This week on the channel +12M views this week

MTN Hoops passes 210,000 subscribers with a dozen NBA Shorts

Jimmy Butler's pretend coaching stint anchors a week of Curry reactions, James family moments and Wembanyama highlights.

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MTN Hoops Story of November 12, 2026Trari Newsroom

No. 9 on the Sports chart

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

They let Jimmy Butler COACH 😭🔥 #shorts

MTN Hoops added roughly 4,000 subscribers over the week, with its basketball clips ranging from bench comedy to the familiar astonishment surrounding Victor Wembanyama. The channel's daily views are a little above their usual level, rather than making the same dramatic leap as its standout upload.

That standout, "They let Jimmy Butler COACH 😭🔥 #shorts", has reached nearly three million views. As we reported here, the edit gives Butler a wonderfully uncomplicated playbook: get the ball to Stephen Curry. This is a humorous montage with fictional dialogue captions, not a record of Butler actually taking over Steve Kerr's job. Curry's contested three-pointers supply the supporting evidence. In the comments, viewers keep returning to the simplicity of that instruction and imagining Butler as a future assistant coach.

Across the dozen uploads, Curry also appears in "Steph STILL has Steve Kerr speechless 😂❤️ #shorts", while LeBron and Bronny James each get their own comic spotlight. The LeBron upload and "Wemby is NOT human 👽 #shorts" are the other strongest sources of daily viewing right now, though Butler's clipboard remains comfortably the busiest.

Among nearby-sized sports channels, MTN Hoops had the largest weekly views gain in this group. NBA Europe also grew, while Women Hooping's daily viewing is running below its usual level. For MTN Hoops, the week's defining combination is basketball skill and the bench reactions that give those highlights a second story.

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What viewers say

The “pass it to Steph” strategy has never failed them before. If ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
@ForrestFairieSee it on YouTube
He said “hey see??” Like he discovered gold 😂
@jacobleoni3300See it on YouTube
Bro's gonna be the assistant coach of the golden state warriors after retirement 😂
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Jimmy is always up to something..🤣😭
@CarsonS2013See it on YouTube
“And your Coach of the Year is: Jimmy Buckets”😭✌️
@VoidMaster2011See it on YouTube
love this teams vibe and chemistry
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