Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. break down all angles of the big Raptors-Knicks trade, then dole out some New Year's resolutions across the league.

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2:00 -- Knicks-Raptors trade

45:30 -- East playoff resolutions (BOS, MIL, PHI, MIA, ORL, CLE)

1:01:00 -- Play-in resolutions (IND, NY, BKN, CHI)

1:04:30 -- Bottom of the East (ATL, WAS, DET, CHA) 

1:05:45 -- West playoff resolutions (MIN, OKC, DEN, LAC, SAC, DAL)

1:14:15 -- Play-in resolutions (NO, PHX, LAL, HOU)

1:18:15 -- Bottom of the West (SA, POR x2, MEM)

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. catch up on the latest news, then close out 2023 with a mailbag.

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TIME STAMPS

1:30 -- (W)NBA News (Player of the Week, Aaron Gordon, Kenneth Lofton, Brandon Williams)

11:00 -- Can [insert small guard here] be the best player on a title team?

24:30 -- Derrick White's All-Star candidacy

39:00 -- How non-scoring lead guards thrive

43:45 -- How PHI's offense will translate in the postseason + playoff adjustments

55:30 -- Rarity of non-star, pass-shoot-defend wings

1:13:30 -- Devin Booker's usage

1:23:15 -- All-Tryhard Defense Team + small shot blockers

1:28:30 -- Exposing our bingo cards

1:33:00 -- Free Throws

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. recap this year’s Christmas slate, while also looking ahead for the teams involved.

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TIME STAMPS

3:00 — Knicks/Bucks

28:09 — Nuggets/Warriors

47:00 — Lakers/Celtics

1:06:00 — Heat/Celtics

1:21:24 — Suns/Mavs

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. talk through the WNBA's schedule release, preview this year's Christmas Day slate, then answer questions from the Dunker Spot mailbag.

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1:31 -- WNBA news

9:45 -- NBA news

11:52 -- Christmas Day previews, Knicks vs. Bucks

21:13 -- Nuggets vs. Warriors

31:06 -- Lakers vs. Celtics

41:21 -- Sixers vs. Heat

49:50 -- Suns vs. Mavs

58:41 -- Mailbag

1:29:52 -- Free Throws

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. catch up on the latest NBA news, then give their early (fake) award ballots through the first quarter-ish of the season.

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TIME STAMPS

1:45 -- NBA News (Cavs, Bradley Beal, Daryl Morey, Kenneth Lofton Jr., Draymond Green)

15:30 -- MVP

37:45 -- All-NBA

41:30 -- Defensive Player of the Year

53:00 -- All-Defense

59:45 -- Rookie of the Year + All-Rookie

1:03:45 -- Coach of the Year

1:08:15 -- Most Improved Player

1:10:45 -- Sixth Man of the Year

1:12:00 -- Free Throws

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. catch up on the latest hoops news, give their early All-Star teams in each conference, then answer questions from the Dunker Spot mailbag.

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TIME STAMPS

2:00 -- (W)NBA News (Tiffany Hayes, Draymond Green, Taj Gibson)

18:00 -- All-Star talk

41:00 -- Mailbag, starting with comparing stats across eras

48:15 -- Identifying Spain vs. Double Drag + drop defense evaluation

55:00 -- How the broadcast angle impacts basketball analysis

1:00:30 -- Ideal co-stars next to Tyrese Haliburton

1:06:45 -- #SteveStories + potential Knicks targets

1:10:15 -- Revisiting the 2012-13 Defensive Player of the Year award

1:14:00 -- Free Throws

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. react to the WNBA draft lottery, explore how the Knicks can adjust without Mitchell Robinson, talk through the latest NBA trade rumors, recap the In-Season Tournament final, then bounce around the league with their weekly observations.

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1:30 -- W(NBA) News (WNBA draft lottery, Mitchell Robinson)

13:00 -- Transaction chatter (Pascal Siakam, PJ Tucker, Bismack Biyombo/Ja Morant)

20:00 -- In-Season Tournament Recap

44:00 -- Steve has questions (CLE, ORL, DAL vs DEN, LAC vs HOU, BKN vs MIA, MIN vs OKC)

52:00 -- Here come the Bulls?

58:00 -- Teams That Make Us Think (MEM, PHI, TOR)

1:10:00 -- Player Shoutouts

1:15:00 -- Free Throws

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. recap and preview the latest In-Season Tournament action, give some quick rookie shoutouts, then answer questions from the Dunker Spot mailbag.

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TIME STAMPS:

1:30 -- (W)NBA News (Chet Holmgren, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Jaylen Nowell, Luke Kennard)

3:00 -- IST Recap (IND/BOS, NO/SAC, NYK/MIL, PHX/LAL)

16:30 -- IST Preview (IND/MIL, NO/LAL)

26:30 -- Rookie Shoutouts

38:30 -- Mailbag, starting with Ausar Thompson/Gradey Dick questions

53:00 -- Dereck Lively's importance

57:15 -- Bilal Coulibaly and how to evaluate role player context for rookies

1:03:00 -- How to best utilize non-shooting wings

1:08:15 -- Best way to contextualize team/player stats while prioritizing process over results

1:22:00 -- Higher value: good offensive player or elite defensive player?

1:24:15 -- Shaedon Sharpe's development track

1:29:00 -- Ranking six East guards

1:32:00 -- A series of rank 'ems 

1:37:00 -- Free Throws

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. catch up on the latest news, then give their early thoughts on this year's rookie class in their first edition of the 2023-24 Rookie Report.

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TIME STAMPS:

2:30 -- (W)NBA News (Kristi Toliver, Injury updates)

5:00 -- Early themes from the class

9:00 -- Victor Wembanyama

30:15 -- Chet Holmgren

41:00 -- Brandon Miller 

49:00 -- Ausar Thompson

57:45 -- Bilal Coulibaly 

1:04:00 -- Dereck Lively II

1:08:45 -- Jordan Hawkins

1:12:00 -- Keyonte George

1:15:30 -- Jaime Jaquez Jr

1:18:00 -- The Blazers (Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara)

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Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. are joined by Joe Viray of Golden State of Mind (SB Nation) to dissect the weird start to the season of the Golden State Warriors.

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