Phoenix Suns COLLAPSE, History For Brunson & Mavericks Fall Short | The Hoop Collective

[@superphi]

Bontemps was right about Phoenix

[@tanguero_]

Bontemps can be annoying, but he's usually right

[@dre32pitt]

Anyone who knows actual basketball knew PHX wouldn't work.. there's only 1 ball and the pieces dont compliment each other.. not enough high bball iq guys either..

[@Mr.Thomas_Anderson]

Bontemps has the charisma of my thumb and he looks like it too

[@Realyst]

He's so hateable...

[@jrcrashin4575]

Lmao

[@jrcrashin4575]

I’m here for all the bontemps hate

[@Alexodeya6925]

He’s a beast

[@DaYungSinChrg]

😂😂😂😂😂 leave my guy alone

[@FANTASYBOOKING69]

No true point guard, No interior defender, no lockdown defender, no bench.

[@weights250]

Basically, you're saying the Suns lacked everything the Timberwolves are and have.

[@exilhamburger4802]

And some sweet payback for Gobert for some of those Allstar draft silliness. Granted his skill set isn't feasible in all star games, but still..

[@dre32pitt]

owner and GM thought it was a fantasy league..

[@SquidysTents]

So basically, with the exception of elite scoring, everything that makes a team good, the suns are missing lmaoo

[@lvpradagucci5539]

​@@weights250 basically the suns had a bench the retard frank vogel ain't use it 😅😅😅

[@rizzo021]

I was at that sixers knicks game....amazing experience!! Knicks in 5

[@Edd_LShore]

When you hear these "smartest people on Earth" defend Vogel, remember they inflated and defended Rivers forever and they used to say Monty was an awesome coach

[@SkwisgaarSkwigelf-69-420]

Ant denying Booker from getting 50 was the best highlight. 😂😂😂

[@TRON0314]

Man stared him down multiple times in the game. Not just after the block. Cold blooded killer.

[@quantumviions9537]

Windy be blocking the guys. “We will get to that” lmao

[@WhereIsYourID]

Im going to sound like every dumb fan when I say this, but how Edwards reacts after a twisted ankle is how I expect every professional athlete to react. I know im not a pro athlete but I can speak from experience ive twisted and sprained my ankles several times and broken 1 of them once. Its not easy to keep playing on it at all, but my main point here is the amount of times guys get hit in the head or take a hard fall and just lay on the ground for 20 seconds, not to mention the flopping and acting.... even Richard Jefferson pointed it out on broadcast yesterday. Just get TF up. You're pro athletes. Which is exactly what Edwards does and I love it

[@trip2belize]

he a dawg fr

[@PensFan35]

They’re buying time for their teammates to get a breather. It’s a pretty common strategy at this point. It can save you a time out later on

[@WhereIsYourID]

@@PensFan35 Only sometimes thats the case. Most of the time its to sell a call & possibly get tgat call upgraded, and buy time for either their coaches to challenge or refs to review. Its bad for the game stop doing it. Period

[@bryanmwesigye1612]

Ant being on third team nba is diabolical .

[@robertburr2652]

*Someone mentions a player being in the running for MVP, All Defensive Team, etc* Tim Bontemps: Yeah, I had him on my ballot for that.

[@PeteCalandra]

Hi Bontemps. Clyde Game 7, 1970 for the championship against West Chamberlain and Baylor is the greatest game ever by a Knick. Never forget that.

[@Big_AL_Nowitzki]

1970? Lmaooooo

[@SquidysTents]

Ant is great and all, but Denver has so many amazing defensive weapons they can throw at him… I have a really hard time believing he will be able to keep up this level of production in the next round. So while I do love his game, let’s push the brakes here just a tad with all the Ant hype. I need to see him do it against Denver before I start buying into all the hype

[@Phizzo4real]

😂😂😂 Okay...nit is not like he didn't play them all season or last postseason... go look at the numbers since it is evident u didn't watch 😂😂😂 Also, from last year to this year, consider, Ant is a much better playmaker and is handling the double team so well in Round 1. Now can Denver slow his scoring down? Absolutely. But we have other weapons if double comes. If they put AG on And Towns will have his way with Joker in the Post and take him out with foul troubles. Wolves is the perfect team to give Denver the most headache. I'm not saying it will be easy for Wolves, but we can win that series in 6.

[@j.daydream]

amazing defensive weapons?

