NBA on ESPN

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk Cade Cunningham’s impressive performances with the USA select team, Jalen Brunson taking a leadership role with Team USA’s World Cup squad, the future roster construction for USA Basketball heading into next year’s 2024 Paris Olympics, the significance of Anthony Davis’ contract extension with the Lakers and more!

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the start of Team USA camp, reminisce about previous Team USA camps, talk how this could be a springboard to stardom for one player, get some contract extension reaction and more!

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to discuss the most interesting players who will be extension eligible in the near future including a Lakers’ star, an Eastern Conference star on a title contender, some teams with no direction and more!

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Zach and Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone go behind the scenes on the Nuggets journey to the 2023 NBA title, then ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk join to talk the Clippers at the crossroads, the James Harden situation, and more. 

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Zach Lowe begins the podcast discussing the latest on Bronny James following his Cardiac Arrest, and Jaylen Brown's new supermax contract extension, then he bounces around the Western Conference: ESPN's Tim MacMahon joins to talk Rockets (7:16), Andrew Schlecht of The Athletic discusses what's next with the Thunder (37:01) , and finally Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic details what a quiet offseason so far means for the strange Minnesota Timberwolves. (1:03:03)

10:46- The Rockets young pieces

14:45- Jabari Smith Jr.'s emergence

26:16- Alperun Penguin's fit with team

33:15- What does Dillon Brooks bring?

39:00- OKC's plans for implementing Chet Holmgren

45:00- Who will make OKC's final roster?

52:25- Is Josh Giddey the odd man out?

1:08:52- Looking back at the Wolves postseason performance

1:13:00 Karl-Anthony Towns future with team.

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to break down both the Eastern and Western Conferences into tiers based on who will contend, who will be draft lottery bound and more!

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Zach and Chris Herring of SI.com discuss the James Harden stand-off and the futures of the Sixers and Clippers, then pick their five most intriguing new player-team fits: Chris Paul in Golden State, Marcus Smart in Memphis, John Collins in Utah, much more.

Harden ready to get uncomfortable (1:26)

Sixers and Clippers haven't done much this summer (8:19)

Clause in CBA could affect Harden's plans to get uncomfortable (14:09)

Harden's potential fit with Clippers (22:15)

How Chris Paul fits with Golden State (31:15)

CP3 is coming off the bench, right? (37:13)

Marcus Smart's fit with Memphis (49:55)

Is Jaren Jackson, Jr.'s future at the 5? (58:32)

Georges Niang in Cleveland (1:03:17)

John Collins in Utah (1:10:01)

Bruce Brown in Indiana (1:19:27)

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to break down the biggest winners and losers of the NBA offseason so far including a team that needs to keep their star happy, why the Raptors continue to confuse, teams taking some big risks and more!

Intro – Summer League Talk

3:30 Biggest Offseason Losers - Celtics

15:15 Steph Curry’s hole-in-one

17:00 Raptors – Offseason Losers confusing plan

23:50 76ers – Offseason Losers Harden situation

39:00 Biggest Offseason Losers – Bucks retain talent

42:00 Spurs – Offseason Winners Getting Wemby

46:00 Offseason Winners Honorable Mention

50:00 Suns – Offseason Winners tremendous talent

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Zach discusses Joel Embiid's recent comments about his future in Philadelphia, and talks Lakers outlook with ESPN's Dave McMenamin. Then (52:51) ESPN's Michael Schwartz -- research guru and lifelong Suns fan -- joins to talk the revamped Suns title chances. 

McMenamin

Embiid opening the door to leave Philly (1:05)

Embiid’s playoff history (14:17)

How good will the Lakers be? (20:16)

LeBron is returning (24:29)

We are not far off from seeing players make a million dollars per game (28:58)

Anthony Davis extension looming (35:27)

Starting five (40:26)

Offense needs to be better (45:15)

Schwartz (52:51)

Air of skepticism around Suns (56:23)

Should be a Top 3 offense (1:01:33)

Ayton is the key to the defense (1:06:51)

Starting lineup (1:13:08)

Are you excited about this all-in team? Do you miss the homegrown feel of Bridges and Johnson? (1:15:34)

Need more consistency from Ayton (1:17:50)

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk LeBron coming back for another season, what the Lakers could be this season, Mat Ishbia’s plan for the future of the Suns, if Phoenix can manage to stay healthy and the biggest takeaways from Adam Silver’s press conference.

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