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Wow, what is going on everybody?
Welcome back BT Unleashed. 

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This is going to be a a massive 
week on the show. 

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Hopefully everybody had an 
outstanding weekend. 

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What's going on? 
J Rod is in the house. 

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I'm here. 
Obviously. 

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We'll get you calls, we'll get 
you chats going. 

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Let's just jump right into it, 
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I got a lot to do today, some 
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Now, before I get into the 

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Knicks, let me give you guys a 
heads up, a nice alert for the 

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Show coming up on Wednesday. 
I mean, I wish they would have 

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played better this weekend. 
I might have some tough 

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questions for my buddy Booty, 
but we will have the Yankees 

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skipper on the Show on Wednesday
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I don't know if I love the way 
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the weekend, but you know, 
listen, you, you would have to 

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hope that this is just a little 
blip here. 

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Although the Yankees have not 
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teams with winning records, 
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some of the better teams in 
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So not a really good weekend out
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good weekend out there for the 
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phenomenal weekend for the 
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And listen, you just got to you 
got to establish something here 

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like I don't want to hear. 
I really don't want to hear it 

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because I don't think it's 
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I don't want to hear. 
Now we can celebrate and we can 

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think big and we will. 
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Calves knock each other around, 
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2345 more days. 
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fact that the Knicks won and the
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an Obi and being able to keep 
him on ice is massive to the big

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picture. 
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is that this is the Knicks team 
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It's not. 
I'm already getting the tweets 

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today. 
You owe Mike Brown. 

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I don't I don't owe Mike Brown 
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I never once said that Mike 
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So see guys, this is this is 
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I mean it, it is euphoric in 
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rightfully so, rightfully so. 
You can really start thinking 

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big now. 
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and you better believe that the 
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a championship. 
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this was the team that we saw 
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what? 
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that I had during the season. 
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down on this team. 
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season, I thought the Knicks 
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I've said that I'm on the 
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There's plenty of receipts out 
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I thought that Tom Thibodeau 
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With all due respect to Tom 
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I Mike Brown wasn't my first 
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I was thinking other, other 
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But once Mike Brown was hired, I
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he's solid. 
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shake the earth in terms of 
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mention the implementation of 
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then they won the cup and after 
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You want to tell me it's a cup 
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I mean stop man. 
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grueling 3 week stretch. 
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much energy. 
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from winning the mid season cup 
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But for those of you who are 
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of you who, and there's a lot of
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spoiler, you're not going to get
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the Knicks have looked the last 
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team that we were watching since
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that is not true at all. 
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numbers to back it up. 
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I mean, what happened? 
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Like like again, like it it had 
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knocking down those triples, 
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it's over and I felt go. 
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because when indeed plays, you 
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Limited he is physically. 
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not connected all season. 
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You know, you, you guys want me 
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The picture that I'm always 
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tell you what I see and well, 
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coming into a series. 
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And then if I'm proven right, 
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victory laps, but OK, I was 
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If I'm proven wrong, I've always
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messed up. 
I was wrong on that. 

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I told you the Knicks would beat
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I thought the Knicks would beat 
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I was wrong by one game. 
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They broom them, they swept 
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But again, guys like this Knicks
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And I know it's going to get 
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fully expect the Pistons to win,
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to look very different. 
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Knicks will be able to do many 
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doing recently, but you know, 
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get to the matchups, but I'm 
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is a big guard, different 
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But understand this guys. 
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till January 19th were two and 
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Like I don't know the the Lakers
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Maybe I'm missing something, but
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where they lost 9 of 11 games or
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iteration, you know, with Rodman
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that. 
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remember those guys, you know, 
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I remember the Celtics with 
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I don't remember Magic and 
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of 11. 
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Olajuwon and the Rockets, who 
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bunch of really good role 
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Maybe they did, but like in the 
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many games and there's like A at
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going to be a bit of a malaise 
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even for the almighty Dodgers, 
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Dodgers don't have the best 
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You know, last year the Dodgers 
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healthy and they got their 
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became really amazing again, 
right? 

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So basketball's different when 
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month, and I don't mean like if 
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totally different. 
But when you're healthy, and the

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Knicks were pretty healthy this 
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shouldn't be such wild 
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Now, the only way there would be
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And this is where I give massive
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I mean, it's a great day. 
I'm not here to criticize 

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anything, but I've got to at 
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So I'm getting tired of the 
tweets. 

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Oh, you. 
Well, this I owe nobody anything

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except what I see. 
And what I see right now is a 

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team that I think has a real 
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And what I saw during the 
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was the opposite. 
A team that didn't look 

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connected, a team that didn't 
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Yes, they had Jaylen Brunson who
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that way. 
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was going to put a big numbers, 
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this. 
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other than what I just said is a
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what the Knicks were during the 
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There was always a pecking order
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like NBA championship DNA, 
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And then of course, we wanted to
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But every time they played the 
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before Tatum came back, with 
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ravaged with Halliburton. 
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stick games for the Knicks this 
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just, I know they played well 
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I get that. 
I know they beat the Spurs. 

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they didn't just lose by a 
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They were punked by the Detroit 
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So if you were emboldened by 
that, God bless you. 

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Maybe you've got a vision and 
the ability to foreshadow in a 

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way that I don't because what 
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was right. 
So again, just to reiterate, 

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December 31st, January 19th, I 
know there's a couple of day 

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hangover from the cup. 
Understood they were two and 

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nine. 
Now let's get to Cat, because 

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this is where every single thing
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Even with the foul issues in 
this series are like the Hawks, 

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right? 
Karl Anthony Towns in December 

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averaged 2.3 assists per game, 
in January he averaged 2.9. 

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In February he averaged 2.5 and 
then in March he averaged 2.8. 

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What do you know, the last month
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season, is when the Knicks 
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running the offense through the 
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Townsend, Jalen Brunson, and in 
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His assist total during the 
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In the playoffs, it went up to 
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So don't tell me that they're 
playing the same way. 

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Now. 
You want, if you want to tell me

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that this was by design and that
Mike Brown held some elements 

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out until. 
Oh, OK, I I can get behind that 

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a little bit there. 
I could because Mike Brown's a 

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very innovative head coach. 
But all the other stuff, again, 

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it's really just a, it's a, it's
a recreation of the reality of 

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what we've watched for the last 
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This Knicks team was not the 
team that I was criticizing 

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because if it was, I would have 
been leading. 

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Listen, if anything, I get too 
giddy. 

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If anything, I get too excited. 
If anything, I jump the gun, you

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know, Aaron Rodgers, Aaron, 
sometimes I'm overly, I'm 

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delusionally optimistic. 
I, I do admit that I'm not a 

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fatalist. 
There are certain. 

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And if I had Joe on the show the
other day and Beningo was great,

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I mean, if you didn't catch that
interview, you got to catch that

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interview from, you know, 
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Stearns and Cohen and you know, 
the Pete Alonzo stuff and 

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everything else to acid trips 
and concerts and what happened 

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with his first marriage and 
golf. 

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Like it it, it was great. 
And I love Joe. 

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And Joe was obviously a dear 
friend. 

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Obviously, if you watch the 
show, you can tell that, right? 

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But Joe and I are very 
different. 

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And I've always said this, Joe 
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side because Joe's older by 
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He's seen a lot more, you know, 
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that I have. 
He's also a Mets fan. 

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I'm not. 
So that's times 2 is a Jets fan 

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and that's Joe. 
I'm the, I'm the guy, I'm the 

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lunatic, I'm the moron. 
Put whatever word you want in 

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there. 
I'm the dope. 

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I'm the crazy, unhinged 
psychopath who came in when 

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Rogers got hurt and said 
playoffs with Zach. 

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I mean, so and that Timmy Boyle 
can spin it, you know, So I am 

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definitely more positive than 
not. 

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I look to illuminate the good 
and I like to lean into that. 

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I like to jump into that. 
Now, even though what happened 

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in Milwaukee this weekend, I 
still think the Yankees are 

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going to be terrific this year. 
I love their pitch. 

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I'm not getting to the Yankee. 
I'm just saying like I'm not 

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gonna let three games. 
Even though the bullpen did not 

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look good, I don't think Aaron 
Boone had a really good weekend.

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Whatever, like I'm not going to 
like flip on a dime like that. 

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Like I believe that the Yankees 
will be there at the end. 

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And coming into the season, I 
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not about the moves that the 
Mets made. 

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I, I, I understood what they 
did. 

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I thought it was time for 
change. 

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I thought the Mets would win 91 
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And if you're a wild card team, 
you just don't know what's going

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to happen. 
So I come in, especially the 

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Knicks, who I love. 
I come into every Knicks. 

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I mean, I, I'm not talking about
when they had like, you know, 

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Noel Vonleh and, and guys like 
that, you know, we just you 

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look, this is a 20 tree or like 
this is a 23 win team no matter 

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what they do. 
I'm not talking about that. 

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But like in these last, you 
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basically since Brunson's got 
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been very positive about the 
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I've also been very real about 
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Towns that we watched for a good
chunk of the season. 

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All right, maybe I got to stop 
calling him soft. 

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Maybe I was a little heavy on 
that. 

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Maybe I laid that on a little 
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say he's sloppy and he's soft. 
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right, playing on the 
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He's soft and he's sloppy. 
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And then, you know, the McHale 
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But but at the time it was 
applicable because Cat didn't 

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know his role. 
It wasn't year one, and there's 

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a finite window to to morph into
a championship team. 

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I'm as stunned as anybody that 
the Knicks look the way that not

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that they're winning, not that 
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finals. 
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straight up stunned that 
stylistically that their entire 

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DNA has changed in a month. 
It's changed, which is reason to

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believe that this version can 
win a championship and it's not 

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a hot take. 
It's not like, oh, let's just 

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push this forward. 
Nick's going to beat the 

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Thunder. 
No, I'm enjoying this and I hope

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that the Pistons and the Cavs 
beat the shit out of each other 

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for a few more days and that 
that thing goes to seven, 

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although I don't think that it 
will and that O GS hamstring 

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continues to heal up. 
Rest up, OG, rest up man. 

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Your boys took care of you and 
and I hope that we get 

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everything that we've been 
waiting for forever, all the 

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years, right, that, you know, 
you hold on to hope. 

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Maybe we're going to get the 
lottery. 

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Maybe the ping pong polls going 
to balls going to go our way. 

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Maybe we're going to get Zion 
Williamson. 

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You know, maybe we're going to 
get this guy. 

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Maybe this this is the savior. 
This is the year that the Knicks

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get lucky. 
It has been a sad a a very 

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morbid, uneventful run most of 
this century as a Knicks fan 

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where we were just watching a 
very different NBA game, jealous

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of the dynasty that the Warriors
became, jealous watching guys 

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like LeBron and Kevin Durant and
young James, not playoff James 

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Harden. 
Young James Harden just 

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destroyed the regular season and
all these and you know, Nokich 

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and Jamal Murray win a 
championship and really, really 

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just almost like banished to the
outpost of NBA of NBA fandom. 

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And then something different 
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Wyatt, I don't know. 
I don't know exactly. 

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Like I, I can't give you the 
precise moment that it clicked 

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where Browns like, all right, 
let's unleash the pick and roll.

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Now 65 games in, let's start 
playing this way and everybody 

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follows suit. 
And we'll have guys cutting on 

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the baseline and we'll get back 
door dunks and bridges will have

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even more open looks and we'll 
take away some of the stress and

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some of the responsibility off 
of Jalen Brunson's plate. 

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I don't know. 
I mean, if that really was a, a 

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a carefully constructed plan 
that was kept in the garage 

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until, you know, game number 65 
until now, well, then he's even 

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better than I thought. 
Like I thought I I know Mike 

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Brown's competent, but if that's
the case, I mean, maybe the 

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guy's a genius. 
I don't know. 

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Yeah, I I really don't know. 
But listen, I have been 

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surprised. 
We've all been surprised by 

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playoff, playoff games, right? 
Situations like, wow, this team 

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lost that series in seven. 
I was a surprise or a wild card 

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game or an NFC divisional 
matchup. 

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Wow, this team went into, I 
don't know, Gillette Stadium or 

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up to Buffalo or out in San 
Francisco, whatever it might be,

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and they won a game that they 
weren't supposed to win like 

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that. 
Sports that happens all the 

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time. 
Wow, this team got to the final 

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four. 
My God, there's been a lot of 

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surprises. 
That's that's the beauty of 

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sport. 
What's different here is that 

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this is a transformation. 
This is not just playing good 

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ball at the most opportune time.
They are playing so differently.

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And because they're playing 
differently, they now officially

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have a chance to do something 
that hasn't been done since 

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1973. 
I mean, they are just knocking 

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the stuffing out of everybody. 
So you're down 2 to one of the 

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Hawks series. 
Now it's go time. 

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All right, All right, Knicks won
50 plus games in a regular 

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season like they were supposed 
to do on autopilot. 

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Check. 
They did that. 

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All right, Knicks first round, 
they have homecourt advantage. 

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They're supposed to do that. 
OK, Knicks win the first game 

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against the team they're 
supposed to be fairly easily. 

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OK, Then they lose game two. 
I like the way that look. 

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Then they lose game 3 like and I
never thought they would lose 

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the series, but think about 
what? 

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Even in real time, think about 
what's transpired since then. 16

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point Rd. win, 29 point home, 16
point Rd. win, 29 point home 

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win, 51 point Rd. win. 
Plus 39 at home, +6 at home, 

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plus 17 on the road, plus 30 on 
the road. 

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I mean, it's and it's really all
because of the way they've 

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changed. 
I got a good stat for you since 

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February 1, All right? 
Kat and Brunson are the number 

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one NBA duo in points per direct
on ball screens. 

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Nobody's been more efficient. 
Nobody's done more. 

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They were not doing that in late
October, November, December. 

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Even when they won the Cup, they
weren't doing that right. 

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January, certainly we're not 
doing that when they lost a ton 

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of games and they had that Cup 
hangover. 

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They have recreated who they 
are. 

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They have maximized the 
personnel and that is a tribute 

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to everybody in the 
organization. 

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That is a tribute to Leon Rose 
because there were many points 

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where you know, we're like, 
alright, dude did did he fired 

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that bullet for Bridges? 
He gave up all the was that the 

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right move? 
Got no complaints with it now 

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and really last year against the
Celtics when he was making 

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winning plays at the end. 
I didn't have much of an issue 

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with it and neither did you. 
So Leon Rose credit check the 

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head coach adjustment check, 
Jalen Brunson has made some 

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internal and then obviously on 
the the court external 

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adjustments check Karl Anthony 
Towns how to make the most 

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adjustments. 
So we give him a double check. 

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OG's remain steady, Deuce got 
healthy, the bench got healthy. 

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Brown trust the bench and the 
Knicks are absolutely rolling 

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people, absolutely dismantling 
people. 

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It is amazing what the New York 
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So let me get my Guy J Rod up in
here. 

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Jay, what's going on, buddy? 
How are you? 

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I mean, not the clap, because 
all right, that was that was 

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awesome. 
Man, I like I have not been this

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happy about a playoff when like 
a Celtics. 

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This is like A to me this 
equates as like a Celtics first 

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round play like like to my joy 
of just seeing Embiid fall like 

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this, it's. 
Just oh, so it's not it's not 

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pro Knicks, it's anti 6. 
I get that. 

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I got. 
You see his quotes after the 

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game. 
You've never seen him like this 

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saying I don't know if I'm going
to be here next season and. 

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And. 
To the credit of the Knicks, 

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this is now two straight seasons
where, granted the Tatum injury 

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occurred, where they have in the
second round, dismantle the 

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team's roster. 
Where? 

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In the offseason following this 
team's looking completely 

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different than. 
Next. 

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Yeah, I mean, you got to listen.
This is more about the Knicks 

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here, but Philly needs to take a
Wrecking Ball, number one 

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through their sports fandom and 
understand what it's like. 

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You know, don't tell me about 
it's money. 

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Hey, there's a lot of 
Philadelphia 76ers fan. 

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I want to hear it. 
Like if the Sixers were gonna 

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ask yourself this question, 
Philly was up, you know, three 

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games to one or three games to 
none. 

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Yesterday's that place packed. 
Of course it is. 

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Are there, you know, 8000 Knick 
fans? 

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Of course there's not. 
So don't give me the convenient 

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excuse that there's more Knick 
fans and it's economically 

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driven. 
Stop. 

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I mean, Philly as a sports town 
has lost its soul. 

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They have become front runners 
and they are very, very distant.

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Very, which I I get this part. 
They're very disengaged from 

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this team and I don't blame 
them. 

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They've got to take a Wrecking 
Ball to the roster. 

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And even if you get back, you're
not going to get a ton $0.60 

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back on the dollar for MB Ship 
him out, give Maxi the ball, 

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give Edgecomb the ball and just 
let those cats cook. 

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I mean, because if if you try to
keep running this back the way 

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that they're built, it will get 
worse and worse. 

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And you will not only will you 
not get better as a team, you 

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could stagnate the early, you 
know, great years of some of 

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these really good young players 
where and beads getting in the 

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way. 
I mean, you know, and Maxi after

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the game yesterday, he's like, 
listen, I it's ridiculous that 

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he was talking about the fans. 
You know, it's, it's, it's, 

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it's, it's unfortunate and, and,
and it is, but it's not my 

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problem. 
It's their problem. 

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So the Sixers right now have no 
chance to win a championship 

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unless they were to do something
with Giannis over the offseason.

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This team is. 
Obviously regressing fast. 

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So they are an afterthought. 
They are no longer, and they 

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really haven't been a true 
player in the East because their

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best player is physically 
unreliable and his skill set and

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the way he moves and the pace in
which he plays does not match 

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the skill set of their other 
young guns who were terrific. 

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So put filthy aside all right, 
big time. 

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But but like go back to what I 
said before, because this is 

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really important. 
Like if you saw, if you you know

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what, hold on a SEC, I'm going 
to I'm going to actually I'm 

445
00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,240
going to actually do it for you.
I'm just going to read a couple 

446
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,520
things, you know, So after the 
game yesterday, I tweet out 

447
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,720
whatever I tweeted out, you 
know, great job, but I'll find 

448
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,920
it here and I'm going to 
actually read you some of the 

449
00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:03,160
comments here. 
This is what I don't get about 

450
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,920
fans. 
Like, I mean guys and I, I 

451
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,760
really don't care. 
I truly don't. 

452
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,760
OK, so I tweeted this yesterday.
I've been surprised by teams 

453
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,160
winning a playoff game or even a
series many times. 

454
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,840
Not sure I've ever seen a team 
flip a switch quite the way the 

455
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,120
Knicks had this season. 
And I'll stand by that. 

456
00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:25,200
Right. 
If you believe this is the team 

457
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,240
we've watched all season, you're
full of shit. 

458
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,880
It wasn't not even close. 
Amazing transformation, right? 

459
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:33,920
And then obviously I give them a
ton of credit. 

460
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,640
And then, you know, people like 
this team. 

461
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,880
This was always the team. 
You just had a little Carter 

462
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,360
blah, blah, blah, you know, and 
then and then I get the people 

463
00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:46,960
parachuting in and this is this 
is hysterical, man, where people

464
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,760
like you're not a good Knick 
fan. 

465
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,240
You're a front runner. 
See, I now I'll let others be 

466
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,560
the ultimate judge, all right. 
In my opinion, I'm the best 

467
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,120
Knick fan. 
Number one, I've seen 

468
00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,160
everything. 
I didn't see Clyde and will the 

469
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,080
saw. 
I shouldn't say everything, but 

470
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,040
I saw the 90s Knicks, obviously,
and I never checked out this 

471
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,160
century when many of you did and
you could pretend that you 

472
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,480
didn't. 
Don't tell me that you were 

473
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,920
watching some of these wretched 
teams. 

