Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

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Nate Duncan hosts the most in-depth NBA basketball podcast, featuring detailed game breakdowns, salary cap analysis, and scouting.

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All-NBA and MVP of the Decade

12.09.2019

Nate and Danny go long on choosing an All-NBA team and MVP ballot for the decade. Fascinating debates develop: What’s more important, longevity and peak? Scoring or scaleability? Which guard wins out among James Harden, Chris Paul, and Stephen Curry? ...

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12.09.2019 All-NBA and MVP of the Decade Nate and Danny go long on choosing an All-NBA team and MVP ballot for the decade. Fascinating debates develop: What’s more important, longevity and peak? Scoring or scaleability? Which guard wins out among James Harden, Chris Paul, and Stephen Curry? ...
12.05.2019 15 in 60 (East 12.05.19) We take a look at the 15 teams in the Eastern Conference, starting with the Miami/Toronto OT thriller and Detroit blowing out Cleveland, and then going in reverse alphabetical order from Washington to Atlanta. Timestamps: MIA/TOR (0:00), CLE/DET (16:17), WAS ...
12.03.2019 UTA/PHI; PHX/CHA; Coach, Worst Coach, 6th Man, Defensive Player, and Rookie Season of the Decade First we catch up on the 2 games of the night, Utah at Philly and Phoenix at Charlotte, the latter a candidate for worst loss of the month. Then a look back at the best and worst coaching work from ...
12.02.2019 Executive and Not Executive of the Decade; News A look back at the best and worst front office work from the last decade of the NBA. We look at how the best and worst teams of the decade were built and who was responsible. Then, a quick news ...
11.27.2019 NBA Awards (11.26.19) Time for our first look at the NBA Awards! Who are the picks for MVP, All-NBA, DPOY, COY, ROY, 6MOY and more? Plus we pick the most surprising and disappointing teams and players, and get into a lively debate over ...
11.25.2019 15 in 60 (Western Conference) 11.25.19 15 in 60 (Western Conference 11.25.19) We catch up on the last 2 weeks for the 15 teams in the Western Conference teams in loose reverse alphabetical order, hitting on games between OKC/LAL and HOU/DAL. Timestamps: UTA (0:00), MIN (6:54), ...
11.22.2019 All-Decade: Best Individual Games and Series; News We rank the best games and series by individuals this decade. Where do the classic LeBron, KD, Steph, Klay, Dirk, and Kawhi games and series stack up? Before that we hit on a brief news segment, including how Nikola Vucevic’s ...
11.21.2019 BOS/LAC Game of the Year, Mailbag Continued The game of the year so far between Boston and the LA Clippers, we get into what stood out from this matchup for these teams going forward. Then we had so many great mailbag questions we continued that, discussing whether ...
11.19.2019 15 in 60 (Eastern Conference 11.19.20) 15 in 60 (Eastern Conference 11.19.20) We catch up on the last 2 weeks for the 15 teams in the Eastern Conference teams in loose alphabetical order, hitting on games between East teams BRK/IND, CHA/TOR, CLE/NYK, CHI/MIL Timestamps: ATL (0:00), ...
11.18.2019 Mailbag! Melo? News. News catchup, then a mailbag. Questions: How many teams could the league expand to? Who is the worst player that could start on every team? What young role players have stood out? How to referee illegal screens? Which 3 teams ...
11.14.2019 All-Area Teams and News Nate and Danny lay out their All-Area teams based on where NBA players grew up then pit them against each other in a bracket to produce an All-Area champion, debating each theoretical seven-game series. Before that, Danny catches up on ...
11.12.2019 2017 Re-Draft and News Nate and Danny go through the 2017 Draft and break down their current tiers mixing present production and future value. Plenty of discussion about the order and structure of the top players (Mitchell, Tatum, Fox, etc) but also the challenges ...
11.07.2019 15 in 60 (West 11.07.19) First full episode this year of the sports world’s most inaccurately named podcast as we take a look at the season to date for each team in the Western Conference. In alphabetical order except Memphis at the end. Timestamps to ...
11.06.2019 Gamers: BOS/CLE; SAS/ATL; IND/CHA; LAL/CHI Game time as we take stock of a fun Tuesday around the league. We break down Gordon Hayward’s best game as a Celtic and look at Darius Garland’s game among many other nuggets in a big break down. Then a ...
11.05.2019 Time to Panic?!?!? Plus News and Rookie Option Decisions After catching up on news from the weekend we take a look at which teams’ fanbases should panic after a tough start to the year and assign a 1-10 rating based on how likely they are to still fulfill preseason ...
11.04.2019 Mulligans on Season Predictions 2019-20 We’re only a week and a half in and a ton has changed, so it’s time to give some do-overs on preseason predictions. We look at our playoff locks and probables, plus which new teams have a shot at the ...
