Our 5th Annual Friendsgiving

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN Radio

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4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon for our special Friendsgiving episode as our crew welcomes some of our favorite guests to talk about everything from major NBA storylines to the best type of ice to put in your beverages. In this edition we welcome ESPN’s Anthony Slater to talk if it is time to be concerned about the Warriors, ESPN’s Vince Goodwill to discuss if the Pistons are ready to make a major move to be a contender, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne to talk new info on the sale of the Lakers & detail the arraignment for the NBA gambling investigation, ESPN’s Jamal Collier to break down the state of the Bucks & the future of Giannis, ESPN’s Bobby Marks on teams with the most flexibility in the NBA for the trade deadline, ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk to highlight some key travel components & sacred beverage insight, ESPN’s Mike C. Wright to tell us about his Thanksgiving spread & the latest on the Spurs & Rockets and ESPN’s Malika Andrews joins as she prepares for her first ever Syracuse basketball game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome the HOOK Collective podcast.
0:08.0	We talk about the NBA, and this is our special fifth annual Friendsgiving episode.
0:16.5	So for however long, this podcast goes on for, God knows how much Jackson is going to have wrestled with it over the last 12 hours to cut it down to try to get us under control.
0:26.7	There's like all kinds of voices from all over the country.
0:30.3	Part of this podcast, I did in Omaha, part of it I did here in L.A.
0:33.8	Part of the podcast, Bon Temps did in Miami.
0:38.5	Part of the podcast he did in New York, McMahon is getting on a flight soon to go somewhere,
0:43.8	probably someplace he could drive.
0:46.1	It's going to be a terrific opportunity for you to enjoy a lot of NBA talk.
0:51.8	And I'm just going to say at some point in this podcast, we talk about ice.
0:55.4	That's where we're going, you know, in various things over Thanksgiving.
0:59.6	Ice is in ponds and water, nothing too controversial.
1:02.6	That's right.
1:03.2	So now we're going to flip the switch here and head to the normal podcast.
1:09.2	But thank you so much for joining us for Friendsgiving and enjoy your travels.
1:13.5	And if you're not going anywhere, enjoy your Thanksgiving.
1:15.2	Joining us from New York City, but just off the plane from Miami where he saw the heat beat the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night is Tim Bunn-Teps.
1:23.8	Hello, everybody.
1:25.2	Join us from Dallas, Texas.
1:27.2	Where he just got back from the tire store, is Ban McMahon.
1:31.3	Howdy, partners, an unplanned visit.
1:33.8	A little bit light in the wallet.
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