Pierce Firing; Sorting Out the Top of the West; Best Players of the Gubble

Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

John Hollinger and Nate Duncan

Sports, Basketball

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

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. Nate’s podcast Dunc’d On has become Dunc’d On Prime, 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	It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:10.6	Today's episode is brought to you by Michaelab Ultra.
0:13.7	Are you happy because you win?
0:15.3	Or do you win because you're happy at only 2.6 carbs and 95 calories it's only worth it if you enjoy it stay tuned for
0:24.3	the ultra player of the week coming up later in the episode before we get started today's episode
0:28.7	is brought to you by michelope ultra are you happy because you win or do you win because you're
0:33.7	happy at only 2.6 carbs and 95 calories it's only worth it if you enjoy it.
0:38.4	Stay tuned for the ultra player of the week.
0:40.7	John is foaming at the mouth to assign the ultra player of the week to this player.
0:45.3	That is coming up later on.
0:47.5	Unfortunately, the Atlanta Hawks, Lloyd Pierce, will no longer be around to coach potential
0:53.5	ultra players of the week because he has
0:55.9	been fired by the Atlanta Hawks.
0:58.8	And so I'll open up the floor here to you.
1:00.7	I know you wrote about this.
1:01.6	You're pretty plugged in with the Hawks being down there.
1:04.3	Why did this happen and should it have happened?
1:06.3	It happened for a multitude of reasons.
1:09.7	I think expectations were high, perhaps unreasonably so, coming into this season.
1:14.6	Second, I think the doubts about him were already there so that when they got off to this start,
1:19.6	it just compounded what they were already feeling a little bit.
1:24.6	One of the things I wrote about was usually when you see a coach
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