Wemby & Spurs Not Playoff Ready? Concerned About Jokic? + Dort Foul Reaction & Watch Out For Hornets
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk about the Knicks getting a big win over the Spurs at MSG including if San Antonio has some concerns for the playoffs surrounding Wemby’s support. Plus, we break down injury updates on Jayson Tatum & Steph Curry before tackling a big win for Minnesota and the potential for Anthony Edwards to be a playoff threat again. Finally, we discuss if Jokic’s wrist injury is cause for concern in Denver before talking why nobody should want to face the Hornets in the playoffs.
Time Codes:
0:00 Intro
2:04 Knicks get big win over Spurs at MSG
13:14 Tatum return theories for Boston
16:10 Steph Curry injury update
17:45 Wolves down struggling nuggets at home
26:14 Denver’s issues of late cause for concern?
32:46 Dort flagrant foul on Jokic reaction
43:18 Hornets continuing to stack wins
50:07 Could Charlotte be dangerous in playoffs?
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31 Comments
About that Lu Dirty play on Jokic, I just think it's time somebody do the same to Shai.
Never seen media run to the defense of Teams like they do for Denver, San Antonio, and the Lakers. The best regular season team the last 3 yrs is in one of the smallest markets in the league and they can’t do ANYTHING right for clowns like these 3 idiots 😂
Don't know what they're talking about with plausible deniability. There are compilation clips of Dort sticking his let out to trip people in the same egregious way he did with Jokic. It's something he regularly does.
I am a massive OKC Thunder fan and a fan of Dort. But I will say that play was not ok or justified. I dont care what had happened previously. its not acceptable and he made a mistake. I think he knows it and our team knows it. Its not how the OKC Thunder handle and carry themselves. Jokic had every right to be made. Not a fan of his, but he had every right.
I hate seeing centers standing at the 3 point line
My problem with these guys is that you are acting like Wemby is a finished product and needs to just do specific actions to win now. Yes Wemby is a less efficient "wing" than "big man" right now. But you can't lock him into just being a big man cause that's limiting his potential. He is a good shooter, he does have moves with the ball, he is a good passer. Sure he doesn't do those as well as KD right now, but how is he going to get better if you just say "hi you're Rudy Gobert now". That's not how you develop a 22 year old, that's like saying to 22 year old Lebron "hi you can't shoot well so don't shoot just go to the rim", when you should be saying "Hi this is a weakness in your game we need to work on to get better so you have zero weaknesses". You all are not as smart as Wemby at understanding his top level potential, and that's what he and the Spurs care about, not what happens in 2026
This is hilarious 😂 one lost and everyone loses their minds
If you watch the pod enough you’ll notice a pattern where it’s almost as though he’s doing it deliberately where Brian cannot get a stat about a player or team ever correct. It’s comically bad.
I'm so sick of ya making excuses for these mfs making millions a year!!! Tell them instead of burying a house and car buy a physical trainer. Stop giving these dudes outs when they not even putting in the work. SOFT AHH SOCIETY
The old guys (I'm one of them) are just catching up to what the kids have been saying al along about Lamelo.
Those Spurs – Thunder games meant nothing. The most recent one, OKC didn’t have any of their guys. The first one, it was iHart’s first game back and he stunk and Wemby got to go against OKC’s backups , mostly up against JWill and he killed him. Games 2 and 3 had no Ajay Mitchell and OKC was in a terrible shooting slump, and still Wemby got to go against JWill all game.
Game 4, OKC was mostly healthy and Wemby started so he was going against OKC’s starters and OKC won by 21.
OKC is clearly better than San Antonio, and that’ll be obvious when they are healthy, and when Mark game plans agaisnt Wemby. OKC in 5 if Spurs can make it past Denver or Minnesota which I have my doubts.
I’m glad they sleeping on the rockets kd hate is real
Complete overreaction about Dort. Yeah it was silly but compared to guys like Grayson and Draymond it was nothing
It wasn't just a trip. Dort clearly tried to recreate the injury Jokic had earlier this season.
