On Tue.’s No Dunks, the guys discuss the Denver Nuggets advancing to their first NBA Finals appearance after sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James saying he will consider retirement this offseason, our favorite Carmelo Anthony memories and moments, the latest NBA coaching news regarding the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks’ searches, and more.
0:18 Cold Open
0:46 Show starts
2:50 Jokic leads Nuggets past LeBron’s Lakers into their first NBA Finals
23:10 LeBron James says he will consider retirement this offseason
32:14-37:15 *Ads*
37:20 Carmelo Anthony retires
38:25 How will Melo be remembered?
48:12 Favorite Melo moment?
51:11 Report: Raptors met with Steve Nash to discuss coaching job
54:07 Report: Bucks narrow head coaching search down to Nurse, Atkinson, Griffin
57:35-59:26 *Ads*
59:35 Tweet of the Night — Melo!
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40 Comments
I can't believe no one mentioned dunking on Paul Milsap
Thanks for the timestamps! ❤
If they didn’t rob him of his third straight mvp, this could be an even more historic run for Jokic. SMH. Never gonna forgive the voters. Especially all of espn.
How could you forget the regular szn battle in 09 between LeBron and Melo. Melo hit the jumper right in LeBrons face.
Heartbroken you guys didn't play the Melo audio clip one last time </3
If you like Micheal Keaton, then multiplicity is the movie for you. It’s Keaton, and Keaton, and Keaton, and Keaton! Like you’ve never seen him before.
Curious to see if anyone actually watches the finals, considering this match up will be "boring"
How crazy would it be if the spurs get a high draft pick next year as well and end up drafting bronny, so we get bron next to Wemby going for a championship
I wonder how many active players in NBA are going to average 27ppg in their 20th season in the playoffs…
Melo is the reason why I got interested in NBA and been Denver fan wver since. Now 19 years later they are in the Finals. Congratz to Melo for an amazing career and getting me into basketball!
You can make "i picked the Nuggets from the start" t shirts and rub it into every espn guy's face for puting them into contender tier since fall 2022 and predicting "easy! EASY!" over 50,5 wins
Coaching experience: Check
TV experience: Check
I feel like the Raptors should be interviewing our man JE Skeets asap for that coaching job
I think I speak for all Nuggets fans when I say thanks guys for actually talking about the Nuggets! All of us expected at ESPN it would be 4 parts Lakers and 1 part Nuggets today but it turned out to be 20 parts Lakers and 1 part Nuggets. The Hoops Collective pod literally talked about Jokic and the Nuggets for maybe 2 minutes in a 50 minute pod. Unbelievable. We appreciate you being one of the few places where teams get a fair shake and the attention they deserve.
It really feels like bron took the retirement spotlight away from his friend
I think his comments were directed at his teammates. I think he wants out of LA, or they need to bring in some better help. He played 24 minutes in first half, 31 points 15 point lead. He didnt touch the ball in the 3rd, i think he was seeing who wanted to win, and they didnt show up. Why would he want to play that hard, and no one else cares. He was out putting up shots at 1 pm, by himself, where was the rest of the Lakers. This is from a LeBron hater, that respects him. I bet he is on the phone with the heat and cavs seeing if he can run back "home".
Rookie Melo in that incredible light/sky/silky blue Nuggets Jersey really made me Fall in love with the NBA. Born in 1995, he was my first favorite player and I loved these Nuggets teams back then with Camby, K-Mart, JR, Chauncey, AI, Hell even Linas Kleiza. These squads where so fun to watch. Glad Melo talked in length about those years on JJ Redicks Pod. Really worth a listen
Jokic has the most triple doubles in playoffs over Wilt Chamberlain … He set a new record that held for 56 years facts.
Real question: why are people praising the Lakers for getting swept, yet everyone was trashing the Nets for getting swept last season? Very similar circumstances with a dysfunctional regular season team fighting for a playoff spot, then getting swept by the eventual conference champions 🤷♂️ just weird how polar opposite the NBA worlds’ reaction to each sweep was
If LeBron does retire for a year and come back, I think the Washington Wizards is a funny possibility.