10.31.2019 Curry’s Broken Hand, Mailbag on Early Season Trends; NCAA Caves On Player Likenesses Packed episode. First we discuss Steph Curry’s broken hand and why that’s probably a good thing for nearly everyone in the organization. Then a really fun mailbag on the early season. Why did nobody see Kendrick Nunn coming? How sustainable ...
10.30.2019 15 in 60 For Real Part 2 We go through some of the main themes that have emerged for the other 15 teams in the league, taking 4 minutes for each team. In order: SAS, POR, DAL, LAC, SAC, DEN, OKC, UTA, HOU, NOP, BOS, TOR, NYK, ...
10.29.2019 1st Gamer: PHI/ATL; GSW/NOP; CHI/NYK; DEN/SAC; UTA/PHX A fun clash of styles with Philly throttling Atlanta late, then we hit briefly on Golden State stanching the bleeding against a wounded New Orleans team (fewer combat metaphors in the actual pod). Then a look at the Knicks’ comeback ...
10.28.2019 15 in 60, for Real This Time In a throwback, we do 4 minutes on 15 teams, with the remaining 15 for tomorrow. Here’s the order: PHX MIA MIL MIN ATL ORL CLE DET PHI CHI GSW MEM BKN LAL CHA Please subscribe by searching “Dunc’d On” ...
10.24.2019 EVERY Game, Plus More Season Predictions We hit every, yes EVERY game to some extent on the real opening night, as at least one of us saw at least some of every game and we remark on what most interested us. In order: CHI/CHA, DET/IND, CLE/ORL, ...
10.23.2019 Season Predictions plus Opening Night: LAL/LAC and NOP/TOR We take a look at the opening night games and what they might portend for the season to come, including how the LeBron and AD pairing looked, how Kawhi fit in with the Clippers’ established players, the ex-Lakers in New ...
10.21.2019 Huge News Day: Zion, Extensions, Latest on NBA/China Zion Williamson is out 6-8 weeks with a meniscus injury. How does that impact the outlook for him and the Pels this year? Then we look at all the extensions reached in the last few days, including Bradley Beal, Pascal ...
10.18.2019 GSW Outlook w/ Anthony Slater; DEN Outlook w/ Adam Mares; CHI Outlook w/ Your Friendly Bullsblogger We take a look at the new-look Golden State Warriors with beat writer Anthony Slater of the Athletic (0:50). Can Draymond Green prop up a leaky defense? Who makes this team and who is going to play at the back ...
10.16.2019 NOP Outlook w/ Mason Ginsberg; Ethan Strauss on LeBron/Kerr/China; BRK Outlook w/ Brian Lewis Mason Ginsberg joins to discuss the Pelicans’ upcoming season. How has Zion looked in preseason, how do Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram fit into the mix, who will close games for this group, and how good can the defense be ...
10.15.2019 NBA/China w/ Bill Bishop of Sinocism; Memphis Grizzlies Outlook w/ Chris Herrington We wade a lot deeper into the NBA’s quagmire in China with expert Bill Bishop. Topics include: Evaluating the NBA’s response; how the NBA has handled this situation compared to others doing business in China; where that apologetic Weibo message ...
10.14.2019 Dallas Mavericks 2019-20 Outlook w/ Tim Cato Tim Cato, Mavs beat writer for the Athletic, joins for the Dallas Mavericks season outlook. We look at Luka Doncic and how he can take the next step to All-Star level, how Kristaps Porzingis has looked so far in his ...
10.11.2019 SAS Outlook w/ Jeff McDonald; CLE Outlook w/ Chris Fedor Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News joins to look at the San Antonio Spurs season. He discusses what Dejounte Murray looks like in camp, how the Spurs will build out their guard rotation with DeMar DeRozan, Derrick White, Lonnie ...
10.10.2019 LAC Outlook w/ Jovan Buha Jovan Buha, Clippers beat writer for the Athletic, joins with another deep dive on a Western contender. We spend a lot of time on how the rotation shakes out, including why Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell may not play as ...
10.09.2019 Zion Debuts; Lowry Extension; LAL Outlook w/ Darius Soriano We recap a few takeaways from yesterday’s preseason action, including Zion Williamson’s debut in Atlanta, discuss Kyle Lowry’s 1-year, $31 million extension in Toronto, and hit on the rest of the camp news. Then Darius Soriano joins for well over ...
10.08.2019 PHI Outlook w/ Derek Bodner; Morey Tweet Situation Derek Bodner of the Athletic joins to discuss the Sixers this season. We look at whether replacing JJ Redick and Jimmy Butler with Al Horford and Josh Richardson is an upgrade, which of their young players can crack the rotation, ...
10.07.2019 BOS Outlook w/ Jared Weiss; DET Outlook w/ Dan Feldman Jared Weiss of the Athletic joins to discuss the Kemba for Kyrie swap, whether Boston’s wing trio of Tatum, Brown, and Hayward can bounce back, what happens at center, and make predictions for the Celtics season. Then Dan Feldman discusses ...
10.04.2019 Outlooks: NYK w/ Jared Dubin; HOU w/ Rahat Huq; CHA w/ Spencer Percy We take a look at the rebuilt Knicks with Jared Dubin and try to parse out how this mix of veterans and young prospects will look on the floor in 2019-20. Particular attention is paid to RJ Barrett and Mitchell ...
