The Playoff Crucible Outlook 2026
John and Nate look ahead to the playoffs, picking all 4 rounds and the eventual champions. Plus, they pick their: Most interesting series Least interesting series Best Individual Matchup Star player ...
16 Huhti 1h 9min
Star Movement Draft; Milwaukee Drama; Reaves’ Market
John and Nate do their 3rd annual Star Movement Draft, as they pick the stars they think are most likely to be on another team by the start of the 2027-28 season. But first, they catch up on Giannis...
6 Huhti 1h 13min
Ranking the Futures of the Lottery Teams + Thursday Daily Duncs (4/2/26)
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 yea...
3 Huhti 13min
Top-10 Players in the NBA 2025-26
John Hollinger joins Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux in a special crossover episode to discuss the top-10 players in the NBA. Is Jokic or Shai at the top of the league? Where does the ascendant Victor W...
18 Maalis 1h 22min
Coach Rankings 2025-26
John Hollinger and Nate Duncan do their annual coach rankings based on all the criteria that go into making a great (or terrible) coach. It’s a clear group of four at the top for both of them, but the...
5 Maalis 1h 6min
First Annual Playoff and Tankoff Wins Draft
We actually do NEW episodes even 7 years in. John and Nate draft the nine tanking teams to see who can draft the most wins the rest of the season. Where does your favorite tanking team land in the r...
26 Helmi 8min
2025 Deadline Retrospective; Knocking the Tread off the Tankers
John and Nate level a TOW Missile at the league’s tankers with some novel solutions and evaluation of whether the league’s proposed ideas will work, while discussing if the Jazz’s punishment was fair....
20 Helmi 54min
Flashback: Solving Tanking
Originally published in 2025John Hollinger, who may or may not know anything about tanking, and Nate Duncan bandy about the best ideas they and listeners have for curbing the epidemic of tanking that ...
13 Helmi 54min
