NBA Reaction: Timberwolves-Nuggets, Lakers fire Ham, Booker trade, KD to Knicks? | Colin Cowherd
Colin Cowherd and “Hoops Tonight” host Jason Timpf react to the weekend in the NBA. Colin and Jason start off discussing the Minnesota Timberwolves road win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 1. Anthony Edwards shined but is he already a better basketball player than Celtics F Jayson Tatum? Are Anthony Edwards & Victor Wembanyama the next faces of the NBA? How can Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets bounce back in Game 2? How will the Knicks fare against the Pacers and should they consider adding Kevin Durant? Jason gives a trade for Devin Booker and says why it makes sense for the Suns and his potential team. The Lakers fired Darvin Ham but was he the most to blame and what’s next for LeBron James and the rest of the Lakers. Will the Clippers blow it up after their loss to the Mavericks in the first round and how will Dallas fare against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Caitlin Clark made her debut in the WNBA preseason but how will she when the games count.
Timeline:
00:00 – Timberwolves-Nuggets Reaction
09:21 – Anthony Edwards better than Tatum?
15:18 – Knicks next big move?
20:16 – Will Suns trade Devin Booker or Kevin Durant?
26:38 – Lakers fire Darvin Ham, what’s next for LeBron James?
34:47 – Clippers future after loss to Mavericks
41:43 – Caitlin Clark WNBA debut and expectations
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46 Comments
People need to stop sleeping on Towns, stop listening to Jimmy Butler and listen to Jeff Teague or other guys around the wolves. Everyone in the know, knows KAT is a killer too.
Wait did he just compare his pick up gym ball games to the nuggets adjusting to a higher level of comp?
Stop saying thrash bro , how dare you disrespect KAT and Gobert like that
Jesus Christ does no one remember Isiah Rider? He’s got the physical package of Isiah with the GOAT intangibles basketball Jesus genes. Compare tapes of the two, Rider had respect from Kobe and Jordan and he never lived up it. Ant will.
Wolves in 4
Joker is going to have to shoot more shots in the 2 area. It will save him energy. Pick and roll find i soft spot in the 2 area. Get the pass. Grip it and rip it.
Sometimes no matter how much adjustments you try, won't work against bad matchups and little more stacked team that can bring help. Its all about if your shots going to drop. Adjustments for Denver amd
Wolves will be tough because someome from both teams will always be open. If that guy can drop the shots its over. Wolves definitely has the edge…Denver the team that supposedly has more experience and better players?!! 😂. Now the stories all sudden changes. So the other videos that everyone said about Denver means nothing. Smh. It's going to be another video of ITS STILL EARLY, STILL LOTS OF
BASKETBALL LEFT TO BE PLAYED AND DENVER TAKES. LOL Heard that already from SUNS SERIES. lol
Im just glad there's more parody in the league now. Some teams left are better than others obviously but this is about as even a playoff bracket that you'll ever see in the NBA. Now that the Warriors dynasty is over and knowing who was coming out of the East with LeBron on Cavs and Heat it's a different world. Nuggets dominated last year but they're definitely beatable this year even if they are the favorites. Long story short this the best NBA playoffs in a long time imo
Jason brings up the same “fun fact “ about cam radish and prince having more minutes then lakers starters after the play in , every single video for the last 2 months . I’m sick of hearing it bro we get it 😂
Without a legit co-star? KAT is a legit Co-star
Its funny that everybody BUT Kobe says he was trying to be Michael.
If I hear these national talk show people treat the Timberwolves as a farm team for the lakers one more time……..
JOKIC said that after beating Lakers, he does not want a 5 days off. It is like his vacation leave.
Booker for CP3/Kuminga/Moody and picks
Antman is to much… Denver is cooked
jason its ok my boy youre not in trouble lol. i think ant v jt is a good convo too. these are my thoughts on it:
1. ant's personality is def gold. hes charming n got the "alpha" thing. also ant doesnt have the burden of expectations. much more fun that way. so i understand why ppl are pushing that narrative. i get it.
2. i think tatum is a guy like lebron who will almost inherit the alpha thing over time as he matures and the greats age out. including this yr, the celtic's current core will be together for the next 3 postszns. afterwards theyll retool at which point tatum will be the same age bron won his first title.
3. i agree tatum doesnt have great burst in his first step. but i guess i value jt's size more than ants athleticism. offensively i think they cancel each other out to an extent but defensively i think size w tatums mobility is more valuable than ants athleticism. thats the rzn why the dpoy is always a big.
5. tatum is more skilled…as a playmaker by far , as a rim finisher (yep check the numbers), as a 3pt shooter, as a creative ball handler etc… JTs post ups score more than ants at a higher volume and thats that midrange ant gets to. tatum has similar go to looks
6. JT has an olympic gold medal n ant came in 3rd in the weaker world championships. seems fair to mention if we're talking best us players
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SINCE WHEN DO WE BASE OUR OPINIONS ON HYPOTHETICAL BASKETBALL!! jason says he hates it but at the same time saying ant is the best american. how? when we've seen ant play a total of ONE single game past the the 1st round…hes playing in his 4th career playoff series ever … tatum LED HIS TEAM to game 7 ecf in his rookie yr v lebron. we have to see ant do it at the end of a playoff run, banged up n bruised, against the best comp. cant be the best until youve done that. last yr, if jimmy butler played like he did in his first rd series…in the finals… heat might be champions rn.
