On the Hoop Collective, Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon join Brian Windhorst to discuss:
0:00 Windy’s trading card + Intro
7:53 Suns-Knicks Booker clutch finish
26:45 Bucks continue to win in unimpressive fashion
35:40 Celtics keep cruising
38:50 Historic win streak for the Magic
52:18 In-Season tournament standings updates
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35 Comments
Filigree!😚
Diligently done💖
FINALLY some Magic love! Hope you guys get coach Mosley on the pod
Pure magic baby
Calling Beasley the worst defensive starter in the NBA is a pretty awful take when he's not even the worst on the team
The problem with the Bucks is the coach. They should be playing much better by now. Bucks should've hired Nick Nurse when they had the chance.
They spent 5 minutes crying about the Bucks lol
One thing I learned from the Bucks is cruising the regular season doesn't help in the playoffs. I would rather Bucks be uncomfortable now then later.
People jumping on the bucks way too much. Completely new schemes and staff and new big piece, 2nd best record in the East, beat every contender and lost to celtics by 3….. I think they're fine and just need time lol
Yo bring back trivia
Magic and thunder fans eating
The Knicks are frustrating. They lose games by 3-7 points & miss 15 free throws throughout the game 🤦♂️
with booker assist like he is booker gone have a lot of bad shooting statbut it ok
Why can't it just be windhorst?
The overreaction to the Bucks is getting old at this point. They’ve had to deal with integrating an All-NBA pg, a new coach, Khris Middleton minutes limit and Jae Crowder’s injury . And even still they have 1 less win than the supposed best team in the league.
I listen to the Bulls radio on occasion, going to be a tough year for Chuck and Bill. The gambling props are better than the games. They're still great on the call.
As a die-hard Bucks fan who watches every game, Griffin is doing an excellent job. The team is much more gritty and resilient under Griffin. Also, he makes timely adjustments. And coming out of Toronto many raptor fans wanted Griffin over Nurse. Changing entire coaching staff, starting new 5 and bench while adding a top 75 player and switching defensive scheme takes time. Bucks are winning despite the massive changes. Look at what happen to Lakers at the start of last season with a new staff, look at Emai when he first got with Boston, both those teams were losing early while learning a new scheme. Bucks are 1 game out of 1st despite the overhaul changes. Also, the Bucks routinely beat up teams in the regular season and that hasn't gotten them anywhere. Bucks have the highest-rated 4th quarter offense in the league which is the closest equalivent to playoff basketball as the game slows down. The scary thing for the league, Bucks are still winning despite while in their learning phase. And Bucks have shown resilience against both good and bad teams. Bucks came back against the following teams: Boston, 6ers, Mavs, and Portland. And Bucks have shown when it's time to lock down they are more than capable. They held Portland to 14 points in the 4th. They held Boston to 18 and the 4th and 6ers 21. This team is really really good
I feel sad for you guys! A win is a win and coming back from 26 down to win and it’s the largest comeback of the NBA season! If it was LA or Boston or Miami or big apple NY or golden state warriors, I bet you guys are going to praised these big cities Hollywood sunshine big apple and especially LBJ lakers for this comeback and making case for LBJ goat debate again!😝😂🤣😹what a bunch of sorry biased credits out there against Milwaukee Bucks again and again! Haters will always be haters out there paid by we know who!!!
Hey, if the league is going to do away with "rest", sacrifices have to be made. Like defense. Rick Carlisle came out against defense a long time ago.
Should trade a windy card for one of those escort girls cards on the strip
Why does the first 3 minutes have to be meaningless?
The media doesn’t want to talk about Booker. You can tell wemby hated doing this segment
I'm a Bucks fan, & as crappy as they're playing right now, it's crazy that they're still tied for the 2nd seed in the East. If they don't pick it up though, I wouldn't expect them to get passed the 2nd round playing like this. Coach Griffin so far has been too inexperienced for this team, he might do okay on a more lowkey team, but this is a team with championship aspirations. He is getting bailed out because this team is so talented, but his coaching has not been great. I'm surprised yall are trashing Malik Beasley so much though, I think he's been a good pickup thus far. He can shoot & he's very active in the passing lane, actually had some clutch steals & 3pts this season. Every player on the Bucks right now has a poor defensive rating, even Giannis, he is at 113 versus an average of 103 the past 5 years with Coach Bud, Lopez is at 113 versus an average of 106 the past 5 years with Coach Bud. That just screams that it's a coaching issue when a couple of the best defensive players in the NBA doesn't have a great defensive rating. People think losing Jrue was the reason why their defense is so bad right now, but with the new coaching changes, they still would've been bad defensively if they kept Jrue. Coach Griffin is learning as he goes though, there's still a long year ahead of us.
It really sounds like these dudes don’t actually watch games. The eye test has still gotta be a thing. The Suns defense and rebounding has shown indications of improvement with this past game being a strong example of that. The stat sheet will only tell you so much
Not a good rebounding team? Out rebounded the knicks last night.
Not a good defense team? Had like 11 blocks last night.
lol cmon guys
The funny thing about the media, when the Bucks were blowing teams out last year, all you heard regular season doesn't matter do it in the playoffs lol. Then this year bucks have some hiccups and all of a sudden the regular season matters and the sky is falling lol. Did we forget how dominant Boston was last year in the regular season all to post to Miami lol? I just wish the reporting was consistent.
Maybe the Bucks are just the Eagles of the NBA?
Devin Booker looks like a straight up largemouth bass in the thumbnail.
Ironically, the Magic are winning without 2 of the starters i have been clamoring them to trade and move on from. Carter Jr and Fultz. But i have also wanted them to move on from Cole and Issac.
Suns lead league in blocks by a significant margin. Also their 3pt defence is quite good. I think their defensive potential is overlooked.
Bontemps sounds like a Muppet.
Convenient bontempts has excuses for the lack of a blow out against the awful bucks by his awesome celtics😅😂
Franz Wagner 🏀IQ🔥🙌
why Beasley continues to start when there are 2 far better defenders on the bench is mind boggling to me. trade beasley and middleton for caruso
Mcmahon: .." i' ve got these autograph cards and i could send them to bontemps…" 😂😂