LISTEN: Brian Windhorst fat shames Luka Doncic for liking pie on The Hoop Collective podcast

Brian Windhorst probably should have kept this one in his back pocket.

Windhorst caught some attention this week for a comment he made about Luka Doncic on The Hoop Collective podcast.

During a conversation about the Lakers’ struggles, co-host Tim MacMahon said that if there’s a “blame pie,” Luka can have a slice but there’s plenty to go around.

Brian Windhorst responded with “Luka likes pie.”

MacMahon kept it moving and pretended he didn’t hear it. Solid instincts.

Brian Windhorst Fat Shaming Luka Doncic:

“Luka likes pie”

– Brian Windhorst 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/bawX7f6NGV

— Logion Noops (@LogionNoops) February 20, 2026

Luka’s weight and conditioning have followed him around for most of his NBA career. It’s been a legitimate talking point. He made a real effort this past offseason to come into the year in better shape and that was well documented.

Whether the results have fully shown up on the court is a separate conversation, but the guy put in the work. Making a pie joke about it on a podcast feels like a cheap shot more than an actual observation.

At the risk of going there, Brian Windhorst is genuinely the last person in any room who should be taking shots at someone else’s weight.

That’s not a personal attack, it’s just the obvious thing everyone watching that clip was already thinking. Sometimes the self-awareness has to kick in before you say the thing out loud. This was one of those moments.

No real harm done in the grand scheme of things. Just a weird, unnecessary comment from Brian Windhorst that landed awkwardly and didn’t add anything to the conversation.

Leave the pie jokes at home, Brian.

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