Chet & Wemby: Revolutionary Big Men, Orlando’s Magical Start & MORE! | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk how Wemby & Chet are continuing to revolutionize the role of the modern big man, Paolo Banchero’s massive step forward for the Magic, Boston’s incredibly elite shooting, the Cavs’ impressive play, the Knicks’ struggling to find an offensive flow and a slow start for the Pacers.
0:00 Intro
1:44 Wemby & Chet: A Big Revolution Continued
13:40 Paolo & Magic Impressing Early
23:03 Early Challenges For Pacers
27:46 Joe’s New Rule Idea
27:46 Boston’s Devastating Scoring
38:54 CAVS CORNER – Excellent Start
41:20 Knicks Still Finding Offensive Flow
46:04 Rooting For Taylor Hendricks
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Brook Lopez, Brad Miller, Z-Bo, Kurt Thomas, all showed bigs thaylt they can shoot n then Dirk went crazy ! Now these dudes w more finesse is crazy, but like Shaq says, what about Bol Bol ?
“Watch out for the Cavs in the NBA cup” typical ESPN company man pushing a protected their heavily invested in but nobody wanted.
The way Paolo is slept on is outrageous but it aint even going to matter. He is literally going to be a all time generational superstar 🎬🥷💨🏀🏀🏀🏀 He will bring Orlando at least 1 championship 💯
The Celtics and the thunder are the only two teams who are elite at going small and big. Usually teams are good at one or the other.
That's wild, Windy with the foresight or foreshadowing. 1:22
Evan Mobley is in this conversation.
As a lifelong Magic fan since 1989, we've never missed on a 1st pick (Shaq, Penny [via trade], Dwight, Paolo) and this is the most excited we've been about this team since 2009. Play the song!
Porzingis the OG Unicorn – injuries just robbed him of some years of relevance. Which is always a risk with big dude like this
Maybe if Chet remembers to do his squats, he'll avoid missing half his career like Porzingis.
From an individual standpoint, Chet starts off faster, but barring injury, Wemby will catch up soon. Chet is like the T-800 fighting the t-1000 in t2 – starts off quicker, but wemby will get him in the end.
Use timestamps or keep getting low views 🤷🏻♂️
It's not just Brook. It's a convergence of the KD > KP and the Shane Barrier, Serge Ibaka, Brook Lopez lines
Doc getting his heart snatched during The Pritching Hour
I’ll take Chet over wemby.
Continuity they traded for pascal last year what continuity bontemps?
Fighting is not allowed in hockey or baseball. It is against the rules. The NBA just has stricter rules because you can't even leave the bench.
Paolo is a beast. Magic are progressing very well. Get used to seeing them near the top of the East
Magic 🪄 really look good Cavs 4-0 idk thou Lakers 3-1 and Nuggets looking old Mavs look OKC Might be best Team in West when end of season comes Twolves kinda look okay Ant put a lot of weight on his shoulders Bucks don’t look good at all Sixers can’t get healthy of course New Look Knicks starting to mesh together and the Suns 3-1 is surprising
windy is sooo sneaky with this sub lmaoooo @22:51
Right now Paolo is better than both Wemby and Chet and he's a big.
Did he really say brook lopez started the floor spacing rim Protector archetype when it was clearly Porzingis
Zubac is the most improved or breakout player of the year period
I hope wemby show up and shows out tonight
Thank you 🙏for the shout out and encouragement to Taylor Hendricks. It means a lot to us Jazz fans and I'm sure to Taylor. He is a class act and was showing huge improvement this year, so this was just devastating. Hoping he overcomes it and becomes an amazing player, similar to how Paul George overcame a gruesome leg injury.
Timing of this pod is terrible
I think people are making too much of some of Denver's role players leaving. The fact of the matter is that they have their core in tact and that ought to be enough. Michael and Scottie, Kobe, Russell's Celtics, Duncan's Spurs etc. maybe only needed one consistent player and the same coach and the rest were replaceable, so the fact that Denver's four best players and coach are still there should be enough. They just need to play better and either tweak their roster or rotations.
Y'all forgot about Sam Perkins huh? Brad Miller? You casuals are disrespectful.
We knew bontemps was gonna hate as soon as paolo name comes up
38:22 Bontemps said it perfectly…they’re moving the ball and playing beautiful basketball not killing the game…. cough cough Nick Wright
Don't talk about Paolo's efficiency when you don't watch his games but only look at the box score. The guy is double our triple-teamed all the time. He is a superstar and ESPN only talks about Bronny "second round" James.
Big rig for paolo’s nickname
P5 ❤ MVP
Wemby start hasn't been as impressive as everybody expected it to be… Stop it.
Brook Lopez? Wasn't Porzingis an Unicorn because of exactly those abilities?
lol they want Wembanyama to rule the league so bad. He's generational…but he needs help all the time. I thought CP3 was going to be a game changer. No, Wembanyama has turned into another shot jacking NBA player.
Id rather watch the lonely pistons than the celtics …. the pass pass pass shoot 3 is so boring
Bontemps: what is your favorite fast food restaurant? The people need to know.
GO MAGIC
This why NBA awards are a joke. The trophy says most improved, period. Luka went from a non-all star as a rookie, to 1st Team All NBA, one of the best 5 in the NBA and he was not considered most improved? If Wimby makes 1st team all NBA he is most improved. The trophy says Most Improved, not the most improved other than 2nd year players.
Go Paolo go Magic!