474
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,280
You weren't all right. 
I know you weren't. 

475
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,720
And that includes a lot of 
people in our business this 

476
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,000
right? 
So I wrote this as well as 

477
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,080
impressive a stretch of Nick 
basketball in my lifetime. 

478
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,880
I mean that right, because even 
the 90s teams, they would have 

479
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,280
to grind it out, win by four or 
five points, right? 

480
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,440
One game after another, 
seemingly better than the last. 

481
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,880
Coaching, offense, defense, 
starters, reserves. 

482
00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:42,680
Absolutely incredible run. 
More to do, yes, but right now, 

483
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,400
nothing to do but salute my 
little emoji. 

484
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,040
Salute, right? 
You know I do that when I tell 

485
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,840
you to like and subscribe. 
And now, right now, hold on. 

486
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,600
This is where you get this. 
Yeah, this is I'm, I'm reading 

487
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:02,640
this now and it's amazing. 
There's a bunch of stuff about 

488
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,600
me and Sal. 
I I won't bring Sal into it, but

489
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,440
because we had slightly 
different takes on the Knicks 

490
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:11,160
coming to the air slightly, but 
the amount of people who who 

491
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:16,480
selectively it it it really is 
just it's amazing and it speaks 

492
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,280
to the infantile nature and the 
inability to critically think by

493
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,360
so many people Like that's what 
it comes down to. 

494
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,880
People can no longer critically 
think like they think that one 

495
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:33,240
opinion OK is that you have to 
remain married to that forever. 

496
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,040
All you checked out on the next.
I did listen. 

497
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:41,040
I did say that the previous 
whatever that Knick team was 

498
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,000
this year, I don't mean I mean 
this year, the team that was 

499
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,160
playing poorly and we're not 
running the offense with the 

500
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,280
pick and roll and through Cat 
and all the other things that 

501
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,280
they've done, which we know that
team was winning nothing. 

502
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,720
So yes, I got on the coach, Yes,
I got on Cat. 

503
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,760
Yes, even the great almighty 
Jalen Brunson caught a little 

504
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:04,320
shrapnel because ### dribble ## 
shot hunting. 

505
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,600
I'm like, you're not winning a 
championship this way. 

506
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,200
I said it. 
I stand by it now. 

507
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,440
If the Knicks we're getting 
ready for the Eastern Conference

508
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,200
Finals after sweeping the Sixers
and they played the same way 

509
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,480
that they played during the 
season when I was critical, well

510
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,400
then that's one thing. 
It is a completely different 

511
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,000
same players outside of 
Alvarado, right? 

512
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,400
Same players, but it's a 
completely different style and 

513
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,760
it's a completely different mode
of attack. 

514
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,440
And if people can't see that 
then they're idiots. 

515
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:35,840
I just don't I don't know what 
to tell them. 

516
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:36,760
I I give up. 
It's. 

517
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,120
Not their problem and and this 
is. 

518
00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:41,240
Something you know, I'm I'm 
beginning to realize about 

519
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,280
sports fans, it really is 
divided into two. 

520
00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:49,240
You know, you've got you're kind
of, you know, and people kind of

521
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,360
your fans like Jerry, like Jerry
Ferraro, you're cautiously 

522
00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:55,880
optimistic fans who no matter 
what happens, and this isn't a 

523
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,720
bad thing, this is like, but 
they keep a a pretty optimistic 

524
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,880
view on the team regardless of 
what happens. 

525
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,400
If things really go downhill, 
they'll look at it realistic, 

526
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,680
but you know they're riding with
their guys. 

527
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,240
And I think Ben. 
Stiller yes, exactly, exactly. 

528
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,160
And I think that typically 
leaves, you know, a very 

529
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,640
positive outcome at the end of 
the season because either win or

530
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,920
lose, you were with your guys. 
But I think it's it's almost 

531
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,640
more fun to be that realistic 
sports fan that day-to-day. 

532
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,080
Take it how you will look at the
team, assess them for what they 

533
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,960
are and then, you know, spit it 
out and then look at the team 

534
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,440
where they are now and go, OK, 
they're looking great. 

535
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,680
They're looking great. 
Deuce is looking great. 

536
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,280
And what I think the best thing 
is, is I mean sham it. 

537
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,320
He went from being not even 
playable. 

538
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,280
I mean, maybe not even playable,
but not even playing to ball in 

539
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:47,480
I've always. 
Liked Shamit. 

540
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,120
I, I remember telling Sal last 
year, I'm like, Shamit's got to 

541
00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:52,560
play more. 
I have always liked Shamit. 

542
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,240
I've always been a believer. 
I've got like that, that I, that

543
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,840
I can stand by, you know, 
because people were glad to be 

544
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,560
like Shamit. 
I'm like, dude, Shamit could 

545
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,120
play. 
Just because, you know, you 

546
00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,960
might not know about Shamit. 
Nick fans are like Shamit or or 

547
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,200
respect Shamit or just whatever 
it is doesn't mean that you're 

548
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,960
right. 
Like Shamit's a good two way NBA

549
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,640
player, period. 
On the Clippers, he was awesome.

550
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,800
Like I remember running through 
his Clippers numbers. 

551
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,440
Yeah, he's a baller, but they 
yeah, you're right. 

552
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,040
And especially the CAD assist 
numbers, just playing them 

553
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,080
differently. 
What is he averaging almost 8 

554
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,600
assists right now at least. 
For the change, well, but think 

555
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,640
about this bears repeating, 
right? 

556
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,200
And I'm trying to think of I'm 
going to give you an example. 

557
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,880
Let's say I'm not saying it's 
going to be a great example, OK,

558
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,800
But I'm going to try to 
correlate and and and show 

559
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,080
something here. 
Let I'll take the I'll take The 

560
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:48,640
Jets. 
All right, just for a moment, 

561
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,920
let's say the first month of the
season, The Jets come out, Frank

562
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,760
Reich, right? 
And they've got all these 

563
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,400
weapons, you know, four guys 
that are sub four 40s. 

564
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:00,640
I've talked about it. 
Great team speed and because of 

565
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,760
that and because of the fact 
that they actually have a 

566
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,840
quarterback, right? 
I'm not a great one, but 

567
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,280
certainly a competent. 
They come out in the first month

568
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,880
of the first five games of the 
season. 

569
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,800
They throw it 3540 * a game and 
they're trying to air it out and

570
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,600
they kind of abandoned the run. 
Not that they'll do that with 

571
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,000
the priest. 
I'm not saying it's a great 

572
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:22,520
example, but follow me, right? 
And then they recalibrate after 

573
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,920
that fifth game and say they 
even win two of those first five

574
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,680
games, but you know, it's not 
sustainable. 

575
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,200
The rushing attack is like 27th 
in football, right? 

576
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,760
And then Glenn knocks on Reich's
door or whatever and they they 

577
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,320
have a come to Jesus moment. 
As a staff, we need more 

578
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,160
balance. 
And they flip it. 

579
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:46,040
And now instead of being 7030 
pass, they are now about as 

580
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,440
close to 5050 as you could be. 
A lot of play action established

581
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,280
the run, you know, move the 
sticks, not look at the score 30

582
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,120
plus, but just killing the clock
a little bit and they become a 

583
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,480
better team. 
And let's just again, this is 

584
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,840
this crazy world. 
Now I'll take the example even 

585
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,620
further. 
Let's say they make the play 

586
00:30:03,620 --> 00:30:06,480
offs, right? 
Nine wins, they get in 10 and 7 

587
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,360
whatever. 
Well, if I'm on the air and 

588
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,800
they're 2:00 and 3:00 or 1:00 
and 4:00 because they're trying 

589
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,960
to air it out like, you know, 
Jim Kelly with the Bills run and

590
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,360
shoot back in the day, I'm like,
this ain't going to work. 

591
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,040
And I'm shitting all over them. 
I'm this is not good. 

592
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,280
This is not how you going to 
win. 

593
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,240
And then the next five games, 
they totally changed their style

594
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,240
and their success. 
And I jump in. 

595
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,760
I'm like, oh, OK, now this is a 
team that I can get behind. 

596
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,240
That's not a flip flop, you 
idiots. 

597
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:40,440
That is watching what's changed,
that is watching the evolution 

598
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,160
of the team and how people don't
comprehend that. 

599
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,680
To me, it really is it. 
It just speaks to the inability 

600
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,880
of a lot of people to really, 
truly critically think I, I 

601
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,760
really believe. 
And by the way, something else 

602
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,280
too, Jay. 
And we'll get these calls. 

603
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,600
I see a long line of calls fired
up. 

604
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,320
We'll get it. 
So you bring up like my buddy 

605
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,920
Jerry, right? 
Jerry was on the show the other 

606
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:02,960
day. 
Check it out. 

607
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:03,800
If you didn't. 
Great. 

608
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,120
And I'm going to get Jerry back 
on long format, you know, get 

609
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,160
into the that Entourage story 
that he was telling us that, you

610
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,840
know, when he didn't think he 
was going to have to go shoot a 

611
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,040
scene and he was in the trailer 
banging 1 back and they had to 

612
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,160
shoot and they were out of their
minds. 

613
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,840
That'll be one of many stories 
you'll hear from Jerry. 

614
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,160
I love him. 
I've known him since 2006. 

615
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,640
He's a good buddy, right? 
But the difference between me 

616
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,880
and Jerry and the difference 
between me and Ben Stiller and 

617
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,480
say, even like Fat Joe, I don't 
think really Fat Joe tweets a 

618
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,160
ton. 
I know he's a big Nick guy, but 

619
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,600
like those guys, they can just 
be fans. 

620
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,880
I've got to have opinions based 
on what I see. 

621
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,600
It's kind of how I've made my 
living now. 

622
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,320
I'm making a living differently 
now. 

623
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,360
But you can't go on WFAN and 
like, yeah, Nick, Nick, Nick's 

624
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,120
let's look, OK, you know, I 
don't know. 

625
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,920
I don't know if I love what I'm 
seeing, but that'll be fine. 

626
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,000
Like you've got to get a little 
more micro and analyze things 

627
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:59,000
and hold things out now to 
really be respected. 

628
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,800
And I think to have the equity 
within the fan base, which which

629
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,560
I do think that I have. 
I I think that people for the 

630
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,800
most part respect my opinions, 
even though some are nutty, 

631
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,480
because I do base it on some 
numbers, some facts, I'm 

632
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,760
passionate, whatever. 
But to to do that, you, you've 

633
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,240
got to be able to then say you 
were wrong. 

634
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,080
Not it's not, Oh, I'm I was 
wrong, but no, no, yeah, I, I 

635
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,960
was wrong. 
But here's why I'm wrong because

636
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,200
of the change in approach to the
game, which again goes to Mike 

637
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,640
Brown and cat first and 
foremost. 

638
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,760
And then residually you get a 
little Brunson, you sprinkle 

639
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,720
little little bridges and here 
we are. 

640
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,480
And here we are on the on the on
the precipice of, you know, 

641
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:45,920
certainly the Eastern Conference
finals. 

642
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,720
I mean that, you know, maybe, 
but I mean, it's just it's been 

643
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:53,560
it has been as exhilarating and 
ass kicking at that I've ever 

644
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,240
seen as a Knicks fan. 
It is when you have the national

645
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,960
commentary, people love to dump 
on the Knicks, right? 

646
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,440
Whether it's Barkley, whether 
it's Jack, whether it's 

647
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,360
whomever, right? 
I mean, the platitudes and 

648
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,440
because they've earned them that
people are bestowing upon the 

649
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,520
Knicks. 
It's not because just have a 

650
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,560
little bit of a different 
opinion on these Knicks now, 

651
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,960
because if they're hating on the
Knicks, I would have changed my 

652
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,560
tune and just be nice to them. 
They are changing their opinions

653
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,480
and they are beginning to to 
really get in the corner in 

654
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,480
terms of conviction with what 
the Knicks could do this year 

655
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:30,120
because the Knicks aren't the 
same team that we watched for 

656
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:34,680
80% of the season. 
Bottom line, bottom line, bottom

657
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:39,240
line. 
All right, let me get MM Liano. 

658
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,640
What's up, Mike? 
Appreciate that, buddy. 

659
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,400
One key thing about the Knicks 
teams that they're all in their 

660
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,160
prime. 
True. 

661
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:50,240
Bronson's 29, Cats 30, OG 28, 
Bridges 29, Hearts 31, Mitch 28,

662
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,800
Deuce 25, Alvarado 28. 
They're not old. 

663
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,480
They're not too young. 
It's their time. 

664
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,840
Well, yes, ABS that's a great 
point. 

665
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,400
You can leave it up there. 
Give a little love there for the

666
00:33:58,400 --> 00:33:59,880
Super chat. 
True. 

667
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:06,360
Now if Bronson was 25 and Cat 
was 26 and they were just 

668
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:10,360
beginning this journey and OG 
was in his, you know, 23 or 24 

669
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,080
years old, just a couple of 
years in the NBA. 

670
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,480
And like Bridges is in his mid 
20s and like Mitch was just 

671
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,639
granted 2 years ago. 
Like when you have pointed 

672
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:22,159
criticism, you got to understand
guys, it all, it is all 

673
00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:27,679
reflected and and largely based 
on the time timeline of the core

674
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,400
that you're evaluating. 
Like why do you think? 

675
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,159
I mean, aside from being tired 
of the same script, you know, 

676
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:38,639
too often with Brian Cashman, 
whatever part of the reason why 

677
00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:40,560
the energy for the Yankee fans 
like it. 

678
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,280
We got to it's got to be now 
like let's go. 

679
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,400
You got to go all in and all the
stuff over the winter, like the 

680
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,280
running back Yankees, which is 
not true, but all that stuff. 

681
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,920
And I respect people who say 
that they're not totally wrong, 

682
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,840
little wrong, but not totally. 
That is all derived from the 

683
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,480
fact that Aaron Judge, the clock
is ticking. 

684
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,360
He's basically, he's mid 30s. 
Same with Garrett Cole, you 

685
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:06,040
know, So when you look at that, 
there is going to be a, a 

686
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,440
different level of 
accountability and hope and, 

687
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,840
and, and sporting anger and it's
all one twisted, jumbled 

688
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:20,040
delivery of emotions that that 
really I, I think are defined by

689
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,360
what type, like the the prime of
the team. 

690
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,480
Another example, maybe a better 
one would be the Giants this 

691
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,560
year. 
As long as the Giants have 

692
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,360
incremental progress with which 
I believe that they will on 

693
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,040
their number one, they've got a 
great coach now, or at least a 

694
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,240
really, really good one, a great
mate, really good either way, 

695
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,760
close to great. 
You know what he won, He's got 

696
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,840
one. 
I'll say great, I love horrible,

697
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,160
right? 
But Jackson Dort's going into 

698
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,360
Year 2. 
He missed a couple of games last

699
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,720
year. 
Like, if the giants are one in 

700
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:53,680
three and you know, they're not 
committing 15 penalties a game, 

701
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,080
they'll lose a couple of tight 
ones, maybe Dort makes a 

702
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,720
mistake, whatever. 
Don't you think the level of 

703
00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:02,000
analysis should be a little 
different than, say, what Bill's

704
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,000
fans are viewing? 
Like that prism with Josh Allen 

705
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,320
or even, you know, as Mahomes 
comes back from injury or 

706
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,040
Stafford with the Rams? 
It's different. 

707
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,320
Even the Lions, you know, with 
Goff, who's been around for, I'm

708
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,320
not saying he's he's on that 
level, but he is their 

709
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,320
quarterback. 
And they were almost in the 

710
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,920
Super Bowl, you know, a couple 
of years back before the 

711
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,520
commander smashed them. 
So I don't I don't know. 

712
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:28,360
I just think that the Knicks now
are it's been it's a couple of 

713
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,360
things. 
It's it's it's like this tsunami

714
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:36,080
of a perfect emotion where they 
incrementally built up the 

715
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,560
talent base, obviously, and even
before that, which is Randall 

716
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,520
and Tom Thibodeau playing hard, 
playing competitive. 

717
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,040
Then they got, which we always 
respect Randall for that. 

718
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,040
Then they got better players, 
Then they took it up a level. 

719
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:48,960
Then they took it up another 
level right. 

720
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,000
Then they, you know, change the 
coach and now it looks like 

721
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,880
they're taking it up another. 
Like how many more levels are 

722
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,400
there before you actually get 
through to me? 

723
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,280
I don't think there's any like I
I don't know that you'll ever 

724
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,080
have a more perfect situation 
than you do right now. 

725
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,960
Well, again, a lot of this stuff
is a regurgitation. 

726
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,280
I won't do much of it. 
But think about, you know, the 

727
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,360
Pacers who knocked him out, 
their stars done all right. 

728
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,720
Obviously, Tatum's a champ. 
Tatum's a champion, great 

729
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,240
player. 
And, and, and he gamely competed

730
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:20,000
and was still really good when 
he came back for the Celtics. 

731
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,120
Ruptured Achilles, then pull his
hamstring. 

732
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,840
His Achilles rolled up like a 
lampshade to the back of his 

733
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,040
calf, connecting from the back 
of his ankle bone all the way up

734
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,160
to his calf. 
That's a problem, right? 

735
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:36,040
Pistons are young, good, tough, 
dangerous, viable, a real 

736
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:37,720
threat. 
I'm not worried about the Cavs 

737
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:39,720
for whatever reason. 
But you know, I'm just throw 

738
00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:41,560
them in there. 
Knicks will beat the Cavs, and I

739
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:42,880
even think the Knicks will beat 
the Pistons. 

740
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:47,000
But the Pistons are just 
beginning their journey because 

741
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,520
Kate Cunningham is one of the 
best players in the game and 

742
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,200
he's an absolute pup. 
You know, Jalen Bruns has 

743
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,520
becoming a bit of an OG now. 
He's been around a little bit, 

744
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,840
You know, more 35 point games 
than this guy in NBA politics, 

745
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,000
more 40 point games than this 
Bernard King. 

746
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,360
Like, you know, he's not 23 
years old. 

747
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,560
So when you have a payroll, when
you've exhausted all of your 

748
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,840
your draft capital and all the 
equity for trades, right, when 

749
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,320
you've changed coaches, when the
players that get the bulk of the

750
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,480
minutes or the ages that they 
are, yes, there's going to be 

751
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,400
pointed criticism even during 
the regular season, which is 

752
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,120
largely a waste of time in the 
NBA. 

753
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,880
I don't want to hear it. 
I don't. 

754
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,480
Well, you know what, I'll take 
that back. 

755
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,880
I do want to hear it. 
You can by all means call me up 

756
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,160
and disagree, but we're going to
get after it here. 

757
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:39,680
If you can tell me with a 
straight face, right, That what 

758
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:44,840
I said when I said it about the 
Knicks, that that was wrong back

759
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:49,440
then, we'll flush through it. 
And you know, if you can truly 

760
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,920
convince me what you can't, but 
I'll be open minded to give you 

761
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,560
a chance to try to do it, then I
might have to say, you know 

762
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,320
what, you got me. 
But everything that I've said 

763
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,800
has been rooted in the reality 
of what I was watching in real 

764
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,080
time, which the last time I 
checked is actually the 

765
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,440
description one of them also 
entertaining and all that of my 

766
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,680
job. 
So it's just, it is, it is so 

767
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,560
fun. 
It is so awesome and it is so 

768
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:16,800
fun and it is so awesome because
they have grown, they have 

769
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,600
evolved. 
They have really truly accepted 

770
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:24,320
their roles in a way that I they
they just weren't doing earlier 

771
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,240
in the year. 
And exhibit one in and I'll get 

772
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:29,560
the calls here. 
Exhibit one in training camp was

773
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,920
Carl Anthony Towns. 
Hey, Carl, what's your what's 

774
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,080
your role in the offense this 
year? 

