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Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

Giannis & Bucks At Odds Again & Wemby Makes Claim For MVP + Evaluating Tatum

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Basketball, Sports

3.94K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to discuss the continuing drama between the Bucks and Giannis including the NBPA statement in support of Giannis playing. Plus, will there be a 65-game exemption for Cade Cunningham? Then, we break down if Victor Wembanyama’s speech has any chance to influence MVP voters and if he has a legitimate case for the trophy. Finally, how has Jayson Tatum’s return to Boston impacted the team? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.7

Hello and welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we are doing on Tuesday evening.

0:41.2

Joining us from Madison Square Garden, sitting in the Mike Brown seat.

0:45.2

But I actually, you know, he kind of, with that face he's got on there, he looks like Tom Tibodeau.

0:50.3

It's Timbottops.

0:51.8

Hello, everybody.

0:53.3

The Pelicans and Nick's game is going on right now as we tape this.

0:57.3

So we'll see what happens there. The Knicks are going for seven in a row.

1:00.6

Joining us from down the street here in Los Angeles is Ban McMahon.

1:05.3

Howdy, partners. It was a pleasure to get dinner with Wendy last night, even though we made us to put the check, Bon Temps.

1:11.9

Well, we'll see it happens tonight.

1:13.2

That is some disappointing behavior.

1:15.4

Disappointing behavior.

1:16.5

By the way, today, McMahon and I were on NBA today.

1:21.5

And during one of the blocks of the show, McMahon and I were off.

1:26.3

I believe it was about WNBA. It was a WMBA segment.

1:30.3

Correct. So we're also miced up and, you know, Melissa is doing an interview. What?

1:36.8

This was during the commercial break. Just go on. You can continue, but I want that fact out now.

1:43.9

Okay, fine. Was there in the commercial break?

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