Biggest Winners & Losers of Free Agency Day 1

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to discuss the winners & losers of the first day of NBA free agency. The guys break down the Lakers' inability to find a center, Boston’s continued deconstruction, a big day for Atlanta, some financial moves from Cleveland, a new direction for Memphis, a big trade in Denver and a massive summer for the Rockets continuing. Vegas Summer League Live Show Link: hoopcollectivelive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1979, the first words spoken on ESPN weren't just an announcement.
0:07.0	If you're a fan, they were a sports prophecy.
0:10.9	What you'll see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow.
0:14.6	Glad you're with us tonight.
0:16.0	May convince you, you've gone to sports heaven.
0:20.2	And right now, you're standing on the edge of tomorrow.
0:24.6	This fall, the next era of ESPN begins.
0:28.8	Sports forever.
0:35.3	Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.
0:37.9	We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Monday evening.
0:40.7	Joining me from New York City is Timbontems.
0:43.7	Hello, everybody.
0:44.9	Join us from Dallas, Texas.
0:46.4	The new home of DeAngelo Russell is Bayne McMahon.
0:49.5	Howdy, partners.
0:50.5	You know what they say.
0:51.8	DeAngelo wins championships.
0:54.0	Yeah, not bad. All right. So
0:56.6	first day of free agency is mostly in the books. I'm sure that there will still be
1:02.1	transactions that happen from when we record this to win a post, but that's the nature of the beast.
1:06.6	However, we've seen a lion's share of maneuvers across the league on the first day.
1:11.4	We're going to kind of go over some winners and losers.
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