Revealing The True NBA Finals Contenders + Tight NBA Awards Races & Things To Watch Down The Stretch
Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective
ESPN
3.9 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:36.3 | Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast. |
| 0:46.3 | We talk about the NBA, which you're doing on Monday night, which we're doing for various reasons, mostly because of my issues. |
| 0:49.9 | So hopefully this won't go too stale. |
| 0:52.3 | Joining us from New York City is Tim Bontovs. |
| 0:56.5 | You know, McMahon, when I listened to the pod Monday morning, |
| 1:01.2 | and I heard Brian open up with a five-minute speech about how he was sick and getting sicker, |
| 1:05.4 | I wasn't really sure if we were going to be doing any pods at all this week or maybe ever again. |
| 1:09.7 | So I'm glad we're here at least for one more before our guy weighs away. |
| 1:16.0 | Yeah, well, I told you guys a minute ago, I literally woke up this morning with a full slate of TV booked and I did not know if I could speak. |
| 1:18.6 | And so I literally spoke out loud, testing one, two, three. |
| 1:22.8 | And this voice came out and was deemed good enough to limp through. |
| 1:28.2 | Do you guys from Dallas, Texas where he's just back from the West Coast, is Band McMahon. |
| 1:32.4 | Howdy, partners? |
| 1:33.4 | I returned home with a light case of the sniffles, but I'm going to brave through this. |
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