Flagg’s Rookie Of The Year Statement + NBA’s Biggest Final Week Drama To Watch
4/6/20261 hr 2 min
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to break down Cooper Flagg making a case for Rookie Of The Year with some historic statement performances. Then, we dive into the biggest final week storylines in both conferences including Giannis' drama with the Bucks, some epic playoff races to watch, the disastrous injuries to the Lakers and much more.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Brian Windhorst· Host0:09
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Speaker 00:10
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Brian Windhorst· Host0:11
[upbeat music] Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective Podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Sunday evening, basically Monday morning.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:26
Hmm.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:27
Joining us from New York City is Tim Bontemps.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:30
Hello, everybody.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:31
Joining us from Dallas, Texas, at the American Airlines Center, where the Mavericks just beat the new-look Lakers.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:39
Hmm.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:39
Is that, is that putting a g- [chuckles] an optimistic bent on it? Where Cooper Flagg finished off a weekend where he scored, I believe, 96 points in two games, is Van McMahon.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:49
Howdy, partners. Cooper Flagg flipping the Rookie of the Year odds with one hell of a weekend. Folks around here fired up by the old Bontemps bonus straw poll, baby.
Brian Windhorst· Host1:01
It's the last time Bontemps does a bonus poll.
Tim Bontemps· Panelist1:03
Did he, did he flip, did he flip McMahon's fake vote?
Tim MacMahon· Panelist1:06
[laughs] Uh, yeah, actually, [chuckles] to be honest with you, yes, he did.
Brian Windhorst· Host1:10
[laughs] Yeah. The Hornets did get a big win today. Kon Knipp- Kon Knipple has actually just not played great for the last eight to 10 days in some key games. I'm not sure that has anything to do with it, but I, I wasn't surprised that, that Kon was ahead. I was surprised at 80 to 20. But maybe in a strange way,