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Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

Bulls Finally Moving In Right Direction + Playoff Seeding Battles You Need To Watch

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Basketball, Sports

3.94K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the Bulls firing VP Arturas Karnisovas & GM Marc Eversley including how Chicago could finally be moving in the right direction. Plus, why the matchup between the Hawks & Cavs is so intriguing from a playoff seeding perspective before talking how Denver’s big wins of late could aid them in their quest for a deep playoff run. Finally, is it time for the Lakers to shut down LeBron for the rest of the regular season so he is ready for the playoffs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.7

Hello and welcome the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday afternoon, joining us from New York City before he runs down to, is it the Garden or Barclays?

0:45.3

I don't even know.

0:46.0

The Garden had a heck of a game on Monday night, but is Timbont Temps.

0:50.3

I am not in New York City.

0:51.9

I am in Boston.

0:52.6

Oh, you're in Boston.

0:53.4

Where I'm going to watch Charlotte in Boston play in a little while. No, we're not going to start over. That's even better. Hello, everybody. Hello, everybody from Boston, where Charlotte and Boston will be playing in a couple hours of what's going to be a very interesting Eastern Conference Showdown that has some implications for Cavs Corps.

1:14.6

From down the hall or across the street, I guess, here in Los Angeles.

1:25.2

And just off the set of NBA today, headed later on over to Crypto.com Arena to see the Thunder play the Lakers in a game that probably is not going to be that interesting.

1:26.6

Is Ban McMahon?

1:32.0

Howdy, partners, it will be the South Bay Lakers tonight, just to be clear about that. But, hey, Bond Tim's went back to Boston, his old stomping grounds, and they said, let us push you right in the VIP room, baby.

1:38.1

Here's some plywood.

1:39.7

I'm just, I wanted to be in a quiet corner where nobody was going to be coming behind us.

1:45.2

So I'm outside the media room.

1:47.9

All right.

1:48.8

Okay.

1:49.4

So we had a first significant personnel adjustment in the NBA on Monday when the Bulls, after six years, made a change to their front office, firing Arturis, Karnasovish

2:03.4

and Mark Eversley, president and general manager.

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