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Early Eastern Conference Tiers: Can the Knicks or 76ers DETHRONE Boston?? 🤔 | The Hoop Collective



Early Eastern Conference Tiers: Can the Knicks or 76ers DETHRONE Boston?? 🤔 | The Hoop Collective

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to break down the Eastern Conference into tiers of title favorites, contenders, playoff teams, lottery teams and tankers.

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0:00 Intro
1:03 Tier 1 – Title Favorite
7:46 Tier 2 – Contenders
24:03 Tier 3 – Playoff Teams
41:54 Tier 4 – Possible Play-In/Run
43:21 Tier 5 – Lottery Teams/Play-In
49:50 Tier 6 – Potential Tankers

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38 Comments

  6. @JuanVasquez-pl4tj

    Terrible takes. From the comments no one is truly happy. For me it is Celtics at the top, being the reigning champs and no key player loss. Everyone else from tier 2-4 is at the second tier. Because that's how close the teams were last year in the season records. It really came down to who was healthy in the playoffs. But if we are taking into account teams that have made the most noise within the past 5 years, only three teams come to mind – Celtics, Heat, Bucks.

  7. @Ronnie-ji8md

    I agree with Brian the Bucks are still tier 2 team with NYK and Philly Indiana beat a injury plagued team in NYK everybody knows that they also beat Bucks team that didn't have the best players,

  9. @cryptic_conman3149

    Can't wait for another banger Pacers Knicks series in the spring! Get your popcorn. This is gonna be a helluva season! GO INDY!!!

  12. @VideoDeGomes

    Hard to prop up the Celtics as much as some like to do knowing they didn’t go through a healthy, or even semi-healthy, Knicks team.

  18. @MrCopperCutters

    Pistons fan here…why not talk about them? How is talking about them any different than talking about the Celtics, Knicks, Lakers, KCP, etc. I am a nobody compared to you guys, but would it be too much to ask to hear some of the ESPN experts (which you are) talk about (in depth) some other teams? The amount of Pistons content is a mere fraction of the teams and people (eg. Tatum) that get routinely talked about on this excellent podcast. I think you guys do a great job, however I was really hoping that an Eastern Conference tier podcast would include my team. You guys have a great product. More Pistons please?

  31. @boricua007x

    They completely forgot to mention Paolo averaged 27 in the playoffs. I expect him to be even better with more floor spacing with the KCP addition

  32. @jaypaulauskas7108

    Dude, Palo is 21 years old. You’re questioning his effectiveness! No problem, turn your Blind eye off and watch reality. Comparing to Randle is dumb.

  37. @Terrence_Cox

    I'm confused. Not wanting to put Philly and NY in tier two alone because they weren't in the ECF is lazy and completely ignoring the fact that NY was decimated by the time they got to the 2nd round and STILL took Indy to 7. Arguably, if what's his name doesn't hit that deep game winner in game 3, the Knicks are in the ECF.

  38. @chrisssmith92

    “I dIdNt seE tHosE 2 teAms in tHe coNfeEenCe fInals” we’re talking about this year buddy. What are they paying you for?

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