1st MVP Straw Poll - Historic Race Coming?

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Sports, Basketball

4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to Bontemps’ 1st MVP Straw Poll of the season including if we are set for another historic battle between Jokic and SGA, some surprising newcomers to the list and who truly has a chance for the award this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Specsaver's best worst team is back for another season
0:04.0	and this time we're following Wally FC.
0:06.0	So just how bad are they?
0:08.0	Last year we only got four points.
0:10.0	We finished rock bottom of Brentwood Sunday League Division 3.
0:14.0	Follow the club's journey as we try and turn
0:16.0	Warley FC's fortunes around.
0:18.0	Search Specksaver's, worst team on YouTube now.
0:28.3	Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.
0:30.9	We talk about the NBA, which we are doing at a special time this week, because today is a special day.
0:38.3	Joining us from Los Angeles at the LAPC, LAPC operations Center for ESPN is Tim Bontem.
0:46.7	Hello, everybody.
0:48.2	Joining us from Dallas, Texas, McMahon, he had to go to L.A.
0:52.7	because it's a special time.
0:53.9	It's a special week.
0:55.1	His band, McMahon.
0:56.3	Howdy, partners. This is prime time for Bon Tempts. You know, he's got to be in studio in the spotlight.
1:02.4	This is the old USWBs, time to shine, baby.
1:07.2	That's right. So here we have fresh just before Christmas, one of our three special days of the year,
1:14.1	where the Bon Temps MVP straw poll is debuted.
1:18.5	The poll has routinely over the last seven, eight years, Bon Temps?
1:24.6	Last several years.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 16 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.