Ranking the Futures of the Lottery Teams + Thursday Daily Duncs (4/2/26)

Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

John Hollinger and Nate Duncan

Basketball, Sports

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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John & Nate look at teams that have already been eliminated from the playoffs and discuss their futures. How good will Utah, Indiana, Dallas, Brooklyn, Washington, Memphis, and Sacramento be next year? ⁠Full Daily Duncs with links⁠⁠ Expansion doomed? Kawhi Leonard scandal Anthony Edwards awards Tom Izzo-Suns Trail Blazers’ Yang Hansen fine Yang Hansen value Steve Kerr Nikola Jokic triple-double Brandon Clarke arrested Wizards apologize ⁠Full Daily Duncs with links⁠

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0:00.0	All right.
0:00.5	This, now is where it gets interesting.
0:02.6	What team that didn't make the playoffs this year will have the third best record next season?
0:08.1	I'll give you some candidates here, okay?
0:10.1	We got Washington, Brooklyn, we'll leave Sacramento out, Dallas, New Orleans, Memphis, Chicago, Milwaukee.
0:17.5	What about the Dallas Maverick, though?
0:18.6	Why wouldn't they be?
0:19.9	I mean, Cooper Flagg might be the best player on any of these teams where we haven't talked about yet.
0:25.6	Cooper and Kyrie coming back. Yeah, now maybe they end up having a trade Kyrie if they just
0:30.9	don't have it. And they still need something at guard too. They at least fix their finances,
0:36.3	though. I mean, they're another team
0:37.7	that could have a,
0:39.3	I mean,
0:39.6	they'll probably,
0:40.7	you would think,
0:41.5	unless they go way up
0:43.2	in the top three,
0:44.0	they probably will end up
0:44.9	with a point guard in the draft
0:45.9	and that,
0:46.8	who will be flags running made
0:48.5	at least a little bit.
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