We are honored to be graced by official Summer League Award Voter John Hollinger to hand out some unofficial Summer League Awards:

Who will be the best rookie this year, and who will have the best career?

Who changed your opinion the most for the better?

Most disappointing player?

“I nailed this one,” guys who looked exactly like you thought they would

Who are you worried about?

Best defensive player?

Best rookie in the 2nd half of the first round?

Best “sleeper,” i.e. 2nd round or undrafted?

Best sophomore?

“Too good for summer league?”

Wish you were here

Most overrated summer league?

Most underrated summer league?

Victory lap (prematurely)

Looking rock solid, just going to be a solid NBA player

Pick you totally didn’t understand that was confirmed

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John and Nate discuss all the big events of the last few days:

• John’s most surprising transaction
• How good the PG Sixers are, and what cap shenanigans they can use to add a power forward.
• Our West power rankings as it stands today
• The fit of Hartenstein and Caruso in OKC
• Klay Thompson, Quentin Grimes, and Naji Marshall in Dallas.
• Whether there’s any excuse for Denver losing KCP and how much it hurts them.
• Memphis’ potential to get back in the West mix.
• DeMar DeRozan’s potential fit with the Lakers.
• And the latest on what the heck the Pistons are doing.

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John and Nate pick the NBA’s best passer, dunker, floater game, handle, and athlete.

Then we rule an Eastern Conference team that doesn’t have their draft picks from ‘25 to ‘27 and will be looking to trade a point guard this season out of the playoffs, and discuss what they can do going forward.

Plus, what does John think of the NBA moving the draft to 2 nights as a former executive?

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First we regale the listeners with tales of summer leagues past. Then a look across the free agency landscape with some of our best and worst deals of the free agent period, plus our overall impressions on some trends.

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John and Nate discuss the New Orleans/Memphis trade and what it says about each franchise’s future plans, then look at a fascinating back half of the top-10 and what those teams should do with their picks.

We also discuss some of our most mystifying teams in free agency, before taking questions on the draft and free agency from Spotify Green Room.

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How the Bucks managed to overcome the Suns and become NBA champions.

Then, disagreements on the draft. Nate and John talk thru their differing opinions on Scottie Barnes and Jalen Green in particular.

Plus a look at some free agents that might be more controversial, like Duncan Robinson and Jarrett Allen.

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A mailbag from Twitter, including how these playoffs effect the value of bigs, John Collins and the Hawks’ long-term plans, how NIL rules will affect the NBA, whether Giannis made the right decision to stay in Milwaukee, how to value inefficient stars, and more.

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The chess match of the 2021 Finals is underway. What can the Bucks do differently to slow down the Suns’ midrange attack? 

We give our playoff awards, including MVP, best game by a player, best overall game, most surprising and disappointing players, and more.

A look at an interesting offseason for the Brooklyn Nets.

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These NBA playoffs are unprecedented from an injury perspective, what should we take away from everything that’s happened so far and who is the favorite going forward?

Portland’s last few weeks have been a PR nightmare. How much does all this matter with the future of Damian Lillard?

John gets into some of the trade rumors from the draft combine, and we take listener questions via Spotify Green Room.

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What are the implications of the lottery for teams like GSW, OKC, and Toronto?

How can the NBA fix its replay for out of bounds calls, and are the new rules on “abnormal” shooting motions going to work?

A look ahead to Bucks/Hawks, and then a look at what the Sixers can do with Ben Simmons trades.

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John and Nate on the implications of Kawhi Leonard’s ACL injury, Chris Paul being placed in the health and safety protocols, the Wizards and Pels moving on from their coaches, and Donnie Nelson leaving the Mavericks.

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Where do some of the more interesting vanquished playoff teams go from here?  

What does the future hold for Jazz/Clippers, Nets/Bucks, and Sixers/Hawks?

Plus our weekly Locker Room hangout.

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John and Nate discuss the stunning news that Brad Stevens will take over running the Boston Celtics after Danny Ainge’s departure. Then we look ahead to an epic Bucks/Nets series, update our predictions for the rest of the playoffs, and recap some of the big coaching decisions of the week.  

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It’s time to look at the best coaches in the NBA. What are the ways to evaluate a coach? How do the young wunderkinder stack up against the established playoff coaches? John and Nate look at the best coaches in the league.

Plus, we each eliminate another team from the playoffs and take stock of their organizations.

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We go through what we’ve learned about the 8 playoffs series and make predictions on how the rest of the NBA playoffs will shake out. We focus on what the Clippers can do differently, whether the Lakers can push through LeBron’s injury, and why the Jazz may now be the favorite in the West. Plus why Milwaukee and Brooklyn could be the best series of the playoffs.

We also hit on some coaching hits and misses, and surprising and disappointing players, before taking questions on the Clippers, Kawhi’s future, and the Celtics’ future from Locker Room.

