Reaction to Blockbuster NBA Trades: Harden To Cleveland, Jaren Jackson Jr. To Utah & More!

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Sports, Basketball

3.9 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to a wild day of NBA trades including the blockbuster deal sending James Harden to the Cavs and Darius Garland to the Clippers. Next, the guys break down Jaren Jackson Jr. getting traded to Utah, discussing what it means for the future of the Jazz and what it may signal for Ja Morant’s future in Memphis. Then, we tackle an interesting set of moves by the Bulls and wonder what the vision is moving forward. Finally, will Minnesota get better this week or are they in a money saving mode? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.
0:06.6	We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday evening,
0:10.0	joining us from New York City,
0:11.3	where he attended the Lakers at Nets game on Tuesday night.
0:17.0	Tim Bond Temps, did LeBron talk about all those great memories at Barclays Center,
0:20.8	possible last game there?
0:23.4	I doubt it.
0:25.1	I doubt that he did.
0:26.6	I doubt it was quite the same celebration as Sunday night.
0:30.6	I just wish people could get access to our outtakes for our technological snafus on the pod.
0:37.0	It would be, we could be, we could be very
0:39.4	profitable on a side business of just showing people the behind the scenes. Tonight, I locked myself
0:44.3	out of the studio here in L.A. and our next gentleman can't make his AirPods work.
0:50.7	And despite all the King's H and all the King's men,
0:54.6	joining us from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas,
0:57.7	where he saw the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks tonight is Ban
1:02.9	McMahon.
1:03.6	Howdy, partners, saw Cooper Flagg score 36, 119 over the last three?
1:08.3	This guy, hey, listen, I don't know why Jason Kidd's so angry.
1:13.5	I don't know why anybody with Dallas is all worried.
1:16.2	You guys are just fine.
1:19.0	Just everything in Dallas is going to be okay.
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