[@nycedyme4]

@@Phizzo4realstop glazing nobody reading all that. Ant is good but they ain’t beating Denver

[@keithedwards8365]

I'll bring out a receipt from last year, all three of these guys called the Wolves trade for Gobert dumb and by the end of the year were saying KAT should be traded because with his contact they were going to be in salary cap hell .. the tone of that episode was EXACTLY the same as this one.. the west is going to be a bloodbath for the next 5 years so losing in the first round is a disappointment but not exactly shameful

[@adambrollosy6207]

Ant becoming what ja should have been. Face of the league. Role model of the youth. Ja and lamelo still relevant. But ant moved up the ladder in terms of influence this year

[@martineztony21]

I couldn’t wait for this video to come out! Great weekend of basketball

[@dskwared2u610]

A Texas man like MacMahon should know the word highfalutin. Brunson wearing his sunglasses indoors is highfalutin.

[@leroyduncan9368]

Mj, Kobe and Lebron all couldnt be denied their greatness by anyone. THAT, more than any other trait, is what Ant has in common with them.

[@xaviershelviejohnson5771]

I agree.

[@nycedyme4]

Relax

[@cpm4778]

"He's like a puppy" 🤣😂😭

[@jackl4laughs]

Wolves gave the Nuggets problems in the first round last year too, it should be a good series and I hope everyone can stay healthy on both sides so we get the full fight.

[@808bAler]

I'm happy that Kyrie has a chance to silence the doubters and reinvigorate his legacy, he really needed this season to go well. He definitely looks to be as healthy as he's ever been. What a baller.

[@brianking7757]

As a Sixers fan, I don't want Paul George. Between his and Embiid's injury history,we instantly become the Clippers: all the talent and potential in the world but never know when ( and to what extent) our stars would be available. The Sixers acquiring Paul George is a disaster waiting to happen.

[@yo_everett2765]

Aye Bontemps and MacMahon went crazy at the end. That was mf hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 1:19:46

[@ashoksinha115]

Bontemps Is The Smartest Guy Here. Always has Been

[@bastienweisbein4400]

thank you tim bontemps, the beal trade was a death nail from the start

[@StanModGaming]

thibbs playing brunson like rose with a 3 pointer

[@ToneyDouglas23]

Bontemps was bullied in school theres no denying it. Know-it-all who has to correct everyone.

[@blablablaa14]

A big problem for the Suns is that multiple players have shifted the top 10 players and Booker is arguably not in there anymore. With the emergence of Ant, Brunson and Wemby, arguably you can put Booker in the top 15 or even just top 20 players. He's not a 2 way player, offensively he is gifted but his impact on the team beyond scoring is very limited. When you look at the 3 guys I mentioned alone with the top 5 internationals who are the MVP candidates (Jokic/SGA/Luka/Embiid/Giannis). That's 8 players that are 100% better than Booker and we haven't even gotten to the older crowd (KD/Lebron/Steph/Dame/AD/Tatum and etc)

[@cindyfagerstrom8825]

Matt Ishbia, "What to do? I never should have traded Chris Paul.". As crazy as this seems, with few options outside free agency, it wouldn't surprise me if CP3 lands back with the Suns next season. Man, they need a truckload of HGH in Phoenix.

[@rah0210]

I agree silver had told his refs to not eject any stars. The stuff embiid is getting away with is nuts.

[@liferealgood]

Dude out there playing hockey or wrestling. Slamming into people and kicking them.

[@dras-pv8qv]

Elbows brunson in the ribs. Pulls on Robinson's foot. Nba refs: nothing to see here

[@SoundslikeLogic]

Brunson hunted the Tobias Harris matchup in switches for iso, and kept Embiid when Embiid picked him up full court. Philly didn't decide to do that.

[@cindyfagerstrom8825]

Breaking News: Ban McMahon is now barred from all Phoenix Suns home games for the upcoming season and his mortgage is being reviewed. Ishbia is certainly a team builder ... for the Nets. Maybe when the Nets are good they'll trade for Durant again.

[@liferealgood]

There’s an obvious bias here. How does Windy start off yesterday’s game about Embiid not showing up? Embiid had 27/10/6 which is the avg for the entire series outside of that 50 spot. Brunson had a helluva performance and we start out talking about Embiid.

[@leroyduncan9368]

He guarded Book after turning both ankles. And still dropped 16 in the 4th.

