LeBron’s Best Free Agency Landing Spots + Reaction To Blockbuster Kawhi Trade
7/1/202655 min
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim MacMahon and Bobby Marks to break down an eventful first day of NBA free agency. The guys talk about LeBron James & the Lakers deciding to part ways and what landing spots make the most sense for LeBron this season. Plus, what can the Lakers do now to build a contender for Luka Doncic in LA in the near future? Next, the guys talk about the Raptors’ blockbuster trade for Kawhi Leonard from the Clippers including if this move makes Toronto a legitimate contender in the Eastern Conference. Finally, we talk about why the Clippers are a very interesting team to follow after this move and a big change for the NBA Cup Final.
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First 90 secondsBrian Windhorst· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday evening. Here, j- actually, it's almost Wednesday morning, but the NBA new league year is open. It's almost July out here in LA, which is where our man, front office insider Bobby Marks, is with me.
Bobby Marks· Panelist0:23
Hello, Brian. I am, uh, literally a baseball throw away. I don't know if you gotta get through the wall, but I'm in the vicinity.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:30
Yeah. You're in the old SportsCenter studio.
Bobby Marks· Panelist0:31
I know.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:31
We don't do SportsCenter out of LA anymore, but there's the old studio, still there.
Bobby Marks· Panelist0:35
I feel the Stan Verrett and vibes coming through- Yeah, Neil Everett ... and Nicole. We just, it's, yeah.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:41
Neil Everett.
Bobby Marks· Panelist0:41
Oh, yeah.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:41
Yeah.
Bobby Marks· Panelist0:41
This is where we are.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:42
Absolutely.
Bobby Marks· Panelist0:43
Yep.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:43
Um, all right, joining us from Dallas, Texas, is Band McMahon.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:47
Howdy, partners. I feel like we might need a little Windy sleep update. How, how you doing on that?
Brian Windhorst· Host0:53
[laughs] Well, I mean, Bobby and I are both, you know, going wall to wall out here.
Bobby Marks· Panelist0:58
Well, I'll give, I'll say this. Windy got a break today on the sh- on the show tonight because we got Richard Rol- when, when Richard rolled in and you had Perk- Oh ... and, well, Chump was kinda taking a backseat, W- Brian had like a, like a 45-minute break from, from talking during- [laughs] Oh- During that ...
Brian Windhorst· Host1:14
and I was on air ...
Bobby Marks· Panelist1:15
the A, Bs, and Cs [laughs] On air.
Brian Windhorst· Host1:17
Yeah. [laughs] Um, all right. Okay, so we had a minor news day today- Oh, yeah ... by NBA standards. Um, you may have heard LeBron James has decided that he, uh...