Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. are back with another episode of The Dunker Spot!
NBA Free Agency continues to roll on, and the guys have you covered on the latest signings and trades around the league. After free agency talk, they bounce around the WNBA with news updates and general thoughts from the weekend.
0:00 Intro
2:10 DeMar DeRozan trade
29:30 Caleb Martin to Philly
37:10 Malik Beasley & Simone Fontecchio to Detroit
39:45 Joe Ingles & PJ Dozier to Minnesota
45:00 Alec Burks to Miami
48:15 Taurean Prince to Milwaukee
51:45 Dario Saric to Golden State
55:30 Daniel Theis to New Orleans
59:00 Haywood Highsmith back to Miami
1:00:40 Franz Wagner and other news
1:04:30 WNBA injury update
1:07:15 A’ja Wilson headlines history-making weekend
1:12:15 Bouncing around the W
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Great stuff as always from Steve and Nekias. 342 is lucky to have them as part of their network. Some of (if not just) the best X's and O's content you're gonna find right now.
Dang Keon Ellis improved their defensive rating that much at the end of season 😳.
Sensational breakdown by both guys, it's really as simple as WATCHING GAMES and taking note of what you see!
Glad these dudes ain't into lazy headlines and hot takes 💯
This is some great conversation. Level headed analysis.
Time to change the name of the channel
Look at HB’s game log last year and you will see how many 0’s he put up as a rebounder. He was awful.
The running joke for a lot of the season was Fox showed up, Domas showed up, Barnes and Huerter got some cardio.
If we DON'T trade Huerter, I've been in favor of bringing him off the bench. You MIGHT be able to get away with his defensive deficiencies against other 2nd units, AND he bolsters our bench offense (which is non-existent outside of Monk). I think Ellis "fits" the starting lineup better because we have enough offense between Fox, Derozan, Murray, and Sabonis. Ellis can be our "Doug Christie" defensive guard who can hit the open three when necessary.
When it comes to the Kings' defense: Having a bona fide scorer like DeRozan who can score in isolation when everything breaks down allows Ellis and Murray to focus their energy on locking down the two best scorers on the court. The Kings no longer need 25 or more points from Murray and Ellis, they can get 22 from DeMar and, hopefully, an extra 3-5 from Huerter who had possibly the worst shooting and health of his career last year.
So glad these guys are still holding it down, love it!
Great breakdown! ❤
This is by far the best analysis of the Kings that I've seen on the internet outside of the Deuce & Mo podcast. Usually, there's just lame, surface-level bits on other shows, but these dudes legit know their stuff.
Gotta have Malik in that closing lineup.
But it’s matchup specific. Sometimes Keon is in for defense. Sometimes Keegan might be sitting to have Keon and Monk in for closing time.
Great show guys
Steve has definitely been watching the Kings, dude explained it like others haven't
Fox-Ellis-DeMar-Murray-Sabonis sounds like a pretty good starting five. I'm stoked to see DeMar on the West Coast.
Better than JJ
Kings fans agree with you on Barnes being a liability on D last year
Duncan you is right – HB was a cone last year and his fall off came fast. DaMar might actually by a tiny upgrade on defense (very very low bar).
Sacramento kings will be a one seed
Fox Ellis derozan Murray and sabonis starting then u go with Carter monk hurter Trey Lyle’s and Alex Lin solid 10 man lineup what I’d use
I'll come back and follow after LeBron fires JJ and he returns to his channel.
Barnes was bad on defense last year and only averaged 3 rebounds…
I can always tell when the show is about to end because Steve starts getting goofy and short
Hb was god awful on defense.
As a Kings fan, you guys know our team to a T!! What impresses me is you guys now the rest of the league like that lol Light the Beam baby!! 💜🤍😎👑
Y'all didn't appeal JJ for Lakers scouting jobs?
Barnes was horrible on defense. He kept getting beat. Keegan Murray can rebound
THIS BOYS WILL TAKE OVER
jj saying kings organization with another major malpractice of trading barnes for derozan
I thought kings would be in market for Isaac. Didn’t think magic would resign him for that much. As good as he is doesn’t hold much value for them Orlando specifically
You start Keon without question… unless politics. Monk will close if he cooking
Rebounding and turnover margin they have to win
Bucks so conservative always getting very marginal players other high profile teams. Prince solid but they coulda use money to get younger. Beauchamp/ Jackson being held back by doc rivers
going to miss JJ but he left us with these two who know ball love it
Steve and Nekias. Will yall talk about the warriors just a little bit in the next one?
kings now have the clutch brothers😊
Love watching and listening to y’all. Happy that y’all will be here every week
Thanks for adding game film to show what you are talking about.
Kings fan here, really appreciate the clear effort and knowledge of a team people tend to use low hanging fruit. This is a great breakdown where for once I didn’t feel like the people breaking it down have lazy knowledge of the team. Great episode!! I’m also really interested in derozan 3pt attempts, fox 3 percentage went up with Mike brown cause Mike doesn’t care if you miss take open shots, he’s literally almost pulled Keegan for passing up a open 3. May give derozan that confidence to let it fly more and live with the result… would add Keegan was one of our better defenders last year believe it or not. To the defense point, I believe the last warriors title won they had like the 15 best defense, if you can be elite at offense and average at defense it’s proven to work.
Great analysis gentleman. That was the best breakdown of the Kings outside of Sacramento in my opinion.
Finally!!! Someone that knows the kings and isnt just following the media