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.
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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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