775
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:34,920
I don't know, Still trying to 
figure it out. 

776
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:36,560
All right, I'm saying to myself,
I didn't love it. 

777
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,080
And I remember bringing it up on
the show on on when I was still 

778
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,760
in the fan, but I didn't make a 
big deal out of its training 

779
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,880
camp. 
You got a new coach who's very 

780
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:45,560
different from the previous 
coach. 

781
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,000
He'll figure it out. 
He's a talented guy, even if I 

782
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,160
thought he was a little soft. 
Whatever, he'll figure it out. 

783
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,120
And then mid season he was asked
again. 

784
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,520
Yeah, I just, I don't basically,
I don't really know what's 

785
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,680
expected of me. 
I'm supposed to think that 

786
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,440
that's a team that's going to 
win a championship. 

787
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:04,760
Why would I think that? 
But what's happened since I do, 

788
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,880
and it's not a flip flop, guys. 
It's a contextualization of the 

789
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,240
entire season. 
All right, J Rod, everybody's 

790
00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:15,840
got to be happy today. 
Everybody's got to be pumped up.

791
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,960
Let's go mix. 
Let's go to. 

792
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,000
New York to New York go. 
Who's up first here, Jay? 

793
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,960
What are we? 
We've got Dan from Port 

794
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,880
Jefferson Station. 
All right, Danny is out east. 

795
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:26,800
He is on Unleashed. 
Dan, what's going on, buddy? 

796
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:31,000
How are you, Danny? 
Hello, Dan. 

797
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,680
Yes, Dan. 
I'm here all. 

798
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:33,680
Right, Dan? 
Let's go, buddy. 

799
00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:36,200
Come on man. 
Hey B Dave, what's going on? 

800
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,560
What a master class. 
Like the way they played in this

801
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,520
whole series, honestly. 
I mean, I feel like they didn't 

802
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,360
really sweat at all. 
It was like and. 

803
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,000
I was expecting a little more of
a push but really get it, 

804
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,120
especially with their fan base. 
What what an embarrassment. 

805
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,040
They just. 
Embarrassment, dude, Dan, you 

806
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,400
know what's crazy too, Dan? 
When the Celtics and the Sixers 

807
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,440
were playing, in my mind, I'm 
like, I think I'd rather play 

808
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,600
the Celtics like from from, not 
even from forget about like the 

809
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,480
non tangible stuff like Boston, 
NY, forget about that. 

810
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,720
But and you know, they beat him 
last year. 

811
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,640
More about I just thought the 
matchups were a little bit more 

812
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,960
favorable. 
I was never worried about 

813
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,000
Philly. 
I respected him beat if he's 

814
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,760
healthy, I know he's a beast and
I and I know that Maxi is 

815
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,000
terrific and edgecomb's a good 
young player and I've got a lot 

816
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,880
of respect for Nick Nurse and 
he's been through the ringer. 

817
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,200
He he buried his brother. 
Just yeah, prayers to the Nurse 

818
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,280
family. 
Just awful. 

819
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,280
So, so much more important than 
basketball. 

820
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,280
But I actually thought that the 
Sixers, at least, you know, when

821
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,000
things were still shaping up in 
the first round. 

822
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,480
I'm like, I don't know. 
I think I'd rather play Boston 

823
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,240
in a in a weird way, they I 
don't think they would have 

824
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:40,400
swept the Celtics. 
Yeah, I know. 

825
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,400
I was. 
I was on the fence. 

826
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:43,880
I didn't know really who I 
wanted to play. 

827
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:47,240
I mean, I was more thinking 
about homecourt if anything. 

828
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:48,880
I feel like, you know, BD, the 
team. 

829
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,320
But when I was most surprised 
by, and I brought this up, I 

830
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,200
called you last week, I was 
talking about Maxi. 

831
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,360
That was my biggest concern and 
I feel like he was. 

832
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,120
I, I want to, I want to ask you 
this. 

833
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,000
Do you think it was his, the 
defense on him or was it just, 

834
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,400
he just wasn't aggressive? 
I feel like his aggression 

835
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:06,840
wasn't there. 
I think it was a couple of 

836
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,560
things #1 the Knicks play very 
good team defense, so you've got

837
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,120
to give him credit there. 
First and foremost #1 #2 you 

838
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,760
know, without him, Bead, he 
looked a little different, you 

839
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,080
know, and Bead just kind of gets
in his way a little bit. 

840
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,760
He just does. 
Yeah, you know, and not that 

841
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,360
Sprewell was the kind of player 
like Maxi. 

842
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,800
Different games, obviously both 
fast, but not exactly the same 

843
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,840
kind of skill set. 
But a loose interpretation. 

844
00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:31,320
Patrick kind of got in the way 
on that team. 

845
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,440
With all due respect to the 
great Patrick Ewing, the 94 

846
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:38,120
Knicks where Pat was the 
centerpiece versus the 99 Knicks

847
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,080
where of course Pat was hurt and
jacked up against the Spurs, but

848
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:45,040
that was now Sprewell and Alan 
Houston and lesser extent Larry 

849
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:48,120
Johnson. 
So a little bit of that. 

850
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,040
Pat was older, Pat was slower. 
Pat was used to having the 

851
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,040
offense funneled through him. 
It wasn't it wasn't seamless. 

852
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,880
Maybe a little little bit. 
And also with the pinky injury 

853
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:58,840
and Tim Legler talked about 
this, you've. 

854
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,080
Got. 
Yeah, and you could see the rap 

855
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,680
when you've got a tendon in 
your, a tendon issue in your 

856
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,560
pinky, you know, that's, that's,
that's a problem. 

857
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,240
Yeah, it's hard to get that 
release and get that that smooth

858
00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:12,160
release on your shot and. 
For sure, well, even, but Danny 

859
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,960
even just catching passes, even 
just, you know, rerouting the 

860
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,360
ball like that pinky man that 
is. 

861
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,320
It's a small thing, but yeah, it
does make it's a big factor, 

862
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,240
especially when you're a scooter
and a guy like him a. 

863
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:23,200
Little. 
Bit man. 

864
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,760
But I I want that like that 
sequence by by Bronson in the 

865
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,920
second-half when he just crossed
up, he just like put Barlow in a

866
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:34,440
blender and just put he gets the
reverse layup right on them bead

867
00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:36,960
and then Deuce gets the steal 
right after that and he hits the

868
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,760
three in the corner. 
I'm like, that's the nail in the

869
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,800
coffer right there. 
It's already like over. 

870
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,920
But I'm like, that was it? 
I'm like that, that I was going 

871
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,000
nuts. 
Me too. 

872
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,000
That that was just Showtime. 
That was like, let's lay it on 

873
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,400
thick and let's dance on their 
graves. 

874
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,720
Thank you for the call, Dan. 
Now, that sequence was awesome. 

875
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,520
You know what's funny, You know,
when I first heard this from my 

876
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,680
dad, right? 
You know, the 69 and 73 Knicks, 

877
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,840
I guess we're a little different
in the sense that Pearl was not 

878
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,840
there for the first one. 
He came in 73, right? 

879
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,760
And then obviously Willis Reed 
was jacked up, limping out, 

880
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,640
hitting two shots against the 
Lakers, then not playing. 

881
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:13,480
But the thing that my dad always
told me, the characteristics of 

882
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:18,040
those Knicks teams, right, were 
great unselfishness and great 

883
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,600
IQ. 
You know, Clyde seen the floor, 

884
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,880
Bill Bradley being as brilliant 
to basketball, football player 

885
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,000
not as great even though he was 
really good, but as brilliant an

886
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,760
IQ as maybe anybody who's ever 
played the game, probably up 

887
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,720
there with Bird and somebody got
magic. 

888
00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:36,320
Some of those guys, right, Kobe 
and you know, the way they just 

889
00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:38,440
they played with purpose for 
each other. 

890
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,480
That sequence that Dan just 
brought up when I mean that 

891
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,200
first of all, that move by 
Brunson, the only way he could 

892
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,320
finish was to go reverse under 
the rim. 

893
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,240
Otherwise it's getting shoved 
down his throat. 

894
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,320
But then what happened right 
after it? 

895
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,160
First of all, Deuce with the 
quick read switched from his man

896
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,360
and reading the eyes on the 
inbound from Embiid. 

897
00:44:55,360 --> 00:45:00,200
Lazy pass Embiid so lazy it got 
flops like a Fishman all over 

898
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:01,960
the just. 
I'm so tired of Embiid, right. 

899
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:07,120
So to read the past was great. 
But then to me, I even think the

900
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:10,880
most impressive part of that 
play was Bridges. 

901
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,320
It's almost like The Sixth 
Sense, like there's my guy in 

902
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,320
the corner not even hitting the 
floor. 

903
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:20,160
And I used the word connected 
and connectivity to describe 

904
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,800
these Knicks a lot. 
Not during the season, but the 

905
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,480
last month or so, Certainly 
since the play offs started and 

906
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,680
certainly since game four of 
maybe not the first couple of 

907
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,440
games, but certainly Game 4, the
Hawks and and the sweep of 

908
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,400
Philly. 
Just like all 5 fingers making 

909
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:38,680
one powerful potent fist, right?
That play, it just gave you 

910
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,480
everything. 
If there was like one thing that

911
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:44,120
you had to show the world, hey, 
what are these Knicks about? 

912
00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:46,920
Nobody. 
Like they just came from outer 

913
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,720
space, right? 
Let's say there's basketball in 

914
00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:51,040
the outer space. 
So they kind of know what the 

915
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,720
sport is, but they don't know 
the Knicks. 

916
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:53,600
They don't know any of the 
teams. 

917
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:54,760
They don't know any of the skill
sets. 

918
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,560
Hey, you guys, welcome to Earth 
here. 

919
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,080
You should check out this team. 
They're called the New York 

920
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:01,560
Knicks. 
Haven't won in a long time, but 

921
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:04,640
check out this sequence. 
We'll check these guys out. 

922
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,040
And then the alien or the 
Martian or the little person 

923
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,160
from wherever says, oh, how do 
they play? 

924
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:13,080
Just pop it on. 
Just go to X, go to YouTube. 

925
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,280
How about this little 7 second 
sequence? 

926
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:18,680
Oh, that's Jalen Brunson who 
basically gets a bucket when 

927
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,360
ever he wants. 
And then, Oh yeah, watch the 

928
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:26,400
Knicks defense and then watch 
how they are linked almost like 

929
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:30,240
they've got literally the same 
DNA and that pass by bridges in 

930
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:32,360
the corner. 
Not even like, oh, is he open? 

931
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:36,200
There wasn't a thought. 
It was steel bag tip boom 

932
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:41,080
corner, boom 3 lights out. 
Absolutely gorgeous. 

933
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:46,080
Just a great, really just a 
great encapsulation of of how 

934
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:48,120
they play. 
Gorgeous stuff. 

935
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:49,720
All right, Jay, what do we got 
next? 

936
00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:52,760
Who do we have next? 
We've got Brad from Mineola 

937
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:55,120
Smithtown. 
By the way, guys, if you just 

938
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,760
check it in, welcome to the 
show, like it, subscribe it, you

939
00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:59,440
know, we got a decent amount of 
viewers up there. 

940
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:00,880
We got to get to at least three 
bills today. 

941
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:02,880
Come on. 
But make sure you guys do what 

942
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,240
you're supposed to do with the 
likes and all that stuff. 

943
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:06,320
What's up, Brad? 
How are you doing? 

944
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:07,440
No. 
Something happened. 

945
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:11,080
He like, removed himself from 
the thing immediately when I 

946
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,040
pulsed him up. 
Little stage fright there. 

947
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:13,840
He's back. 
He's back. 

948
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:14,720
He's back. 
There's Brad. 

949
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:16,360
All right. 
Brad, can you hear us? 

950
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:20,440
Yeah, I had to do your trick, J 
Rod. 

951
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,240
No, I'm good. 
He's learning. 

952
00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:23,800
Look at J Rod teaching 
everybody. 

953
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:27,000
Nice dude. 
All right, so BT you were alone 

954
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:31,600
in the some and I was in June, I
believe last year and I got call

955
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:36,680
today and I got called today 
because all I was saying was the

956
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:40,440
reason why the Knicks are not 
going to win anything is because

957
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:43,160
cat is fat. 
He can't run up and down the 

958
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:46,480
court because he's fat. 
He can't do this because he's 

959
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,840
fat. 
It's time to eat crow. 

960
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:54,120
He's point cat. 
It's absolutely incredible the 

961
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,280
change that he that he made. 
It could be the fact that he's 

962
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,040
now figuring out how to play in 
New York one, it could be that 

963
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:05,920
he's now engaged. 
It could be now that he's more 

964
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:10,640
of a mature individual. 
Listening to his press 

965
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,600
conference last night and 
obviously it was emotional 

966
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,240
because of his mom and 
everything like that. 

967
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:22,200
I think we found what we were 
expecting from Kat and it might 

968
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,120
have took this long for that to 
happen. 

969
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:29,120
Well, interesting. 
No, no, listen, he, he deserves 

970
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:33,200
a lot of apologies. 
And you know, I, I, I'll throw a

971
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,560
few out as well. 
I never called him fat. 

972
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,760
I never body shamed the guy. 
But what I did say about Cat is 

973
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:41,440
like, you know, for for dude, I 
wish he had a little bit more 

974
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:42,560
muscle. 
Like, you know, he's what is 

975
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:44,480
that? 
Listen, but that's also that's 

976
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,280
also DNA. 
Now that's also genetics, I 

977
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,240
should say, not DNA genetics. 
Like some people. 

978
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,600
You can live in a weight room 
and you just not going to have 

979
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,960
that definition. 
Like he's not yoke, he's big. 

980
00:48:53,240 --> 00:48:55,720
You know, he's he's kind of 
strong, but listen to the 

981
00:48:55,720 --> 00:48:58,560
criticisms of Cat and he's 
incredibly skilled, which is the

982
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,720
main point. 
Remember when he was trying to 

983
00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:02,280
post up Westbrook earlier this 
year? 

984
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,520
Remember that? 
And he got shoved out of the 

985
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:07,040
post. 
OK, the other thing too, Brad. 

986
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:09,720
And This is why. 
And I'm and I'm giving him his 

987
00:49:09,720 --> 00:49:13,000
praise and I'm, I'll even, you 
know, apologize to an extent. 

988
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:15,480
Although what I said, what I 
said it, I meant that I was 

989
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:17,680
right. 
Because think about this now. 

990
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:21,000
If you are the type of Knick fan
who doesn't watch every game, 

991
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,480
you may have missed this. 
If you're like myself and 

992
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,000
evidently like Brad, who's 
called about the Knicks in June,

993
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,000
this was back on The Fan and 
many others like you who watch 

994
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,960
every game you will remember. 
And it used to drive me nuts. 

995
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:36,760
Firstly, always complain to the 
reps Always complain to the reps

996
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,320
Always, right? 
No, not the way. 

997
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,160
No, not, not the way he. 
Used to the way he does now, I 

998
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,920
agree, you know. 
But then but Brad, the other 

999
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:48,080
thing that he that he did, and I
remember I didn't, you'd have to

1000
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:51,040
really dive deep into my 
timeline on X, but I had video 

1001
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:52,640
of it because it bothered me so 
much. 

1002
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:56,080
He would go to the rim, kind of 
get knocked off his off his 

1003
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,760
path, you know, off balance, 
missed the shot, not get fouled,

1004
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,920
complain about it. 
Couple times he was on the floor

1005
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:06,000
and he would stay on the floor 
while you had five on four the 

1006
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,480
other way. 
And literally I one time I 

1007
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:14,000
counted this where I was at my 
most aggressive against Cat, 12 

1008
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:18,480
seconds it took him to get down 
the court to actually get into 

1009
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:20,120
the frame. 
It's not acceptable. 

1010
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:24,000
So we have not seen that in well
over a month. 

1011
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:27,000
He has made adjustments. 
What's been the impetus behind 

1012
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,760
those adjustments? 
I, I don't know, maybe Brad just

1013
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,160
gave him, gave us a couple 
learning how to play in New 

1014
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,800
York, you know, retooling his 
game, Mike Brown empowering him,

1015
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,200
Jaylen Brunson tweaking. 
Like, I think they're all 

1016
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:42,480
interconnected. 
But Cat deserves an immense, an 

1017
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,360
immense amount of credit. 
He is balling. 

1018
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:48,560
Quick, quick. 
Two more things, right? 

1019
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:51,320
Yeah, obviously you follow 
college. 

1020
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,880
I always loved Landry Shaman at 
at Wichita State. 

1021
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,440
Just never really got the 
opportunity and he's getting it.

1022
00:50:57,720 --> 00:51:01,680
Yep. 
And we did this without OG 

1023
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:04,720
Ananobi. 
I know, I know it's amazing. 

1024
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:06,280
It's I said that at the top 
there. 

1025
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,800
I know you have one other thing.
So why don't you hit me with 

1026
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:10,400
that? 
No, I mean the ability to keep 

1027
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:14,000
OG even if the Knicks and they 
won game three, but you know, 

1028
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:17,600
you knew there was no way he was
going to play game 3 and I just 

1029
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,640
once they won game three, you 
knew there was no way he was 

1030
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:21,160
going to play game 4. 
You knew it. 

1031
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,480
Perfect. 
BT I'm just going to say this 

1032
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:29,240
for all those Knick fans that 
lived through the early 2000's, 

1033
00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:33,400
the late 2000's, the ones that 
loved the Christmas Day games, 

1034
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:37,520
the ones that loved those games 
in March, that they beat teams 

1035
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:40,440
that they shouldn't have beat. 
But you knew that this team was 

1036
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:46,880
not good enough. 
Enjoy this, we are 8 wins away 

1037
00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:49,640
from a championship. 
They go buddy. 

1038
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:53,200
And I hope, and I hope, I hope, 
I hope, I hope that we're in the

1039
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:57,360
same bar and we can cheers when 
they win, when they go down. 

1040
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:59,040
The County of the Heroes love 
you. 

1041
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:01,200
BT I love you too, man. 
Thank you, Brad. 

1042
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:02,480
Appreciate it. 
But I love you guys too. 

1043
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,880
Yeah. 
Oh my God almighty, the county 

1044
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:08,440
of the heroes that would be that
would be the wildest Canyon of 

1045
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:12,920
heroes of of all time. 
I mean, maybe outside of, you 

1046
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:16,280
know, honoring, you know, war 
heroes. 

1047
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:20,360
I mean, I know the 86 Mets was 
pretty bonkers, but not the 

1048
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:22,760
entire, you know, a lot of 
Yankee fans, more Yankee fans 

1049
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:26,000
and Mets all the Yankee 
championship, a lot of met fans.

1050
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,560
That's kind of offset a little 
bit the Rangers. 

1051
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:30,160
You know, I was that was pretty 
wild. 

1052
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,320
No doubt in 94. 
Not everybody's a hockey fan, 

1053
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:36,080
some Islander fans, some devil 
fans, you know, although mostly 

1054
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:40,200
Ranger fans of the tri-state. 
I I, I, yeah, I can't even 

1055
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,560
imagine what that day would look
like, but I'm beginning to allow

1056
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:46,400
myself to wander there. 
And that's OK. 

1057
00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:50,240
You know, some of you will live 
by the mantra one at a time. 