10.02.2019 Western Conference Over/Unders 2019-20 and Best Bets Western Conference Over/Under time. We spend a ton of time debating some of the more vexing teams in the West with so much turnover. Then we discuss our disagreements and pick our 5 best bets on the board among the ...
10.01.2019 Eastern Conference Over/Unders 2019-20 Time to look at 2019-20 over/unders. Where do we most disagree with the conventional wisdom on how these teams will finish, and who do Danny and Nate think is overrated or underrated by Vegas? And which was the annual team ...
09.30.2019 Camp News Roundup with Danny; SAC Outlook w/ James Ham Danny joins for the first time in awhile to catch up on news, including the NBA’s new tampering rules, the idea of 1 free throw per shooting foul in the G-League, the Magic exercising Markelle Fultz’s option and his participating ...
09.26.2019 Outlooks: UTA w/ David Locke; MIA w/ Albert Nahmad; TOR w/ Blake Murphy Another huge THREE TEAM Season Outlook. First, David Locke, Jazz radioman and creator of the Locked on Podcast Network, joins to discuss the acquisition of Mike Conley, how Donovan Mitchell can take the next step, whether Rudy Gobert can keep ...
09.23.2019 Outlooks: OKC w/ Royce Young; POR w/ Mike Richman; ATL w/ Brad Rowland We are truly getting back into it now, with a huge THREE TEAM Season Outlook with an All-Star Cast. First, Royce Young of ESPN on the OKC Thunder. We touch on the anatomy of the seminal summer as OKC commences ...
09.19.2019 WAS Outlook w/ Fred Katz and Mike Prada; PHX w/ Michael Schwartz A massive, epic three-man Washington Wizards preview pod with Fred Katz of the Athletic DC and long-suffering Wizards observer Mike Prada of SB Nation. We discuss the overall direction of the franchise and prospects for a Bradley Beal trade, the ...
09.16.2019 MIN Outlook w/ Jon Krawczynski; IND Outlook w/ J. Michael Jon Krawczynski of the Athletic Minnesota joins to give the outlook for the Wolves’ season. We discuss the process behind the hiring of Gersson Rosas and his assessment of the Rosas era so far, then look at how this new ...
09.12.2019 Mock Rookie Extensions w/ Dan Feldman and Danny; FRA/USA and SER/ARG w/ Kristian Palotie Dan Feldman of NBC Sports joins Nate and Danny to simulate the rookie scale extensions. Dan and Danny are the teams and Nate is the player agent for Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown, Pascal Siakam, and the rest of the 2016 ...
09.09.2019 2019 FIBA World Cup with Kristian Palotie Euroleague and FIBA expert Kristian Palotie joins from across the pond to discuss the FIBA World Cup so far. We hit on how this USA team differs from past outfits and what they’ve had to do differently so far. Then ...
09.05.2019 MIL Season Outlook w/ Frank Madden; Gordon Extension and ORL Season Outlook w/ Danny Frank Madden of Locked on Bucks joins for the Milwaukee Bucks Season Outlook. Why did the Bucks lose in the playoffs a year ago, and how many of those weaknesses remain this year? More importantly, will they matter in a ...
09.02.2019 Western Conference Offseason Grades, Part 2; CHA, IND, MIN, OKC Summer Leaguers w/ Ben Dull Part 2 of our look at the Western Conference Offseasons. What did we think of Memphis and OKC starting their rebuilds, Sacramento getting a ton of depth, Utah remaking their rotation, and more? Then Director of Basketball Research Ben Dull ...
08.28.2019 Western Conference Offseason Grades Part 1 Danny and Nate had so much to say about the West offseasons we had to make it a 2-part episode. In part 1, Dallas thru the LA Lakers in alphabetical order. How did we grade the West’s big moves, including ...
08.26.2019 LeVert Extends, Dwight to the Lakers, MEM/PHX/POR/SAS/UTA Summer Leaguers A surprise extension as Caris LeVert inks with the Nets for three years, $52 million, plus Dwight Howard joins the Lakers. Then we break down summer league for some intriguing young Western Conference teams, including Memphis (summer league MVP...
08.21.2019 News Catchup; Western Conference Summer League Review A catchup on the news for the past few weeks, including DeMarcus Cousins’ torn ACL and where he and the Lakers go from here. Then we get into summer league, starting with our limited impression of Zion Williamson and the ...
08.15.2019 Offseason Grades (Eastern Conference 2019) We take a look back at the offseason for each Eastern Conference team and assign them a letter grade based on how much they improved their fortunes in the short- and long-term based on the resources available. We ended up ...
08.07.2019 2019 Summer League Prospects Part 2 We continue our review of 2019 Summer League, looking at Chicago (Coby White, Daniel Gafford, Cleveland, Detroit, Miami, New York (RJ Barrett), Orlando, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Washington With host Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) and Danny Leroux...
08.04.2019 Summer League Prospect Review Part 1; CJ and Draymond Extensions; News We look at CJ McCollum’s three-year, $100 million extension with the Blazers and whether it makes sense for both sides, plus catch up on the rest of the news including Draymond Green's 4/year, $100 million extension with the Warriors. Then, ...

