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On Thu.'s ep. of No Dunks, the guys discuss the Jalen Duren waiting game, the NBA reviewing the three finalists' bids for a Las Vegas expansion team, and the league instructing its referees to crack down on offensive players pushing off against defensive players. That, plus we hit the beach to answer questions about intriguing newcomers (LaMelo Ball, Peyton Watson, Ja Morant), our favorite delusional-confidence players, whether we'll ever see a rookie win MVP, Luca Vildoza, the WNBA playoffs, KFC buffets, and more.

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0:00 Show starts
1:40 No Dunks reversible jerseys
4:40 Report: Pistons remove weight clause from $200M offer to Jalen Duren
14:40 NBA reviewing finalists' bids for Vegas team in $12-13B range
22:35 NBA to call more offensive push-off fouls for '26-27 season
BEACH STEPPIN’ — MAILBAG
31:32 Most intriguing newcomer for the '26-27 season?
39:00 Your favorite delusional-confidence player of all-time?
45:10 NBA “Award Doubles” anytime soon?
51:25 Crazy Basketball Reference pages
57:00 Taking live YouTube questions

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20 Comments

@tallguygreg 9 hours ago

I appreciate your responses to my question about delusional players. I especially appreciate the Aaron Afflalo answer. I was a huge fan of his in college.
It was a very fun thought exercise.

Here are some other fun ones: Nick Young (the epitome of this archetype), Josh Smith (especially from 3), early years JaVale McGee, Stephon Marbury. Fun stuff.

@lifegogglesruns 10 hours ago

The Laurie’s had an agreement to buy the Grizzlies with the intention to move them to St. Louis back in 1999 but backed out. As a Blues fan (and almost Grizzlies fan), it’s crazy to see their name back in the NBA rumor mill.

@federico.clase79 11 hours ago

My boy Luca Vildoza. I'm from Mar del Plata, Argentina too!!!! Played for Quilmes in argentinian basketball league, the national team and had some awesome runs in Europe. His situation with the Knicks was surreal.

@sandertan 11 hours ago

Still got my No Dunks Nuggets jersey from a couple of years back. Love that thing. It has to go high on the all time merch tier list

@nathanwbedford 12 hours ago

Our small town KFC in Oklahoma JUST brought back the buffet. Haven’t braved it but it exists (for better or worse)

@mateoa6830 11 hours ago

Last year would have been the year to have co-rookies of the year. I don’t think that’s happening again, at least not for a while

@bookaufman9643 9 hours ago

The Pizza Hut in League City Texas when I was growing up was the place to go. The buffet was awesome and I loved it the few times my family would actually go there. We were blue collar for sure so there wasn't much eating out. One time me and my sisters skipped school and walked over at lunch time to the Pizza Hut buffet. We both ate several slices and then ran out the door. We end up getting punish pretty severely but the pizza was awesome!

@mattv4444 13 hours ago

Mr. Temper Boy is so fire

@NuggetsFan41 12 hours ago

KFC buffets were a thing, at least pre-covid. My wife worked at one back in the day, she loved the bread pudding. Not a typo, the KFC buffet had bread pudding 🤷‍♂

@ricardotejeda6530 10 hours ago

Sbarro had a sick buffet at the mall I'd frequent as a little mall kid in Fort Lauderdale. Would load up, and some of the people would hook it up with extra sometimes. The Duren weight clause reminds me of Hardaway Sr's one when he played with Miami. Supposedly a 1/3 of his incentives were tied to that. Also TK, waiting on camping might be a blessing in disguise because I dunno where y'all were going, but here in the Blue Ridge Mountains in WNC, there's been no real fall color that's come in yet. We're pretty behind the normal schedule due to warm and dry conditions.

@BenCromwell-e8i 13 hours ago

I Cannot Wait For The Season To Start💯👍#NoDunks

@NickErdman 13 hours ago

57:19 i asked this not expecting it to be answered lol but thank you for the insights on fruits on their own vs in a pie! - Nick Thirdman

@scottZsauber 6 hours ago

Swaggy P for irrational/delusional confidence guy… surprised he wasn’t said.

@ai3er 5 hours ago

There was a kfc buffet on my street I grew up on. We went all the time.

@AAAutin 13 hours ago

51:25 Bucks fans remember Luca Magic. 🇦🇷

@mango_mob 16 minutes ago

As a massive Jaylen Brown fan I don't know how dude is going to score in iso now that he can't push off 😂

@tallguygreg 9 hours ago

PizzaPieCafe is a pizza buffet franchise. I have no idea how wide-spread they are...

Apparently they are in only Utah and Idaho. I just checked.

@matthewmartin5732 13 hours ago

We used to have the KFC buffet in Bangor. My dad loved going there but it always kinda grossed me out. Not the best atmosphere at the Bangor Maine KFC buffet

@mateoa6830 11 hours ago

Luca Vildoza the anti-Lamelo Ball

@scottZsauber 6 hours ago

Caleb Wilson will be a MVP and DPOY one day… he’s gonna be a force of nature. I like all the other top 3 draft picks but Wemby will pave the way for defensive metrics factoring into MVP races and I predict Wilson will have evolved offensively while playing a Kevin Garnett like defensive presence. Calling my shot…