Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

By Locked On Podcast Network, John Hollinger, Nate Duncan

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NBA analytics pioneer and front officer insider John Hollinger joins Dunc'd On podcast host Nate Duncan to bring you the smartest weekly NBA podcast available. The Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show brings fans next-level analysis of the league, its teams, and its players. John and Nate take you behind the curtain for an un-matched insider look at every aspect of the NBA. From scouting reports to game breakdowns to salary cap analysis, there’s no better way for true basketball fans to follow the NBA. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network.

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Summer League and Free Agen...

08.11.2021

First we regale the listeners with tales of summer leagues past. Then a look across the free agency landscape with some of our best and worst deals of the free agent period, plus our overall impressions on some trends. Nate’s ...

Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast episodes:

08.11.2021 Summer League and Free Agency Potpourri First we regale the listeners with tales of summer leagues past. Then a look across the free agency landscape with some of our best and worst deals of the free agent period, plus our overall impressions on some trends. Nate’s ...
07.28.2021 Draft and Free Agency Outlook 2021 John and Nate discuss the New Orleans/Memphis trade and what it says about each franchise’s future plans, then look at a fascinating back half of the top-10 and what those teams should do with their picks. We also discuss some ...
07.22.2021 How the Bucks Did It; Draft and Free Agency Disagreements How the Bucks managed to overcome the Suns and become NBA champions. Then, disagreements on the draft. Nate and John talk thru their differing opinions on Scottie Barnes and Jalen Green in particular. Plus a look at some free agents ...
07.14.2021 Mailbag! Value of Bigs; Hawks’ Future; NIL Effects and More A mailbag from Twitter, including how these playoffs effect the value of bigs, John Collins and the Hawks’ long-term plans, how NIL rules will affect the NBA, whether Giannis made the right decision to stay in Milwaukee, how to value ...
07.08.2021 NBA Finals Adjustments; Playoff Awards; Brooklyn Offseason; Listener Questions The chess match of the 2021 Finals is underway. What can the Bucks do differently to slow down the Suns’ midrange attack? We give our playoff awards, including MVP, best game by a player, best overall game, most surprising and ...
06.30.2021 Playoff War of Attrition; Combine Scuttlebutt; Portland Drama These NBA playoffs are unprecedented from an injury perspective, what should we take away from everything that’s happened so far and who is the favorite going forward? Portland’s last few weeks have been a PR nightmare. How much does all ...
06.23.2021 Lottery Fallout; Rules Changes; Playoffs; Simmons Trades What are the implications of the lottery for teams like GSW, OKC, and Toronto? How can the NBA fix its replay for out of bounds calls, and are the new rules on “abnormal” shooting motions going to work? A look ...
06.16.2021 Kawhi, KD, CP, Wiz, Pels, Mavs John and Nate on the implications of Kawhi Leonard’s ACL injury, Chris Paul being placed in the health and safety protocols, the Wizards and Pels moving on from their coaches, and Donnie Nelson leaving the Mavericks. Learn more about your ...
06.09.2021 The Portland Trail Blazers, LA Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, and Memphis Grizzlies Offseasons. Can the Milwaukee Bucks Compete? And Playoffs MVP Where do some of the more interesting vanquished playoff teams go from here? What does the future hold for Jazz/Clippers, Nets/Bucks, and Sixers/Hawks? Plus our weekly Locker Room hangout. Nate’s podcast Dunc’d On has become Dunc’d On Prime, exclusively ad-free ...
06.02.2021 Brad Stevens to Lead the Boston Celtics; Brooklyn Nets vs Milwaukee Bucks Outlook; NBA Playoffs Week 2 Wrap-Up John and Nate discuss the stunning news that Brad Stevens will take over running the Boston Celtics after Danny Ainge’s departure. Then we look ahead to an epic Bucks/Nets series, update our predictions for the rest of the playoffs, and ...
05.26.2021 Playoffs Week 1 and Revised Predictions We go through what we’ve learned about the 8 playoffs series and make predictions on how the rest of the NBA playoffs will shake out. We focus on what the Clippers can do differently, whether the Lakers can push through ...
05.20.2021 Playoffs Outlook and Awards Debate We start with John’s award picks, hitting on some of our different philosophies plus why John has Gobert #2 on his MVP Ballot. Then we look ahead to the first round of the playoffs, looking at: Most interesting series Least ...
05.05.2021 Nikola Jokic and the Players With the Most To Prove These Playoffs After getting John’s front office perspective on the Nate Bjorkgren situation in Indiana, we discuss Nikola Jokic. John anointed him the best player in the NBA, Nate has him substantially behind LeBron, Kawhi, Steph, and others. Also, a discussion of ...
