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Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

2020 Free Agency Mailbag! What Did We Learn From the Playoffs?

Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

John Hollinger and Nate Duncan

Sports, Basketball

4.6853 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

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’) Starting September 8, Nate’s podcast Dunc’d On is exclusively ad-free four days a week. Become a member! With @JohnHollinger and @NateDuncanNBA Subscribe now via iTunes, RSS Feed, or search "Hollinger" in your favorite podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:10.5

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0:13.9

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0:18.2

All right, welcome on to our last Monday episode.

0:21.4

And while we are going to be shifting to Thursdays.

0:24.1

So don't forget about that.

0:25.6

First episode actually will be a bonus episode.

0:28.0

We're going to give you one this Thursday after game one of the finals.

0:32.9

And then we will be on Thursdays, at least through the end of the year after that.

0:37.1

But let's get right into it here.

0:39.4

And since we try to take a more long view at times on this show as a once a week show,

0:45.7

I want to talk about just what we've learned about basketball in these playoffs,

0:50.7

what some of the big lessons are, if any,

0:53.4

or if we are in danger of making too

0:56.3

many conclusions about basketball.

0:58.7

So we've got the Miami Heat and the Lakers in the finals.

1:01.4

We'll talk about that matchup a little bit in a second.

1:04.3

But based on what's taken place in these playoffs, what are some of just overall lessons that you've gotten on what works

1:14.8

in playoff basketball and what doesn't work? I think the real thing we've seen is the importance

1:21.5

of motion, especially in watching Miami. But if you look, a lot of these teams that were kind of static pick and

1:28.5

roll teams, Houston, Milwaukee, maybe even Portland, you could argue, really didn't do well in the

1:36.4

postseason. And whereas Miami's constant offball activity, I think, was really hard for teams to get ahead of. And I mean,

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