1058
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:55,880
I I am capable of doing both. 
Sometimes, not always 

1059
00:52:55,880 --> 00:53:00,320
successfully, but I am capable 
of sitting here today after 

1060
00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:05,280
stomping 2 teams and now you 
have two other teams beat each 

1061
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,200
other up for the right to play 
the Knicks while the Knicks, 

1062
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,360
while the Knicks chill and relax
and do some advanced scouting 

1063
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,920
that the other teams will not 
have the luxury of quite doing 

1064
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,200
all the Knicks because they're 
worried about scouting each 

1065
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:19,000
other. 
And you know, playing that 

1066
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,480
series. 
And I can be excited in the 

1067
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,240
moment. 
You know what I just watched 

1068
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:26,960
yesterday. 
And I can also allow my mind to 

1069
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:31,840
wander to the Canyon of Heroes, 
to maybe the Thunder, to, you 

1070
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:35,040
know, the Knicks representing 
the Eastern Conference. 

1071
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:36,760
I'm not saying they're 
definitely going to get there. 

1072
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:38,920
You know, Pistons would be a 
handful. 

1073
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:40,920
Again, I wouldn't be really too 
worried about the Cavs. 

1074
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:45,160
But that is that's something 
I've always lived by. 

1075
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:47,400
Like when you're when you're a 
big sports fan, I listen, I've 

1076
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:51,320
said this, part of the balance 
of being a sports fan is riding 

1077
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:55,880
the highs and being emotionally 
vulnerable when you're high. 

1078
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:57,800
Like, isn't that kind of the 
fun? 

1079
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,400
I mean, jeez, if you can't walk 
around today as a Knicks fan 

1080
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,880
thinking you have a chance to 
win a championship, when can 

1081
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:05,320
you? 
I mean, when can you do that? 

1082
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:10,160
You know, like even with Patrick
and all those great teams and 

1083
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:15,080
great, really good teams and all
those wins, I'm like, Jordan, 

1084
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:19,400
don't worry about Jordan there. 
You know, So even like when they

1085
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:23,480
were dusting teams like the 
Cavaliers early with like Harper

1086
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:28,360
and ELO and Brad Doherty or the 
Nets, you know, with DC and 

1087
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:30,400
Drozen, great. 
Drozen was so good. 

1088
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:36,000
Kenny Anderson, my guy, Kenny, 
those guys, the Hornets, a young

1089
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,800
Hornets team with LJ grandma. 
You know, they beat a lot of 

1090
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:43,400
those teams early. 
You know, I was always terrified

1091
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:45,880
like, God, how the hell are we 
going to beat this dude? 

1092
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,640
How are we going to beat Jordan?
How, how? 

1093
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,560
And then even the year when 
Jordan wasn't there in 94, I'm 

1094
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,200
like, Pat, you got to outplay a 
Lajwan. 

1095
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:58,040
And I I knew at that point that 
Elijah Wan was better. 

1096
00:54:58,240 --> 00:55:01,080
And he really, Sally used to get
so mad when I talk about this, 

1097
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,640
but it's true. 
He would defend Pat, which I 

1098
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:08,240
get, but I mean a lot. 
If you remember the 94 series, 

1099
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:12,160
Hakim Alajwan absolutely 
destroyed Patrick. 

1100
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:16,200
I know Patrick set a A finals 
record for blocks and he had 

1101
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:19,160
some rebounds. 
Pat shot like 37 1/2% from the 

1102
00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:21,480
field that series. 
He was just thoroughly outplayed

1103
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:24,440
and I was worried about that 
going in because I knew how good

1104
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:27,440
Hakim Alajwan was. 
And to this day, I think Hakim 

1105
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,800
maybe outside of Jabbar, Not 
that I'm not going to put Hakim 

1106
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:32,040
better than Jabbar, I wouldn't 
do that. 

1107
00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:35,880
But when I think about maybe the
two most underrated players in 

1108
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:39,240
the history of the game, well, 
you think about the GOAT 

1109
00:55:39,240 --> 00:55:41,720
conversation. 
It's always like MJ for us old 

1110
00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:46,680
heads, the Unks, LeBron for the 
newer, younger fans, right? 

1111
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:48,800
A couple of Kobe's. 
And I love Kobe, but he's 

1112
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:50,600
definitely not in that 
conversation as the greatest of 

1113
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:52,000
all time. 
It's just not, you know, it's 

1114
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:54,160
not Shaq. 
You know, maybe you want to 

1115
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,160
throw up Russell as an all time 
winner. 

1116
00:55:56,440 --> 00:56:00,000
Wilp is the all time statistical
dominant beast that he was a 

1117
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:03,160
little magical little bird. 
Nobody ever says Kareem. 

1118
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,720
So I've always defended Kareem 
kissed to me, Kareem Abdul 

1119
00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:11,720
Jabbar, you know, 6 MVPS, 6 
championships, most indefensible

1120
00:56:11,720 --> 00:56:16,440
shot in the history of the game 
and the most points for about 30

1121
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,120
years before it was broken, 
before the record was broken, 

1122
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:23,880
right? 
So Kareem is is painfully either

1123
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:26,680
ignored or disrespected or 
glossed over. 

1124
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:29,120
And I think Hakeem Olajuwon is 
next on that. 

1125
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,400
Maybe Tim Duncan, Duncan's in 
that category as well. 

1126
00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:34,240
Either way, just kind of a 
little bit of a referendum on 

1127
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:36,960
the old time greats. 
But like, if you can't juggle 

1128
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:39,880
both and that's on you. 
I got no problem juggling. 

1129
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:43,280
I'm thinking championship. 
I'm thinking, you know, I'm 

1130
00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:45,560
thinking, thinking Pistons, I'm 
thinking Cavs. 

1131
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:48,480
I'm thinking more Pistons, but 
I'm thinking Pistons and Cavs. 

1132
00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:51,200
Thinking NBA Finals. 
I'm thinking about being one of 

1133
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,760
the two teams left. 
I'm thinking about watching 

1134
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,800
Jalen Brunson and Cat on this 
massive stage. 

1135
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:58,920
And yes, I would be very worried
about the Thunder. 

1136
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:00,800
I get it. 
I could do both. 

1137
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:03,200
I can process both. 
And we don't have one brain 

1138
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,600
cell. 
You know, maybe some of us 

1139
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,040
killed a few along the way. 
But, you know, how do you not? 

1140
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:10,560
How can you not mentally juggle 
both? 

1141
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:13,240
I don't, I don't get that. 
All right, Jay, who's up next? 

1142
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:18,120
Got our friend St. from London. 
St. is into his house. 

1143
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:20,120
What up St. 
How you doing buddy? 

1144
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:21,720
I'm good, brother. 
How are you? 

1145
00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:24,160
I'm. 
Awesome, awesome. 

1146
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:27,640
I'm glad to hear it. 
I first want to just pause and 

1147
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:31,200
give a shout out because I feel,
man, that we spoke this into 

1148
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:33,680
existence talking about Breece 
Hall and this man gets his 

1149
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:35,280
contract. 
Oh yeah, I was that. 

1150
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:37,360
We weren't worried about it. 
I knew it was going to happen. 

1151
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,040
I didn't know about the 
guaranteed money. 

1152
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:44,120
I thought it might be a little 
bit more than the 29 or 30 he 

1153
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:48,000
got, but hey, he's young, he's 
good, he's fast, he's valuable. 

1154
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:49,240
Love it. 
Pumped about. 

1155
00:57:49,240 --> 00:57:51,280
It love, love it too. 
And you know what? 

1156
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:53,160
You, you literally stole my 
word. 

1157
00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:55,520
I, I think we're mentally 
dancing, man from across the 

1158
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:58,840
park because I literally was 
going to come on here and say 

1159
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:01,360
they are playing 
transformational ball these next

1160
00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:03,720
man. 
I, I mean, look, Bridges is 

1161
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:05,760
bridging the gap. 
No pun intended. 

1162
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:09,680
Brunson is just brunting it up. 
Deuce is shooting like Tony KU 

1163
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,760
coach since you're going back to
the 90s. 

1164
00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:15,240
Legitimate 6 man even though 
he's starting, his OG is out. 

1165
00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:18,240
Cat is playing like Yokich, 
which is just absolutely 

1166
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:21,160
insanity. 
I mean, I don't know, and I 

1167
00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:23,920
don't know what these people are
sitting here busting your ass 

1168
00:58:23,920 --> 00:58:28,600
about doing Twitter or whatever,
but I've been listening to you 

1169
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:32,080
for way too long and I know 
exactly how you felt about the 

1170
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,600
Knicks, so I would ignore that. 
Oh, no, I'd just like to have a 

1171
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:37,240
little bit of fun. 
Don't bother me, I just pointed 

1172
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,720
out, yeah. 
I would, I would, I would ignore

1173
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:43,720
that because honestly, like 
most, this is the gift and the 

1174
00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:45,200
curse of being in the Knicks 
fan, right? 

1175
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:48,640
It's like you got you got the 
ones that are die hard that will

1176
00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:50,200
always go. 
It doesn't matter how 

1177
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:52,240
insignificant we were for all 
those years. 

1178
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:55,560
MSG the Mac is always going to 
be sold out and they get away 

1179
00:58:55,560 --> 00:59:00,760
with charging those extortionate
ticket prices, but also then you

1180
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:03,160
have the other next man that's 
like, well you're you're you're 

1181
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:05,320
a front runner. 
You just come into the party 

1182
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:07,240
like you know, where, where were
you? 

1183
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:08,720
And. 
It's like I've been. 

1184
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:11,200
Suffering my entire life like 
where were. 

1185
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:15,240
You like? 
And I'll tell you what, I always

1186
00:59:15,240 --> 00:59:19,280
say this to a lot of people that
have, you know, an affiliation 

1187
00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:24,880
with very successful teams. 
You can't know joy without pain.

1188
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:30,000
So when there you go and get and
get mad that their team is not 

1189
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,680
performing or their team that's 
used to winning everything has 

1190
00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:35,160
the most championships. 
So I don't respect patriots fans

1191
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:39,080
because like The thing is like 
you're you're you're upset that 

1192
00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:41,000
you are losing. 
Brabel's brought brought you to 

1193
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,440
the promised land. 
That's great in his first 

1194
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:47,680
season. 
But you cannot know joy without 

1195
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:48,200
pain. 
But. 

1196
00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:50,240
That's I love that that's. 
Good, man. 

1197
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:54,680
So it's like if you can't, you 
can't, you get mad at your team 

1198
00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:58,120
and you can't exile from your 
team or put them on the back 

1199
00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:01,880
burner or the shelf because you 
are just used to winning. 

1200
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:03,760
But you haven't. 
You haven't lost. 

1201
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:08,000
And nobody, and you know this, 
nobody's lost more than us than 

1202
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:11,400
us. 
That's right. 

1203
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,200
I wanted to bring the 
positivity, but I just feel that

1204
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:18,040
it's unnecessary for you to take
those shots. 

1205
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:21,240
I know you got to step up a lip 
and you can take it, but. 

1206
01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:25,080
But I but you know what? 
I just can't see anybody beating

1207
01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:27,200
the Knicks right now. 
And just like you said, if 

1208
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:30,560
you're not, if not, if now is 
not the time to hope and dream, 

1209
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:31,400
then when is it? 
And. 

1210
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:33,160
I swear to you, come. 
On man. 

1211
01:00:33,160 --> 01:00:36,280
I swear to, I swear to you like 
my dad. 

1212
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:37,640
We're talking about it last 
night. 

1213
01:00:37,640 --> 01:00:41,320
He goes, oh, who would you 
rather face, Kate or the beard? 

1214
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:43,960
I was like, I don't give a shit 
about either one of them because

1215
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:47,920
we will absolutely smack them 
into next week. 

1216
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:48,960
I love it. 
I'm not. 

1217
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:51,040
I'm not interested. 
I'm not interested. 

1218
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:53,960
Bring them all. 
OK, Steve, I was at the last 

1219
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:56,760
game at the Garden, March 5th, 
where we lost by three. 

1220
01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:01,200
My brother took me there. 
He still lives in Washington 

1221
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:02,920
Heights. 
I was whinging. 

1222
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:05,640
I was whinging about wanting to 
see the game, but the tickets 

1223
01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:08,680
were extortionate and he made it
happen as a surprise. 

1224
01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:12,880
It was fantastic, $20 beers. 
You know how it goes in the 

1225
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:16,840
Garden. 
I know it all, man, I know. 

1226
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:21,280
Those two last shots that we 
could have forced it to 

1227
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:24,520
overtime, we didn't. 
But you know, the fan base was 

1228
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:25,720
still happy. 
We're just like. 

1229
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:28,880
We didn't win, but. 
You know, I don't care if we 

1230
01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:31,320
meet, if we're destined to meet.
OK, See, I reckon we can. 

1231
01:01:31,360 --> 01:01:32,760
Let's go. 
Hey, by the way, what is that 

1232
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:33,960
expression again? 
Joy and pain? 

1233
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:37,680
What you say without joy? 
I said you can't know or 

1234
01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:41,560
appreciate joy without pain. 
Remember the song by Rob Base? 

1235
01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:44,320
Do you remember that joy? 
Come on, come on, pain. 

1236
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:53,680
Keep it going, Keep it going. 
Well done man, well done money. 

1237
01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:55,600
Great way to start the Monday. 
Let's go. 

1238
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:58,240
I'll talk to you, brother. 
Yeah, keep. 

1239
01:01:58,360 --> 01:02:00,560
Keep it easy and keep bringing 
the positive vibes. 

1240
01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:04,120
Keep doing the unleash and 
actually just embellish me for a

1241
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:06,720
minute as you hang up on me 
about what you think about The 

1242
01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:09,600
Jets and how this Cave Club, 
Nick and Breece Hall things are 

1243
01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:10,480
going. 
Thank you so much. 

1244
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,240
You got it, my man. 
Yes, Sir. 

1245
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,520
Yes, Sir. 
Yeah, Club Nick sounds very 

1246
01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:15,640
sound. 
I'm not going to go nuts on that

1247
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:18,560
because a big Nick day, but he 
sounded very impressive at the 

1248
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:22,760
at the rookie workouts. 
He's I'm a winner, confident but

1249
01:02:22,760 --> 01:02:26,440
humble, great perspective. 
You know, not going to go nuts 

1250
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:28,440
and say that the The Jets 
stumble the pond their their 

1251
01:02:28,440 --> 01:02:31,640
franchise quarterback here. 
But what he projected was was 

1252
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:33,880
really good, really good. 
It just reminded me. 

1253
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:36,480
So I was texting with my sister 
yesterday. 

1254
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:40,720
J Rod right, wished her a a 
happy Mother's Day, obviously, 

1255
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:44,480
right and St. just called and 
and he's obviously crossed the 

1256
01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:47,680
pond and my sister was getting 
on a flight to to finish up her 

1257
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:50,560
studies at Oxford, right. 
That's where my sister is right 

1258
01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:52,840
now at Oxford. 
I don't even know if it's her 

1259
01:02:52,840 --> 01:02:54,840
third or fourth degree. 
I've lost count. 

1260
01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:56,480
Dude. 
I have no idea. 

1261
01:02:57,280 --> 01:02:59,680
Oh, dude, I am. 
Yeah. 

1262
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:01,480
She's the smart one in the 
family. 

1263
01:03:01,520 --> 01:03:07,440
I am convinced that if I sat 
down to take one test at Oxford,

1264
01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:10,360
I honestly don't think I would 
get one question right unless it

1265
01:03:10,360 --> 01:03:12,040
was multiple choice and I 
stumbled upon it. 

1266
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:14,240
I don't know how she's got 3°. 
I don't know. 

1267
01:03:14,360 --> 01:03:16,480
I don't even know. 
What she what is she currently 

1268
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:17,160
studying? 
A. 

1269
01:03:17,240 --> 01:03:19,720
Lot of AI stuff, a lot of stuff 
like that. 

1270
01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:21,760
She was in. 
Finance, she was in finance for 

1271
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:27,400
about 25 years and she made a 
really great pivot, very high up

1272
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:29,960
in finance. 
Finance, she see, she went to 

1273
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:32,440
Oxford. 
I guess that would have been her

1274
01:03:32,440 --> 01:03:35,520
junior year. 
She was undergrad at Boston 

1275
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:40,120
College and then went to Oxford 
her junior year and then 

1276
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:43,040
obviously graduated from BC, 
went into the finance. 

1277
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:44,880
Well, I didn't get into the 
financial sector right away, but

1278
01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:46,320
that doesn't matter. 
A couple of years after that, 

1279
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:47,880
she did. 
Didn't know if she wanted to be 

1280
01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:49,600
a lawyer, didn't know if she 
wanted to be a doctor. 

1281
01:03:49,800 --> 01:03:51,360
Just brilliant. 
And like she's the kind of 

1282
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:53,640
person that would be a 
professional student if you let 

1283
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:55,600
her. 
Like she loves school. 

1284
01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:59,480
It's some she loves it. 
Like she loves going getting on 

1285
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:02,560
a plane to go and challenge her 
mind at Oxford. 

1286
01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:05,720
Like I like sitting behind home 
plate watching my kids play 

1287
01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:07,840
ball. 
Like that's the that's that's 

1288
01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:12,080
the joy that she gets from it. 
How the hell she's doing it now.

1289
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:14,400
Do you know the Rob Bass song? 
Do you know that song? 

1290
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,440
Joy and pain? 
Keep it. 

1291
01:04:16,440 --> 01:04:16,960
Going. 
Keep it. 

1292
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:20,800
Going that sunshine. 
In passing, but never. 

1293
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:23,680
I'll check it out. 
You're young, buck. 

1294
01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:25,880
Sing it now. 
God's children. 

1295
01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:27,560
All right, you know what? 
Let's do this here. 

1296
01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:30,640
We have a lot to do. 
All right, let's slap up the the

1297
01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:33,640
booty promo. 
So we've got Yankee manager 

1298
01:04:33,680 --> 01:04:35,720
Aaron Boone. 
Not tomorrow. 

1299
01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:38,360
We will have Aaron Boone on the 
show on. 

1300
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:39,280
Get it up. 
There you go. 

1301
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:41,640
At 10:30 on Wednesday, it is 
confirmed. 

1302
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:43,200
You got back to me. 
I wasn't sure it was going to be

1303
01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:47,680
11 or 10:30. 10/30 Yankees 
manager Aaron Boone. 

1304
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,400
And again, hopefully Booney has 
a couple of good days here. 

1305
01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:52,600
I don't want to get the grumpy 
Booney when he comes on. 

1306
01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:56,480
The shadow did not like the way 
the Yankees looked in Milwaukee 

1307
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:58,680
over the weekend. 
So that's coming up on 

1308
01:04:58,680 --> 01:05:00,720
Wednesday. 
I told you I'm going to have 

1309
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:02,920
Tiki on this week. 
Not confirmed yet, obviously. 

1310
01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:03,960
I mean, it's a little bit 
easier. 

1311
01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,760
No, no, no, no disrespect, Tiki.
It's a little bit easier. 

1312
01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:10,560
You know, Tiki's just not the 
manager of the Yankees to get 

1313
01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:13,520
him on the show. 
I'm thinking I've got to see if 

1314
01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:15,000
this is conducive to his 
schedule. 

1315
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:18,080
I don't know if it will be 
something around the Giants 

1316
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:21,920
scheduled release and the NFL 
will release everything on 

1317
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:24,240
Thursday. 
So Tiki not confirmed yet, but 

1318
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:26,360
we do have Boone on Wednesday at
10:30. 

1319
01:05:26,360 --> 01:05:29,000
It's going to be awesome. 
What else did I have to tell you

1320
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:30,640
how to tell you about the 
Yankees? 

