come together for a special Locked On Podcast Network Black Lives Matter Roundtable. These eight Locked On hosts share their first-hand experiences as black men in America. When was the first time they clocked racism in their lives? What are the pet peeves they experience as a black man? In the wake of George Floyd's killing, does this movement feel different than those of the past? What needs to happen for this moment in time to have a lasting impact on society and to result in real gains for social justice? And, will these experiences change the next generation? We take a momentary paus by Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

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