What’s Next for GSW, CLE, and BOS? What do DAL, SAS, PHI Do With Lottery Luck?

Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show - NBA Basketball Podcast

John Hollinger and Nate Duncan

Sports, Basketball

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

How did we get to a Game 7 in Denver vs OKC, and what will be the key factors in who wins? Golden State petered out without Steph. What do they need to get back to contention and how does the restricted free agency of Jonathan Kuminga impact that? 6:44 Why did the Cavaliers fall short, and do they need to make major changes to compete in the East? 16:38 How will Boston navigate the franchise-altering injury to Jayson Tatum? 27:13 What should Dallas do now that they’ll have Cooper Flagg, and what will they do? 31:20 San Antonio should be in the mix for Giannis. Does it make sense to trade the #2 pick for him? 36:41 With Joel Embiid and Paul George, how will the #3 pick fit into the mix in Philly? 41:26 Plus, how the new CBA has affected the NBA combine. 44:14

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0:00.0	Welcome on to Holland, Dr. Duncan, playoffs, week four, John, we have much to discuss here.
0:05.8	160 win team is out.
0:08.4	Another is on the precipice with their best player, maybe out for a year, and a third is facing a game seven.
0:16.0	So we got to talk about all those situations.
0:17.8	And then these eliminated teams, what are we going to do about them, the Cavaliers, the Warriors,
0:23.6	like they have fascinating off seasons coming up.
0:25.8	What can we take away from their playoff runs?
0:27.4	Then finally, of course, we haven't talked since the Dallas Mavericks.
0:30.7	We're the recipient of some lotto largesse to get the replacement for Luca Donchitz.
0:37.1	So let's begin in the playoffs here.
0:39.5	Oklahoma City and Denver. Game 7 is on Sunday. How did we get to this point?
0:45.7	It's almost feels like a carbon copy of last year against Dallas in the sense that Oklahoma
0:50.8	City's lack of a secondary score in the half court is really coming back to
0:55.1	bite them again. Jalen Williams with another tour date in game six, 316. He already has a 213, a
1:04.1	213, a 520, and a 514. So he's rapidly filling up his spring concert schedule.
1:11.1	And that's been a big story in this series.
1:14.3	I mean, he's shooting 42%.
1:15.6	He's 13 to 54 from 3.
1:18.1	He just hasn't given them that guy with the exception of game 3,
1:23.6	which they actually ended up losing in overtime anyway.
1:26.5	And that's really hurt Oklahoma City.
1:29.2	I think the Nuggets have found just enough in their rotation, even with Porter's
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