The Dunker Spot28 Heinä 2025

Back to the Mailbag!

For the first time in way-too-long, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. go to the Dunker Spot mailbag and answer a variety of NBA, WNBA, and general basketball questions.

If you ever have NBA or WNBA questions, email us at dunkerspot@yahoo.com.

If you’d like to join our Dunker Spot Playoff watch parties -- they're free, and easy to sign up for -- you can do so here: https://www.playback.tv/thedunkerspot

TIME STAMPS

1:15 -- Quick news updates (All-Summer League teams, Josh Okogie, Lindy Waters)

3:00 -- Mailbag, starting with what we learned from the 2024-25 season (and 2nd apron talk)

16:30 -- What will be the next offensive/defensive trends we see?

25:00 -- How often, if at all, can team personnel tell when a player is slated to have an off night?

29:00 -- Who's slated to step up on the new-look Celtics?

34:45 -- Building an eight-man, defense-only rotation of players drafted after 2001

40:20 -- How (international) basketball concepts spread + remembering role player quirks

45:40 -- A Chris Paul/Chauncey Billups question + Phee, SGA & their top-player status

51:00 -- What to make of Breanna Stewart's multi-year three-point shooting dip

57:30 -- A tradition: ranking the Knicks & Liberty's combined wing room

1:00:30 -- As a coach, which WNBA teams are the best to learn spacing and ball movement from?

1:05:10 -- Defining floor raisers vs ceiling raisers

1:10:40 -- Can the Sparks make a playoff push?

1:14:40 -- What counts as a successful season for the Dallas Wings?

1:16:10 -- How Nekias' WNBA fandom grew

1:22:30 -- Why do some players randomly become poor free throw shooters?

1:26:30 -- What's your favorite basketball shoe of all-time?

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