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Our 2025 NBA Awards Ballot Apr 17, 2025

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Dan and Grant (finally) drop their 2025 NBA awards ballots, including a HANDFUL OF BRAND-SPANKING NEW CATEGORIES nominated by our subscribes! TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - INTRO
1:25 - Our approach
2:50 - MVP
17:47 - All-NBA
28:14 - Defensive Player of the Year
36:39 - All-Defense
45:40 - Rookie of the Year
50:34 - All- Rookie
59:24 - Most Improved Players
1:06:33 - Sixth Man of the Year
1:09:03 - Coach of the Year
1:12:36 - Executive of the Year
1:17:31 - Clutch Player of the Year
1:20:27 - Best Finisher Under 6'5"
1:22:47 - The Aaron Wiggins Award
1:24:48 - The Jaxson Hayes Award
1:27:48 - Worst Contract
1:28:52 - Black Hole Award
1:31:44 - Stars Who Made The Biggest Sacrifice Award
1:34:57 - They Should Have Played More, Dammit! (Duop Reath Award)
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We Were Wrong, And We're Sorry Apr 10, 2025

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Dan and Grant revisit some of their biggest misses and WORST predictions prior to the start of the 2024-25 NBA season. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Our approach
4:26 - Chicago Bulls
5:51 - Cleveland Cavaliers
7:01 - Dallas Mavericks
8:01 - New Orleans Pelicans
9:53 - Orlando Magic
11:15 - Philadelphia 76ers
13:42 - Detroit Pistons
17:40 - Portland Trail Blazers
21:22 - Houston Rockets
26:21 - Los Angeles Clippers
29:26 - Phoenix Suns
33:00 - Brooklyn Nets
36:26 - JJ Redick
39:56 - LaMelo Ball
41:45 - Jonathan Kuminga
44:43 - New York Knicks
55:01 - Ja Morant
59:50 - Reed Sheppard
1:03:48 - Cody Williams
1:06:44 - Scottie Barnes
1:08:34 - Bouncing around the rest of the NBA
1:15:24 - Winner of HWK's over/under competition!
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Where Do The Denver Nuggets Go From Here? Apr 09, 2025

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Dan is joined by Morten Stig Jensen (@msjnba) of The NBA Podcast to discuss the future of the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic after the team fired head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - Details of Denver's firings
1:44 - What does the timing say about the Nuggets?
4:30 - Firing Michael Malone now is wild
10:36 - NBA head coaching seats are hotter than ever
14:49 - Jalen Pickett ruined everything!
18:28 - Are the Nuggets cleaning house?
22:20 - Did the Jamal Murray injury accelerate this?
25:36 - The future of Nikola Jokic
32:31 - Can the Nuggets get better this summer?
41:06 - Should the Nuggets hire Mort Jensen?!
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NBA Head Coaches On The Hot Seat Apr 08, 2025

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Dan is joined by Morten Stig Jensen (@msjnba) of The NBA Podcast to talk about NBA head coaches who may be on the hot seat once the regular season is over. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - Criteria
2:34 - Tuomas Iisalo (Memphis Grizzlies)
3:22 - Mitch Johnson (San Antonio Spurs)
6:09 - Doug Christie (Sacramento Kings)
8:57 - Doc Rivers (Milwaukee Bucks)
16:29 - Michael Malone (Denver Nuggets)
28:37 - Tom Thibodeau (New York Knicks)
37:54 - Mike Budenholzer (Phoenix Suns)
45:33 - Willie Green (New Orleans Pelicans)
51:01 - Jamahl Mosley (Orlando Magic)
58:35 - JB Bickerstaff (Detroit Pistons)
1:05:38 - Nick Nurse (Philadelphia 76ers)
1:08:32 - Erik Spoelstra (Miami Heat)
1:12:07 - Honorable mentions
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Guess The Mystery NBA Players (We Suck At This Edition) Apr 07, 2025

