LAL: How sustainable is the recent success on both ends? What does this team need to further improve this season?
MEM: Are the Grizz favorites in the West? Should they make a trade to boost those odds?
MIN: How do they pivot if the Twin Towers doesn’t work? Can DLo sustain his improved play in December?
OKC: Where will they end up in the standings, and should they manipulate that? Do they have “too many guys”?
POR: Chances of a top 6 seed? Is it a problem if Sharpe takes too many long 2s? 
SAC: Where does Sabonis rank among centers? Can the Kings be a dangerous playoff team?
SAS: Where would Sochan and Vassell go in redrafts? How about the Poeltl situation?
UTA: Who are the keepers on the Jazz? What is the trade value of the vets?

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Is there a reason to think this year’s Denver/Lakers series will go better for LA than last year’s?

What strengths and weaknesses do the playoff newcomers from Orlando bring to challenge the Cavs?

The Suns are favored in this series, should they be? What specific matchup problems do they cause for the Wolves?

Luka vs Kawhi is perhaps the best matchup of the first round.

Plus, the news that Jontay Porter is banned from the NBA and Zion Williamson will be out weeks with his hamstring issue.

LAL/DEN, ORL/CLE, PHX/MIN, DAL/LAC Outlooks; Jontay Porter Banned

A fascinating final day of action unfolds, with huge games between Orlando and Milwaukee, Phoenix and Minnesota, and LA and New Orleans overshadowed by….Cleveland and Charlotte? Why JB Bickerstaff’s closing lineup will go down in tanking lore.

Plus, the Knicks’ fascinating decision (which they may not even have considered) of whether to win against Chicago, the Bulls’ curious decision to go for it against New York, and whether the Lakers should actually consider losing the 7 vs 8 game to avoid the Nuggets.

The 2024 Postseason is Set

It’s time to take stock of how we did on our preseason over/under picks and analyze what went right and what went wrong for our preseason predictions, and also see who will be crowned the over/under king this season.

Nate vs. Danny On Over/Unders 2023-24

It’s time for Dunc’d On’s final picks for the league’s major awards. Find out who we picked for all of the major awards, including MVP, All-NBA,, ROY, COY, and 6MOY.  

Plus, our picks for sophomore of the year, Executive of the Year, and Not Executive of the Year.

End of Season NBA Awards 2023-24

It’s time for the most thorough evaluation of NBA defense you are going to find. We pick our official positionless All-Defensive Teams, sure, but we really have some fun picking the best defenders at each position 1-5.

Then it’s time for Worst-Team All-Defense, as we select the weakest defenders at each position and the No-Defense Player of the Year.

Plus, Nate has his picks for the defenders who most improved and declined this year, and a few categories including:

Best post defender
Best getting over screens
Best rim protector
Best iso defenders
Most disruptive
Does the most with the least
Does the least with the most
Better than you think
Worse than you think

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