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Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

Patience For Spurs & Rockets? Kawhi’s Best Season Ever? Disaster For Magic? Don’t Sleep On Charlotte

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Basketball, Sports

3.94K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk if the Spurs and Rockets should be making moves at the upcoming trade deadline or if they should continue to practice patience and prudent spending. Then, we discuss the resurgence of the Clippers during an incredible stretch of dominance from Kawhi before talking what is wrong with the Magic including if major changes are needed in Orlando. Finally, should we be paying more attention to the success occurring with Charlotte’s exciting lineups.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.6

Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.

0:37.5

We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday afternoon, joining us from the arena.

0:44.5

I don't care of the name of the Ex-Findy Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, his home away from home.

0:50.5

Moments beat, not moments, a couple of hours before the big bucks at Sixers game, not as big as they thought when they put it on the schedule, is Tim Bontops. Yeah, not quite the Barnburner NBC, I think, was hoping for, at least potentially, though a couple weeks ago, the Duggets were here without their top, I think, seven guys in one. So, you know, we'll see if history repeats itself or not. Join us from Dallas, Texas. Where the man hasn't left his home in days is Ban McMahon. Howdy, partners. Listen, I'm here in the comfort of my own home and a little chilly outside. Still snow on the ground. Kids home from school. Bond tempts, meanwhile, looks like he's in a holding tank. I'm not sure what he's done to earn that. Well, Philly venues are known to have holding tanks. That is true. That is true. I've been ensconced in a dressing room to do the pod. Thankfully, the Sixers have a room, so here we are. Yeah. Last time, it got edited out of the podcast, but last time you got Heave Ho in Philly.

1:45.0

They came in and said...

1:45.7

Yeah, the first time I've ever been tossed out of a room.

1:48.9

It happened to be this same room, but I made sure to get it cleared this time, so we're good.

1:52.1

He's got a guy outside the door.

1:54.0

That's right.

1:54.4

I don't even think he's coming in.

1:56.4

All right.

1:57.1

So we have some interesting games coming up on the day this podcast is coming out on Wednesday.

2:03.4

All of you listeners and viewers will be smarter than us because you will have seen what happened in the NBA on Tuesday night.

2:09.0

But one of the games, I believe it's on ESPN, Spurs, Rockets, potential playoff matchup down McMahon way. And an interesting moment for these two teams

2:21.8

because while both of them are in the top four in the West, both of them are potential

2:28.5

movers at the trade deadline because of the assets that they have McMahon. And also,

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