NBA Finals Game 4 preview with Jazz HC Will Hardy & Chris Paul news reaction 👀 | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, Tim MacMahon and special guest Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy to talk about his resemblance to Walker Kessler, the Jazz exceeding expectations, what he does before games as a head coach, his very unique experience at the Olympics, how the Nuggets have given hope to other smaller market teams, Michael Malone’s adjustment strategy, what to expect in Game 4, the respect around the league for Erik Spoelstra, and how these NBA Finals have demonstrated the importance of being a team. Plus, reaction to the Chris Paul news and what his future holds.
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Walker Kessler’s resemblance to Will Hardy
4:15 Interviewing for jobs while coaching
12:10 Low expectations helping the Jazz
19:30 Why Hardy stays on the court pregame
22:30 Working with Gregg Popovich at the Olympics
32:45 Assessing the impressive coaching jobs from Spoelstra & Malone
38:30 Making adjustments after a victory by Denver
41:30 Heat’s ability to change defensive strategy on the fly
43:00 How to manage emotional highs and lows in the series
48:00 Comparing Tim Duncan & Nikola Jokic as coachable superstars
56:30 Chris Paul news
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Love it ❤
Chicken Nuggets in 5
At the rate coaches are getting fired nowadays, Will Hardy will be without a job if the Jazz don’t win a chip next year .
Wild that kessler might still be growing 😂😂
My Coach! 🎵
I'm always amazed that people discussed player's height like it's a mythical thing, can't they just measure them ?
Will said what we are all thinking 😂 after the unnecessarily long intros and "amusing" anecdotes, there's only like 5 mins of actual basketball talk here 😂 come on, guys
46:44 He is talking like HE KNOWS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT JOE DID! Y'all think Jo shouting I LOVE YOU when he throws down the CLIP BOARD he's like y'all wake the heck up! IME been through with the CELTICs the whole of last year and they had stretches of it at the wrong time with Jo! The JAYs need mature and be more team players than oh hey my turn your turn hero ball. It's why they lost a game to Will's JAZZ whom will only get better!!!
…Smoke weed everyday (in Denver)!
I thought it was cool when Kessler asked him the question NGL 🤷♂️
This guy would have been the Celtics coach if Ume's discretions had come out sooner. Ainge got the boot so he took Boston's best coaching prospect. Who thought the Jazz were going to win more than 20 games without Golbert and Mitchell.
Wow these candid interviews with these guests (especially head coaches) are so fun to watch, great job guys.
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This is one of the best pods for real hoops fans. Can only hope you guys get Jamahl Mosley on here some day. MacMahon should have a relationship with him from the Dallas days
Denver is another place as Bruce Brown will be leaving! They will need a Pg to run 2nd unit! Talking about CP3 that is.
Great to hear coaching strategies which doesn’t get talked about much on other NBA shows/pods.
Will Hardy got a hardy task ahead of him trying to make playoffs in west.
So much more interesting than what garbage ESPN produce AKA first take, and its early morning show (dont care to know the show title). Can sport talk show more informative and intelligent? SHow Steve A Smith sold his soul to devil aka FOX news. What a sell out.
It must be tough to be a HC under Ainge, especially when he has stockpiled so many future first round picks. Your line up could change dramatically from season to season. I do wonder when Ainge will make his move though. They have a lot of draft capital in ‘25 and ‘27, which is good for the 2030 season but …
Great interview. So interesting listening to Coach Hardy talk hoops. Love it
48:08 love this segment