Who will advance in the NBA Cup? + Next steps for Knicks & Mavs | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to make sense of the latest NBA Cup standings including what each team needs to do to advance. Then, the crew talks what Bridges & the Knicks need to do to get consistent results, the impressive streak for the Magic despite missing Paolo, Giannis’ insane level of play and Luka’s return for the Mavs. Plus, the “Cojones Factor Player of the Month” is awarded.
0:00 Intro
2:07 Updating standings in the NBA Cup
7:13 Hawks’ future looking better
13:09 How can the Knicks unlock their potential?
25:22 Magic looking strong even without Paolo
26:10 Issues with the All-Star Game
28:45 Crazy Giannis trivia
31:36 Bucks continue to calm panic meter
37:12 Western Conference NBA Cup outlook
39:47 Luka’s return to the Mavs
45:00 Cojones Factor Player of the Month
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29 Comments
They should’ve done this last night
Buddy Heidi’s was key for the pacers
24:40 is the start of PEAK BOTEMPTS BABY
Nobody actually cares.. the nba cup worthless 😂
im pretty sure 99% of us dont even care about these nba cups
Mavs are going back to the finals
can Mav's fans trade Tim Macmahon for a Mav's reporter that even if they don't like luka or the Mav's they at least like basketball not sure he does, Tim show some pride for your team or let someone that does have the job. you are almost as useless as lay-up line maxi misalot
i'm happy to hear giannis getting some credit.
i've watched giannis play almost every game of his NBA career and i've never seen anything like this giannis.
he's in control and competent all of the time. his team has unwavering trust in him. if the clock is ticking down or there doesn't appear to be a path to a bucket, teammates get the ball to giannis who secures it through 2-4 defenders and always finds a way to make something happen.
crazy how much giannis does on team offense that is completely under-appreciated simply because it doesn't translate to assists 🤦♀️
Why does Tim look so happy every chance he gets to talk bad about Luka. You can literally see him lighting up with joy. Windy even had to cut him off because he cld hear how happy Tim was.
I guess they are only allowed to talk about the Lakers when they have drama or are losing games 😂😂😂 LETS GO LAKERS 💛💜💛💜
sending 5 first round picks AND having to extend a zero time all star was certainly a choice
3:56 fake enthusiastic windy is my favorite windy, second is angry windy
Sunday afternoon because they gotta fly out to the next city Sunday nite.
Why record this before all the great games that happened last night ??
Love how other teams keep underestimating the Rockets.
🚀🚀🚀
Josh hart said they're gonna have a discussion on hot to get this guy going….oh he got it going all right 😏
Brian supports the NBA cup bc he has to.
Its amazing to me the Media continues to praise Daniels but doesn't mention how awful Trae young is playing this year. He has all the assists (and turnovers) but also is incapable of scoring at any level of efficiency anymore. Trae is relying on Jalen Johnson to carry this Hawks team because he is the least efficient scorer in the entire league
Divincenzo didn’t go going until late December. Stop talking like you watched bro.
Why do the Rockets get so much disrespect…?
Seriously who cares about the nba cup?
love my hawks getting a near 7 min segment🥺
41:16 Maxi Kleber? lol
McMahon is right about Luka, because he did look slimmer Sunday night. Someone must have given him some inside info. I wonder sometimes if Luka eats really bad on road trips, because he doesn't really get into much better shape during the season.
It's Monday, and Luka said, "Hold my beer 🍺 😂😂😂
Bontemps has a knack, a calling, for interrupting at the exact time you should not interrupt.
Bontemps had Windy annoyed! Lmao
It’s cuz he switched his shooting form