[@johnathanbiffar4113]

Longggggg summer for the Suns coming up

[@Marco-uh5zn]

Bontemps and Macmahon on point with the suns

[@SoundslikeLogic]

People complain about resellers with Knicks fans in Wells Fargo, but the tickets were face value from the box office a week before. Nobody resold those tickets.

[@hotxrice]

Broom with a bowtie on it. Gentleman's sweep

[@SquidysTents]

I seriously don’t understand why everyone was so high on the suns going into the year. The only guy on that team I believe in when things get tough is Booker

[@Alexodeya6925]

Bontemps keep up the good work. You the man

[@dras-pv8qv]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@808bAler]

Ant is young enough that his ankles can take the abuse. Good for him and good for the T-Wolves. Helluva Sweep Job!

[@TheRulersBack18]

also, i remember saying it was stupid to dangle your #1 pick starting center in restricted free agency after you made the finals with him anchoring the defense, and what do you know?! it ruined the relationship between him and the team, helped lead to the coach getting fired, and his value was so low by the end that they traded him for jusuf nurkic. they have undervalued their young players for years and it came home to roost in this series

[@BadP0tat0]

Team USA roster to be mainly out of Playoffs :) only Ant, Hali and Tatum are close to moving to second round…. Remaining ones are either out already or on a brink (LBJ, AD, Bam, Jru)

[@Earl_E_Burd]

You may have heard that Jrue is no longer on Milwaukee...

[@dprestons0318]

On several of Harden's drives, the replay showed Kleba in the no-man's zone, i.e. not helping on the driver and not totally staying with the Big. He seemed to be more on the side of staying with the big, it was like he was more scared of Harden throwing the lob than making an easy layup. It was not a good look in my opinion.

[@Ush-Von]

“Hello everybody 🤓” 😂

[@Dzad00]

I’m calling this rn: OKC trade Giddey, Cason Wallace, another role player, and as many 1st as it takes to get KD. OKC would still have like $7M in c cap space (depending on who the other role player is) plus the MLE to fill out the roster. The Suns could then use those multiple 1st to reshape their roster while also getting out of the 2nd apron.

[@SojiRo23]

KD needs to be on a more traditional team if he ever wants to win again. Could make a similar argument about Book-imagine if he were in Miami. The “big 3” stuff is dead.

[@MerpTime]

Said when Kyrie left he should have stayed in Brooklyn. But chose to take the shortcut, literally told the Nets, only trade him to Phoenix. He made his bed and now's gotta sleep in it.

[@slatchet2799]

Jalen certainly doesn't jump out of the gym but i would say he's superbly athletic outside of that . he's got an great first step , fast , strong as hell, stamina for days

[@nycedyme4]

He’s not fast nor has a “great first step” your thinking of Maxey and that’s ok. Brunson is great but he’s crafty. Leave it there

[@MiketyMike74]

What do you think about Phoenix doing a deal with Houston in the off season with Kevin Durant? Maybe?

[@jameswilliams3310]

AND BRIAN STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR THESE SO CALLED STARS!! JOEL EMBARRASSED HIMSELF WITH HIS ANTICS IN GM 3

[@blablablaa14]

KD to the Warriors for Kuminga/CP3 and Picks makes too much sense in my mind. Lets bring back 2018 and see if Steph/KD can be good again. Suns should try to tank next season with Booker /Beal being injured and then they can come back with a strong draft pick the year after

[@will2358]

Frank Vogel is not a offense head coach he’s a great defense head coach with a purely offense roster that’s why it’s not working

[@Earl_E_Burd]

People call me a h8r but I got nuthin on Bongtemps

[@dre32pitt]

whoever wins MIN v DEN will win it all (barring injuries).. BOS needs to overcome their playoff demons before I can take them seriously.. They've been on the cusp for like 5-6 years now..

[@BastienAndurand-hh2kz]

Why Phoenix no sign Killyan Hayes comme point guards. 😊

[@BHunter1088]

Whoever convinced Tim MacMahon he’s funny owes everyone an apology 🤦‍♂️

[@Edd_LShore]

Yeap

[@enyapnomar]

Ways ANT Man is like Jordan and Kobe: Confidence, early basketball IQ (He's smarter than most players his age), and finesse/body control in the air, and Athleticism. His physical basketball characteristics are pretty unique tho dribbling, shot style etc.

