Luka Doncic’s Laker Debut + The Struggles of the Dallas Mavericks | The Hoop Collective
In this episode of The Hoop Collective, Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react Luka Doncic’s debut for Angeles and debate what the outcome for the Lakers will be with Luka in the lineup. The trio also reflects on fans in Dallas are showing their discontent towards Mavs ownership. Also, Jimmy Butler is fitting in great with the Golden State Warriors and is creating a nice partnership with Steph Curry. Plus, Alex Rodriguez is close to becoming the newest owner of an NBA team.
0:00 Intro
1:30 Aftermath of the Luka-AD trade
13:20 Updates on Anthony Davis injury
19:59 Jimmy Butler Shining with the Golden State Warriors
28:38 Luka’s debut with Lakers
37:59 A-Rod to become owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves
43:34 Brandon Ingram gets 3-year, $120M Extension with the Toronto Raptors
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39 Comments
Petition to replace Bontemps with Zach Lowe!
Nico really needs to resign and move to Los Angeles. That is the only city that he would be welcomed with open arms!
Mavericks are a disaster and why should anyone believe anything the organization says? MacMahon getting so defensive after uncritically passing along information/propaganda was hilarious this week. Plus Brian shilling for Klutch as usual.
Can we start a Gofundme to get Anger Management courses for Bontemps? He was less angry this pod than normal but the dude lives enraged. Weirdly when he went on the No Dunks podcast his personality changed and he was suddenly happy go lucky. It may just be a bad personality combination with this pod.
Honestly it’s amazing the suns and mavs are going to be total trash in 2-3 years
These three have zero chemistry. 😂😂
Kyrie reached true enlightenment
The Dutch Oven!!! 😂😂😂
Kyrie gets doubled no matter who’s in or out ?
Little fella refs 🤣
Kyrie’s whole existence is calming. You not understanding it is you not understanding him.
Team Luka 👏
Going from Zach Lowe to Windhorst is like going from a Cadillac to a Rav4. Bring back good basketball podcast hosts
I don’t know how many more podcasts I can hear talking about Dallas losing Luka and Lakers getting him. Neither of those teams are serious contenders, yet you almost never talk about these other real contenders. It’s just Lakers/Luka 24-7. Do better hoop collective. We like you cause this isn’t first take
I'm tired of hearing about the the Lakers.
Good afternoon
Mavs fans are brittle
This may be the first episode where I didn’t hear Bontemps for almost the first 10 minutes. Keep it up Tim 👏🏾
I'm kind of tired of kevin.hart lol I don't find him that funny tbh. When I was younger I did
We Laker fans love the Mavs! The truth is, Mav fans are more mad about Luka going to the Lakers rather than getting traded overall. Payback for that veto trade…
Windy trying to pretend this isn't a big deal and it's just another trade is WILD – tbh I think he's just a luka hater
Assuming that Mavs, Kings, Warriors, Suns and Spurs win their home games when playing each other, I have Dallas at 39 wins if AD comes back around the 8th of march and Kyrie plays. That would put them 9th behind the warriors. But if AD misses more time, Kyrie is hurt, and Gafford misses a month as well, I have them falling down to 12th (that's lottery). Press conferences are going to be fun in Dallas
Its funny at one point they said Kyrie is the happiest guy in the aftermath of this or something like that and then proceeded to accurately talk about how his life is going to be a living hell for the next several months. That roster has tons of turnover and I'm positive the pitch to everyone they brought in including Kyrie was the chance to play with Luka. Just a horrible situation for the Mavs
Probably my favorite basketball podcast. Bontemps is growing on me. Been a fan of Windy, like McMahon alot even though he is Dallas guy (Im a long time Rockets fan!).
Bontemps just hates his job
The Luka fan comparison would be Lewis Hamilton going from Mercedes to Ferrari. You cheer for the athlete, not the brand.
Dubs finally got a big man in Quintin Post, lol I seen him on the court and thought they picked up Walker Kessler 😅
I’ve been a die-hard Mavs fan for years and I’ve always liked LA a little just because of their star-power, but I am DEFINITELY not a Laker fan now that Luka’s gone; are you mad? Less in fact. MFFL
Put some respect on Vando when healthy he's a dog shaped swiss army knife, no offense, but who can play his level of D?
I don’t get why Tim was getting hate from mavs fans, can anyone explain
Imagine choosing to fire Zach Lowe while keeping Tim Bontemps LOL 😂
We should call this pod The “Talk Over Each Other” Collective…. smdh
An ad every 3 minutes?! This is almost watchable because of that…
100% now a new laker fan!
So we’re gonna ignore Steph’s poor efficiency during this “hot streak” cuz it’s the Warriors and he’s Steph?! Cmon.
MacMahon’s tone of voice towards how Luka will be playing is so heartfelt. Can hear how sad this trade has made the Mav’s fans.
Why are you obsessed with calming down angry Mavs fans. They have every reason…
The Bontemps contempt is palpable from Windy
25:11 😂😂 THE LOOK