04.29.2021 The Enormous Extensions of the 2021 Offseason A ton of key veterans are eligible for mega-extensions in the 2021 offseason. We discuss the dilemmas faced by the Warriors and Steph Curry, the Nets and James Harden, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving, the Wizards and Bradley Beal, the ...
04.21.2021 Coach Rankings 2020-21 Part 2 The coaching ranks are better than ever, but some coaches have to be in the bottom half of the league. We get to the remainder of our rankings. Then wrap with a fun Locker Room hangout, talking OKC’s offseason and ...
04.14.2021 Coach Rankings 2020-21 Part 1 The top half of our coach rankings. Where do Nick Nurse, Brad Stevens, Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich, Erik Spoelstra, Rick Carlisle, and more rank? Plus how to deal with the more unproven but promising coaches? We wrap with a fun ...
04.07.2021 Reassessing the 2020 Trade Deadline We all do our instant reactions to the trade deadline, but how do those look a year later. We hold ourselves accountable and go back to reassess our takes on the big moves like the D’Angelo Russell trade, the Justise ...
04.01.2021 Is the Buyout Market Broken? Championship Predictions; Locker Room Hangout We discuss the state of the buyout process and the potential impact of some of the latest signings. Then we size up the championship contenders in each conference. We wrap with a fun Locker Room hangout as we take some ...
03.26.2021 Trade Deadline 2021 Spectacular! We look at the deals that happened, the deals that didn’t, and hand out some categories like biggest winner and losers for players and teams, the best and worst individual moves, the most consequential move for this year, the most ...
03.17.2021 Trade Target Rankings; Locker Room Hangout Which players do we project to get the highest return at the trade deadline? A look at John Collins, Kyle Lowry, Harrison Barnes, Larry Nance, Thaddeus Young, Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon, Richaun Holmes, and more. Then a fun Locker Room ...
03.03.2021 Pierce Firing; Sorting Out the Top of the West; Best Players of the Gubble Despite the Hawks meeting (our) expectations, deserve ain’t got nothing to do with it for Lloyd Pierce. John thinks Utah is the favorite in the West. Nate does not. We discuss that, plus how the top four teams in the ...
02.24.2021 Four Under-the-Radar Stories; All-Star Reaction; Wolves’ Coach Process West (good) and East (bad) All-Star reaction. The Wolves continue a tumultuous stretch firing their coach. We get into the process of hiring Chris Finch from Toronto. We pick 4 under-the-radar stories, including what the NBA will do for the ...
02.17.2021 Picking the 2020-21 All-Stars John and Nate go deep on the All-Stars to pick starters, locks, and the back end of the rosters. We get into some controversy with a few differences of opinion filling out the final spots in the East and the ...
02.10.2021 Future Rankings Continued; G League Ignite Impressions John shares his thoughts on the first game for the G League Ignite. Then we continue with our future rankings taking a look at which teams we’d most want to be fans of for the next five years. Finally, we ...
02.03.2021 Future Rankings: The Good A long look at which teams we'd most want to be fans of for the next 5 years. That includes which teams will win the most games, of course, but also which teams have the best chance of winning a ...
01.20.2021 Would We Have Done the Harden Trade? What to do with KPJ? What Does a Scouting Database Look Like? John and Nate discuss whether they would have done the Harden trade at the price the Nets paid, how the Cavs and other teams should handle the volatile situation with Kevin Porter, Jr., we rule 2 teams out of the ...
01.13.2021 Can the NBA Continue? Which Surprise Teams Are For Real? A look at the NBA’s evolving COVID situation, and what should be done as they try to continue the season. Plus which surprise teams are for real, and which will regress. And, some hilariously outdated James Harden trade talk. Nate’s ...
01.06.2021 Is It Time for Teams to Panic?!?!? John and Nate look at the slow starting teams in the league and discuss how worried they and their fans should be, and whether they’ll be able to turn it around. Featured: Toronto, Miami, Boston, Portland, Minnesota, Golden State, Denver ...
12.30.2020 Standout Trends, Teams, and Rookies; Team Mailbag Questions A look at the first 8 days of the NBA season, focusing on the biggest trends, which teams have deviated from expectations, and the 2020 rookie class. Then a fun mailbag: Should the max contract be reformed, how long will ...
12.23.2020 Huge Mailbag: Best/Worst Extensions, Preseason Questions, and More John and Nate answer your questions. Details on rookie extensions, the best and worst from the team side, the best and worst of the preseason, what the Hawks do about John Collins, where the Mavs go from here, whether Jalen ...
12.17.2020 Preseason Predictions Who are the main championship contenders heading into the season, and who do we expect to win it all? We also discuss our top candidates to take home some of the major awards for the 2020-21 season, including MVP, Defensive ...