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Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast episodes:

All-NBA and MVP of the Decade

15 in 60 (East 12.05.19)

UTA/PHI; PHX/CHA; Coach, Worst Coach, 6th Man, Defensive Player, and Rookie Season of the Decade

Executive and Not Executive of the Decade; News

NBA Awards (11.26.19)

15 in 60 (Western Conference) 11.25.19

All-Decade: Best Individual Games and Series; News

BOS/LAC Game of the Year, Mailbag Continued

15 in 60 (Eastern Conference 11.19.20)

Mailbag! Melo? News.

All-Area Teams and News

2017 Re-Draft and News

15 in 60 (West 11.07.19)

Gamers: BOS/CLE; SAS/ATL; IND/CHA; LAL/CHI

Time to Panic?!?!? Plus News and Rookie Option Decisions

Mulligans on Season Predictions 2019-20

Curry’s Broken Hand, Mailbag on Early Season Trends; NCAA Caves On Player Likenesses

15 in 60 For Real Part 2

1st Gamer: PHI/ATL; GSW/NOP; CHI/NYK; DEN/SAC; UTA/PHX

15 in 60, for Real This Time

EVERY Game, Plus More Season Predictions

Season Predictions plus Opening Night: LAL/LAC and NOP/TOR

Huge News Day: Zion, Extensions, Latest on NBA/China

GSW Outlook w/ Anthony Slater; DEN Outlook w/ Adam Mares; CHI Outlook w/ Your Friendly Bullsblogger

NOP Outlook w/ Mason Ginsberg; Ethan Strauss on LeBron/Kerr/China; BRK Outlook w/ Brian Lewis

NBA/China w/ Bill Bishop of Sinocism; Memphis Grizzlies Outlook w/ Chris Herrington

Dallas Mavericks 2019-20 Outlook w/ Tim Cato

SAS Outlook w/ Jeff McDonald; CLE Outlook w/ Chris Fedor

LAC Outlook w/ Jovan Buha

Zion Debuts; Lowry Extension; LAL Outlook w/ Darius Soriano

PHI Outlook w/ Derek Bodner; Morey Tweet Situation

BOS Outlook w/ Jared Weiss; DET Outlook w/ Dan Feldman

Outlooks: NYK w/ Jared Dubin; HOU w/ Rahat Huq; CHA w/ Spencer Percy

Western Conference Over/Unders 2019-20 and Best Bets

Eastern Conference Over/Unders 2019-20

Camp News Roundup with Danny; SAC Outlook w/ James Ham

Outlooks: UTA w/ David Locke; MIA w/ Albert Nahmad; TOR w/ Blake Murphy

Outlooks: OKC w/ Royce Young; POR w/ Mike Richman; ATL w/ Brad Rowland

WAS Outlook w/ Fred Katz and Mike Prada; PHX w/ Michael Schwartz

MIN Outlook w/ Jon Krawczynski; IND Outlook w/ J. Michael

Mock Rookie Extensions w/ Dan Feldman and Danny; FRA/USA and SER/ARG w/ Kristian Palotie

2019 FIBA World Cup with Kristian Palotie

MIL Season Outlook w/ Frank Madden; Gordon Extension and ORL Season Outlook w/ Danny

Western Conference Offseason Grades, Part 2; CHA, IND, MIN, OKC Summer Leaguers w/ Ben Dull

Western Conference Offseason Grades Part 1

LeVert Extends, Dwight to the Lakers, MEM/PHX/POR/SAS/UTA Summer Leaguers

News Catchup; Western Conference Summer League Review

Offseason Grades (Eastern Conference 2019)

2019 Summer League Prospects Part 2

Summer League Prospect Review Part 1; CJ and Draymond Extensions; News

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