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The Mavericks delivered the Group of Death to Golden State, but kept their own Wild Card hopes alive by beating Denver without Luka Doncic. Milwaukee turned the NBA Cup tables on Indiana and controls their destiny in East Group B. 30:38 The Bulls dealt Atlanta their first loss in East Group C, and got their first ever Cup win, plus all the rest of the results and the fascinating scenarios emerging...

Part 2 of our bi-weekly look at the East: Toronto Raptors - 0:22 Boston Celtics - 8:10 Cleveland Cavaliers - 14:27 Indiana Pacers - 25:46 Orlando Magic - 32:26 Chicago Bulls - 38:43 Charlotte Hornets - 44:11 Atlanta Hawks - 49:49 Join Dunc’d On Prime for 35% off using the code mockoffseason2026 ! It's the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger &am...

Part 1 of our bi-weekly look at the East starts with a few of the teams du jour: Miami gets right at the expense of reeling Philadelphia. Are there any reasons for optimism in Philly right now with Joel Embiid? The Pistons finally get a blowout win at the expense of the Wizards, whose young players are struggling at the moment. 27:38 Is this Cam Thomas’ breakout with the Nets? 46:53 New York is st...

Victor Wembanyama's 50-point game - 1:06 News - 14:28 Inspired by the Cavaliers, longshot NBA champions - 37:40 Join Dunc’d On Prime for 35% off using the code mockoffseason2026 ! It's the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! Subscribe on YouTube to get Dunc'd On Clutch Calls, Real Video Scouts, and more. Or, sign up for our...

Our bi-weekly look at the 15 teams in the West. DEN–Nikola Jokic is proving why he’s still the best in the world. HOU and OKC–The Thunder blew out the Rockets in a clash of styles, but the Thunder now face months without Chet Holmgren. 8:41 GSW–36 year-old Stephen Curry has passed some big tests against great perimeter defenses. 27:20 SAS vs UTA–The Jazz get their second win in Devin Vassell’s ret...

Nate and Danny break down which of the surprise teams this season are good bets to continue their overperformance, examining Cleveland, Golden State (7:19), Houston (15:28), Phoenix (23:11) and Oklahoma City (33:00). Then we catch up on the latest news around the league (42:04), with Philly continuing to be snakebit by injury. Join Dunc’d On Prime for 35% off using the code mockoffseason2026 ! It'...

Our first look at the 15 teams in the East! Hawks: Early thoughts on Zaccharie Risacher Bulls: They have a different identity than in years past, but couldn’t get by the Nets. 7:56 Nets: It looks like they improbably have a pretty deep team. Pistons: Detroit’s defense is much improved after shutting down the hot Nets. 30:12 Celtics: Ho-hum, another 128 offensive rating for the C’s while they ease...

The Rockets get a surprising win in Dallas. Why the Rockets have a high night-to-night floor this year, and is there any reason to be concerned about Dallas’ offense? Victor vs Chet wasn’t close in the end, as OKC’s dominant team defense was the story. 25:30 We go through our opinions on the team option decisions like Jalen Hood-Schifino and Jake LaRavia. 52:38 Paolo Banchero is out for at least a...

The Athletic’s Anthony Slater joins for a postgame look at Warriors/Pelicans, and then we zoom out with our key takeaways from the Warriors’ 4-1 start. Join Dunc’d On Prime for 35% off using the code mockoffseason2026 ! It's the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! Subscribe on YouTube to get Dunc'd On Clutch Calls, Real Vide...

Nate and Danny continue their frantic surveying of the league in the first week of the season through some of the key games of teams we haven’t had a chance to watch much of yet. Scoot Henderson and Jordan Hawkins were big stories in New Orleans vs Portland, plus why we fear New Orleans’ defense won’t be as good this year. The Grizzlies are a big storyline early with rotations that highlight their...

In one of the most anticipated Week 1 matchups, OKC’s business-like win revealed their depth and burnished some of our worst fears about Denver. Anthony Edwards and the Wolves gutted out a late win against a Sacramento team that was supposed to have the advantage late-game. 23:51. Victor and the Spurs controlled the paint on defense, but that’s all that went right in a blowout loss to the Mavs in...

Locked on Rockets host Jackson Gatlin dives into perhaps the most fascinating team of 2024-25. How good was this Rockets team last year? Were they “better without Sengun?” Will the opponent 3-point shooting fall back to Earth? What can the Rockets expect from Reed Sheppard this season? With Sengun and Jalen Green extended, can they take steps forward to All-Star level? Why Jabari Smith, Jr. is one...

Nate and Danny give their team and individual award predictions for the 2024-25 Season. West season win predictions West playoffs predictions (19:45) East season win predictions (23:29) East playoffs predictions, NBA Champion and championship contenders (28:42) MVP (39:30) Coach of the Year (44:18) First coach fired (46:30) Defensive Player of the Year (49:28) Breakout defensive players (52:09) Si...

