No Dunks
The Most Disappointing Players In The Playoffs So Far & Drastic Draft Lottery Reform
30 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Chapter 2: How did Cade Cunningham perform in the playoffs?
Just a little bit of help to take the pressure, some pressure, off Cade. Whereas, you know, Paolo was catching fire there at the end. I mean, look, it looked like, wow, is he going to do this? Is he going to close him out there? But it was really, really fun. These two guys were on fire there for stretches of this game.
Yeah, the Dern contribution started from the get-go. Put him in the post. We need him. And so he gets the first possession. He gets a bucket that he doesn't usually get scores in the post. And Cade threw that one pick and roll to him where he threw it down like it's a thrunk or it was an and one from... Four feet away from the rim. That was pretty cool. So you got enough there.
Although he operates in pick and rolls, the Magic tried to get him all the way to the sideline, and his first three was literally on the sideline from the top. He got all the way there because Suggs covered him so well. It was looking a little like Kawhi in the 2019 finals where he got the four-bounce shot. It wasn't quite the corner, but it was all the way there. So he was special, but...
Did you think Paul Bencaro was going to be able to do it in the fourth quarter? I think the Pistons just did enough to get that lead, and they held on. They held on. They really did.
They did, for sure. And now we move to game six, and I don't know if Franz Wagner is going to return for game six, or even this series. This is a calf injury. And we've seen guys try and play through calf injuries in these high-stakes. high-stakes playoff pressure games, and it's gone very badly where your calf injury is suddenly a torn Achilles.
So, you know, then you're missing all of next season, potentially, if that were to happen. Who knows? Who knows the severity of it? We were debating, yeah, would they at least sit him out here for game five and see if they can first off do it without him, and if not, buy him a couple more days rest to then try and return in Orlando? We don't know. I don't know.
But I'm not convinced he's going to come back. Yeah, same. But that doesn't mean they can't win.
Mm-hmm.
Also true. This was a pretty tight game. Yeah. And it was winnable there for the Magic in the end. My guess is that Franz will try and give it a go. I mean, Tyrese Halliburton, he did play a game on an injured calf last year. And then game seven is when he actually tore it. So maybe Franz shows up and it's the same sort of thing as it was in game four.
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Chapter 3: What impact did the supporting cast have on Cade's performance?
Look, we got three game sixes tonight. And another three game sixes on Friday night. Unlikely. But we could have six game seven babies on the weekend. Now, again, I don't think that's happening. But even if we get half, that's pretty good for a first round.
Yeah. I think Stan Van said during the broadcast. This is a rare scenario where we have three twos, three out of four series here in the Eastern Conference. Hold on.
No, all four.
All four. Yeah, my bad. My bad. I got confused with the thunder.
For all one side of a, yeah, one conference.
Is this the first time? Yeah, nobody can answer that. It's a tough one to answer. Can you adductor them all together? I said adductor, so I needed to correct myself. Basically, I wanted to make a joke, but I also corrected myself. I always say adductor, but it's adductor. Maybe it's when I read it. Anyway, cool story, bro.
How's yours doing? Pretty solid. Good, man.
I can tie my shoe standing up. No problem. That's good at our age. Although I did see Yakupurdo lost a shoe. We always comment guys just shove their foot back in. They don't tie it. That guy untied his shoe, and I respect it.
Were they the Spongebobs last night?
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the proposed draft lottery reform?
But that's, yes, just very proud of all of them. I think this is Scotty Barnes. Incredible series here for him. He has been so, so good. I know the line isn't so, so big. But the way he was pushing the ball at every opportunity. Make free throws. The guy was running off make free throws. Made free throws. Make it. Made free throws on the other side. He had a hard rebound. Guys all over him.
As soon as they dropped off, he ran. He was able to push it, and he got hit in the quad in the second quarter and said it affected him the rest of the way. But he kept going with Darko Ryakovic in his huddle saying, Scotty, keep pushing it. And he was, man. He was pushing it so hard. If the Raptors around him could catch some Scotty Barnes passes, like Yakupurl took one off the head.
