With Key NBA Stars Injured: Who Can Stay Afloat? | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to discuss the many injuries to the stars across the NBA and what is causing the rise in players missing time. Then, the guys discuss if the Bucks can survive without Giannis, including if the depth in the Eastern Conference could be more challenging than the Western Conference. Plus with Wembanyama, Castle and Harper sidelined, can the Spurs stay alive in the West?
0:00 Intro
1:12 Star injuries across the NBA – What can be done?
10:20 Can Milwaukee stay afloat without Giannis?
22:18 Spurs injuries a concern yet?
28:48 Recipe For Raptors’ early success
36:53 Vibes around 76ers improving
42:32 Expectations for Cavs-Rockets
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41 Comments
Bontempts is a truth teller.. the truth is too much for some people. 😅
We got major beef going on between windy and bontemps… looks like it needs to be settled on the court 😂
Haliburton?
Scottie is a beast I hope they acknowledge that… DPOY
Str8 BS West teams are superior
How many 0 for games for Steph? How many games scoring under 10 points for steph?
Cavs Rockets tonight. LFG Rockets offense is a beast. Its like 90s basketball with a 2025 tempo.
Can we ask the honest question . Doesn't anyone actually care about regular season NBA?
Awesome! Thanks for listening to the viewers and acknowledging the Raptors season so far! Still the best basketball podcast out there.
The all star teams are going to be mediocre with the number of stars that won’t get to 65 games played
The clippers offered PG 3 years plus a no show job
One solution is to bring back handchecking it would slow down the pace and bring back defensive juggernauts like those pistons teams
Get Bontemps on the hello+welcome raptors podcast
The Bucks dodged a bullet with Giannis groin strain, as it was intially reported to be a hamstring injury. The Bucks front office, ownership and fan base need to HEED THIS WARNING! PROCEED WITH CAUTION! Bucks are fortunate it wasnt a hamstring injury or something worse like a torn ACL or ACHILLIES. The front office needs to really consider if is worth chasing a 6th seed or higher at the risk of injuring your best player therby damaging your best Asset. If he did get a career altering injury the team is screwed royaly they will fall to the bottom of the league, while giving up valuble draft picks to other teams with a 50 million $ bad contract plus over 25 million in dead cap. Look at Philadelphia.
The Bucks need to take a look around the league and really consider their priorities. Is it worth mortgaging the rest of your future to chase a 6th seed or better only to lose in the first round, wasting Giannis prime as his value goes down.
There is only one way out of this predicament and we all know what that is. The front office needs to stop delyaing the enevidable, stop denying it. It NEEDS TO HAPPEN and it needs to happen at the deadline. Other teams have done it, the Thunder did it, the Rockets did it, and they rebounded.
If the correct trade is made I do believe it could set the team up for a brighter future.
IT'S TIME.
mcmahon say something without mentioning Dallas challenge: impossible
13/24 is crazy. Most hamstrings and calves too
Bontemps "Let me finish" 🤣
Pace is up..😂 skill is down🤧
Bontemps somehow found a way to argue with Windy after he said he was RIGHT about the Raptors 😆
Bontemps gets so much grief but his basketball mind is actually very high. Compare his to Brian’s and it’s chalk and cheese, Brian’s takes are all from scouts he talks to. And has nothing original to say.
Why doesnt the nba care about steroids more? Theres no way juicing doesn't help you more in basketball than say even baseball and its obvious so many guys are doing it i dont get it. Not that i care personally but i find it weird and interesting at the least
The fate of Giannis with the bucks rests with KPJ. Only other guy on that team that can consistently create his own offense.
"Projected to finish" is such a cop out. Zero actual feel for the game. Live by the data…
More Raptors disrespect.
Bontemps is right about the east being stronger so far this year
Yeah the records are misleading when it comes to the east vs west
The banter is fun, but hopefully these guys don't really have any beef.
What is up with bontemps? is his mom hitting him too much? Doesn't play well w others I see
Why is Bontemps soo sassy
The Thunder are 28-1 without J-Dub dating back to last season.
the windy kiss of death? first Zubac and now Avdija for the west all star team
no botemps, add denny green
What is USWB please? Referring to Bontemps of course.
The east is not deeper. What is this braindead discussion…
Bontemps may need to learn a little bit of some emotional regulation
Calf injuries related to shoe design I wonder?
Bontemps sucks
Jackson had his hands full in the edit with this ep after an exceptionally robust Windy/Bontemps back and forth 😂
Thats 15 All Stars
Good pod but these grown men always bickering like children
Shorten the season, get rid of back to backs… And they'll never agree to it, so it doesn't matter. The answers are easy, but the guy who's in charge is too obsessed with starting an overseas league that he forgot the roots of basketball are still in North America. They have to find a new commissioner. One that understands that access to watching your teams doesn't mean downloading 7 stream apps and hoping there isn't a blackout restriction.