2025 Playoff Extravaganza!

Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

John Hollinger and Nate Duncan

Sports, Basketball

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Nate and John take their unique look at the playoffs, discussing their picks for: Most interesting series Least interesting series Individual player matchup you are most interested in seeing 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 Deep rotation players who could emerge Most important non-star player who will affect the outcome of a series Best playoff defense Best playoff offense Plus, they give their picks for each playoff series winner and NBA champion. They also discuss Joe Dumars’ hiring in New Orleans and the ax falling for Michael Malone and Calvin Booth in Denver.

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0:00.0	Welcome on to Hollinger and Duncan's annual playoff outlook, not preview, because a preview
0:05.7	would be boring.
0:06.2	That's what everyone else does.
0:07.2	We do outlooks here.
0:09.2	Everyone else also fills their head in the screen.
0:11.1	We don't bother to do that either on YouTube.
0:15.2	This is just a vehicle for you to listen to our voices.
0:17.9	We wish we didn't have to show you our faces at all.
0:21.4	As to you.
0:24.6	Please give us a like and subscribe on YouTube if you are following there or in whatever your
0:30.2	podcast player is. And before we get into our usual playoff outlook, which is going to be
0:35.8	more than just talking about the series
0:37.6	and picking them, although we will do our picks eventually.
0:40.9	Let's talk about some interesting executive moves.
0:45.2	You and I have not talked since the surprising news of Calvin Booth and Michael Malone being
0:52.3	fired simultaneously in Denver.
0:55.8	And Dan noted how rare it is for that axe to fall on the same day for both gentlemen.
1:02.1	So what are your thoughts on that?
1:03.7	Having worked in a front office, having worked with a variety of coaches, and then some of this reporting, and I'm sure something that's come up in
1:12.2	your own conversations about how disjointed things were. Do you believe that this firing
1:18.4	was justified for two men who if you simply analyze their track records didn't deserve this?
1:23.2	In a way, yes, because you have to be able to work with each other.
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