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We start with John’s award picks, hitting on some of our different philosophies plus why John has Gobert #2 on his MVP Ballot. Then we look ahead to the first round of the playoffs, looking at:

• Most interesting series
• Least interesting series
• Star player with the toughest matchup
• Star player with the easiest matchup
• Best coaching matchup
• Biggest coaching mismatch
• Series with the most variables
• Rotation players most likely to have their roles cut
• Best playoff defense
• Best playoff offense
• MVP of the first round

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After getting John’s front office perspective on the Nate Bjorkgren situation in Indiana, we discuss Nikola Jokic. John anointed him the best player in the NBA, Nate has him substantially behind LeBron, Kawhi, Steph, and others. Also, a discussion of the other players with the most to prove in the playoffs, plus the teams we project will NOT make the playoffs, as we make our final predictions for the playoff field.

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A ton of key veterans are eligible for mega-extensions in the 2021 offseason. We discuss the dilemmas faced by the Warriors and Steph Curry, the Nets and James Harden, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving, the Wizards and Bradley Beal, the Heat and Jimmy Butler, and many many more.

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The coaching ranks are better than ever, but some coaches have to be in the bottom half of the league. We get to the remainder of our rankings.

Then wrap with a fun Locker Room hangout, talking OKC’s offseason and the RFA market, Mike Conley’s next deal, whether the “metagame” isn’t varied enough, and more.

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The top half of our coach rankings. Where do Nick Nurse, Brad Stevens, Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich, Erik Spoelstra, Rick Carlisle, and more rank? Plus how to deal with the more unproven but promising coaches?

We wrap with a fun Locker Room hangout as we take some really interesting questions about our coaching rankings.

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We all do our instant reactions to the trade deadline, but how do those look a year later. We hold ourselves accountable and go back to reassess our takes on the big moves like the D’Angelo Russell trade, the Justise Winslow trade, the Robert Covington trade, and more.

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We discuss the state of the buyout process and the potential impact of some of the latest signings. Then we size up the championship contenders in each conference. 

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We look at the deals that happened, the deals that didn’t, and hand out some categories like biggest winner and losers for players and teams, the best and worst individual moves, the most consequential move for this year, the most consequential move for the future, the biggest risk, and the most boring move.

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Which players do we project to get the highest return at the trade deadline? A look at John Collins, Kyle Lowry, Harrison Barnes, Larry Nance, Thaddeus Young, Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon, Richaun Holmes, and more.

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John and Nate look back on perhaps the biggest trade deadline ever to evaluate all these transactions a year on. How do the KD and Kyrie deals look, and would we have still done them as both teams? Who won the Westbrook/Conley/Russell swap? How have the trading trends evolved since this year? And which acquisitions actually fortified playoff teams?

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Despite the Hawks meeting (our) expectations, deserve ain’t got nothing to do with it for Lloyd Pierce.

John thinks Utah is the favorite in the West. Nate does not. We discuss that, plus how the top four teams in the West match up with Phoenix now in the 2nd seed.

Having pored through film of the G-League Bubble, John gleefully introduces this week’s Michelob Ultra Player of the Week and talks about other potential call-ups.

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West (good) and East (bad) All-Star reaction.

The Wolves continue a tumultuous stretch firing their coach. We get into the process of hiring Chris Finch from Toronto.

We pick 4 under-the-radar stories, including what the NBA will do for the playoffs, veteran extension candidates, Brooklyn becoming the class of the East, and of course we rule two teams out of the playoffs.

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John and Nate go deep on the All-Stars to pick starters, locks, and the back end of the rosters. We get into some controversy with a few differences of opinion filling out the final spots in the East and the West, plus we each rule a team out of the playoffs.

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John shares his thoughts on the first game for the G League Ignite. Then we continue with our future rankings taking a look at which teams we’d most want to be fans of for the next five years. Finally, we wrap up by ruling one team out of the playoffs. 

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A long look at which teams we'd most want to be fans of for the next 5 years. That includes which teams will win the most games, of course, but also which teams have the best chance of winning a championship, have the most exciting player, and overall have the best organizations. Our conclusion: the next 5 years are wide open.

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John and Nate discuss whether they would have done the Harden trade at the price the Nets paid, how the Cavs and other teams should handle the volatile situation with Kevin Porter, Jr., we rule 2 teams out of the playoffs, and finally John discusses how NBA teams apportion their scouting resources.

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A look at the NBA’s evolving COVID situation, and what should be done as they try to continue the season. Plus which surprise teams are for real, and which will regress. And, some hilariously outdated James Harden trade talk.

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John and Nate look at the slow starting teams in the league and discuss how worried they and their fans should be, and whether they’ll be able to turn it around. Featured: Toronto, Miami, Boston, Portland, Minnesota, Golden State, Denver and Sacramento.

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A look at the first 8 days of the NBA season, focusing on the biggest trends, which teams have deviated from expectations, and the 2020 rookie class.