1321
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:32,400
It's Big Nick Day, so I'm not 
going to do a lot of time on 

1322
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:35,160
this year. 
But so Spencer Jones makes his 

1323
01:05:35,160 --> 01:05:39,120
debut and you know, I mean, 
listen, he ran into some amazing

1324
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:41,200
pitching, struck out a ton. 
Nice to see him get his first 

1325
01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:44,080
knock up the middle line drive 
base hit, made a nice diving 

1326
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:46,480
play in center. 
You know, hopefully they keep 

1327
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:49,240
running them out there. 
Stanton's nowhere near a return.

1328
01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:52,120
Good to have Rodon back. 
He's got to get the work out the

1329
01:05:52,120 --> 01:05:54,160
kinks a little bit. 
Dominguez is going to be out a 

1330
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:58,000
little bit here as well. 
But I just like, I just try to, 

1331
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,040
I don't know if you guys get the
same feeling. 

1332
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:02,640
And I knew because I've seen a 
lot of his clips here that he 

1333
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:04,200
kind of changed the stance a 
little bit. 

1334
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:07,200
I cannot get comfortable 
watching that guy's batting 

1335
01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:08,880
stance. 
I don't care if he's on a 

1336
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:10,720
heater. 
I don't care if Spencer Jones is

1337
01:06:10,720 --> 01:06:15,200
11 for 15 with four bombs. 
Like that wacky stance is just, 

1338
01:06:15,840 --> 01:06:19,800
it's just, it doesn't, it 
doesn't give me Peace of Mind. 

1339
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:22,000
Like I try to Fast forward to 
October. 

1340
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:24,280
And not that I even think that 
he's going to necessarily be on 

1341
01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:25,680
the roster in October. 
Maybe he is. 

1342
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:28,400
I, I don't know. 
I would think probably not, 

1343
01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:32,320
excuse me, if everybody else is 
healthy, but I don't know, like 

1344
01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:35,160
2 on two out, 8th inning, 7th 
inning, 9th inning, high 

1345
01:06:35,160 --> 01:06:37,840
leverage spot, Yankees down a 
run, whatever it might be like 

1346
01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:40,480
Spencer Jones going in there 
with that wacky wind up or that 

1347
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:42,960
wacky stance, I don't know. 
It just looks very 

1348
01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:45,120
uncomfortable, man. 
And you know that he was feeling

1349
01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:47,400
it nervous swinging out of his 
shoes, which he does anyway. 

1350
01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:50,440
But good to get his first knock,
good to get his first RBI. 

1351
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:53,760
But gangs did not look good. 
But we will have over the 

1352
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:55,720
weekend. 
We will have Boone coming up on 

1353
01:06:56,280 --> 01:06:58,080
Wednesday. 
All right, So let everybody know

1354
01:06:58,080 --> 01:06:59,720
about that. 
Aaron Boone in the house coming 

1355
01:06:59,720 --> 01:07:02,760
up on Unleashed. 
Now it is a Monday and it's a 

1356
01:07:02,760 --> 01:07:05,040
little time for something here. 
J Rod, let's get this out of the

1357
01:07:05,040 --> 01:07:06,600
way before I get back to the 
calls here. 

1358
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:09,040
I got a good burning question 
segment for you. 

1359
01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:11,760
I think you guys are like this. 
Burning questions, of course, 

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1370
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1371
01:07:42,160 --> 01:07:43,840
Hopefully they're enjoying the 
Nick run here. 

1372
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:49,560
All right, question #1 we got to
have a little Nick theme here in

1373
01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:52,800
order list your 3 greatest 
Knicks of all time. 

1374
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:54,920
I'm going to piss some people 
off with this. 

1375
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:58,280
Now I know it's funny. 
Anytime Patrick is asked about 

1376
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:01,720
this, he says it's Clyde. 
Anytime Clyde is asked about 

1377
01:08:01,720 --> 01:08:04,560
this, he says it's Patrick. 
You know, Patrick's got all the 

1378
01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:06,600
records. 
Clyde's got the championships. 

1379
01:08:07,040 --> 01:08:10,240
I've got to go Clyde one. 
Even though I never saw Clyde 

1380
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:13,640
dribble the basketball live 
once, you know, I I've got to go

1381
01:08:13,640 --> 01:08:16,200
with Clyde Frazier. 
I mean, come on, think about 

1382
01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:18,920
some of the Game 7 performances.
Think about you know, you talk 

1383
01:08:18,920 --> 01:08:21,120
about Jordan, you know, and 
always getting in the Knicks 

1384
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:22,840
way. 
Think about some of the teams 

1385
01:08:22,840 --> 01:08:25,840
that they had a battle like Wes 
Unseld and the Bullets back then

1386
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:28,880
when they were the still the 
Washington Bullets, you know, 

1387
01:08:28,880 --> 01:08:32,560
Jerry West and and just Elgin 
Baylor, the Lakers. 

1388
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:35,319
Come on man, I'm going to go 
Clyde one. 

1389
01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:38,840
Sorry, younger Knick fans. 
I'm obviously going to go 

1390
01:08:38,840 --> 01:08:43,520
Patrick Ewing #2 and I'm going 
to go, you know, I thought about

1391
01:08:43,520 --> 01:08:46,279
a little the Bush or a little 
Reed, a little Earl Monroe, but 

1392
01:08:46,279 --> 01:08:48,080
Earl wasn't here for the first 
championship. 

1393
01:08:48,359 --> 01:08:51,200
You know, Bernard King is my 
first favorite Nick, but he's 

1394
01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:53,760
only, he was only here for five 
years and he, you know, I love 

1395
01:08:53,760 --> 01:08:55,800
him. 
But no, I'm definitely not going

1396
01:08:55,800 --> 01:08:57,479
mellow. 
Some of you young people might. 

1397
01:08:57,720 --> 01:09:02,279
I'm going Jaylen Brunson. 
Jaylen Brunson #3 I remember and

1398
01:09:02,279 --> 01:09:06,359
Sal thought I was nuts and we 
got into it and, and I stand by 

1399
01:09:06,359 --> 01:09:08,760
it. 
To me, obviously Patrick's the 

1400
01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:09,840
second. 
You know, you could even say 

1401
01:09:09,840 --> 01:09:11,840
Patrick's number one for me. 
He's number 2. 

1402
01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:14,600
So Clyde won Pat 2. 
But I remember saying on The Fan

1403
01:09:14,600 --> 01:09:18,319
back in the day that, and this 
was very early in Jalen 

1404
01:09:18,319 --> 01:09:21,840
Brunson's run as a Knick. 
I'm like, Jalen Brunson impacts 

1405
01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:23,920
winning night to night more than
Patrick did. 

1406
01:09:24,319 --> 01:09:26,800
And I believe that. 
And it's not a knock on Pat. 

1407
01:09:26,800 --> 01:09:30,240
Now if yeah, I'm started, I mean
out of time. 

1408
01:09:30,279 --> 01:09:33,000
If Brunson wins the championship
and he's here five more years, 

1409
01:09:33,279 --> 01:09:39,200
is there a situation that, you 
know, he can usurp Pat at #2 I 

1410
01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:41,120
mean, that seems like a bit of a
stretch there. 

1411
01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:44,439
And having impact on winning is 
different than for me, at least 

1412
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:46,880
the way I process the question, 
who's the greatest? 

1413
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:48,720
Nick? 
I'm going to say Brunson right 

1414
01:09:48,720 --> 01:09:51,279
now is 3. 
All due respect to Pearl, all 

1415
01:09:51,279 --> 01:09:54,600
due respect to BK, all due 
respect to the captain, Willis 

1416
01:09:54,600 --> 01:10:01,160
Reed #1 all right, number 2 with
the Wizards, the Wizards winning

1417
01:10:01,160 --> 01:10:04,920
the draft lottery. 
Who are your three biggest NBA 

1418
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:08,080
first overall busts? 
Not sure why I inverted the word

1419
01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:11,280
in there, but I did. 
Oh my God, this, this to me is 

1420
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:13,760
actually pretty easy. 
Like there's been a lot of got 

1421
01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:16,680
like and again, operative phrase
first overall. 

1422
01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:19,600
So like if you thinking Darko 
Millisich when you could have 

1423
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:23,000
taken Mellow and and Wade and 
bought like, no, it's not Darko 

1424
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:26,320
first overall. 
All right #1 there's a clear cut

1425
01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:28,280
answer. 
I mean, it's got to be Anthony 

1426
01:10:28,280 --> 01:10:30,760
Bennett. 
I mean, it's got to be Anthony 

1427
01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:32,560
Bennett was taken first overall 
by the Cavaliers. 

1428
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:35,800
Cavaliers back in 2013. 
You could have taken Giannis. 

1429
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:39,360
You could have even had Rudy 
Gobert in four years as the 

1430
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:41,440
first overall. 
I even when they drafted him, 

1431
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:43,160
the whole league, the whole 
world was like, what? 

1432
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:48,760
He averaged four and a half, 4.4
points per game in 151 games 

1433
01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:52,720
with the Cavaliers. 
He has the fewest points ever in

1434
01:10:52,720 --> 01:10:55,400
the history of the NBA for 
people who were drafted first 

1435
01:10:55,400 --> 01:10:58,160
overall. 
He scored 600, didn't even score

1436
01:10:58,160 --> 01:11:02,880
700 career points. 
So bet it's #1 #2 you know 

1437
01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:04,560
what's funny? 
I had Stephen A on the show 

1438
01:11:04,720 --> 01:11:06,760
about a month and 1/2 or so ago.
If you guys missed it, check it 

1439
01:11:06,760 --> 01:11:10,200
out. 
And you know, Steven, if you 

1440
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:13,760
really think about some of the 
early viral clips with Stephen A

1441
01:11:13,760 --> 01:11:17,040
before he'd be as he was 
becoming this media mogul 

1442
01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:20,600
monster that he is, remember 
Kwame Brown? 

1443
01:11:20,840 --> 01:11:25,520
Like he would just eviscerate 
Kwame Brown and Kwame Brown is 

1444
01:11:25,520 --> 01:11:27,000
the answer. 
I mean, you might even say Kwame

1445
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:30,600
over Bennett. 
I wouldn't 2001 with the Wizards

1446
01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:33,760
and you know, you could have 
gotten Paul Gasol, you could 

1447
01:11:33,760 --> 01:11:36,920
have taken Tony Parker. 
Now he was traded to the Lakers,

1448
01:11:37,360 --> 01:11:41,840
you know, 6 points, 5 rebounds. 
Just, you know, he wasn't ready,

1449
01:11:41,840 --> 01:11:44,160
man. 
He wasn't physically mature 

1450
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:47,280
coming out of high school. 
He wasn't emotionally mature and

1451
01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:49,960
he wasn't locked in like, you 
know, I, I wasn't around them. 

1452
01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:51,600
So. 
But what I've heard is that 

1453
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:55,680
you're just a little bit lazy. 
Kwame #2 #3 This goes back a 

1454
01:11:55,680 --> 01:11:59,880
minute. 1998 Michael Olawakandi 
from the Clippers out of 

1455
01:11:59,880 --> 01:12:01,840
Pacific. 
I mean, when you take somebody 

1456
01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:04,880
first overall out of Pacific, no
disrespect to Pacific, you're 

1457
01:12:04,880 --> 01:12:08,240
rolling the dice a little bit. 
And you know, the why He's third

1458
01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:12,040
is because he did play nine 
years in the NBA and you know, 

1459
01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:14,160
he was like second team or all 
rookie nothing. 

1460
01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:17,480
He was great, but it was rookie 
year. 9 points, 8 rebounds, all 

1461
01:12:17,480 --> 01:12:19,520
right? 
He's a big, you know, from 

1462
01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:22,600
weaker mid major competition. 
You know, there was at least a 

1463
01:12:22,600 --> 01:12:24,960
building block, but it just 
never materialized. 

1464
01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:26,960
So, and that's Wrath, by the 
way. 

1465
01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:29,720
You could have had Vince Carter,
you could have taken Paul 

1466
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:32,640
Pierce, you could have taken 
Dirk internationally out of 

1467
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:34,960
Germany. 
So those are the three for me. 

1468
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:38,400
Bennett 1, Kwame 2. 
Michael Olawakandi 3. 

1469
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:40,320
Really. 
All the Wakandi, all the 

1470
01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:41,520
Wakandi. 
Either way works. 

1471
01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:45,680
All right #3 baseball. 
This is good. 

1472
01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:47,560
Who's coming up with these 
questions? 

1473
01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:51,040
Better MLB story, the Cubbies or
the Rays? 

1474
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:52,880
I mean, both teams are humming 
here. 

1475
01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:56,040
So Tampa's 26 and 13. 
They won 8 of 10. 

1476
01:12:56,360 --> 01:12:58,680
They're first in the American 
League East, their game or so up

1477
01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:02,480
on the Yankees, right? 
The Cubbies are 27 and 14. 

1478
01:13:02,680 --> 01:13:06,880
They are first in the Central. 
They 2 have won eight of 10 now,

1479
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:08,600
But here's the difference. 
I'm going to say that it's 

1480
01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:10,480
Tampa. 
I'm going to say that it's Tampa

1481
01:13:10,480 --> 01:13:12,680
because even though their 
stadium is is is, you know, 

1482
01:13:13,080 --> 01:13:15,840
piece of garbage, they're back 
in their stadium. 

1483
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:18,440
You know, they were out of play 
George Steinbrenner Field in 

1484
01:13:18,440 --> 01:13:21,960
Tampa because the not the 
tornado, the hurricane rolled 

1485
01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:25,640
through ripped the roof off. 
So, you know, they were they 

1486
01:13:25,640 --> 01:13:28,360
were displaced at any time that 
happens, whether it's a home or 

1487
01:13:28,360 --> 01:13:30,800
a stadium, you know it, it's a 
good story. 

1488
01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:33,360
Even though they're a little bit
in the Yankees way this year. 

1489
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:36,720
But I'm going to really go with 
the Rays because of the the 

1490
01:13:36,720 --> 01:13:40,160
money here. 
So the Tampa Rays are 24th in 

1491
01:13:40,160 --> 01:13:41,760
payroll. 
They just do things well. 

1492
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,480
They draft, they develop, they 
know when to get rid of guys 

1493
01:13:44,480 --> 01:13:46,600
early. 
They know when to, you know, 

1494
01:13:46,600 --> 01:13:48,720
that they rather than get rid of
somebody a year too late, they 

1495
01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:50,720
do it a year early. 
Price and some others at a 

1496
01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:53,160
Longoria, they just so call 
Crawford. 

1497
01:13:53,160 --> 01:13:57,800
They're so good at that. 
And then the Cubbies who are 8th

1498
01:13:57,800 --> 01:14:00,680
in payroll, top ten, 
$219,000,000. 

1499
01:14:00,680 --> 01:14:04,440
So they basically got the same 
record just about they're both 

1500
01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:06,280
playing great ball now, winning 
8 of 10. 

1501
01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:10,760
But the Cubs have $119 million 
more devoted to their payroll. 

1502
01:14:10,960 --> 01:14:13,800
So I'm going to say the better 
story right right now, right now

1503
01:14:14,160 --> 01:14:16,120
has been the Tampa Rays. 
And again, three Bernie 

1504
01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:17,880
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1505
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:21,800
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1506
01:14:21,800 --> 01:14:25,320
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1507
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:27,240
Good, good crop. 
A question today. 

1508
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:28,840
Hi, Jay. 
Big time. 

1509
01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:33,480
Also, you know, another great 
little just dig at the Sixers 

1510
01:14:33,480 --> 01:14:35,200
here. 
Yeah, go to like. 

1511
01:14:35,480 --> 01:14:37,880
Over it. 
Go to #4 and five on those 

1512
01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:39,480
biggest bus. 
All right, Maybe you got Ben 

1513
01:14:39,480 --> 01:14:41,200
Simmons. 
Maybe you got Markel Fultz. 

1514
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:43,080
I thought about those. 
I I did. 

1515
01:14:43,680 --> 01:14:45,600
I did. 
Now Simmons got hurt. 

1516
01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:50,120
Simmons early on was I remember,
to be fair, I remember watching 

1517
01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:52,200
Simmons and I'm like, man, I 
wish I had him on the Knicks, 

1518
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:55,200
You know, 610, I know we 
couldn't shoot, but a 

1519
01:14:55,200 --> 01:14:58,520
distributor, you know, rebound 
lead the I'm talking to early. 

1520
01:14:58,520 --> 01:15:02,080
Simmons was thankful. 
Do you think it's injuries that 

1521
01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:05,160
fully derailed his career or do 
you think it was more his 

1522
01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:08,920
aversion to playing basketball? 
That's what I think, you know. 

1523
01:15:08,920 --> 01:15:11,400
Combination of both. 
It certainly must be. 

1524
01:15:11,560 --> 01:15:14,320
Yes, yes, I And it's funny 
because he had an aversion to 

1525
01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:17,000
shooting. 
And Markel Fultz at a very 

1526
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:19,680
similar reflection where he just
he he couldn't shoot publicly. 

1527
01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:21,160
That was bad. 
I felt they were bad. 

1528
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:23,280
Where did he He was University 
of Washington, right? 

1529
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:24,160
Yeah. 
Markel Fultz. 

1530
01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:28,200
Funny, I was at the 2017 NBA 
draft and I remember, like, I 

1531
01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:30,840
mean, obviously the Celtics had 
made that trade for the third 

1532
01:15:30,840 --> 01:15:33,520
pick, but I remember going, man,
I don't want Tatum. 

1533
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:35,800
I want Markel Fultz. 
Are you serious? 

1534
01:15:35,960 --> 01:15:39,760
Of course, dude at the time, I 
mean at the time, Jason Tatum, 

1535
01:15:39,800 --> 01:15:42,520
dude at the time, I wanted 
Markel Fultz and then Josh 

1536
01:15:42,520 --> 01:15:43,520
Jackson. 
Jackson. 

1537
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:45,720
Oh my God. 
I remember. 

1538
01:15:45,720 --> 01:15:49,000
Yeah, sure. 
And and granted, Josh Jackson 

1539
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:51,760
did have a pretty decent rookie 
year, the rest of his career is 

1540
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:53,680
garbage. 
But Markel Fultz, I mean, if you

1541
01:15:53,680 --> 01:15:56,920
remember going into that draft, 
he was looked at as like the 

1542
01:15:56,920 --> 01:15:58,680
next James Harden. 
Really. 

1543
01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:01,160
That was like his player 
comparison at the time. 

1544
01:16:01,480 --> 01:16:02,920
I'm looking at the draft now, 
right? 

1545
01:16:02,920 --> 01:16:04,360
Yeah, no question. 
Absolutely. 

1546
01:16:04,360 --> 01:16:07,280
So Fultz went first. 
Lonzo Ball went second. 

1547
01:16:07,440 --> 01:16:11,880
Man Tatum third. 
Jackson 4 The Aaron Fox, good 

1548
01:16:11,880 --> 01:16:16,320
score. 5th Jonathan Isaac 6 Lori
Marking in, you know, by the 

1549
01:16:16,320 --> 01:16:19,560
Bulls and obviously, you know, 
you moved around a little bit, 

1550
01:16:19,560 --> 01:16:22,760
has become a good score. 
Jeez, if this doesn't make you 

1551
01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:24,640
appreciate the Knicks where we 
are now. 

1552
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:30,160
With the 8th overall pick in the
2017 NBA Draft from France, 

1553
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:33,480
point guard, the Knicks select 
Frank Nilikita. 

1554
01:16:33,480 --> 01:16:36,040
Oh God. 
Over D Mitchell. 

1555
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,080
Yes, yes. 
And Dennis? 

1556
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:40,360
Smith. 
Was a player who went after him 

1557
01:16:40,360 --> 01:16:43,640
and a lot of us Nick fans wanted
Dennis Smith and he was really 

1558
01:16:43,640 --> 01:16:46,040
good at NC State. 
Could jump, jump out of the gym.

