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Jan 2024
1h 30m

All-Star Returns (2024)

Wondery
About this episode

Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. react to the early returns for All-Star voting, then answer questions from the Dunker Spot mailbag.

If you have NBA or WNBA questions for us, email them to dunkerspot@yahoo.com.

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

TIME STAMPS

2:00 -- NBA News (Nets, Ricky Rubio, Draymond Green/Gary Payton II, Franz Wagner)

10:45 -- All-Star discussion

31:30 -- Mailbag, starting with the state of the Lakers

44:00 -- Trades, road trips and the effect on chemistry

46:30 -- Exploring the Spurs' roster + how to shift the context for young teams

54:30 -- Downside of stampede cuts + Knicks spacing questions

1:03:30 -- How should the Celtics bolster their bench, if at all?

1:09:15 -- Sam Merrill thoughts

1:13:00 -- JV Coaching tips

1:17:45 -- Ranking the Celtics' defensive seasons

1:19:15 -- A rest-of-season player power ranking

1:22:30 -- Free Throws

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