Lakers & Cavs Impressing Early, Major Issues For Bucks & Nuggets | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk their reaction to Dwyane Wade’s statue, the significance of the Lakers’ undefeated start, how concerning the flaws are on the Bucks and Nuggets, the Cavs impressing and why the Thunder may have the best defense in the league.
0:00 Intro
1:17 Dwyane Wade Statue Reaction
6:09 Lakers Off To Impressive Start
16:53 Suns Looking Improved Early
23:02 Similar Concerns Remain For Bucks
29:58 CAVS CORNER – Starting Strong
32:29 Concerning Start In Denver
38:21 Minnesota’s New Offense
40:38 OKC Could Be Elite Defensively
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35 Comments
Windy said lakers were 9th seed last year this slob knows nothing we were top 8 he’s been tryna lump us in as a play in team all year too 🤣
Bontemps needs a breather from this three man weave. You ain't got anybody else? Get Mac1seed in here, he's got a personality.
Remember KD missed 2020,2021,2022,and 2023 with injuries. He should be at 36,000 minimum.
Missing 4 straight allstars games due to injuries is crazy.
its like the one who created the statue, was playing God of War!
wow Tim mac do you even like the mav's
D.Wade looking around for the Punk'd filming crew, waiting for Kyle Korver to appear
The real question is does LeBron have enough money and power from keeping his dirty diddy secrets getting out. We all know he is nasty and Dwayne is his favorite basket to shoot in
They wanna praise the suns for looking better this year and kinda just leave a bunch of win conditions for the lakers is laughable. The suns just blew a 22 point lead on friday so idk who thinks they close games better when a week in they already blew a 20+ point lead
only 3 games but if we keep this up i need the biggest apology from these clowns. they’re always the first to laugh at us and predict us to fail
Clearly don’t know the lakers. AD played like this all of last year. The coaching is the biggest difference
Nice to see Laurence Fishbourne having his own statue.
The LAke 🟣🟡 Show!!!
It's doc Rivers. If you expect anything other than a dog Rivers disappointment, you need to wake up
The Tims have been overly critical of LA for a couple years now. Dunking on them every chance they got. They even both ranted that Ham was being scapegoated for poor roster construction. Now they start off hot with the same exact roster and it's all sweet. Smh no shame
Lakers start has been super fun to watch. Getting Darvin Ham out of there has been a huge boost in the vibes and flow of the offense. Don't really buy them as contenders though cause the Celtics would demolish them with ease from 3 point land. Later when AD isn't putting up 30+ PPG they're still going to run into scoring problems again
Devin Booker forgot he is supposed to be a 25-30 ppg player since he played role player in the olympics
3 games in and yall overreacting to everything ….It’s gon take a good 20-25 games to gauge a teams true potential …but here yall go lakers 2025 champs 😂
Proud of bontemps bc he loves shitting on the Lakers. He kept it real about ad and it's refreshing to see from him just bc most the talking heads don't do that.
Lol windy b showing his age.. in This age!!!… his fone was getting 'LIT UP' coz he ha SEVEN texts in THIRTY MINUTES!!!😂 lol 😅
AD is looking for an MVP nomination this year. Without him theyre 0-3
Nice job boys. Solid start to the season. It should be another great one.
The lakers have been a team to wrecken its you guys just that never thought so
They should just put a mask over his head
when a bunch of non-artists are involved in the process of making something, this is what you get.
You can tell they feel some type of way about giving the Lakers some praise 😂😂😂 Haters are mad AF 😂 LETS GO LAKERS 💪🏼💪🏼💜💛💜💛
My first thought was Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man in The Wiz!
Hard to take this pod seriously when one dude is texting mid discussion, one guy makes a point about AD being the best in shape big on team USA but can't name the others off the top (literally just yapping) and the other guy shills a useless stat in +-. Giving these casuals a platform was a mistake.
We have statues from when people were still getting their village pillaged every often looking better than this 😂
OKC lists Ousmane Dieng at 6'10" 222, he was never officially measured at the combine (and he was 17). He's slightly taller than Jaylin Williams who was measured at 6'10" in shoes during the combine, so he's probably closer to 6'11", about the same size a Jovic in Miami. Still not a Center though, but he's been doing a good job so far actually playing big, which has been his biggest developmental issue until this season.
Denver couldn't even find a way to get Buddy Hield? How did they lose their G.M. in the first place anyway? How much more did Minnesota pay? I smell a bad owner as well as G.M.
The Kobe statue stinks as well
Haters will not admit the lakers and coaching actually matters. Idiots
That look like jack ma with no hair
That statue cannot be replaced. Its a guaranteed future classic and will be a tourist attraction.
I'm not buying the Lakers hype, when they get started losing. There's no telling when it will stop. Just wait until Lebron starts rearranging the players on the team. Lebron has to be the focal point of the team. He's not going to take the back seat to any of the better players. He has to be up front and center.