1559
01:16:46,040 --> 01:16:49,200
I remember some real like in 
traffic where he would just cock

1560
01:16:49,200 --> 01:16:52,000
it back and yoking on some 
yoking on bigs in traffic. 

1561
01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:56,400
I like Dennis Smith, Zach 
Collins from Gonzaga I believe, 

1562
01:16:56,720 --> 01:16:59,320
and then Malik Monk, Luke 
Kennard from Duke. 

1563
01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:01,760
Donovan Mitchell, 13. 
My goodness. 

1564
01:17:02,000 --> 01:17:05,520
Justin Jackson, Justin Patton 
from Creighton, I remember doing

1565
01:17:05,520 --> 01:17:08,400
his games against Saint John's. 
Harry Giles. 

1566
01:17:08,400 --> 01:17:10,320
Let's see if it really jumps. 
Jared Allen. 

1567
01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:15,000
Man, this OG had a movie. 
OG was the 2020 third pick. 

1568
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:18,360
For Raptors, Was he picked by 
the Raptors too? 

1569
01:17:18,360 --> 01:17:19,760
Was it? 
Was it the Raptors? 

1570
01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:22,200
He was I, I thought that was a 
trade. 

1571
01:17:22,240 --> 01:17:29,880
I think, I think the Lakers 
traded that pick to the Bucks. 

1572
01:17:29,920 --> 01:17:32,520
There was some sort of trade 
around that, but I forget the 

1573
01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:35,600
exact. 
I mean, not be a long time ago, 

1574
01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:37,800
man. 
Tony Bradley, Derek. 

1575
01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:40,440
White, Josh. 
Hard Wow. 

1576
01:17:40,440 --> 01:17:43,640
You know, I think maybe it's 
just because Derek White, like 

1577
01:17:43,720 --> 01:17:47,920
his hair is so messed up back in
the day that you think that he's

1578
01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:50,920
been in the league for as long 
as like, I don't even know, not 

1579
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:53,400
a guy like Mike Conley, but you 
think Derek White's been in the 

1580
01:17:53,400 --> 01:17:56,000
league for like a minute just 
because of his look. 

1581
01:17:56,240 --> 01:17:59,880
Like I would not have thought 
that he was drafted in 20 T-17 

1582
01:17:59,880 --> 01:18:02,920
alongside Tatum. 
I agree that's. 

1583
01:18:02,920 --> 01:18:04,960
Me a long time ago. 
My God. 

1584
01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:06,880
All right, Jay, who do we have 
up next here? 

1585
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:09,400
Let's get back to the call. 
Got our man's going as well. 

1586
01:18:10,520 --> 01:18:13,480
Who? 
Got our buddy Seth calling in. 

1587
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:18,640
What up in a bit. 
I am not going to lie, I was not

1588
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:22,840
expecting us next to sweep to 
Philadelphia. 

1589
01:18:22,840 --> 01:18:26,040
I was thinking this was going to
go at least 6, but we got our 

1590
01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:30,840
first playoff sweep since 99 
since the Hawks, right? 

1591
01:18:31,240 --> 01:18:32,760
Yeah. 
Yeah, I remember that they and 

1592
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:35,640
they had to play that game where
the Falcons used to play, I 

1593
01:18:35,640 --> 01:18:39,360
think because Phillips Arena was
getting some work done, if I 

1594
01:18:39,360 --> 01:18:40,320
remember. 
I remember, yeah. 

1595
01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:43,040
They were playing in. 
Was it the the Atlanta whatever 

1596
01:18:43,040 --> 01:18:45,600
the which one was the Omni 
Falcon Dome, whatever it was 

1597
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:47,200
called either way. 
Yeah, it's been a minute. 

1598
01:18:48,440 --> 01:18:54,160
Having said that, I mean, this 
was sort of what I expect, kind 

1599
01:18:54,160 --> 01:18:56,960
of expected to. 
I mean, we only had to go six 

1600
01:18:56,960 --> 01:19:00,120
against Atlanta. 
We were a little fresher and 

1601
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:03,160
Philadelphia had been easily 
been put themselves under the 

1602
01:19:03,160 --> 01:19:05,000
gun. 
I'm going to claw them way back 

1603
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:07,560
from three, one down to Boston 
to win. 

1604
01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:09,760
They were gassed. 
Yep. 

1605
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:11,840
Yeah, I know. 
Understood. 

1606
01:19:11,920 --> 01:19:15,920
And their star player isn't 
reliable night tonight while 

1607
01:19:16,480 --> 01:19:20,200
George is hanging it up. 
Yeah, he's he's I've got Paul's 

1608
01:19:20,200 --> 01:19:21,840
a hell of a player. 
I've got great respect for Paul 

1609
01:19:21,840 --> 01:19:22,920
George. 
He's a gamer, man. 

1610
01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:25,400
He really is. 
But in beach shot, like he just,

1611
01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:28,400
I mean, he just can't move and 
he's such a flopper, dude. 

1612
01:19:28,400 --> 01:19:31,120
I'm just tired of it. 
People say LeBron used to flop, 

1613
01:19:31,120 --> 01:19:33,400
which still does. 
Nobody flops like this guy. 

1614
01:19:33,400 --> 01:19:35,240
It's embarrassing. 
There was a video we flopped. 

1615
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:41,640
No, no, no, I disagree. 
No, he's a foul baiter. 

1616
01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:43,120
Well, that's different than 
flopping. 

1617
01:19:43,200 --> 01:19:45,320
I mean, that's that's kind of 
manipulating the rules like 

1618
01:19:45,320 --> 01:19:46,920
that. 
There's a big difference, Seth. 

1619
01:19:47,440 --> 01:19:50,040
I mean, it's did you see the 
video going around social media 

1620
01:19:50,040 --> 01:19:51,760
where Embiid, who did he bump 
into? 

1621
01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:55,280
He actually bumped into one of 
his own teammates and he flopped

1622
01:19:55,520 --> 01:19:59,560
when he hit his own teammate. 
It's just, oh, God, Sixers have 

1623
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,320
the Sixers future is as bleak as
it gets. 

1624
01:20:02,480 --> 01:20:05,120
Even though, even though Maxi's 
great. 

1625
01:20:05,440 --> 01:20:10,120
And if you want to do a complete
rebuild of Philadelphia set 

1626
01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:13,400
around Maxi and Edgecomb, you 
gotta get rid of Nurse, Gotta 

1627
01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:15,560
get rid of him, B Oh, yeah. 
Yeah, yeah, No, no. 

1628
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:16,800
No doubt. 
Absolutely. 

1629
01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:17,760
Hold on. 
Let me see. 

1630
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:20,320
Yeah. 
But the big question is, yeah, 

1631
01:20:20,320 --> 01:20:21,960
who's a good, who's a good 
enough? 

1632
01:20:22,080 --> 01:20:25,360
Well. 
Greg, qualified coach. 

1633
01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:28,200
You don't have many of those in 
the NBA, and even when you do, 

1634
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:30,440
most of them get in through 
connections. 

1635
01:20:30,440 --> 01:20:32,800
Nepotism. 
Yeah. 

1636
01:20:32,800 --> 01:20:34,200
I mean, I don't know about most.
I don't know. 

1637
01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:36,320
I don't know if I'd say most of 
them, but no, a fair amount, 

1638
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:38,320
too. 
Yeah, I think Nick Nurse is a 

1639
01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:39,640
good coach. 
I don't think he's great. 

1640
01:20:39,640 --> 01:20:43,200
I don't even want to, you know, 
get into any critical analysis 

1641
01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:45,320
now of Nick because of what he's
going through. 

1642
01:20:45,320 --> 01:20:48,240
But the man is a champion. 
I mean, how many champions are 

1643
01:20:48,280 --> 01:20:50,400
are coaching right now? 
I mean, Mike Brown doesn't have 

1644
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:51,760
any. 
Tom Pivoto didn't have any. 

1645
01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:53,160
I mean, Nick Nurse has a 
championship. 

1646
01:20:53,160 --> 01:20:55,760
Rumors are Tom may be heading 
down to Orlando soon. 

1647
01:20:55,760 --> 01:20:58,240
Yeah, I saw that. 
That would be it for a young 

1648
01:20:58,240 --> 01:21:00,320
team. 
That could be pretty interesting

1649
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:01,480
right there. 
No, I don't. 

1650
01:21:01,480 --> 01:21:04,280
I don't disagree. 
Chicago won't take him back. 

1651
01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:06,040
No, no, he's not going to 
Chicago. 

1652
01:21:06,040 --> 01:21:07,320
There's no way he's going. 
I don't think. 

1653
01:21:07,320 --> 01:21:09,200
No. 
All right, Seth, any. 

1654
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:11,880
Nothing negative to say, right. 
So Seth sounds pretty stable 

1655
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:13,240
today. 
One other thing I want to say 

1656
01:21:13,240 --> 01:21:15,200
for Yankees. 
You want to say what? 

1657
01:21:15,880 --> 01:21:19,400
A little bit of a farewell. 
Well, to a less known Yankee who

1658
01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:21,240
passed away recently. 
Who? 

1659
01:21:21,880 --> 01:21:23,960
Bobby Cox. 
Yeah. 

1660
01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:25,000
Yeah. 
No, I did see that. 

1661
01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:27,560
A life well lived. 
He was he was a Yankee, 

1662
01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:31,160
obviously. 
I think he was 848584. 

1663
01:21:31,280 --> 01:21:33,120
Yeah, 84. 
Yeah, I saw that, You know, rest

1664
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:34,640
in peace to to just a great 
baseball. 

1665
01:21:34,760 --> 01:21:36,800
Remember him for the Braves. 
No question. 

1666
01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:38,440
Yeah. 
I mean, I don't know how old you

1667
01:21:38,440 --> 01:21:38,840
are. 
I don't. 

1668
01:21:38,880 --> 01:21:42,240
I mean, I 38, yes. 
So I mean, we never saw him with

1669
01:21:42,240 --> 01:21:44,360
the Yankees. 
You know, he was more of a great

1670
01:21:44,360 --> 01:21:46,560
manager than a player. 
But no good acknowledgement 

1671
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:48,320
there. 
All right, Seth, good job today,

1672
01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:49,440
buddy. 
I'll talk to you, man. 

1673
01:21:50,160 --> 01:21:52,240
Thank you. 
Seth, try to find something 

1674
01:21:52,240 --> 01:21:55,160
here. 
Where's the Sixers? 

1675
01:21:55,280 --> 01:21:57,640
I got to get their payroll. 
I'm just looking for one thing. 

1676
01:21:57,640 --> 01:22:00,960
Pardon me. 
Cavaliers. 

1677
01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:02,920
Cavaliers have the highest 
payroll this year. 

1678
01:22:03,200 --> 01:22:04,680
Rockets, T Wolves, Lake are 
there? 

1679
01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:06,840
OK, Sixers. 
So you get on the 76ers payroll,

1680
01:22:06,840 --> 01:22:10,800
right? 
I mean, I, I just don't, I don't

1681
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:12,840
know, I don't know how you how 
how the hell do you work around 

1682
01:22:12,840 --> 01:22:13,360
this? 
So. 

1683
01:22:13,360 --> 01:22:14,920
This is great. 
I'm looking at it. 

1684
01:22:14,920 --> 01:22:19,680
This is all stirred bro. 
J Rod next year and Beads making

1685
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:22,600
59.5. 
And then it's all guaranteed. 

1686
01:22:22,600 --> 01:22:26,160
No opt outs, no, no. 
And then it's 2728, he's making 

1687
01:22:26,160 --> 01:22:29,880
64.3 now. 
The salary cap will go up, so it

1688
01:22:29,880 --> 01:22:33,720
won't be quite as punitive as it
seems now, But 2829, he's making

1689
01:22:33,720 --> 01:22:37,280
$69 million. 
Paul George is on the books next

1690
01:22:37,280 --> 01:22:40,760
year for 54,000,000. 
So you've got, Yeah, you've. 

1691
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:43,960
Got Oh my gosh. 
I mean, that is, that is, that's

1692
01:22:43,960 --> 01:22:47,480
painful right there, man. 
You've got about $115 million 

1693
01:22:47,480 --> 01:22:49,920
for two guys now. 
Edgecomb's cheap. 

1694
01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:54,200
He's on his rookie deal, Max. 
He's making 40, then 43, then 

1695
01:22:54,200 --> 01:22:55,200
46. 
He's worth it. 

1696
01:22:55,200 --> 01:22:58,120
You're not worried about him. 
And you know, Grimes, his 

1697
01:22:58,120 --> 01:23:00,200
contract is up. 
Uber's contract is up. 

1698
01:23:00,200 --> 01:23:04,480
Drummond's up, Barlow's got a 
team option to 3.4. 

1699
01:23:04,720 --> 01:23:08,040
Lowry's up. 
You know, Watford is up at 2.8. 

1700
01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:11,760
I mean, it's really just those. 
I just, I mean, listen, maybe 

1701
01:23:11,760 --> 01:23:16,160
they are one shrewd navigation. 
I don't even really know what 

1702
01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:19,720
they have in terms of draft 
capital, but it's not going to 

1703
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:21,800
be easy for. 
Them other than, and this is a 

1704
01:23:21,800 --> 01:23:25,560
move NBA teams don't really do 
anymore because it it always 

1705
01:23:25,560 --> 01:23:28,040
ends up horribly. 
And with a contract this big and

1706
01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:30,840
legitimately probably be 
impossible. 

1707
01:23:31,080 --> 01:23:35,240
Like you couldn't cut and 
stretch and wave and be like and

1708
01:23:35,240 --> 01:23:38,600
do something like that. 
And also, even if you force him 

1709
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:41,520
to retire, you'd have not force 
him to retire but be like yo 

1710
01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:43,960
please. 
Like you'd still have to pay out

1711
01:23:43,960 --> 01:23:45,680
the rest of his contract track, 
correct? 

1712
01:23:46,640 --> 01:23:50,080
I'm, you know, well, now there's
insurance like so whether it's 

1713
01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:53,320
Lloyd's of London, you know, the
the not that the fan cares about

1714
01:23:53,320 --> 01:23:55,360
the Sixers getting a return on 
their investment. 

1715
01:23:55,600 --> 01:23:58,840
They want to be able to, you 
know, bring some players in. 

1716
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:03,640
I don't, I don't know, I believe
that there's some type of relief

1717
01:24:04,200 --> 01:24:06,040
like MB is getting every penny 
no matter what. 

1718
01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:07,440
We know that. 
But that's like that's all 

1719
01:24:07,440 --> 01:24:08,560
right. 
That's money coming from the 

1720
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:13,280
Philadelphia 76ers. 
I'm pretty sure they would be 

1721
01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:15,480
granted relief. 
I just, I don't want to just say

1722
01:24:15,480 --> 01:24:18,360
something without being 100%. 
Yeah, I know there's a 

1723
01:24:18,360 --> 01:24:21,240
concession or some sort of fine 
print in there that would give 

1724
01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:23,480
them a little relief, but I, I 
don't know exactly how much. 

1725
01:24:23,760 --> 01:24:29,560
I just don't see a trade Ave. 
with him at all because no team,

1726
01:24:29,680 --> 01:24:33,120
even a even a horrible team, 
isn't going to want to drudge 

1727
01:24:33,120 --> 01:24:35,520
like their books up with 
somebody like that. 

1728
01:24:35,720 --> 01:24:37,160
It's not like there's one year 
to go. 

1729
01:24:37,160 --> 01:24:39,920
I mean, there's three years. 
To go, yeah, it's a long time 

1730
01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:43,240
where it's like no team because,
you know, teams in the past have

1731
01:24:43,240 --> 01:24:46,720
kind of taken on players who are
kind of out of their prime, but 

1732
01:24:46,720 --> 01:24:50,360
maybe bring a little pop to the 
fan base for one season. 

1733
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:52,200
A Russell Westbrook type for 
this. 

1734
01:24:52,520 --> 01:24:54,200
That's a good point. 
Something. 

1735
01:24:54,240 --> 01:24:57,920
Like that, but three years. 
The fans would come with 

1736
01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:00,840
pitchforks and torches. 
Now, if they come at all, I 

1737
01:25:00,840 --> 01:25:02,880
mean, they didn't even show up 
in Philly with pitchforks and 

1738
01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:05,880
Knick fans came in for them. 
I mean, listen, I'm just kind of

1739
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:08,000
thinking out-of-the-box and I'm 
not even, I'm not even saying I 

1740
01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:11,600
would do this, but the way to do
a trade like that and I'd have 

1741
01:25:11,600 --> 01:25:16,360
to do a deeper dive on exactly 
what they have in terms of draft

1742
01:25:16,360 --> 01:25:17,880
equity. 
I don't have that in front of me

1743
01:25:17,880 --> 01:25:18,800
and I don't really care right 
now. 

1744
01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:23,360
But maybe the only way that you 
incentivize A-Team to take on 

1745
01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:26,880
those three big years, you know,
at $64 million on the back end 

1746
01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:29,680
couple of years from now with 
Joel Embiid, is to throw 

1747
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:32,440
Edgecomb in the deal. 
And do like a big deal where you

1748
01:25:32,440 --> 01:25:34,560
get someone else good back as 
well. 

1749
01:25:34,560 --> 01:25:37,720
It's like a mat, OK. 
You know, I've been otherwise I 

1750
01:25:37,720 --> 01:25:41,000
don't see if there was two years
to go it then you if that's 

1751
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:43,880
different because it's one year 
and then it's an expiring deal, 

1752
01:25:43,880 --> 01:25:45,640
which is a great asset in the 
NBA. 

1753
01:25:45,640 --> 01:25:48,680
As you know, the three years 
changes the entire complexion 

1754
01:25:48,680 --> 01:25:50,560
and the their ability to make A 
to make a trade. 

1755
01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:57,760
Scary and how how you feeling 
about how you feeling about the 

1756
01:25:57,760 --> 01:26:02,160
I know you feel great about this
the Pacers the Pacers losing out

1757
01:26:02,160 --> 01:26:06,200
on the pick because it dropped 
the five it went to the Clippers

1758
01:26:06,200 --> 01:26:08,320
with the zoo botch trade. 
But it I know. 

1759
01:26:09,160 --> 01:26:12,560
And did you see their their the 
tweet from their vice president?

1760
01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:15,080
No, I didn't see it. 
Let me pull this up. 

1761
01:26:15,320 --> 01:26:21,960
He he he literally admitted to 
tanking which is like I'm really

1762
01:26:21,960 --> 01:26:25,920
sorry to all our fans I own 
taking the risk. 

1763
01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:29,240
Surprised it came up 5th after 
this year. 

1764
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:33,320
I thought we were due some luck 
but Please remember this team 

1765
01:26:33,320 --> 01:26:37,600
deserved the starting center to 
compete with the best teams next

1766
01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:40,320
year. 
We have always been resilient. 

1767
01:26:40,600 --> 01:26:44,520
Sorry, not the vice president, 
the president of basketball 

1768
01:26:44,520 --> 01:26:45,600
operations. 
Wow. 

1769
01:26:45,640 --> 01:26:48,200
Well it's a tacit admission 
there. 

1770
01:26:48,200 --> 01:26:51,200
I don't know if he straight up 
said we tanked, but you. 

1771
01:26:51,240 --> 01:26:55,040
Know it was worth the risk. 
The risk of playing terribly. 

1772
01:26:55,040 --> 01:26:55,840
I get. 
I get. 

1773
01:26:56,160 --> 01:26:57,760
Yeah, but when Halliburton got 
hurt. 

1774
01:26:58,320 --> 01:26:59,760
I hear you. 
That's interesting. 

1775
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:02,840
That's about as close as you'll 
get to somebody touching the. 