all yr, even as recently as right before the playoffs, jason said that min wasnt a big threat to denver or to win the west (suns were the biggest). the reason being ant sucked decision making and getting good shots at the end of games. ive seen ant struggle to get to spots too (mainly bc of a lack of ball handling chops). how does it take you just five games to do a 180 on that?!?! alluvasudden ant, quote: "against GREAT defenders!, NEVER! struggles to get to his spots" 🧢🧢🧢. i thought you said great defenders bc he hasn't seen one to this point in the postszn. talmbout blowing by BRADLEY BEAL 🤣n dunking on the great rim protector KD ! LMAOO 😭. tatums playoff bodies include guys like giannis n brook lopez
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this is weird for me bc i love ant. unlike jason ive considered the wolves a real threat to win the west damn near all yr lol. i thought they'd be really good before the szn but then they beat denver early. right afterwards i got to see them play the celtics and i said i was more afraid of min then den in a comment on hoops tn, back THEN. ok lol so this isnt ant slander. love ant. thats half the rzn i love this convo. the other rzn is bc i love pointing out when ppl hold tatum to a different standard. what has ant accomplished that tatum hasnt?? ant's been great so far but 2 yrs ago we saw tatum sweep KD on the nets in v similar fashion to how ant did phx. behind a great defense and tatum who went for 30/7/5 on 46/42/87 at 23 yrs old (jb n kemba were injured tatums age 22 yr. jt still averaged something like 31/6/5 and stole a game v a healthy nets w kd kyrie n harden). lets not act like what we're witnessing from ant is unprecedented.
btw okc is valid too! after they beat the celtics i realized they had the best roster construction in the west. their young guys will develop and they will use their assets to bolster what they already have. but imo they're already on the same tier as min and den. mavs are a step below imo
Jason must be a big Nuggets fan. Definitely some biased takes when usually he is spot on.
Can we stop saying I went back over the tape….
lol at the national media finally watching the Timberwolves games. Welcome aboard 🐺 🐺
If I’m Orlando, I don’t go for Booker. Instead I would try to get shooters like Grayson Allen.
Who is Caitlyn Clark?
F Panini! Their time is ending! Long live Fanatics!😁
I'm curious what Suns and Magic fans think of that trade. Seems beneficial for both sides honestly.
America basketball not going to be dominated by European that is a shame go go go Timberwolves Wedwards keep the America legacy Lebron is Done
Ant = DWade. Not that hard guys.
Ant is now on my radar as the next Steph/Lebron as long as he keeps improving and stays healthy. Needs a great coach as well.
If Jamal Murray’s calf gets better, Nuggets will win the series
AE is the Best Player On The Planet. Period. The best player on the planet cannot disappear and be a liability on DEFENSE. Sorry to burst all this Jokic/Luka talk. Luka, frankly, isn't even the BEST player on his team. He might SCORE the most but he's not in any way better than Kyrie. And as far as other foreign players are concerned, Jalen Brunson is proving to be better than the foreign 7 footers. Jokic has proven to be an MVP over the last couple of year for sure. So have Embiid and Gannis, during the regular season. But that's an entirely different thing from BPOTP.
I had the same "is this Jordan" thought with Ant in this game. Something about those arms just look like MJ's
Again…Y'all keep sleeping on the Timberwolves
“There’s never been anything like him” when talking about Ants who’s great is crazy because theres a 7’5 dude with the Spurs that literally did stuff people have never seen before👽
If ever there was a time, to realize. analytics can be faulty. its this year. Wolves in 6. maybe even 4.
Imagine Darvin Ham shouting at Lebron and AD…
Booker on the Knicks would be crazy. Trade Randle, OG, and some picks…
tim duncan was much less flashy than tatum. he and kobe are still neck n neck on the GOAT list
jason making exuses for denver being banged up. '22 celtics had rob coming back form meniscus surgery. he missed a bunch of games in every round. smart hurt his ankle and missed games in both mil and mia series i think. jb came into the playoffs with something going on with his hand. and tatum had a broken wrist. i dont think ive ever heard that come up in the context of why the celtics lost and tatum didnt play well.
Orlando would have to throw in at least two picks for Booker. You’re low balling 😂😂
If Caitlin Clark can't get people to watch the WNBA they might as well just shut the league down.
Is it possible Jokic had a bad game because of the Wolves defense? 🤔
face of the league n marketability is diff then best american born player. cant charm your way into best us player
Yeah bad night, 32 8 and 9
Its all about adjustment, more doubters is all tue nuggets needs
Casual Colin strikes again smh
Sorry, not interested in WNBA news.
The Knicks should try to get Booker without giving up anybody from the starting 5. Then they have Brunson, Booker, Anunoby, Randle & Hartenstein with DiVicenzo & Hart coming off the bench. They could trade away McBride, Bogdanovich, Robinson, Sims, Toppin & Burks and 7 first round picks. That's plenty to pick from. If they can't figure something out, I am okay running it back with the same team & see how it plays out with a healthy Randle (who is an all NBA player).
some Vince plus some Kobe = ANT.
"25 a night" Booker averaged 27 this year and that was playing point guard and having to share the ball with Kevin Durant