Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to select the most intriguing people & teams heading into this upcoming season including who could have a major impact on the playoff picture and future of multiple organizations.
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0:00 Intro
0:34 Most Intriguing People For This Season
2:40 LaMelo Ball & Trae Young – Bontemps
11:50 James Harden – Brian
21:41 Jamal Murray – MacMahon
28:22 Julius Randle – Brian
33:45 Ja Morant – Bontemps
34:12 Zach Edey – MacMahon
39:03 Jimmy Butler – Brian
41:54 JJ Redick – Bontemps
48:09 Wemby & Chet – MacMahon
57:35 Whole Pelicans Organization – Brian
1:04:44 Whole Bucks Organization – Bontemps
1:07:30 CAVS CORNER Mobley & More – MacMahon
1:13:10 Akron Live Show Reminder
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45 Comments
Paolo Banchero!!!!
"Nola doesn't have a center" has Daniel Theis on the roster.. he's a beast for germany.. can shoot the 3 n space for zion. Why the disrespect..
DeRozan!
Raptors should be interesting
Insane how they didnt mentioned the TIMBERWOLVES….with Antman having a breakout season and amazing Olympics performance with very limited minutes, and to add ROB DILLINGHAM which is a very creative and shifty player
SAS is right, nobody wants to play for kerr. That’s why Klay left. KD too.
Couldn't disagree with Tim more on questioning if Jamal Murray is a top 10 pg
Randle needs to be traded, mans is not a winner – low iq decision maker
I'm not trying to crucify anyone out here nor do I wish to compare Chet and Wemby as players or their situations. They've both got a ton of success ahead of them. I just want to make it clear that I think it is absolute BS for Windy to talk about how good Wemby looked in his last 7-10 games and even suggest that we should put much of any stock in that, only for MacMahon to point out how Chet struggled shooting from deep towards the end of the regular season. Those two observations taken on their own are honestly nothing, but when you pair them together in a segment talking about Wemby and Chet, one can easily read between the lines and infer that, the Hoop Collective is suggesting this false narrative that Wemby is totally going to start next season as good as he finished last season and that Chet is totally going to struggle with his outside shot like he did towards the end of his season. That would be an utterly idiotic assumption to make, but it wouldn't be hard to get there based on how the pair were talked about in that segment.
For me it’s that Canadian duo in Indiana Benedict Mathurin & Andrew Nembhard. If Benedict comes back healthy and Nembhard continues to develop at the pace he did in the Playoffs I can honestly see the Pacers being a top 3 team in the East. Also gotta watch the Paolo Banchero development and how Orlando plays with even more spacing with KP. Magic is serious if Banchero can make that jump.
Everytime I hear you talking about trae I start to wonder who is dumb here? It's either you guys, for assuming there's no market for trae and not just that they knew dejounte was trash and trae is rock solid, or – and this I start thinking after I remember that you guys are actually well informed and talk to actual decision makers in the league – if a large pool of GM's you have access to are the dumb people, for supposedly valuing dejounte more than trae.
James Soften 😂
TYRESE MAXEY
Wemby and Chet somehow became a Lively discussion.
Who wants to see Ant fail after that comment😂
Demar DeRozan in Sacramento is intriguing
This was actually a great topic and podcast. Be sure to do it again next year. Keep up the great work
Did the lakers really give up that much for Westbrook???
Why is Cramelo Ball not mentioned? He the real ROTY
Wemby is a monster. He had 37 and 36 back-to-back against G-League Ignite, 8 time zones from home, with NBA superstars and scouts in the stands.. THen he flew back home, won French League MVP and led the league in scoring, rebounding and blocks. Then he came back to the States and won NBA ROY. Then he was the best player on a French squad that won an Olympic silver medal and gave Team USA a close game. Then after he lost that game he was super pissed and said the rest of the world will be scared of him next season. I am scared.
Mark my word…bronny is going to be in the conversation of the Rockie of the year only because the media will push it..
Lame asf topic
There is zero chance that Hartenstein is coming off the bench on any games. You do not sign a player who is making $29M a year to come off the bench. That is not happening
Lonzo Ball anyone?
Bontemps reasoning sucks
Bontemps is the most famous man in Clear Lake 😂😂. Why homie over there!? Ain't nothing out there 😂
Wow MIST IMPORTANT LOL I THINK EVERY IS but IGHHHHH
Lamelo and Trae are franchise superstars. Don’t disrespect them like this
This title is so lame.
35:16 WHAT?! Boban is much more talented. He can shoot and pass, for two. It's just that Boban is incredibly immobile.
i predict zach edey will play about the same of games ja did last season, bro is gonna be injured for 80% of his career.
I see Randle leaving they gone ask him to play Center in small ball and how they gone pay hart and donate plus he a scorer Brunson holds the ball to much
Trae Young will win the 2025 MVP 🤫
Trae young as easily, the most disrespected superstar in the NBA today. I will let these clowns laugh now and cry later all I’m gonna say.
Common guys (Brian, Tim, McMahon) you know better…….Stop acting like a casual fan of the game regarding James Harden if you are a 3rd player on a team how the hell do you still expect him to have big numbers and more free throw.
Hernandez Eric Davis Maria Hall Edward
GMs should all be fired, they are terrible in building a team. Scouts are awful as well. Giving huge contracts is a big mistake. The draft lottery is a joke, you have a few good players that make a difference.
Harden is done. He destroyed three teams. Good he lost money.
Murray's max will be an albatross for many years for Joker.
Can wemby add to the spurs wins this year? Worst Rookie of the Year EVER
He hasn't even played yet so can he important all of you said that need to be toxed
Zach Edey has the potential to be the next Rik Smits if he works on his perimeter game.
Go Bonnies!🎉
Randle I agree with. But one of the people I wanted you guys to bring up is De'Aaron Fox. The Kings gotta either make a great playoff run or they're going to have to figure out what to do with him, Murray and Sabonis. At this point, even with DeRozan, he has to be an All NBA player for them to make noise in the West
As long as Ja is the primary ball handler of Memphis, Edey is not gonna get a lot of touches, better get the rebound… Ja is a certified BALLHOG…