In this emergency edition of The Hoop Collective, Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to get their immediate reactions to Damian Lillard getting traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a 3-team deal with Portland Trail Blazers & Phoenix Suns. They discuss the winners & losers of the deal, if the Blazers will be trading Jrue Holiday again soon and more.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Winners & Losers of the Trade
29:35 Trade Destinations for Holiday
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23 Comments
Portland is gonna be one of the most exciting young teams to watch this year.
bucks won the 2023 offseason and 2023-2024 chip the dame and giannis PNR will be historic with this acquisition, A+
suns lost ayton for an defensive liability in nurk with bol bol as backup center against jokic/ad in the playoffs thats horrendous, D
portland lost their top 75 all time player for an washed up soon retired jrue and ball demanding center in ayton both are overpaid contracts, F grade today but depending on the draft picks and swaps could be D, C or B
Bontemps never gives good takes
They have no answers for Tatum and now they lost their best defender Jaylen about to cook as well and the bucks biggest weakness is Bigs that can shoot the ball ….yea jump ball! The Cs ain’t worried
The Warriors are old and small. Holiday is an excellent player, but has to be slowing down soon. When the Warriors had premium draft picks, the resulting infusion of young talent never materialized. I'm not trading for Kuminga or Moody either. If Steve Kerr can barely play them, what's their upside?
Orlando might end up with Jrue
When LeBron complains about his team he get blasted but Giannis complains and everyone pressures Milwaukee into trading to get him more help. 😂😂
Holiday was better fit with Giannis…good passer,great defender…Lillard better player for bucks when its 2-3 mins left and bucks needs the bucket..but lillard not good passer,one of the worst defenders in the league..lillard bigger name that holiday..but not makes bucks better team
Having Defence doesn't win you a chip like it used to. Jokic is good at defense but his better at offense. Now Bucks have a good offensive player
There's no reason for Giannis to sign an extension this summer, he gets $60mil more by waiting until next off-season. Bucks also have multiple wing defenders, what are these guys talking about?
I can see bontemps being kicked off the show within the next 6 months
jae crowder and pat – seems like pretty good defenders
Dame and Giannis is 🔥 but jrue fit the team better wit his great defense who going to defend on the perimeter now
Bontemps worst pod ever.
All three teams got what they wanted with this trade.
Lillard gives the bucks arguably the best closer in the game
Suns got rid of Ayton and got depth they really needed
Blazers got a much better package than the heat or raptors were offering (Ayton a #1 overall pick (20/10 every night at least) who doesn’t need the ball on their timeline) Trade Jrue Holiday for a young player and the draft equity they’re looking for plus Bucks 2028/30 pick swaps and a 2029 pick when Giannis probably isn’t there?
Amazing trade, one of the best in recent memory
The one thing I learned is that Tim bontemps loves jrue holiday
Windy needs a better mic fr
Tim with the worst take in the whole basketball world…😂😂😂😂
Tim bontemps is such a 🤡
Dame said in 2 occasions that He would like to play with Giannis and he would be the best complementary of his game within the GQ Sports video from about 9 months ago. Here we go 😝
Their frustration with Bontemps is palpable
Why is there no talks, about deandre ayton trades, to dallas or smt
Bontemps would be a terrible GM. Lillard for Holiday “Bucks got worst” Ayton for a legit starting C and depth “Suns got worse”🤦🏾♂️😂
Seriously Tim needs to get of the weeeed. I thought this dude was a decent analyst but lowkey he always hating on Giannis and the Bucks