Tim Cato of All City is our guest to discuss the Mavericks’ attempt to return to the NBA Finals. What drove their Finals run last year, and is it a formula for regular season success this year? What kind of shape is Luka in? How will the Mavs use Klay Thompson? And will he start/close games by the end of the year? Who will emerge as this team’s defensive stopper on the perimeter? Can Kyrie Irving...

Derek Bodner of PHLY is our guest to discuss one of the most anticipated seasons in Sixers history. Can Joel Embiid be the same player after knee surgery? Is there even more in the tank from Tyrese Maxey this year? What exactly are the Sixers getting with Paul George at this stage of his career? How will Nick Nurse build out the rotation behind the big 3? Can any of their less-heralded players eme...

Bucks beatman Eric Nehm of the Athletic is our guest to break down Milwaukee’s quest to return to the league’s elite. What we can take away from last year, as injured as it was? How much do the 4 core players (Giannis, Dame, Lopez, and Middleton) have left to carry a limited roster? Why Gary Trent, Jr. is such an important piece Is Damian Lillard on the downside or can he bounce back with a better...

The man who knows the Nuggets better than anyone else, Adam Mares of DNVR, is our guest to break down Denver’s hopes for bouncing back in 2024-25. What went wrong in the Minnesota series? Was it personnel, or the failure of that personnel to play to their potential? How Jamal Murray has looked in camp after a rough 6 months The pressure on Michael Malone and Calvin Booth this season Who needs to s...

The Athletic’s Jovan Buha guests to discuss the dawn of the JJ Redick era in LA. How much of an upgrade will Redick be on Darvin Ham? What are the prospects for the return of Jarrett Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent? Will the lack of depth sink this squad? Under what circumstances will the Lakers make a trade to bolster their playoff chase, and what are the holes they need to fill? Should Austin Reaves...

A late-night pod on the blockbuster Wolves/Knicks deal involving Karl-Anthony Towns, Julius Randle, and Donte DiVincenzo. We go through the salary cap math as it stands now, how good this Knicks team is, and whether we’d have done the deal as New York. We disagree on the impact of this deal for Minnesota, in which Nate likes it a lot more for the Wolves than Danny.   Caitlin Cooper of Basketball S...

Danny is back to evaluate the Eastern Conference season over/unders, in which we have a stunning SIX disagreements. ATL BOS 7:00 BRK 12:20 CHA 21:00 CHI 27:00 CLE 35:38 DET 39:41 IND 49:17 MIA 59:13 MIL 1:03:40 NYK 1:12:04 ORL 1:17:21 PHI 1:22:29 TOR 1:30:13 WAS 1:37:18 Join Dunc’d On Prime for 35% off using the code mockoffseason2026 ! It's the only place to get every episode with Nate & Dann...

Dan Feldman and Danny Leroux are the teams and Nate Duncan the player agent to negotiate deals for the rookie scale players eligible for extensions. Jalen Green 4:29 Jalen Suggs 16:04 Josh Giddey 24:20 Jonathan Kuminga 32:00 Davion Mitchell 40:20 Ziaire Williams 42:32 Moses Moody 45:22 Corey Kispert 50:00 Alperen Sengun 53:49 Trey Murphy III 1:01:46 Jalen Johnson 1:06:31 Isaiah Jackson 1:09:04 Que...

Blake Murphy of Sportsnet is our portal into a new kind of Raptors season having fully moved on from the old guard. What Blake thinks of this tack in the Raptors’ rebuild Can we take anything away from the limited minutes the new big 3 of Barnes, Barrett, and Quickley played with the Raps a season ago? 4:00. What to make of Darko Rajakovic after a chaotic season. 12:49. Jakob Poeltl’s ability to a...

One of the best beat writers in the business, Anthony Slater of the Athletic, is our guest to look at the upcoming Warriors season The pros and cons of the Steph Curry extension. What they were last season and if they’ll miss Klay. 6:23 Jonathan Kuminga’s potential to evolve into the needed second scorer. 14:00 The massive burden on Steph and Draymond. 17:00 The prospects for Bradin Podziemski in...

Kings-watcher extraordinaire James Ham is our guest to kick off our offseason outlook series. Sacramento is a fascinating team this year, and we hit on all the big questions: What to make of last year’s “step back” and what needs to change this year to rejoin the playoffs? The impact of the DeMar DeRozan signing and his fit with the existing players. 11:20 How the guard rotation will shake out wit...

It’s time to hold ourselves accountable by looking back at what we originally thought each team’s 2023 offseason and decide how well that take and the teams’ offseasons themselves have aged. We start in reverse alphabetical order in the East: WAS TOR-13:36 PHI-22:20 ORL-28:22 NYK-36:25 MIL-43:40 MIA-58:41 IND-1:10:06 Join Dunc’d On Prime for 35% off using the code mockoffseason2026 ! It's the only...