1776
01:27:02,840 --> 01:27:06,200
Fire, yes, yes. 
And, and to say that, to say 

1777
01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:09,680
that this team deserved a 
starting center like Zubot. 

1778
01:27:10,040 --> 01:27:13,800
Zubot was worth the risk of, of,
of what's the word of 

1779
01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:16,720
compromising your, your lottery 
pick. 

1780
01:27:16,880 --> 01:27:19,760
You would be pretty Dang happy 
with the 5th pick in this year's

1781
01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:24,600
draft, Darius Acuff. 
Potential I love him over Zubot.

1782
01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:28,240
I love him. 
And then Acuff is and he was on 

1783
01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:30,240
my list when we talked about the
NCAA Tournament. 

1784
01:27:30,240 --> 01:27:31,920
I I. 
You said the top three players, 

1785
01:27:31,960 --> 01:27:34,960
NBA player. 
You said he'd be the best going 

1786
01:27:34,960 --> 01:27:37,880
forward, NBA player, and I think
a lot of people agree with that.

1787
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:41,440
Not that Zubach isn't a great 
center, but come on man. 

1788
01:27:41,440 --> 01:27:43,640
No, he's not a great center. 
He's a good center in. 

1789
01:27:44,040 --> 01:27:46,920
I guess OK, in not great. 
Listen, he's not a stream of 

1790
01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:50,080
life, but like, yeah, it's not 
like you they got Rick Smith's. 

1791
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:53,080
Not that Rick was even great. 
He was not BT great, not BT 

1792
01:27:53,280 --> 01:27:56,400
great, but like in the modern 
day, he's a guy you'd want as 

1793
01:27:56,400 --> 01:27:58,000
your starting center. 
I agree. 

1794
01:27:58,080 --> 01:27:59,880
I agree. 
Yeah, they always seem to get a 

1795
01:27:59,880 --> 01:28:03,120
little host here, you know, in 
85, remember they got the second

1796
01:28:03,120 --> 01:28:05,040
overall pick and Patrick got the
first pick. 

1797
01:28:05,920 --> 01:28:08,760
But they are resilient, like the
Pacers are one of those teams. 

1798
01:28:08,800 --> 01:28:11,000
Where? 
They're just a well run 

1799
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:14,120
franchise going back to Donnie 
Walsh like they it's never going

1800
01:28:14,120 --> 01:28:15,560
to be. 
I've got great respect for the 

1801
01:28:15,560 --> 01:28:18,280
state of Indiana and I've got 
great respect for Pacer fans. 

1802
01:28:18,280 --> 01:28:20,240
They're good even though the 
whole Nick Pacer thing, but 

1803
01:28:20,240 --> 01:28:23,160
Pacer fans are good. 
They love their team, great 

1804
01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:24,520
venue. 
I've been out there a couple 

1805
01:28:24,520 --> 01:28:27,000
times. 
Great arena, you know, Indiana 

1806
01:28:27,000 --> 01:28:30,360
high school basketball still 
like I love everything about it.

1807
01:28:30,720 --> 01:28:33,320
It really is, you know, blue 
collar. 

1808
01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:36,080
It's a state I've got a lot of 
respect for like I like Indiana.

1809
01:28:36,120 --> 01:28:37,880
Been there a bunch of times for 
the final four and all that 

1810
01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:40,360
stuff, right, So and the Super 
Bowl. 

1811
01:28:40,760 --> 01:28:43,640
So I think that, you know, I'm 
going to separate my Knicks 

1812
01:28:43,640 --> 01:28:44,880
stuff with them. 
Obviously. 

1813
01:28:44,880 --> 01:28:46,920
I mean, I'm not ten years old. 
Of course I could separate it. 

1814
01:28:47,160 --> 01:28:48,960
They always do a really good 
job. 

1815
01:28:48,960 --> 01:28:51,200
Just what do you think that 
they're down because they're 

1816
01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:53,720
never going to be an attractive 
spot for like glitzy free 

1817
01:28:53,720 --> 01:28:55,240
agents. 
You know, we just not in the 

1818
01:28:55,240 --> 01:28:57,280
middle of the weather is not 
great. 

1819
01:28:57,280 --> 01:28:58,400
It's in the middle of the 
country. 

1820
01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:01,440
It's kind of dank and it's cold 
and it's maybe got four or five 

1821
01:29:01,440 --> 01:29:04,680
months, maybe five months of 
really good weather. 

1822
01:29:05,360 --> 01:29:07,960
So you're not going to get the 
free agent imports and they 

1823
01:29:07,960 --> 01:29:11,320
haven't had incredible success 
with the draft where they had, 

1824
01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:14,080
they haven't had great fortune 
in terms of getting that top 

1825
01:29:14,080 --> 01:29:17,800
overall pick, but every year, as
long as they're healthy, they're

1826
01:29:17,800 --> 01:29:19,160
competitive. 
Just when you think they're 

1827
01:29:19,160 --> 01:29:21,320
down, they they are. 
They are That's a good word. 

1828
01:29:22,240 --> 01:29:25,600
They run their team well. 
So respect that, no doubt A. 

1829
01:29:25,600 --> 01:29:29,120
Man, and it also, I mean, you 
know, he he's not the best, but 

1830
01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:33,280
Hertz losing Mathurin too as 
well and not having and not 

1831
01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:37,000
having another young player to 
kind of be like, right, we're 

1832
01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:40,880
looking at this guy as well. 
But as you're saying, they'll be

1833
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:42,400
back. 
He was killing the Knicks. 

1834
01:29:42,400 --> 01:29:43,760
Mather. 
It was a handful, that guy. 

1835
01:29:44,960 --> 01:29:45,800
We'll keep that. 
That's all right. 

1836
01:29:45,800 --> 01:29:47,320
Knicks for years were an ISO 
offense. 

1837
01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:49,600
Carmelo a big game thread. 
Brunson the big game thread. 

1838
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:52,320
Cat a big game. 
Never consistent team wins. 

1839
01:29:52,680 --> 01:29:55,440
Interesting. 
All cylinders beginning to hit. 

1840
01:29:55,440 --> 01:29:57,080
Matt under score hates under 
score. 

1841
01:29:57,440 --> 01:29:58,800
Anything under score. 
Boston. 

1842
01:29:58,800 --> 01:30:03,200
There you go. 
Yeah, even going back to like 

1843
01:30:04,520 --> 01:30:06,080
that. 
Well, that's why any comparisons

1844
01:30:06,080 --> 01:30:09,800
to the the 73 and the 69 teams 
that were very connected, very 

1845
01:30:09,800 --> 01:30:14,760
high IQ, very unselfish, you 
know, defense and play for the 

1846
01:30:14,760 --> 01:30:16,840
guy next to you. 
You know, not that Pat didn't 

1847
01:30:16,840 --> 01:30:19,480
play for the guys next to him, 
but Pat needed to get his shots 

1848
01:30:19,480 --> 01:30:21,280
and the offense ran through Pat 
and they weren't a good 

1849
01:30:21,280 --> 01:30:23,960
offensive team. 
And then Carmelo was obviously 

1850
01:30:23,960 --> 01:30:26,760
get a gun and and didn't didn't 
play defense, didn't bring 

1851
01:30:26,760 --> 01:30:29,600
anything well-rounded, great 
score, one of the best scorers I

1852
01:30:29,600 --> 01:30:32,360
think the NBA has ever seen. 
But you know, nothing like we've

1853
01:30:32,360 --> 01:30:35,840
seen with with this kind of like
the way the Knicks play now. 

1854
01:30:36,640 --> 01:30:38,360
It's a good point. 
Yeah, they pretty much have been

1855
01:30:38,360 --> 01:30:41,880
ISO dominant there. 
And yeah, I I guess this guy is 

1856
01:30:41,880 --> 01:30:44,680
me. 
Aqua Giraffe 1988. 

1857
01:30:44,880 --> 01:30:46,600
This guy, I guess he's talking 
about me. 

1858
01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:49,960
This guy thinks the regular 
season in the NBA matters. 

1859
01:30:50,400 --> 01:30:52,520
No, I've never said that. 
Do people really think the 

1860
01:30:52,520 --> 01:30:54,900
Knicks came up with a whole new 
offense and game for the play 

1861
01:30:54,900 --> 01:30:56,680
offs? 
They've been holding this back 

1862
01:30:56,680 --> 01:30:59,720
till they needed it. 
I think that's a little wishful 

1863
01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:01,040
thinking there. 
I I really do. 

1864
01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:08,400
I I think that I mean, I don't 
know, man, and I'm not I can't 

1865
01:31:08,400 --> 01:31:12,240
think of a team think of 
champions. 

1866
01:31:12,440 --> 01:31:15,720
All right, think of the 
Champions. 

1867
01:31:15,800 --> 01:31:17,800
Let me just go back. 
I don't want to go back to the 

1868
01:31:17,840 --> 01:31:19,200
80s. 
That's always so in the 90s. 

1869
01:31:19,200 --> 01:31:23,760
But like even starting with the 
Pistons when they won with Larry

1870
01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:25,880
Brown, like that was a very 
unique kind of team. 

1871
01:31:26,320 --> 01:31:31,040
Ben Wallace, great defender, 
Chauncey Billups, big game shot,

1872
01:31:31,760 --> 01:31:34,720
RIP Hamilton, one of the best 
mid range jump shooters of all 

1873
01:31:34,720 --> 01:31:36,840
time. 
Toughness, right, Good bench, 

1874
01:31:37,800 --> 01:31:43,280
great coach. 
So that team didn't the last 

1875
01:31:43,280 --> 01:31:45,440
month of the season change how 
they played? 

1876
01:31:45,720 --> 01:31:49,080
It really was an extension from 
the kind of team they were when 

1877
01:31:49,080 --> 01:31:51,600
Rick Carlisle was there. 
You know, Larry tweaked a couple

1878
01:31:51,600 --> 01:31:55,280
things, obviously, but it was, 
it was just an evolution, an 

1879
01:31:55,280 --> 01:31:59,120
extension kind of right. 
They didn't play one way and 

1880
01:31:59,120 --> 01:32:02,800
then suddenly just run the 
offense through. 

1881
01:32:03,080 --> 01:32:05,400
Like, you know, Ben Wallace 
wasn't the defensive player of 

1882
01:32:05,400 --> 01:32:07,240
the year, which he was. 
And then all of a sudden they 

1883
01:32:07,240 --> 01:32:10,400
have Ben Wallace, you know, 25 
feet away from the rim with 9 

1884
01:32:10,400 --> 01:32:12,120
assists tonight. 
Like that would be a radical 

1885
01:32:12,120 --> 01:32:13,760
shift in how they played. 
Didn't happen. 

1886
01:32:14,080 --> 01:32:18,400
You think about the Spurs, the 
great Spurs, Tim Duncan. 

1887
01:32:18,400 --> 01:32:20,680
Everybody knew Timmy was getting
that, you know, All right, we 

1888
01:32:20,680 --> 01:32:22,440
need a bucket. 
Let's get it to Timmy. 

1889
01:32:22,440 --> 01:32:24,960
Jab. 
Step away a little 20 footer, 15

1890
01:32:24,960 --> 01:32:27,120
footer off the window, a little 
bank shot. 

1891
01:32:27,120 --> 01:32:29,440
Try to stop him. 
Up there's Ginobili going coast 

1892
01:32:29,440 --> 01:32:31,800
to coast. 
Up there's Ginobili, you know, 

1893
01:32:32,280 --> 01:32:35,720
stick it a dagger 3. 
They played the way that there's

1894
01:32:35,720 --> 01:32:38,400
a little Avery Johnson, the 
nuisance or before that, David 

1895
01:32:38,400 --> 01:32:40,840
Robinson. 
They played how they played. 

1896
01:32:41,360 --> 01:32:43,960
Kobe and Shaq played how they 
played. 

1897
01:32:44,560 --> 01:32:46,120
You know, there were nights 
where Kobe would get his. 

1898
01:32:46,120 --> 01:32:47,760
There were nights where Shaq 
would get his. 

1899
01:32:47,960 --> 01:32:51,160
When they finally became 
champions, they melded and they 

1900
01:32:51,160 --> 01:32:54,480
became more connected and they 
were champions, right? 

1901
01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:58,240
The Warriors didn't suddenly 
change how they played. 

1902
01:32:58,440 --> 01:32:59,360
Now. 
It was a little bit of a 

1903
01:32:59,360 --> 01:33:00,840
different version with Kevin 
Durant. 

1904
01:33:00,840 --> 01:33:03,800
But you know, the first one with
with Andre Iguodala, who was the

1905
01:33:03,800 --> 01:33:07,520
Finals MVP, you know, that was a
team that, you know, Steph was, 

1906
01:33:08,200 --> 01:33:10,080
I mean, they were just a pro 
Olympic shooting team. 

1907
01:33:10,360 --> 01:33:14,520
You had Andre Iguodala as a real
glue guy, kind of like Josh 

1908
01:33:14,520 --> 01:33:15,800
Hart. 
And by the way, I was watching 

1909
01:33:15,800 --> 01:33:17,400
Mike Brown's press conference 
after the game. 

1910
01:33:17,840 --> 01:33:21,640
Very, very high praise. 
Mike Brown, he said that and he 

1911
01:33:21,640 --> 01:33:24,480
coached with the Warriors as an 
assistant. 

1912
01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:28,320
He said that, you know, he's 
right there with Iguodala as one

1913
01:33:28,320 --> 01:33:31,000
of those great connectors. 
I think he actually used the 

1914
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:32,800
word connectors, glue guys kind 
of like that. 

1915
01:33:32,800 --> 01:33:35,600
So Andre was there and he played
the way he played. 

1916
01:33:35,600 --> 01:33:37,720
And Steph could always shoot and
Clay could always shoot. 

1917
01:33:37,720 --> 01:33:41,400
You know, again, Mark Jackson 
was there, laid the foundation. 

1918
01:33:41,400 --> 01:33:42,880
Kurt came in, took the next 
step. 

1919
01:33:42,880 --> 01:33:46,080
But then Draymond was always the
tough guy, the lunch pail guy, 

1920
01:33:46,480 --> 01:33:48,080
and then he got Durant. 
Then he just had to kind of 

1921
01:33:48,080 --> 01:33:50,880
spread the rock around. 
But they didn't like change how 

1922
01:33:50,880 --> 01:33:53,040
they played. 
So I'm sorry. 

1923
01:33:53,040 --> 01:33:55,360
Like you can say that, you know 
this guy thinks the regular 

1924
01:33:55,360 --> 01:33:58,920
season that no, I've always said
that the NBA is a complete waste

1925
01:33:58,920 --> 01:34:00,200
of time during the regular 
season. 

1926
01:34:00,200 --> 01:34:03,320
Matter of fact, what I've really
always said in the, in addition 

1927
01:34:03,320 --> 01:34:07,600
to it being a waste of time that
depending upon what team you're 

1928
01:34:07,600 --> 01:34:10,880
rooting for, there's probably 
only like if you're a 

1929
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:14,000
championship team or you're a 
young team and you want to see 

1930
01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:16,120
how competitive, like there's 
different barriers there. 

1931
01:34:16,120 --> 01:34:20,440
But if you're one of those teams
that fancies yourself a viable 

1932
01:34:20,440 --> 01:34:24,880
championship contender, there's 
really only 789 games that you 

1933
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:26,480
really got it. 
Now I'm, I'm going to watch them

1934
01:34:26,480 --> 01:34:28,480
all, at least components of 
every game. 

1935
01:34:28,480 --> 01:34:30,920
I mean, I'm obviously busy as a 
dad and as a husband, but 

1936
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:34,880
there's not a night where I 
don't watch a second of, of 182 

1937
01:34:35,040 --> 01:34:37,360
of 1 of the 82 games in the 
regular season. 

1938
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:40,840
Like this doesn't happen even if
it's, you know, 5 minutes in the

1939
01:34:40,840 --> 01:34:42,720
second quarter. 
And if I missed that sports 

1940
01:34:42,720 --> 01:34:46,000
night, S&Y highlights, YouTube, 
whatever it might be. 

1941
01:34:46,320 --> 01:34:49,000
So I'm locked in. 
And this is not the same team, 

1942
01:34:49,240 --> 01:34:50,520
just not. 
I mean, you could, you could 

1943
01:34:50,520 --> 01:34:52,440
write, you can chat, you can 
tweet, you can text, you can 

1944
01:34:52,440 --> 01:34:54,440
call, you can tell me whatever 
you want. 

1945
01:34:54,600 --> 01:34:57,120
It's not true. 
It's fundamentally wrong. 

1946
01:34:57,720 --> 01:35:00,840
They have played differently, 
they have evolved and to that 

1947
01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:03,200
and for that they get an immense
amount of credit. 

1948
01:35:03,560 --> 01:35:05,880
And I have doled it out. 
I've been doled it out for a 

1949
01:35:05,880 --> 01:35:08,680
while. 
I got no like, guys, just please

1950
01:35:08,680 --> 01:35:11,480
understand this. 
I mean, many of you know this. 

1951
01:35:11,480 --> 01:35:15,280
I don't need to be repetitive. 
I don't mind being wrong. 

1952
01:35:15,880 --> 01:35:18,760
I don't mind being wrong. 
I think what can sometimes be a 

1953
01:35:18,760 --> 01:35:21,360
little frustrating, even though 
you just wind up chasing your 

1954
01:35:21,360 --> 01:35:25,000
tail, it's like whack A mole. 
Like if you try to, you know, 

1955
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:28,760
respond to every critic or every
doubt or everybody who claps 

1956
01:35:28,760 --> 01:35:30,280
back on social media, I'm just 
not going to do it. 

1957
01:35:30,280 --> 01:35:32,400
I don't care too old and I'm too
busy. 

1958
01:35:32,400 --> 01:35:33,920
I don't care what you tweet, 
really. 

1959
01:35:33,920 --> 01:35:38,160
I don't. 
But it's it's very different 

1960
01:35:38,480 --> 01:35:46,200
when you forge an opinion based 
on the personnel and the rest of

1961
01:35:46,200 --> 01:35:49,240
the league and what you 
anticipate Team X being during 

1962
01:35:49,240 --> 01:35:51,360
the season, going into the 
season. 

1963
01:35:51,760 --> 01:35:54,400
And I said they'd win 54 games, 
pretty much right on the money. 

1964
01:35:54,560 --> 01:35:57,040
Check. 
And then, you know, I thought 

1965
01:35:57,040 --> 01:35:58,920
they'd be in the Eastern 
Conference finals, check. 

1966
01:35:58,920 --> 01:36:00,560
I did not think that they would 
win a championship. 

1967
01:36:00,560 --> 01:36:02,880
And I said that very 
definitively because the way 

1968
01:36:02,880 --> 01:36:06,280
that they were playing, they 
would not have swept the Sixers.

1969
01:36:06,520 --> 01:36:08,120
They would not have beat they 
would have beaten the Hawks, but

1970
01:36:08,120 --> 01:36:11,080
they wouldn't have beaten by 51 
and just drum them the way that 

1971
01:36:11,080 --> 01:36:15,240
they did. 
And I am not sure if they were 

1972
01:36:15,240 --> 01:36:18,720
playing the way they were in 
January when they lost 9 of 11 

1973
01:36:18,720 --> 01:36:20,560
when cats role was not what it 
is now. 

1974
01:36:21,440 --> 01:36:23,240
You know, I'm going to pick him 
to beat the Pistons. 

1975
01:36:23,240 --> 01:36:25,200
I'm sure as hell going to pick 
him to beat the Cavs. 

1976
01:36:25,760 --> 01:36:28,000
You know, we'll see about the 
Thunder from when we get there. 

