Any Solution For NBA Tanking? + Ja Morant’s Trade Market

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Sports, Basketball

3.9 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to break down the state of tanking in the modern NBA including some of the measures certain teams are taking and how the league can fix it moving forward. Then, we discuss what Ja Morant’s trade market looks like for Memphis and talk Jaylen Brown’s unique fine request before finishing with some more key headlines around the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.6	Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.
0:38.1	We talk about the NBA, which you're doing on Sunday evening,
0:40.5	joining us from New York City, Tim Bunton.
0:41.6	Hello, everybody.
0:48.3	I want to know what this Howdy Pennant is in the background of our guy's new, fancy setup in his new house.
0:53.6	Yes, joining us from New Diggs in Dallas is Band McMahon.
1:00.9	Howdy, partners, that actually was sent to me by one of our crack SportsCenter producers, Jessica Showbar, aka ShowBizzy.
1:03.6	She got it, I'm going to have to check with her.
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