Danny jumps back in from paternity leave to look at the NBA awards with a bit more than a month before the end of the season.  Who is MVP, Shai or Jokic? Plus, All-NBA (12:42); Executive and Not Executive of the Year (46:00); Defensive Player of the Year (1:20:13); Coach of the Year (1:24:57); , Rookie of the Year (1:31:08); and Sixth Man of the Year (1:38:59).

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Nate and Dan look back through 30 years of star trades and assess how teams that looked to stay competitive when trading a star fared. What do these deals tell us about that strategy?

Plus, This Just In! The Clippers are getting healthy, but the Knicks are running out of big bodies, and Nate apologies for one of his dumber arguments. 56:05

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We start our Best Contracts in the NBA discussion, as Nate and Dan get into some interesting debates (and even hit on a few that also appeared on the worst contracts list!)

Plus, are rookie scale deals in aggregate positive or negative?

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• Joel Embiid
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• Luka Doncic
• Nico Harrison
• Dallas Mavericks
• Luka Doncic trade
• Hall of Fame
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• DEN and LAL: The Lakers looked like a brand new team with a new strategy against Denver
• SAS: What now that Victor is out for the year? 17:49
• GSW and DAL: The Jimmy Butler home debut was a rousing success for the Warriors 26:00
• PHX: Is there even the slightest hint of a good team in here? 36:11
• POR: How is Donovan Clingan looking as he ascends to the starting lineup? 43:46
• MEM: Is Ja Morant ready to lead a playoff offense? 55:03
• NOP: What to make of Jordan Hawkins’ disappointing year 2 1:04:26
• LAC: How are the Clippers’ newcomers fitting in? 1:10:42
• OKC: Chet and IHart together 1:16:40
• UTA: Lauri Markkanen has fallen off from his All-Star heights 1:23:14
• MIN: Jaylen Clark and Terrence Shannon, Jr. have given the Wolves a lift 1:31:33
• SAC: Why has Keegan Murray regressed? 1:39:40
• HOU: He comes off the bench for Houston, but is Tari Eason a high-level starter? 1:46:24

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Jared Dubin of Last Night in Basketball is the perfect guest to discuss the biggest trends we’ve seen in the NBA this year.  What are the biggest changes on both ends of the floor that have affected what wins and loses basketball games a quarter into this century?

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Nate had to call up Ben Taylor to discuss his latest viral YouTube video on why he believes old-school NBA commentators aren’t appreciating the modern game–and his disagreements with them.

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Jake Rogal is the director of “Court of Gold”, a documentary premiering on Netflix on February 18 that offers unprecedented access to the 2024 Olympic Basketball Tournament. 

Nate indulged his curiosity by asking Jake about the process for sifting through the hundreds of hours of film, how they were able to capture authentic moments from the megastars in the series, some of his favorite characters that he got to know, how they would have handled it had USA lost, and of course that interview with KD.

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The Lakers decide to undo their trade for Mark Williams. Why might this have happened, and where does it leave LA?

We also take a look at key players who actually DID make it to their new destinations, including Anthony Davis (18:18), Jimmy Butler (25:25), De’Aaron Fox (35:09), and Zach LaVine (43:48).

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We begin our deep dive on the deadline

• Cleveland finally gets their man on the wing with De’Andre Hunter.  
• Meanwhile, Atlanta oddly gives up picks to exchange Bogdan Bogdanovic for Terance Mann. 14:59
• Nate thinks Memphis’ Marcus Smart salary dump is a fraidy cat move. 34:56
• The Wizards position themselves to maybe get something coming and going for Marcus Smart 49:33
• Philly has to give up another second in the Caleb Martin deal 55:13
• We take some listener questions 56:57

In part 2 exclusively on Dunc’d On Prime, we’ll discuss the rest of the day’s deals and the deadline’s major winners and losers.

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• Trade analysis for Lakers and Hornets
• Scouting report on Mark Williams 20:30

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