Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. are back with another episode of The Dunker Spot! We have plenty of hoops — and the start of a tournament! — to discuss.
0:00 Intro
1:25 The Pelicans attempting to overcome bad injury luck, again
4:40 Early thoughts on the In-Season Tournament
7:40 The Atlanta Hawks getting contributions from everyone
16:20 How Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid are bending defenses
25:20 The Minnesota Timberwolves clamping up on defense
35:10 Schematic fun within Utah’s offense
37:40 Examining the Nets on offense, and how sustainable it is
42:10 The oddity of Jaden Ivey’s reduction in minutes
46:50 Steve’s confusion about the New York Knicks
51:55 How real – and important – is OKC’s shooting?
53:40 A quick check-in on the Miami Heat
57:55 Nekias and Steve’s player shoutouts for the week
1:09:10 A Free Throw segment featuring Jayson Tatum, 50 Cent, and more
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Can you please talk about my new look Houston Rockets?
love Tuesdays
Wolves Back. Ant>Tatum. (AnD hE OnLy 21!!). Jaden McDaniels is the only reason we lost to the raps and hawk’s. Sorry, that’s what happened. Had nothing to do w finch or CuLtUrEeE. Listening to Brian Scalibrene figure out who Jaden and Naz are in real time was so funny man.
The football game had a “430 tip” 😂
Great insight!
There are just some teams in sports that have year after year of bad injury luck. The Pelicans in basketball and the Chargers in football just have injuries as a consistent barrier to success.
After a while, it can't just be seen as injury luck right?
Love this pod y'all are so knowledgeable
i learn so much about basketball from these guys 😭😭
Atlanta Up Next
Lifelong hawks fan and I would love for hawks to trade trae young!!! We have a very deep versatile roster, but Trae is just a wildly inefficient player who cant play defense. He cant be a Number 1 option on a championship team.
i like these guys a lot, very enjoyable to watch. good stuff guys
JRE IS a good move
I was skeptical of the in-season tournament but now that Jeremiah Robinson-Earl is in the mix I'm all in!!!
can i get small clip of walker alexander in comments
Mavs>>>Both of these teams
Star J is breaking out!!!
Great show fellas!!!
Best starts?
Nuggets and Celtics.
Finals?
Nuggets and Celtics.
@59:21 I know the qualifier was 4 steals, 3 blocks, etc… however on 3/6/22 Jokic dropped 46p, 12r, 11a, 3s, 4b. 30 points in 4th + OT. His starting lineup was Will Barton, Monte Morris, Jeff Green, and Aaron Gordon. Larry Nance called it the best performance he was ever on the court for
wrt the sixers, the raptors saw the same kind of team offensive improvement when they started to swap to Nurse's offensive system. Nurse's offensive system actually earned him the raptor's head coaching job in the off season. You need personnel (which the raptors lacked in recent years) which Sixers have in spades.