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Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

Surging Knicks, Cavs & Timberwolves Strong Defenses

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

ESPN

Basketball, Sports

3.94K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk New York winning despite injuries, put in context the success of Brunson & the team right now, break down potential trade options for the Knicks, talk Cleveland’s recent success, how the Cavs can add back some star power soon and the Timberwolves elite defensive play. Plus, SGA’s chances for MVP, the Lakers’ struggles and Embiid’s injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective Podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday late.

0:11.0

Now, it is unusual, I know know for these two gentlemen to be joining me on a

0:15.3

Tuesday night and for Wednesday posting but we've got some changes to the Hoop collective

0:21.9

which I'll talk about in a second but first let me

0:23.9

introduce from New York City where he attended the New York knickerbockers beating the

0:28.4

Utah jazz on Tuesday night is Tim Bon Temps.

0:31.1

Hello guys this next 14 and 2 in January.

0:35.0

People in New York very excited.

0:36.0

Don't do the pod before the pod.

0:38.0

Joining us from Minneapolis, Minnesota where he's on the road.

0:41.0

He was in Oklahoma City on Monday night watching the

0:43.9

Timberwolves and the Thunder the entire Upper Midwest was unable to watch that game

0:47.9

but man was there that's banned McMahon. How do you partners?, I know folks missed me in Dallas last night or Monday night now that the pods coming out

0:57.3

But don't worry. I'll see the mabs or at least what's left of them here in Minnesota. Yeah, the Mows are kind of banged up for that game coming up on Wednesday, but the wolves are in first place.

1:07.6

We're talking about that in a few minutes.

1:09.6

So we have a little bit of a change.

1:11.4

I'm sure all of you, the listeners to the pod, very devoted, were front of your televisions on Tuesday at 2 o'clock

1:17.5

Eastern when the Hoop Collective made its debut on ESPN2, the pod that we recorded on Sunday with McMahon and George Sedano.

1:24.8

So we're going to rotate that cast for the show that comes out on Tuesdays and that means

1:28.9

McMahon and Bon Temps are going to be out on this pod on the Wednesdays and Friday so get used to.

1:34.0

All right listen I watched I watched that thing on the on the plane on the way up here baby

1:40.0

I mean that is some high quality television as far as I could tell.

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