Brian Windhorst is joined by Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk if the Mavs’ 5-1 start to the season is sustainable, why the Suns have a problem at center, if injuries will continue to be an issue in Phoenix, small ball lineups hurting the Warriors, how impressive Wembanyama’s monster game was and what to expect in James Harden’s debut with the Clippers.
0:00 Intro
1:50 Mavs Surprisingly Strong Start Sustainable?
19:10 Suns Injuries & Center A Concern
37:00 Warriors Small Ball Lineup Struggles
48:00 Wembanyama’s Monster Game
58:19 Harden’s Expectations With Clippers
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20 Comments
Really Hoop Collective? Warriors been playing small for 4 championships now, GTFO here with that. Also Draymond touched the rim after the net was pulled on.
Austin Reaves almost dating Taylor Swift really messed him up. Hey there's another billionaire 20 something in LA you could date, everyone else has.
Nice to hear the Pistons get a mention for 30 seconds.
I love it when these so called experts call players injury prone without providing any context to said injuries
this show is alright, but the production is so cheap for espn.
Trade Beal and Nurk for Kat
you literally can't take what Bontemps says too serious. he's just here for hot takes and to be a contrarian
Ive known a guy for years who was born and raised in Philly and is STILL a Redskins(stupid name is Commanders) fan after all these years and proudly wears his John Riggins jersey in Philly lol.
Have some optimism Bontemps, let's see how this Clippers team look on the court and not on paper. Ty Lue is the perfect coach to lead and manage this team with four hall of fame players/egos.
What if buck's was missing their second and third best player's same with denver la celtics warriors what wold be there record ok then kd will be fine
"Dahasim" arms made me smile LOL.
How y’all don’t even mention kyrie for Mavs as if he just don’t exist 😒
Too bad that Jason Kidd didn't use Christian Wood like he's using Lively – I guess he finally woke up and realized that guard-centric offense doesn't work unless those guards are Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
Bontemps hates the Suns so much and its mf hilarious. His inability to even pretend like he doesn't is so entertaining.
Its not what he's saying btw, its how he says it.
@28:54 Isiah Thomas must have an ulterior motive for comparing a player who leads his team in scoring (20.5), rebounds (8.2), steals (1.3) and blocks (2.7) with a guy who is dead last on his team in every stat but blocks.
But you all keep saying Porzingis is injury or not Beal. There is nothing more BS then ESPN.
Its the Suns own fault. They could have just gave Ayton the contract they ended up giving him anyways and not treated the guy you took 1st overall a couple years ago like you dont want him on the team. Bro Im in Minnesota and we had to give Wiggins, Kat, and Ant max deals after being the number one pick. It comes with the territory if they didnt want to pay him they should have traded him. Wolves overpaid Wiggins then had to attatch Jonathan Kumingas pick to him for Dlo and it led us back to the #1 pick again. They should have taken Luka its too late move on. To trade Ayton for a bunch of used spare parts is their own fault. They also went out and got oft injured Durant for good young players and future assets. Then they bring in Beal for more future assets and for being fairly young with almost no playoff milage on him is hurt too much. Suns fans have turned into the Heat fans of the west. Pockets of entitled fans in destination lacations have left them with their delusions.
What these guys don’t mention 1- warriors have always played small and won championships
2- Cavs haven’t won a regular season game v Warriors since 2016. Last year with their small lineup warriors beat Cavs twice.
Ayton cannot make a Lay up either…. Do you watch Portland?
Mavs vs nuggets wcf