Monday Daily Duncs

Here's the latest installment of our Daily Duncs: a curated list of writing, video, and podcasts on a near-daily basis for subscribers. You can read, watch, and listen to exactly what Danny and I are consuming every day if you so choose.

Podcast: Matt Moore On NBA Playoff Tiers (RealGM Radio)

• Danny and Matt Moore size up the playoff field. 

Podcast: 2022 NBA Mascot Bracket (RealGM Radio)

• Danny and his sister talk their way through an NBA playoff mascot bracket. 

Crowd Control: Miami Keeps Trae Young Out Of The Paint In Game 1 By Showing Multiple Bodies (NBA.com)

• Couper Moorhead on Miami’s Game 1 win. 

Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela's injured knee to be re-evaluated in week, sources say (ESPN)

• Woj on Clint Capela. 

HEAT vs. Hawks Series Preview: What To Do With Trae Young, Can The HEAT Mismatch Hunt And Atlanta Is Better Than You Think (NBA.com)

• Couper Moorhead takes a closer look at the ATL-MIA matchup. 

Suns’ Monty Williams and Pelicans’ Willie Green are more than just friends: ‘We are cut from the same cloth’ (The Athletic)

• Jason Quick on Monty Williams and Willie Green. 

Ready For The Next Prototype Of Lockdown NBA Defender? Look No Further Than Herb Jones. (FiveThirtyEight)

• Mike Prada on Herb Jones. 

Grizzlies need to find their physicality, bring their ‘swag’ after Game 1 upset (The Athletic)

• Fred Katz on MIN-MEM Game 1. 

Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns and the Timberwolves are a problem (The Athletic)

• Jon Krawczynski on the Wolves after their Game 1 win. 

Brook Lopez comes up big for the Bucks in Game 1 against the Bulls (The Athletic)

• Eric Nehm on Milwaukee’s Game 1 win.

Bulls vs. Bucks final score: Bulls fight hard, but Milwaukee bests them 93-86 in Game 1 (Blog A Bull)

• Alex Kirschenbaum recaps Game 1 for Chicago. 

Young Glove and The Glove, a fit forged through tough love and time (The Athletic)

• Marcus Thompson on Gary Payton II. 

Should Warriors’ Jordan Poole remain in the starting lineup? Should he maintain more control of the offense? (The Athletic)

• Anthony Slater on Golden State’s lineup choices. 

A game of adjustments: What to expect from Sixers vs Raptors in Game 2 (The Daily Six)

• Derek Bodner on TOR-PHI Game 1, plus a lookahead to Game 2. 

Film Study: 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey makes Raptors pay off the ball in Game 1 (NBA.com)

• John Schuhmann on Tyrese Maxey’s Game 1. 

HOW TYRESE MAXEY BECAME KEY TO PHILADELPHIA 76ERS' TITLE HOPES (Fox Sports)

• Yaron Weitzman on Tyrese Maxey. 

The Whiteboard: Chris Paul, Tyrese Maxey and Game 1 NBA playoff heroes (The Step Back)

• Ian Levy on the strong Game 1 performances from Tyrese Maxey and Chris Paul. 

Toronto Raptors' Scottie Barnes out for Game 2 against Philadelphia 76ers but says ankle feeling better (ESPN)

• Tim Bontemps on Scottie Barnes. 

The Triple Team: Gobert dominates down low, Jazz share the ball offensively in Game 1 win (Salt Lake Tribune)

• Andy Larsen on Utah’s Game 1 win. 

‘Basketball Hell’: How Vivek Ranadive turned Sacramento Kings into NBA’s biggest losers (Sacramento Bee)

• Jason Anderson on the Kings. 

The MVP case for Nikola Jokic without any advanced stats: Why he is SN's NBA Player of the Year (Sporting News)

• Steph Noh on Jokic’s MVP case. 

2022 NBA championship race features whole bunch of realistic contenders (NBC Sports)

• Dan Feldman on the playoff field.