Obviously it depends on where Bronny is drafted. People act like Bronny is some top 10 lock, but really only ESPN has projected him there. Every other mock draft I've seen has him in the late 1st at best. He's only ranked 21st in the composite rankings for his class. That doesn't suggest a lotto pick. In theory if he ends up late 1st that could be better for LeBron's master plan though. I'm sure it's a lot more appealing to join the Bucks or Nuggets on a small contract than to join the Hornets.
I doubt LeBron would punt on money like that though. So I'm betting he just keeps playing for the Lakers.
Waiting for the Lebron "injury" after elimination to drop happens every time..
Trey made it sound like watching a Batman movie without Keaton is the most perverse thing you could do 😂
The Lakers had a fine season, they have nothing to be ashamed of. That being said last night on twitter after they lost I saw TWO different photoshops for Kyrie in a Lakers jersey. It's a big offseason for them, I think they need to swap out DLo for a better guard and get a backup big. They have a nice core with Rui, Vanderbilt, and Reeves with AD and Lebron. Keep all those guys and see where it takes you. Doing a homerun trade for a 3rd star will put them in the same place they were after the bubble title.
For that trivia question about NCAA & Olympic winners, what about Laettner?
little known fact: mug nuggets (or "muggets, to use the parlance of our time) are actually 3 times more delicious than traditional nuggets
HOODIE MELO
Thank you guys for actually talking about the Nugs unlike the rest of absolutely despicable American sports media…
Honestly, LeBron's whole demeanor this year came off like hes finally over playing a young man's game. He doesn't enjoy talking to the media. He was never smiling and laughing on the court, even when his team retooled and started winning. And last night, he just sounded like a guy worth a billion dollars wondering why he's still chasing a narrative online trolls will never go along with anyway. I think the guy should be proud of scoring 40 and a near triple double on these kids and call it a career.
Classic episode to come back to on YouTube 😂 love you guys 🖤
Lebron is and has been my favorite player for a very long time. I really wonder why he would actually want to play with his son though. Bonny wouldn't learn nearly as much if he was in his dad's shadow by being on the same team as him. Also, how would ANY coach allow that to happen to their team? It sounds like a losing situation for a coach. Is he supposed to play Bronny because of Lebron? Is he supposed to be hard on him? Is he supposed to act like he's just another player? How does Bronny improve after his dad was his teammate?
Seems too messy, in my opinion. But also, I think it would be super dope for it to happen. Kind of like Ken Griffey and Griffey Jr. playing together. Would be dope to get a Bronny to Bron alley-oop.
There are few players that had such a dominant influence on any game as Melo did. He was incredible always! And Olympic Melo is the best ever! He was LEGIT!
Can’t wait to hopefully see Ish Smith get a ring
I consider Melo as our generation's Barkley. He was physical and scores easily.
If the Nuggs can win in the Finals could it be the beginning of a dynasty, if they can keep their core together? Bruce Brown is probably gone, which will hurt, to get his bag but the rest of the starting 5 will remain. I'm putting the cart in front of the horse so I'll just shut up and hope for the best.
4 MORE TO GO!
Hey guys, classic as always. Since we have some time before the Finals start I hope you can do some Beach Steppin, so here is my question:
Every time I see Jokic running or jumping I think "Man, I could beat this man o a race easily!"
What is something that you think you can beat a NBA player in?
The bigger question I have is: when are you guys gonna drop that Fast X pod?
Lebron was simply trying to distract everyone from the fact that he got swept, hence the “retirement” talk
no ants were harmed in the making of this classic #noants
LeBron is gonna try baseball for a year.
Joker has no muscle tone 😂
After the refs dragged the Lakers to WCF from being out of the playoffs entirely, they don't even get tnx from Bron and his fans. Talk about ungrateful.😂