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Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

Are the Rockets in Trouble Without FVV; More Kawhigate; Underrated Bad Transactions

Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

John Hollinger and Nate Duncan

Basketball, Sports

4.6866 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

John Hollinger & Nate Duncan discuss the ramifications of Fred VanVleet’s season-ending ACL tear and what the Rockets can and should do about it.  Then, they hit on the latest news regarding the Clippers circumvention case, Jonathan Kuminga’s saga with the Warriors, and Tyler Herro’s ankle surgery. Finally, a deal John thinks is underrated, and another he thought was underrated in how bad it was.

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0:00.0

All right, welcome on to an utterly mundane, not special at all, Hollinger and Duncan.

0:07.1

Last one, I think, before I return stateside and begin my season prep in earnest.

0:12.8

But we got a lot of stuff that's happened to since we last talk, John.

0:16.0

Where would you like to begin our discussion?

0:19.3

Well, it's shocking amount actually for this part of September.

0:23.0

I think we got to start with Fred Van Fleet, though.

0:25.1

I mean, that's a real game changer in the West, I think.

0:28.3

Yeah, it's pretty fascinating.

0:30.4

Now, I think it's not quite the death now.

0:34.3

Maybe that it would be for some other teams, as we can get into. But what are they

0:39.0

losing in Fred Van Fleet? And why do you think it really is going to change things for them?

0:45.0

I thought Fred Van Fleet was the one guy that needed to stay healthy for them this year just

0:50.7

because they went so far overboard on front court editions.

0:56.4

And like you already have two all stars at the four and five basically with Durant and Shingoon.

1:02.2

And so in the offseason, you multi-year deal Stephen Adams,

1:08.1

multi-year deal Clint Capella, multi-year deal of Dorefini Smith, multi-year deal

1:14.1

Jabari Smith Jr. on an extension. You re-signed Jeff Green. You signed two other guys

1:22.1

who theoretically are wings, Jay Sean Tate and Joshosh akogi but really do their best work as undersized

1:29.0

fours like they just left themselves so thin in the backcourt in the wings and then if you go

1:35.3

beyond that to now van vlitz out for the year who is also going to be your source of shooting i mean

1:43.0

it's great to say you got Durant,

1:44.4

but when Durant has the ball,

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