Free Agency Day 1 Reaction 🏀 | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the first day of NBA free agency including a huge contract for Fred VanVleet, why he is a perfect fit for the Houston Rockets, the significance of Kyrie returning to Dallas for the Dallas Mavericks, how much better the Los Angeles Lakers got, some puzzling moves around the league and more.
0:00 Intro
1:30 Fred VanVleet signs huge deal with Houston
6:45 Brook Lopez most significant free agent?
10:45 Raptors poor planning hurt more losing VanVleet?
16:00 Dallas avoids disaster with Kyrie
24:25 Did the Lakers get significantly better today?
34:15 Free Agency Roundup
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50 Comments
Bontemps is acting like the Lakers actually had the ability to sign an all star level player or something
Gabe Vincent went to go get the money!
Loll you guys don't watch raptors. They didn't want Fred. Scottie Barnes ans Pascal been primary ball handling all year.
Hahahahahahahaha he is a locker room guy. We talking about the same VanVleet? Wow.
The lakers need to trade for Gianni’s in order to change bontemps mind
So many salty fans in the comments on these guys making any critcism on their player/team 😂
Bontemps critical of lakers. What should the lakers have with available resources. Who is the player that would have moved the needle?
Good day for basketball players and fans.
The Mavs or Lakers should pick up DBrooks for the vet minimum… just saying
Giannis isn't leaving Milwaukee until the bucks ask him to leave.
Media members really hate Kyrie they don’t get that Luka asked for them to trade for Kyrie and He recruited him to stay
Why they so negative about the Mavs lol?
People need to see Portland needs a solid Center that doesn't get hurt or a full healthy season from nurk and a good backup to him as well as another ball handler which we got in scoot. Last key would be another good two way wing. Thybulle coming back, maybe getting Lopez and I think we are a top team in the west with a prime Lillard, Grant, Shaedon breaking out, Simons still getting 20ppg, nurkic rebounding a lot. Scoot playing good backup minutes eating alive other bench players
Fred is a ball hog, does not help your teammates improve and does not lead. Thanks Houston for taking him.
go take a nap Windy lol
As a raptors fan that watches every game for the last 25 years, Vanvleet is not worth 43 mil a year. Not even close. I love how the American media is painted him out it be a star now but when he played for the raps he was never spoke about. Shows you how very little these guys know about all 30 teams. MacMahon only knows about Dallas period. Windy knows about the cavs and heat, and Bomtemps is probably the most well versed of the 3.
Why would Houston wants James back? He put on a fat suit to get out of Houston😅 and he's washed.
Nothing happening and you over here acting like we need to see you going to bed🤡💩
pinched faced Bontemps just can't seem to get over the LAL got to the WCF, and just a whole training camp and season they're going to be better. They should call him Maltemps….
With this new CBA, it seems like it's more important than ever to only give out Max Contracts to legitimately Max players. That's only 15-20 players.
Jaxson: Hammers dunks
Also him: No defense!!
Jaxon Hayes: Hammers dunks
Also him: No defense!!
Windhorst always impressed
Get that useless bontemps off our screens!!
Windy earned it all and look at these jealous sidekicks
Why are you so mad at the lakers signings? They improved on the edges with good contracts that can be traded if necessary
"Cam Reddish, who stinks", I'm Pepe LePew dead.
Whatever happens, the NBA has been crushing it. When is the last time anyone talked football.
John Collins and Jerami Grant are worlds apart wth
Bontemps stopped himself and told someone else to go ahead and speak first?!?? 🤔
Brian needs sleep hehehe.. he's super busy…
What an energetic episode
No much better!(audio)
fred is not a leader tho haha. dude is good but he bout himself. name me one person on the raps that fred made better.
Windy and crew I beg you guys just get some $80 mics 😂 y'all can afford it.
FVV getting more money than Kyrie is nuts
Y’all exhausted, hope ya can find some time for some zzz’s
Tim you are Lakers hater
No idea what Nurse was doing last year with the Raptors. We have a FVV+Barns and this dude makes Siakam the main ball handler…..
Should be much better this year, more offensive weapons.
Windy look like somebody slipped him a micky
American media needs to under who fvv really is. Rockets made a huge mistake
Lol posted a couple hours before the biggest news of the deadline
So these guys are saying Fred is the leader they need. I always thought that's what a coach was there for. Do what don't they just get all those guys in suits off the roster and say some money?!!!
Why does Tim make nonsense excuses for nuggets fans? They act that way because they're eaisly the most toxic fanbase in sports. If any other team won under these circumstances of injury media ppl would scream asterisk, but because the fanbase is a bunch of rabid 15 year olds your all scared and blowing jokic despite his getting carried by the refs and Murray.
tim contempt sucks
This is the only analysis on ESPN that doesn’t waste my time. The rest are just drama.
Lol hour and a half after the show dame request out
Is bloom coming off the rose for Masai Ujiri?
Get some sleep Windy. You look awful 😂😂😂
Was hoping the mavs would go after Brown, Lopez or poetle to improve the defense