Jokic & The MVP Ladder, Players Union Blasts Bucks, Fire The 65-Game Rule Into The Sun
On Wed.’s ep. of No Dunks, the guys discuss where Jokic lands on the NBA MVP ladder, the Cavs outscoring the Magic, another Jalen Brunson takeover, Charlotte Hornets trivia, and the NBA Players Association getting involved in the Bucks-Giannis standoff. That, plus we hit the beach to answer questions about Bam Adebayo’s Hall of Fame credentials, Wemby NOPEs, playing in socks, whether the league should abolish the 65-game rule, secret grudges, jigsaw puzzles, and more.
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0:00 Show starts
1:54 Jokic knocks down late bucket to send Nuggets over Suns 125-123
12:45 Mitchell scores 42 as Cavs defeat Magic 136-131 to extend winning streak
20:50 Brunson scores 32 points as Knicks beat Pelicans for their 7th straight victory
22:50 Hornets tie franchise record with 26 3PM, rout Kings 134-90
29:55 Players union blasts Bucks over Giannis dispute
40:30 NBA listening to bids for Seattle, Las Vegas teams
43:15 Ad — FanDuel
44:17 Show is back
46:00 BEACH STEPPIN’ — MAILBAG
46:45 Does Bam’s 83-point game get him in the Hall of Fame?
53:10 Wemby altering shots should be called what? Nopes?
56:35 How many games would Thunder win playing in socks?
1:01:20 65-game rule – Name the team of players that don’t qualify
1:11:10 Who do you hold a secret grudge against?
1:25:25 Whoa Boy – Statline of the Night – DJ Prible Scrible aka Joey
1:32:15 Pick ‘Em | OKC @ BOS (+3.5)
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38 Comments
My favorite Wemby stat term is a refusal. It comes from equestrian events when a horse refuses to jump a hurdle.
45:52 Hall of Fame segue, take note amateurs
yeah Michael Rappaport sucks
Giannis is just trying to not be the bad guy. It's why he won't ask for a trade despite the fact that EVERYONE knows he wants to be traded. He thinks the fans are dumb enough to believe that the Bucks decides to trade him all on their own.
The more he complains, the more goodwill he's starting to lose.
54:05 It's called a Nevermind, it's been used for some years now in the MN NBA ecosystem to describe Rudy Gobert's impact on defense
Taz's coach was secretly Danny McBride
Dumb question, but why not put an injured player on the court for one play?
an all white 500 piece puzzle definitely sounds like a tough pickem pay off
I need to see what Webber said
I Cannot Wait For The Playoffs #NoDunks
Sorry if I missed y’all mentioning it today or yesterday but No Dunks/Skeets got a live shoutout a few nights ago during the 9 pm Savvy round. A bunch of people in the chat were shouting y’all out too so I thought that was cool!
If Milwaukee gets a worse record than the Chicago Bulls and then I would be mad 😡! # Go Bulls!
Sitting Giannis has nothing to do with tanking, and everything to do with his amassing leg injuries. I hate this NBAPA narrative. If he goes out and plays a couple of meaningless games only to tear an ACL, will the union come out and say, "Whoops, our bad"?
Whoa, a Me You And Everyone We Know shout-out?! I love when Trey or JD drops an obscure movie reference. (I'd expect nothing less from my fellow Blankies.)
Damn, I'm getting the air quality information I need because I'm working a gig outside of Atlanta this weekend, and my allergies effing suck. Like TK, I developed my allergies shortly after moving to Asheville.
The Secret Beef segment was by far my favourite segment of the whole season. I love hearing your old stories of whose paths you've crossed on your journey and who crossed you on those paths!!!! I have a secret beef with Glen Lewis but, not a story for youtube lol. And a beef with Muggsy Bogues when I was serving him at Toy's R Us on Yonge St, and beef with Oscar Robertson when I met him at NBA at 50 in the Skydome. The Muggsy story is more fun, Oscar was just a huge dick.
Miranda July, a name I never thought I would hear on this podcast… Learning to Love You More, read it guys 🙂 if anything it would give you a bunch of great ideas for pick em pay offs
If you guys havent already, recommend watching Soul Power on Prime. Its a 4 episode doc on the ABA and is produced by Dr J (…and George Karl and Common). BUT I thought it was fairly interesting. Thought it maybe couldve been one more episode but cool to learn some basketball history that doesnt get talked about much
I set a calendar reminder to reset my Instagram algorithm every month or so. It's under Content Preferences in settings — I never want Zuckerberg to get a handle on what I'm into
“A guy that reminds me of my vehicle…” 😂😂😂
So excited for the fan duel song medley 😀
I'm all for a beef/grudge only episode lol. That segment was fantastic fellas.
For Wemby, I've called them U-turns. Because players are literally doing a u-turn to avoid the shot.
I thought skeets was on a trip. Y’all certainly deserve your days off but what happened to JE yesterday? I missed him and I was worried. I sound like a worried mother. Shoot me.
I now hate Dan Le Batard. I’ve heard enough
Scottie Barnes was a 6th man in college.
Hilariously, me and my buddy were talking about the same phenomenon with Wemby, and I proposed either calling them Nopes or U-turns. We also chose Nopes
Wemby would be great without his shoes, he’s already leading the league in socks… I mean stocks
For the under-65-game guys, instead of the "All-NBA Team", it should be the "Almost-NBA Team." I thought that's where Skeets was going at first.
I’m mid move, been without internet and TV but been keeping up on my phone.. I would like to add who plays like they are in socks.. it’s slo mo Kyle Anderson.. moves slow cause he’s in socks!
Pick em idea – call the person who you have beef with and tell to that person why you have beef.
a Almost 2 hour classic!?! this is needed for my midterms studies thank you fellas!
You guys were in flow state for this classic! Also Skeets I want you to know I named my wife’s e-bike Shadowfax
K-Pop Demon Hunters as the Fanduel song when?
Tassy, you keep saying the Knicks had home court advantage against the Celtics last year. That's not true. Boston was the 2 seed, the Knicks were the 3 seed. Knicks did win the first 2 in Boston though.
The green hats thing sent me guys😂
If you guys ran out of things to tak to, can you compare the stats of Skinny Luka, Fat Luka, Fit Luka and Sad Luka.
Jokic's biggest problem is that he already has three MVPs. Everyone acts as if Shay, Luka, and Wembanyama have done more for their teams than Jokic has done for Denver. Shay could be replaced in Oklahoma by five players at his position without Oklahoma losing quality. No center can replace Jokic.