[@nycedyme4]

Ant is great but basketball IQ isn’t his strong suit. And stop comparing him to guys who WANTED TO WIN EVERYTHING…ANT shooting left handed in allstar games. Let ant be ant Kobe and Mike would unalive their mom to win. Ant ain’t that

[@Shawnjohson1608]

Beal trade is so bad that phoenix now needs to contemplate trading their franchise player.

[@slow_Jo]

So......i guess Rudy Gobert isn't the worst deal in league history anymore? LOL. Thanks, Bradley Beal for taking that mantle and being a significantly worse player who doesn't impact winning 😂

[@nycedyme4]

I’m old enough to remember these guys clowning Kyrie hellaciously on this podcast for months. Now they speak of him like they didn’t know he was that guy. He’s healthy for once and isn’t being suspended for instagram or covid reasons. Acknowledge him more than you’re doing

[@808bAler]

I'm a little irritated by you gents downplaying how reckless Embiid has been in this series. Fukc Embiid. Still love y'all, though.

[@scottrader6411]

19:28 Freudian slip?

[@teledanhogan4237]

Funny I thought the guy drafted 41st that became 3 time mvp was a larger riser… I’m no expert but…

[@Chapa-pa-pa]

I tuned in to the NBA last week to see some games, and all I got were blowouts and sweeps. Throw the commercials and referee breaks in there and I was bored out of my mind.

[@Earl_E_Burd]

Sounds like poor decision-making. I've had the opposite experience. Amazing games and fast-forwarding.

[@JustMoseyinAround]

*Don't the Knicks have a bunch of picks to trade? 👀. And Julius randle is under contract for 2 more years... 👀👀👀*

[@taylor7264]

shai might be a better two-way guard than ant

[@Edd_LShore]

Oh he is

[@Earl_E_Burd]

Yeah, good call

[@mccm333]

Booker and ANT are still equals to me, but one’s team is dysfunctional and one’s is on the same page/know their roles/getting better every day

[@Edd_LShore]

One has an incredible amount embarrassaments and other doesnt though

[@TheRulersBack18]

if lebron forced his way to a team (making them trade their young wing talent), and the team fired their head coach, traded their starting point guard, and traded their starting center, all we'd hear about is LeGM and how he ruins teams (despite him winning with literally ever franchise he's played for). but with durant it's 'poor kd! his stupid owner forced them to trade for beal! all he can do is play with the teammates he has!'

[@Edd_LShore]

Yeap. And these narratives get support from the huge amount of LeBron haters

[@leroyduncan9368]

Ant has his eyes on a title. I dont think ANYONE wants it more. And NO ONE who wants it understands the gap between Ants belief and their own. Im telling yall It feels like destiny with this kid.

[@lolpredictions]

Ant was on another level in the 2nd half. Nuggets Wolves should be a great series but I'm go with Denver in 7. Would take Denver in 5 tho before picking Minneosta to win. They have to prove it. Smacking a poorly coached dysfunctional suns team is one thing, downing the champs is a different kind of task.

[@ajcou]

Durant for Karl towns and a 1st, whatever 2nd picks. Suns get younger and size. Wolves can probably defer a chunk of salary for a year with 2nd apron

[@alexanderfisher7261]

Are the thunder the only team to send out Chris Paul in a trade and be better for it?

[@nintendawgs7388]

GO MAGIC! 💙🤍🖤

[@jokerdadon1405]

Lakers should be up 3-1 🤦🏾‍♂️🏀😑

[@Lanman27]

One of them avoiding even mentioning Kyrie again.... Guess who lol

[@maze.11]

WOLVES BACK!!!

[@jameswilliams3310]

BRIAN WE LOVE YOU BUT YOU WERE PENNY DREADFUL DEAD WRONG ON BRUNSON!!!!!!

[@delmedico6804]

Is it considered a collapse if you never won a game? Sounds like wolves dominated

[@Kipmoney_]

They might run Kawhi out of LA if he plays in Olympics and misses the rest of these playoffs. Feel bad for the guy.

[@KK-qs2kq]

In the case of the Suns, one on one/hero ball>Team basketball all day.

[@SaharaKnows]

He can deliver against embid. Embid as your number 1 won’t work. Has talent but not the mentality.