Dirk had the one leg fade, Hakeem had the Dream Shake, Jokic has the Sombor Shuffle, Duncan went glass. What’s Wemby’s go-to move? Wemby is massively overrated & overhyped
Took you guys 30+ minutes before talking extensively about crazy eyes Jokic? That was bigger than pistons-hornets or any other skirmish of the year!! The look on Jokers face is unforgettable!
USWB😂👌
Funny how Lamelo gets no credit getting Kon Knueppel
great looks but Lamelo gets slandered every time his name gets brought up.
18:15 you're not allowed to call the timberwolves, who've made the last 2 conference finals, an elite team in the west, but you sure as hell will call the nuggets, who've lost in the 2nd round the last two years and are currently behind the wolves, an elite team lmfao. unless you're only considering okc and the spurs contenders in the west, you have to include the wolves
The Spurs just lost ONE game…AFTER…winning 11 GAMES IN A ROW. Relax.😂😂😂
15 minutes of talking about the Hornets and only one mention of their best player’s name lol the Brandon Miller disrespect must end
I vote for King Kon Nipple for ROY…breaking records and helping his team secure a potential playoff spot. People may think or be right in thinking Flagg being a taller (can't teach height, as they like to say) will be a better player in the long run, but we're supposed to look what kind of year they've had. It's also WAY more fun watching the Hornets than the Mavs….
@Spurs should have lose that gm vs @Raptors; CMB, the rookie was locking up Wemby the same thing he did tp him back in San Antonio his 2nd gm in the league, Scottie guarded Castle well ; Darko , Raps HC costs Raps the gm putting in bench players w/ RJ to start the 4Q up 12 and the kead evaporate in 2mins; Scottie was playing ob 1 leg , CMB had yo leave in the 3Q b/c he aggravated his thumb& Yak is 4 gm back after missing 26 straight gms handled Wemby well; it's sad that Darko, RJ& BI to an extent costs Raps that gm. Can't wait for the off seasob to see some of these 1 way players w/low bb iq no longer on Raps; 5 blown dbl digit 4Q gms this season 4 since the start of 2026 b/c of Dsrko & low bb iq players specifically RJ.
OKC is a dirty team man
Rudy is only protecting the rim, he is not guarding the perimeter or the opponent best player on any given night; Scottie has to play help d, protect the rim, cover for his team mates, call out defensive coverages, guard the opponent's best player regardless of position on any given night, except for Wemby last gm where he only guarded him on a few possessions b/c he had to take care of Castle; Scottie the only capable defender in Raps starting line up + the only other good defender on the team is CMB, a rookie; Raps D rating is higher than Minny; Scottie is a 6 "8 wing& Gobert 7ft, so McMahon I know you all are Raptors hater but the main reason why Raps is 35-25 is mainly due to their D which is anchor by SB. And by the way both he & the 6"6 rookie had to take turns playing the 5 for now than half the season b/c Yak the only 7ft on the team played 26/60 gms; hence why I am still upset of Raps' HC Darko stupid rotations that saw Raps blew 5 dbl digits lead in the 4Q including Webdnesday's gm vs Spurs b/c the team would have been at miinimum 38 & 23 and the NBA world wiuld have seen that SB's impact w/o hsving to dominate the ball & putting up 20+PPG impact wins; he should be at 2nd in DPOY voting only behind Wemby.
if jokic actually cared about the team and not his stats, he'd have sat out and gotten actually healthy so we didn't have to hear all of this excuse-making about his wrist or whatever. if you're hurt, sit. stop stat padding and losing, the team knows how to play without you
Where do you think the "Ethical Basketball" line came from?
Victor was speaking on the Thunder
The Knicks are 14-4 over their last 18 and have the number 1 defense in the NBA in that span. Theyve been floundering? Do these guys even watch the games? Also over that stretch theyve beaten Boston, SA, Denver, Houston, Philly, Minnesota
Denver never the same since they changed coaches
Shocker that Thunder fans are dirty-play-embracing losers just like their players
Jokic hit the floor like a pillow. He saw it coming and milked it. Still, Dort plays dirty.