Then a fun mailbag: Should the max contract be reformed, how long will Joe Lacob pay huge money for mediocrity, where do the Mavs go in 2021 free agency, how has Deni Avdija looked so far, and more.

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John and Nate answer your questions. Details on rookie extensions, the best and worst from the team side, the best and worst of the preseason, what the Hawks do about John Collins, where the Mavs go from here, whether Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo, or Josh Hart is better (yes we get granular) and a ton more mailbag topics.

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A big topic of the day is whether offense is too high right now. We discuss whether that is in fact the case, and suggest a number of interesting possible solutions, including many which haven’t yet been proposed.

Next a discussion of the unintended (but entirely foreseeable) consequences of the NBA’s 65-game rule.

John explains the rationale for both sides in the Steven Adams trade between Houston and Memphis.

The going gets tougher as we again rule a team out of the playoffs.

Finally, we discuss some of the more realistic trades we might see at the upcoming trade deadline.

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Who are the main championship contenders heading into the season, and who do we expect to win it all? We also discuss our top candidates to take home some of the major awards for the 2020-21 season, including MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Most Improved Player. 

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Sharing our thoughts on the Paul George extension and what it means for the future of the Clippers. 

Then we discuss where we disagree with our expectations for the Warriors, Lakers, Wolves, Pels, Hawks, Pacers and Rockets this season before wrapping up by answering your questions. 

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Reacting to the Russell Westbrook-for-John Wall swap. What does this mean for the Rockets, and will the Wizards have enough to go grab a playoff spot? 

Find out which two teams in particular John and Nate disagreed on with our offseason grades. 

Then we wrap up by answering listener questions and placing the 2020-21 contenders into tiers. 

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A look at the Atlanta Hawks after they acquire Bogdan Bogdanovic. How is Lloyd Piece going to manage the rotation with all these new pieces?

Giannis, a 2021 free agent, determined much of 2020’s free agency. Will he extend in Milwaukee?

What to make of the Pels’ offseason after they got Steven Adams but also made a great Jrue Holiday trade?

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Why did the apparent deal for Bogdan Bogdanovic fall apart, and how much did “tampering” have to do with it?

With Klay out, what is the Warriors’ next move?

Is James Harden to Brooklyn fait accompli?

Plus recapping all the draft night moves and our winners and losers.

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We have substantial disagreements at the top of the draft on players like James Wiseman, Onyeka Okongwu, Deni Avdija, and Anthony Edwards. We flesh those out here and of course take questions from listeners on Twitch, plus some discussion of the Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook trade scenarios.

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John and Nate discuss the idea of a December start date for the 2020-21 regular season and its implications for the league at large. 

Then we react to Daryl Morey joining the Sixers as president of basketball operations and take some questions on potential moves they could make. 

Plus, we revisit our playoff predictions from last season and pick the teams that are least likely to make it next season with what we know now. 

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John and Nate create their lists of the players most likely to be traded in the next year, and take questions on a bunch of fun fake trades in the chat.

But we started with a discussion of what the hirings of Nate Bjorkgren and Stan Van Gundy mean in Indiana and New Orleans.

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The surprise news of Daryl Morey’s firing, and what this means for the Rockets going forward.

Was Ty Lue the right hire in LA?

What are the arguments in the MJ vs LeBron debate? Is it now eye of the beholder, or is MJ still clearly on top?

We go through the best and worst cap sheets in the NBA going forward, and take a ton of interesting questions in the chat.

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A wrap-up of the first 4 games of the Finals, plus whether Goran Dragic could have changed things.

The Finals MVP, plus MVP of the playoffs and First Team All-Playoffs (17:49).

Then we go through the cap and tax situations for teams that will be looking to move money. Who are the most likely players to be salary dumped (35:00)?

Then we hit on some really interesting questions from Twitch, including who the Wolves should and will take at #1, how the Mavs can get Luka some help, what the Bulls do at 4, and more (1:00:00).

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John and Nate start by discussing the pros and cons of the Siakam trade. Would we ultimately have done the deal knowing his likely contract expectations?

Then, we scrape the bottom of the Joe Johnson Memorial Barrel to fill out our East All-Star teams, before we wrack our brains on how to limit ourselves to 12 in the West.

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Takeaways from Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Were the Lakers born on 3rd base?

Every aspect of the Doc Rivers situation.

More free agency questions, including the next Duncan Robinson G-League signings, moving Al Horford, Andre Drummond’s future as a Cav, and more.

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What are the big lessons we learned from the playoffs? And is zone defense here to stay?

We discuss how Miami and LA will match up in the Finals. (18’)

A long mailbag looking ahead to 2020 free agency, including the options of Gordon Hayward, Jerami Grant, and Mike Conley, what the Hawks and Hornets should do, what Dallas’ path forward is, and more. (31’)

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A long look at the Clippers’ demise. What are their chances of improving next year, how do they maximize them, and did they already squander their best chance?

We pick our big playoff winners and losers, focusing on superstars whose perception has changed and free agents to be.

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