[@Toneloc1818]

AD and DLo for Booker and Nurkic. Suns draft Bronny LeBrick opts out and signs a two yr vet minimum contract with Suns. Sign CP3 vet minimum. CP3 Beal LeBrick KD AD Allen 6th man Lakers..... Rui and a 1st for DeMar sign and trade. Sign Valanciunas to a 3 yr full exception. Reaves Booker DeMar Vanderbilt Valanciunas Bench.... Nurkic Vincent Christie Hayes Wood Reddish Prince Lewis Castleton

[@Phizzo4real]

KIT'S minutes weren't reduced because Suns went small. Don't go starting some false narrative like with Gobert. He was in foul trouble. Ant even said as much in post game presser.

[@SquidysTents]

The fact Bontemps had Booker second team and Ant third team tells me everything I need to know about his basketball IQ 😂

[@kraw3026]

Dont live in the moment. Booker should be 2nd

[@bhop1871]

Bradley Beal sucks

[@Big_AL_Nowitzki]

So overrated

[@ineedsaltplease620]

Embiid stepped on Hart's leg on purpose

[@carmine_]

This guy thinks Brunson was off cause of “size” lmao he trying to hold onto any little hope that him and other clueless media members were right .. mean while we a saw him do it ALL year and last year in the playoffs and every other freaking year lolololol And bruh yes he took 34 shots BUT his shooting percentage was really good.. let’s not forget to mention that cause it makes a HUGE difference.. cant just say that without mentioning the biggest part.. and nah Brunson gets most of his points from actually getting buckets…. Mean while embiid needs free throws to put up points lolol

[@x83b6an0s9cm]

Love how fiesty Bontemps is today

[@KK-qs2kq]

As unlikely as it is, the NBA would love nothing more than Ant and the Timberwolves making the Finals and winning, so they can finally have an American star they can market with the flashy game to match. Especially since Curry, KD, and Bron will be out of the league or no longer peak in 5 years.

[@mattwhitely1067]

Tatum? That said wemby will absolutely be the best player in the league after jokic..

[@jean-mariepincemin8710]

Bradley Beal is all he ever was: a guy who scored lots on a bad team... He was ridiculed by Cooper Flag this summer...

[@liferealgood]

I have that video they are referring to saved in my Instagram. Those idiots that criticized that deal are in witness protection. You can’t find them.

[@leojones22]

Police should invite Ant for questioning after he said he wants tokill everyone

[@etuboldon]

why has everyone just written off the Lakers though? Jamal Murray might not play tonight, and the Lakers are desperate.

[@Joefdgtr]

Their history vs Denver recently has been poor to say the least.

[@noyou113]

Because no team in nba history has come back from a 3-0 deficit.

[@Fl01892]

lol XD

[@xaviershelviejohnson5771]

I think its ridiculous these guys ignore history to blowviate over the cuttent guys. In no world was this game by brundan better than the clyde frazier close out game in the 70s. Learn the history of the game man.

[@lampard9512]

Harden just great in game 1 and 4? He the only one who play great the whole series!! What a bunch of haters, look at the stats

[@ianwatson1542]

Booker is not one of those guys

[@Edd_LShore]

Nobody that has Kobe as the idol is.

[@Ahmed-uu9ro]

Devin Booker = 5 str8 losing seasons until CP3 saved him 😂😂😂

[@ddanny525]

Durant for Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson. Either this, or Knicks trade them both for Zion.

[@Militantyouthssound]

Please no, as a Knicks fan

[@ddanny525]

@@Militantyouthssound yeah, I'd rather get Bridges myself, but I could see this happening. LFGK

[@foreverbMT]

The suns dont have an offensive system . They depend on KD and book to male tough shots. It wont work. Send KD back to GS and get some some players in return

[@phuntsokphotography]

Minnesota Lynx must’ve swept a team during that dynasty run.

[@carter5377]

I'm from Minnesota, and I hadn't even heard of the lynx until I saw a clip of their championship parade on TV with the title that said something like "Lynx win 4th title in 6 years" lmfao. That parade looked sad asf too. I don't even know if their parents showed up for it.

[@shanerambaran9122]

I’m with you, I was thinking about the old Minneapolis Lakers when he said that. they were the first nba dynasty when the league way back in the 50s and won like 4 straight titles. But then I heard his qualifier of a best of 7 series. Back then I think the played best of 5s series. So it was a sly way to make a point showing how dominant they were in a city where they haven’t seen domination like that in a single series because other leagues or eras in the nba weren’t playing best of 7. I think the wnba is best of 3 or 5 for their series.

[@dskwared2u610]

Bontemps doesn't have friends, he's also good at fiction. 😁