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Guess-A-Player Volume 4 is here! Can you beat Dan and Grant to correctly guessing the mystery NBA player?!? Join our discord to submit your OWN Guess-A-Player nominees: https://discord.com/invite/vFF4kKPMdb. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Mystery NBA Player No. 1
9:30 - Mystery NBA Player No. 2
19:01 - Mystery NBA Player No. 3
22:59 - Mystery NBA Player No. 4
30:25 - Mystery NBA Player No. 5
37:44 - Mystery NBA Player No. 6
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S.C.R.E.W.E.D. Apr 05, 2025

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Dan and Grant dive into the most disappointing teams of the NBA season and evaluated their future outlooks according to their S.C.R.E.W.E.D scale, a proprietary scoring metric that rates the hopelessness of a given franchise.TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Criteria
6:26 - Team 1
11:52 - Team 2
21:03 - Team 3
30:24 - Team 4
35:44 - Team 5
42:36 - Team 6
49:59 - Team 7
58:05 - Team 8
1:08:00 - Team 9
1:14:01 - Team 10
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2025 NBA Playoffs Pressure Index Apr 03, 2025

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Dan is joined by Es Baraheni (@justesbaraheni) of The Athletic Daily and Raptors Republic to discuss which 2025 NBA playoff teams have the most at stake entering the postseason. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - Intro/Nuggets-Wolves absurdness
1:13 - Criteria
3:08 - NBA Playoff Team No. 1
8:10 - NBA Playoff Team No. 2
17:23 - NBA Playoff Team No. 3
25:21 - NBA Playoff Team No. 4
31:56 - NBA Playoff Team No. 5
42:14 - NBA Playoff Team No. 6
53:16 - NBA Playoff Team No. 7
1:03:42 - NBA Playoff Team No. 8
1:06:20 - NBA Playoff Team No. 9
1:14:40 - NBA Playoff Team No. 10
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Guess The Mystery NBA Player (Big Onions Dance Edition) Mar 31, 2025

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Guess-A-Player Volume 3 is here! Can you beat Dan and Grant to correctly guessing the mystery NBA player?!? Join our discord to submit your OWN Guess-A-Player nominees: https://discord.com/invite/vFF4kKPMdb. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - INTRO
0:32 - Mystery NBA Player No. 1
5:58 - Mystery NBA Player No. 2
16:39 - Mystery NBA Player No. 3
27:30 - Mystery NBA Player No. 4
30:24 - Mystery NBA Player No. 5
35:31 - Mystery NBA Player NO. 6
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The NBA Star Trade Candidates Draft! Mar 29, 2025

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Dan and Grant draft NBA stars that they believe are most likely to get traded next. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - INTRO
1:45 - Criteria
5:42 - Pick No. 1
9:01 - Pick No. 2
12:08 - Pick No. 3
17:39 - Pick No. 4
23:48 - Pick No. 5
29:03 - Pick No. 6
38:06 - Pick No. 7
42:56 - Pick No. 8
49:00 - Pick No. 9
53:59 - Pick No. 10
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Damian Lillard Injury, Celtics Sale Reaction, NBA Expansion & Mark Cuban vs Mavs Mar 27, 2025

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Dan and Grant catch up some of the some of the latest NBA news and rumors, including the injury to Damian Lillard, fallout from the sale of the Boston Celtics, salary-cap notes and more. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - INTRO
1:22 - Can we actually fix tanking?
7:40 - Damian Lillard injury
13:18 - Giannis Antetokounmpo's recent comments
17:06 - The future of Giannis in Milwaukee
19:17 - This Bucks offseason is critical
26:50 - Biggest questions following Boston Celtics Sale
30:04 - How long with the Celtics stay together
40:58 - How much say will Bill Chisholm have?
45:04 - Did the Celtics sale help or hurt expansion?
53:41 - Salary-cap updates, Most interesting offseason team
1:02:43 - Mark Cuban's Luka Doncic comments
1:03:40 - Do you believe Cuban's version of Mavs sale?
1:06:29 - What is Cuban's goal here?
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