12.10.2020 Biggest Preseason Disagreements Sharing our thoughts on the Paul George extension and what it means for the future of the Clippers. Then we discuss where we disagree with our expectations for the Warriors, Lakers, Wolves, Pels, Hawks, Pacers and Rockets this season before ...
12.03.2020 Wall for Westbrook; Offseason Disagreements; Contender Tiers Reacting to the Russell Westbrook-for-John Wall swap. What does this mean for the Rockets, and will the Wizards have enough to go grab a playoff spot? Find out which two teams in particular John and Nate disagreed on with our ...
11.25.2020 The Giannis Sweepstakes, How Good Are the Hawks? Best/Worst Deals of Free Agency A look at the Atlanta Hawks after they acquire Bogdan Bogdanovic. How is Lloyd Piece going to manage the rotation with all these new pieces? Giannis, a 2021 free agent, determined much of 2020’s free agency. Will he extend in ...
11.19.2020 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 ...
11.12.2020 John and Nate Debate the Top-10 of the Draft We have substantial disagreements at the top of the draft on players like James Wiseman, Onyeka Okongwu, Deni Avdija, and Anthony Edwards. We flesh those out here and of course take questions from listeners on Twitch, plus some discussion of ...
10.29.2020 NBA’s December Restart Proposal; Morey in Philly; 2021 Playoff Picture; Your Questions John and Nate discuss the idea of a December start date for the 2020-21 regular season and its implications for the league at large. Then we react to Daryl Morey joining the Sixers as president of basketball operations and take ...
10.22.2020 The Most Likely Players to Be Traded; SVG and Bjorkgren Hirings; Your Questions John and Nate create their lists of the players most likely to be traded in the next year, and take questions on a bunch of fun fake trades in the chat. But we started with a discussion of what the ...
10.15.2020 Morey Out; Lue to Clippers; MJ vs LeBron; The Best and Worst Cap Sheets The surprise news of Daryl Morey’s firing, and what this means for the Rockets going forward. Was Ty Lue the right hire in LA? What are the arguments in the MJ vs LeBron debate? Is it now eye of the ...
10.08.2020 The Most Likely Contracts to Get Dumped; Finals MVP, Playoffs MVP; Twitch Chat A wrap-up of the first 4 games of the Finals, plus whether Goran Dragic could have changed things. The Finals MVP, plus MVP of the playoffs and First Team All-Playoffs (17:49). Then we go through the cap and tax situations ...
10.01.2020 Bonus Episode! Are the Finals Over? Should the Clippers Have Moved on From Doc? More Free Agency Mailbag Takeaways from Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Were the Lakers born on 3rd base? Every aspect of the Doc Rivers situation. More free agency questions, including the next Duncan Robinson G-League signings, moving Al Horford, Andre Drummond’s future as ...
09.28.2020 2020 Free Agency Mailbag! What Did We Learn From the Playoffs? What are the big lessons we learned from the playoffs? And is zone defense here to stay? We discuss how Miami and LA will match up in the Finals. (18’) A long mailbag looking ahead to 2020 free agency, including ...
09.21.2020 Playoff Winners and Losers and the Effect on Free Agency; The Clippers Plan A long look at the Clippers’ demise. What are their chances of improving next year, how do they maximize them, and did they already squander their best chance? We pick our big playoff winners and losers, focusing on superstars whose ...
09.14.2020 What do the Vanquished in the West Do Next; Playoffs Best/Worst Week 4 What do the Rockets, Thunder and Jazz do from here? A look at the futures of James Harden, Daryl Morey, Chris Paul, Danilo Gallinari, Rudy Gobert, and more. We pick the playoffs’ best team so far, look at the best ...
09.07.2020 Bucks Bad, or Miami Good? Giannis Future, Looking Ahead in all 4 series, Playoffs Best/Worst We do 30 minutes on every angle of the MIA/MIL series. How much is Bud to blame, or is it the roster? How good is this Miami team they’re getting killed by? And what would we advise Giannis to do ...
08.31.2020 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 ...
08.24.2020 Playoffs Week 1; Should the Warriors Trade the Pick; Philly Postmortem; A comprehensive look at the first week of the playoffs, including which series changed our opinion the most, whether we’d change our Finals picks, best/worst coaching jobs, most surprising and disappointing players, All-NBA playoffs edition, and which role players withstood ...
08.16.2020 First Annual Playoff Extravaganza A different approach in looking ahead to the playoffs. We pick our favorites in some key categories for the first round, and do overall playoff predictions. Included: Most interesting series Least interesting series, non Brooklyn/Orlando division Most interesting individual player ...
08.10.2020 Who Has Changed Our Opinion in the Bubble? It’s only been 6 games in the bubble, but it seems like so much has changed. Which teams and players do we feel differently about based on the last week and a half, and how does that change their projections ...
08.04.2020 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 ...

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