Wild Western Playoff Picture & Eastern Conference Favorites | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon and Tim Bontemps to talk how the Los Angeles Lakers playoff seeding potential continues to improve, if the Phoenix Suns impressive play is sustainable in the playoffs and the Dallas Mavericks’ ongoing disaster. The crew also discuss whether Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are runaway favorites in the East, injury concerns for James Harden, the potential New York Knicks-Cleveland Cavaliers 1st round matchup and Victor Wembanyama’s wildly impressive highlight.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Lakers playoff seeding potential
21:30 Suns undefeated when Durant plays
31:15 Jokic’s calf injury concerns/significance of Jamaal Murray
36:00 Mavs disastrous struggles
38:45 76ers vs. Bucks, playoff matchups at the top in the East
48:00 Harden injury & matchup with Nets
52:30 Interesting potential Knicks-Cavs playoff matchup
58:30 Wembanyama’s wildly impressive highlight
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27 Comments
Windy cussing too much 🤣
Windy must have a bonus in his contract if the lakers win the championship… god talk about ANYONE else…
Some good troling of windy and i like it 😂
Bontempts Laker hate is strong 🤣🤣
great ESPN "podcast"
43:54 to 44:34 Greatest moments in hoop collective history😂
I love this windy 😂 make them eat their words
Does Bontemps understand how delusional he sounds rating the Suns as favourites now they have KD whereas the Lakers have no chance because they have played 50 games with a completely different team?
I was pissed when I couldn't get the Thunder, Nuggets, or Timberwolves on my League Pass. Knowing Windy can't either softens the blow.
I really dislike bontemps attitude. Dude is so obnoxious
Giannis thwomping Embiid should have settled the MVP debate
Is Tim Bontemps slow? He keeps referencing the Lakers record when they are clearly a different team post trade deadline.
I think you can use a VPN to get past those blackouts.
windy deserves better guests than these bozos
Andrew Wiggins coming back so change ur predictions
These guys can’t seem to stop cutting each other off lol
do you not know how to use a VPN?
ayoooo windy u good???
Brian needs to work out piracy to watch all the games 😂
Who on philly will be a first time all nba or defensive player of the year? Other than embiid. Also an all star player. (Harden deserve it but still didn't make it) other than embiid not tobias not maxey not harden not niang. So embiid had to do this all year through injury. Giannis would be a deadlock with embiid to me. Joker will keep doing this for Years to come whether he's seeds 1 to 8 so media loves him regardless. Embiid is the mvp through improvement of his game and helping lead his team in a much tougher conference the last 3 years. Giannis has more all nba dpoty players around him. And they still win when he doesn't play as much.
Just to be accurate, the Suns played the Nuggets without Jokić, yes; but, the Nuggets were also missing Murray, Porter and KCP.
Give Embiid MVPity award
BRING BACK THE BAND MCMAHON INTRO!!!
Brothers: Justin and Julian Champagnie
Never understood that blackout stuff if i have nba LP why am i not watching everygame it dont make sense
Really like this podcast 👍🏽
Very excited to see experts talk about this season (not career legacies or MJ vs LeBron). The way this regular season is winding down is unpredictable and exciting. But there is something subjectively boring about the dynamic the three of you have. It seems obvious from this podcast that Windhorst is not actually watching any games and even misinterpreting box scores. Something needs to be shaken up…the subject matter is exciting, but the 3 of you just don't make it very easy to listen to the way you analyze it.