Colin Murray-Boyles literally dribbled out of bounds. Brandon Ingram, before he got hurt, dribbled, lost it. Those were three first quarter turnovers. They would have been up so much more, but the fast break points to win 26-6, I ain't mad. I just ain't mad, despite that fourth quarter, which was the Dennis Schroeder fourth quarter.
If the Pistons lose their series, they're going to regret big time not bringing that guy back who had a good series last year. The Sacramento Kings outbid I guess the Pistons, but they ended up giving Karis LeVert just as juicy an annual salary. So they're going to regret that. But yes, those two guys, both Dennis Schroeder and Evan Mobley came through late to finish this off.
Yeah.
Can't be mad.
I don't think it's a stretch to say that Schroeder may have saved the Cavs season here. Who knows how this game five goes without him going off, using his speed, showing his willingness to attack, attack, attack, attack in that fourth quarter, Trey, to the point where Mitchell's like, let him cook. Yes. You know, and that's pretty impressive for your superstar to say that ride the hot hand coach.
Cause he's got to go. And I think he played the entire fourth quarter along with Harden there. And then they had three guards there as Mitchell came back, but he was huge. And so was Mobley too. He was good. Yeah. Mobley, you said two threes, but I thought the one at the end of the third quarter was kind of, part of the fourth quarter run for Cleveland.
He followed that up with a dunk, then hit a couple of really timely ones, like you're saying, in the fourth. But it was the Dennis Schroeder game. Raptors load up on Mitchell and Harden. Anytime these guys are handling the ball up top, there's a guy shading over, just like, you're not going to drive this way. We're not letting you two beat us.
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Chapter 5: What are the rankings for the most likely teams to force a Game 7?
And, again, no Donovan Mitchell. Great game yet.
So what about the Pistons or Rockets?
I think the Rockets are my number one pick right now.
Okay, that's how you sort of rank them then. Sounds like you would rank them most likely to give us a game seven baby. Rockets, especially at home versus the Lakers. Then the Pistons maybe on the road in Orlando.
Chapter 6: How did LeBron James react during a pivotal moment in the game?
And then, unfortunately, the Raptors.
The Raptors and Pistons, that's a wash for me. I have no idea. And I really don't.
Yeah, tough to figure out what type of team you're going to get from night to night in some of these series and some of these teams. Entertaining game fives, though, last night. Let's take a break.
Hold on. LeBron at the free throw line in the fourth quarter. I turned up the volume because the mics picked him up in that crypto arena. Mike's doing great. He was looking directly at Alper and Shengun, and he said, quote, soft-ass call? You don't say that. You don't say that, soft-ass call. You're the only player out here who ain't allowed to say that.
I don't know. That was awesome.
Yeah, it was good. It was good to get a nice.
He's literally like, you're a softie. Yeah.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of the NBA's proposed draft lottery reform?
And you're complaining about me going to the free throw line? Shut up.
That was cool. I love that. He's right. Changlin's a softie? I mean, he falls down all the time. Floppies. Floppies. Yeah, softie, floppy. Different definitions for me, but I get what LeBron's saying you flop to do Also, we talked about celebrity wrote the Knicks seeing Macaulay Culkin That's cool with Brenda song. Mm-hmm Brenda song I watched her in running point. I Watched it.
Chapter 8: How does the new draft lottery system impact tanking strategies?
I watched the first season. Yeah while I was giving platelets sitting there and And your arms don't really want to use a controller. I watched a full season of Running Point. Wow. I just played it. That's the series that Kelly Olenek made a cameo right at the end, in the last episode, I think.
I've never watched it, but I know what show you're talking about.
Yeah, it's Kate Hudson's The Star. Brenda Song's her manager sort of thing. Yeah, okay. But I haven't watched the second season. I don't know if that's going to happen.
Kelly Olenek made a cameo.
Yeah, just a cameo at the end.
Did he have a hat on? That's a good question.
I don't remember.
Low ankle socks?
It's so weird. It was so weird. The only basketball player to show up in that whole series was Kelly Olenek in episode six or something like that.
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