1977
01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:32,160
But the the evolution of this 
team has forced me to re 

1978
01:36:32,160 --> 01:36:35,000
evaluate what I think that they 
could do and I just I don't know

1979
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:38,040
how you can't see that. 
You know, let me give you 

1980
01:36:38,040 --> 01:36:39,360
something. 
I gave you the top of the show. 

1981
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:41,680
We'll get back to the calls 
here, all right? 

1982
01:36:42,960 --> 01:36:49,960
And you tell me whether it's 
Aaron Boone using the bullpen 

1983
01:36:50,240 --> 01:36:53,800
like say, let's say in October, 
Bednar is no longer like we've 

1984
01:36:53,800 --> 01:36:55,600
got concerns about the Yankees 
bullpen, right? 

1985
01:36:56,200 --> 01:36:58,200
I don't even know if he's going 
to be the closer at the end of 

1986
01:36:58,200 --> 01:36:59,520
the year in October and when it 
matters. 

1987
01:36:59,520 --> 01:37:03,920
So to if I tell you right now, 
man, I don't know, even though I

1988
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:06,640
think the Yankees are are are 
have a really great chance to 

1989
01:37:06,640 --> 01:37:09,480
get to the World Series. 
If I sit here and say, I don't 

1990
01:37:09,480 --> 01:37:11,360
know if they can win the World 
Series with this bullpen, which 

1991
01:37:11,360 --> 01:37:13,960
I'm not so sure that they could.
But then we get to October and 

1992
01:37:13,960 --> 01:37:16,480
the bullpens different. 
The evaluation of what they 

1993
01:37:16,480 --> 01:37:18,960
could do is going to be 
different based on the different

1994
01:37:18,960 --> 01:37:22,920
personnel, right? 
Or say if they take Bednar and 

1995
01:37:22,920 --> 01:37:26,400
he becomes the 8th inning man 
and they take just throwing 

1996
01:37:26,400 --> 01:37:30,040
stuff out there, Will Warren or 
Weathers or and make that guy 

1997
01:37:30,040 --> 01:37:32,040
the closer. 
And it really works. 

1998
01:37:32,080 --> 01:37:35,400
Like they flipped Holmes and 
Luke Weaver a couple of years 

1999
01:37:35,400 --> 01:37:37,840
ago and it worked. 
There's different versions 

2000
01:37:37,840 --> 01:37:40,120
within a season, man. 
There really is. 

2001
01:37:40,840 --> 01:37:44,800
So you know, what do we got next
here? 

2002
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:48,080
Jay, who's up? 
We've got Matt from Long Island.

2003
01:37:48,880 --> 01:37:51,760
What's up, Maddie? 
Maddie, what's up BT How's it 

2004
01:37:51,760 --> 01:37:53,240
going, man? 
Good buddy, how are you? 

2005
01:37:54,240 --> 01:37:55,760
Good. 
You know, first time caller. 

2006
01:37:55,760 --> 01:37:58,080
Obviously I've been listening to
you for years. 

2007
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:01,040
You know, I've been here since 
day one. 

2008
01:38:01,040 --> 01:38:03,960
It's when. 
Oh, let's get Maddie's 

2009
01:38:03,960 --> 01:38:06,240
connection back. 
That's that's a Maddie thing. 

2010
01:38:06,240 --> 01:38:08,280
Hold on. 
See if we can't get him back in.

2011
01:38:08,440 --> 01:38:11,880
Can't get him back in. 
Try talking all right, so you 

2012
01:38:11,920 --> 01:38:14,800
put them on on hold I mean this 
stuff happens on the radio too 

2013
01:38:14,800 --> 01:38:16,800
so it's not a big deal put them 
on hold and then we'll see if we

2014
01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:18,720
can get back to Maddie get some 
other calls as well. 

2015
01:38:19,040 --> 01:38:21,040
I mean listen what I'm telling 
it when I say like Bednar 

2016
01:38:21,040 --> 01:38:24,080
becoming the 8th inning man or 
whatever it might be some some 

2017
01:38:24,080 --> 01:38:27,440
other variation downstream. 
Let's say the Yankees actually 

2018
01:38:27,440 --> 01:38:29,240
get a lead off hitter at some 
point, right? 

2019
01:38:29,480 --> 01:38:32,920
Well, isn't that kind of a can? 
Isn't that kind of the same as 

2020
01:38:33,400 --> 01:38:35,800
like a different version of the 
Yankees or any other team? 

2021
01:38:35,800 --> 01:38:40,080
Because in in December, Karl 
Anthony Towns averaged slightly 

2022
01:38:40,080 --> 01:38:43,400
more than two assists a game. 
In January it was 2.9. 

2023
01:38:43,600 --> 01:38:46,640
In February it was 2.5. 
In March it was 2.8. 

2024
01:38:46,720 --> 01:38:51,800
OK, in April it was 6 1/2 and in
the playoffs it's over 7. 

2025
01:38:52,120 --> 01:38:56,160
They were not playing this way. 
Get it through your heads. 

2026
01:38:57,000 --> 01:38:59,200
Get it through your Dick skulls,
man. 

2027
01:38:59,200 --> 01:39:02,480
Oh, I know we all hold on to 
stuff here, but come on, How do 

2028
01:39:02,480 --> 01:39:04,560
you not see that? 
I'm giving you hard numbers. 

2029
01:39:04,720 --> 01:39:07,400
You can't refute math. 
You can. 

2030
01:39:07,760 --> 01:39:09,800
You're just wasting time, You 
know, I mean, you sound like a 

2031
01:39:09,800 --> 01:39:12,240
complete dope. 
They this is the way they 

2032
01:39:12,240 --> 01:39:13,520
played. 
No, it's not. 

2033
01:39:14,400 --> 01:39:15,880
It's not the way that they 
played. 

2034
01:39:15,880 --> 01:39:21,000
They didn't have Alvarado, You 
know, let's say he's playing 25 

2035
01:39:21,000 --> 01:39:24,120
minutes a night. 
But you know, Deuce was hurt for

2036
01:39:24,120 --> 01:39:26,200
big chunks of this season. 
It's different. 

2037
01:39:26,840 --> 01:39:29,800
Bridges is is playing with a 
different energy and a different

2038
01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:33,080
tenacity, which is great to see.
He deserves a lot of credit, 

2039
01:39:33,080 --> 01:39:34,760
man. 
You know, as much as Bridges 

2040
01:39:34,760 --> 01:39:37,320
drives us nuts, the guy does Rev
it up a notch or two in the 

2041
01:39:37,320 --> 01:39:38,760
postseason. 
Undeniable. 

2042
01:39:39,320 --> 01:39:41,480
All right, Jay, do we have Matt?
Do we? 

2043
01:39:41,480 --> 01:39:44,000
Have Matt or no? 
Let's try it again, Matt. 

2044
01:39:44,720 --> 01:39:47,120
My. 
Back end can you hear? 

2045
01:39:47,840 --> 01:39:49,200
Me. 
What's that cool? 

2046
01:39:49,600 --> 01:39:50,440
Good. 
Nothing much, man. 

2047
01:39:50,440 --> 01:39:52,080
I was just saying, you know, 
I've been listening to you for a

2048
01:39:52,080 --> 01:39:55,080
while. 
I'm glad that you and Jake are 

2049
01:39:55,080 --> 01:39:57,640
doing a show together because 
I've been when you're doing the 

2050
01:39:57,640 --> 01:40:00,160
middays, I was kind of flopping 
back and forth between you and 

2051
01:40:00,160 --> 01:40:03,560
Jake and I'm like, I'm like this
these like my two favorite guys 

2052
01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:05,160
are doing 1 show. 
I'm like this is perfect. 

2053
01:40:05,160 --> 01:40:07,600
Nice, man. 
Yeah, I love it. 

2054
01:40:07,600 --> 01:40:09,560
No, Jake's good, dude. 
We've got that Jets collective 

2055
01:40:09,560 --> 01:40:12,040
show, myself and and Rich and 
Jake, of course. 

2056
01:40:12,240 --> 01:40:14,880
We're going to go on Thursday 
after the schedule release just 

2057
01:40:14,880 --> 01:40:17,640
to let you guys know about that.
So we'll break down the entire 

2058
01:40:17,640 --> 01:40:19,520
Jets schedule and something I'll
let you guys. 

2059
01:40:19,640 --> 01:40:22,200
I put it on X this morning. 
Something I'll get into more 

2060
01:40:22,200 --> 01:40:25,400
tomorrow on this show. 
We've got a big Jet event over 

2061
01:40:25,400 --> 01:40:29,120
in Atlantic City with a a ton of
content creators. 

2062
01:40:29,120 --> 01:40:30,920
I'll be there. 
Rich will be there, Jake will be

2063
01:40:30,920 --> 01:40:34,880
there, Connor Hughes from SNYI 
Mean, Brian Costello, the bunch 

2064
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:38,800
of big thing. 
Just a massive Jets beach, kind 

2065
01:40:38,800 --> 01:40:40,760
of a pool beach party takeover 
in July. 

2066
01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:43,480
It's going to be great. 
So I appreciate you listening to

2067
01:40:43,520 --> 01:40:43,960
us. 
Thank you. 

2068
01:40:43,960 --> 01:40:46,600
Yeah, absolutely, man. 
And I might not be able to go to

2069
01:40:46,600 --> 01:40:49,720
the Atlantic City one because I 
just got back there from there 

2070
01:40:49,720 --> 01:40:51,720
from a bachelor party. 
I don't think your wife will be.

2071
01:40:52,040 --> 01:40:52,920
Yeah. 
I. 

2072
01:40:53,160 --> 01:40:56,120
Wouldn't be too happy about me 
going back there, but I wouldn't

2073
01:40:56,160 --> 01:40:58,240
you. 
Know that's not getting. 

2074
01:40:58,440 --> 01:41:00,280
Nothing a good time Let's. 
Not let's not. 

2075
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:01,880
Oh no, let's not divulge too 
much here. 

2076
01:41:01,880 --> 01:41:02,960
I mean, how was the bachelor 
party? 

2077
01:41:02,960 --> 01:41:04,480
Was it good? 
Yeah, it was. 

2078
01:41:04,720 --> 01:41:07,280
It was a good time. 
I didn't, I didn't, I didn't 

2079
01:41:07,280 --> 01:41:09,640
lose too much money. 
You know, I actually, I was up 

2080
01:41:09,640 --> 01:41:12,600
$175 on the, you know, on 
blackjack. 

2081
01:41:12,600 --> 01:41:14,280
And then my friends were like, 
you gotta stay. 

2082
01:41:14,280 --> 01:41:15,680
I'm like, I'm out. 
I'm out. 

2083
01:41:15,680 --> 01:41:16,920
I gotta go. 
I gotta go. 

2084
01:41:16,960 --> 01:41:19,720
Yep, Yep, Yep. 
Where do you get which hotel? 

2085
01:41:20,880 --> 01:41:26,280
We stayed at the, actually, we 
were at a Airbnb and it was a 

2086
01:41:26,280 --> 01:41:29,720
bachelor party and like the, you
know, the, the guy, you know, 

2087
01:41:29,720 --> 01:41:31,080
the main guy, the husband, 
whatever. 

2088
01:41:31,080 --> 01:41:33,600
He wanted the groom. 
Yeah, he wanted everyone be in 

2089
01:41:33,600 --> 01:41:34,840
one spot. 
That's great. 

2090
01:41:35,200 --> 01:41:36,520
You know, I was like, yeah, 
let's just do it. 

2091
01:41:36,520 --> 01:41:38,160
And honestly, it's a way better 
deal. 

2092
01:41:38,200 --> 01:41:42,280
You know, you're not. 
We paid like $290.00 or 

2093
01:41:42,280 --> 01:41:44,000
something like that. 
So it really wasn't that bad. 

2094
01:41:44,000 --> 01:41:46,280
It was like 10 of us. 
Maddie, that's the way to do it.

2095
01:41:46,280 --> 01:41:48,480
I did something very similar for
mine with my buddy. 

2096
01:41:48,480 --> 01:41:52,400
My best man rented, I mean, they
all kicked in, but we rented a 

2097
01:41:52,400 --> 01:41:55,360
house basically on the, on the 
ocean in the Hamptons. 

2098
01:41:55,360 --> 01:41:58,560
And yeah, like so to me it was 
just, it was so awesome. 

2099
01:41:58,560 --> 01:42:01,200
They, they really stepped up big
time to me, you know, a 

2100
01:42:01,200 --> 01:42:02,200
bachelor. 
But don't get me fun. 

2101
01:42:02,200 --> 01:42:04,840
Don't get me wrong, it's fun 
going to AC, but like if you 

2102
01:42:04,840 --> 01:42:07,960
have like 9 different rooms, you
want to be able before you go 

2103
01:42:07,960 --> 01:42:11,680
out, congregate, take a few 
back, come home late, hang out, 

2104
01:42:11,960 --> 01:42:14,920
you know, open one big. 
Did you guys play some golf or 

2105
01:42:14,920 --> 01:42:16,400
no? 
We did. 

2106
01:42:16,400 --> 01:42:19,760
We did, and then I didn't. 
What? 

2107
01:42:20,320 --> 01:42:24,160
Seaview, where'd you guys play? 
I think he was sort of an M. 

2108
01:42:27,000 --> 01:42:29,600
That's all right. 
Yeah, but yeah, I actually 

2109
01:42:29,600 --> 01:42:31,440
didn't, I didn't sleep the night
before. 

2110
01:42:31,440 --> 01:42:35,440
So, you know, I I woke up and I 
mean, I didn't wake up. 

2111
01:42:35,440 --> 01:42:38,360
I was up and then we just played
golf and then I took a midday 

2112
01:42:38,360 --> 01:42:41,840
nap. 
And yeah, like I said, it's a 

2113
01:42:41,880 --> 01:42:43,240
it's a long, it's a long 
weekend. 

2114
01:42:43,240 --> 01:42:44,240
I. 
Don't think I'll tell you, man, 

2115
01:42:44,400 --> 01:42:47,080
the last bachelor party that I 
went to was mine, right? 

2116
01:42:47,480 --> 01:42:51,040
And you know, I got I'm getting,
I can't, I can't know if I could

2117
01:42:51,040 --> 01:42:52,240
do it for three or four days 
anymore. 

2118
01:42:52,360 --> 01:42:54,640
But one of my buddies who's not 
married, I still got a couple of

2119
01:42:54,640 --> 01:42:55,760
really good friends who are 
married. 

2120
01:42:55,760 --> 01:42:58,400
Man, I got to, I got to have one
more bachelor party before it's 

2121
01:42:58,400 --> 01:43:01,000
all said and done. 
Like I I've got to go to one 

2122
01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:02,880
more like I just. 
You sound you sound like my 

2123
01:43:02,880 --> 01:43:04,280
older brother, man. 
My oldest. 

2124
01:43:04,320 --> 01:43:08,280
My older brother is 44 now. 43. 
Yeah, I'm 30. 

2125
01:43:08,320 --> 01:43:10,120
I'm 30. 
You got plenty coming. 

2126
01:43:10,120 --> 01:43:12,000
You got plenty of time. 
I don't even care if they're 

2127
01:43:12,000 --> 01:43:14,120
married a week. 
I'm like, just just have the 

2128
01:43:14,120 --> 01:43:15,000
bachelor party. 
I'm married. 

2129
01:43:16,320 --> 01:43:20,240
I just want one more. 
No, and you know, I had mine 

2130
01:43:20,240 --> 01:43:23,960
last year in OBX, but not not to
get sidetracked here, but I got 

2131
01:43:24,120 --> 01:43:28,000
you, you know, my, my wife, my 
wife actually is a, she's like a

2132
01:43:28,000 --> 01:43:31,920
Detroit fan and like a like a 
Michigan State fan or whatever. 

2133
01:43:32,240 --> 01:43:34,840
So, you know, it's like, I feel 
like there's like an impending 

2134
01:43:34,840 --> 01:43:37,200
doom coming cuz like. 
Is she from there? 

2135
01:43:37,640 --> 01:43:39,880
Where's she from? 
She's, she's from Michigan. 

2136
01:43:41,480 --> 01:43:46,920
She's like near, it's actually 
Brooklyn, MI, but it's near like

2137
01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:48,840
it's like 45 minutes away from 
Lansing. 

2138
01:43:48,920 --> 01:43:49,720
I got you. 
Yeah. 

2139
01:43:49,720 --> 01:43:52,080
No, I bought the Michigan for. 
I know the area pretty well 

2140
01:43:52,960 --> 01:43:55,440
early in my career. 
No, a lot of love for Michigan. 

2141
01:43:55,440 --> 01:43:58,360
Except, you know, if it's Nick's
Pistons, that's for damn sure. 

2142
01:43:58,800 --> 01:44:00,080
You got a little prom in the 
house. 

2143
01:44:00,120 --> 01:44:03,240
She's she's, she's threatening, 
threatening to wash my jersey 

2144
01:44:03,240 --> 01:44:06,000
because I haven't washed it, you
know, since, you know, the start

2145
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:09,160
of the playoffs. 
And I don't know what I'm going 

2146
01:44:09,160 --> 01:44:10,680
to do, man. 
She's not really that big of a 

2147
01:44:10,680 --> 01:44:12,080
fan. 
She couldn't name two players. 

2148
01:44:12,080 --> 01:44:13,600
She knows Katie Cunningham, but 
that's it. 

2149
01:44:14,040 --> 01:44:16,480
But she's, you know, she's like,
you know, she's a typical girl. 

2150
01:44:16,480 --> 01:44:18,680
She just like rides along with 
the blah blah. 

2151
01:44:18,880 --> 01:44:22,120
Blah hold on Maddie, you're 
going to get us a girl I mean 

2152
01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:25,240
that's that's there are a lot of
women who are amazing fans now 

2153
01:44:25,280 --> 01:44:26,680
you're. 
Like you're not one of them, 

2154
01:44:26,800 --> 01:44:28,240
dude. 
Let's not get us in trouble 

2155
01:44:28,280 --> 01:44:29,760
here, Maddie. 
How long have you guys? 

2156
01:44:29,760 --> 01:44:31,120
How long have you guys been 
married for? 

2157
01:44:32,280 --> 01:44:36,200
Like almost like just about it, 
like a year coming up. 

2158
01:44:36,200 --> 01:44:38,800
Right now, I mean, listen, tell 
her, tell her that she just 

2159
01:44:38,800 --> 01:44:39,960
can't touch the jersey. 
That's it. 

2160
01:44:39,960 --> 01:44:42,360
You got to write down that's it.
I mean, she's going to have some

2161
01:44:42,360 --> 01:44:43,440
rules that she's going to hit 
with. 

2162
01:44:43,440 --> 01:44:46,320
You know, you as you get deeper 
into the marriage, you got to 

2163
01:44:46,320 --> 01:44:48,520
hit her with this one early. 
I mean, if she touches the, she 

2164
01:44:48,520 --> 01:44:50,520
can't touch the jersey. 
I mean that that's on you, Matt.

2165
01:44:50,680 --> 01:44:51,880
I told her. 
I told her I might be. 

2166
01:44:51,920 --> 01:44:55,960
I might have to end it. 
Yeah, or just sweep her. 

2167
01:44:56,000 --> 01:44:57,320
Instead, right. 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

2168
01:44:57,440 --> 01:44:58,680
But. 
I don't know what to do man. 

2169
01:44:58,680 --> 01:45:03,680
Do I watch the games with her 
cuz I'm a pretty intense fan. 

2170
01:45:04,040 --> 01:45:08,160
I was at last week's Wednesday 
game and I was freaking out. 

2171
01:45:08,160 --> 01:45:10,360
I'm surprised I had hair left on
my head. 

2172
01:45:10,520 --> 01:45:11,920
Yeah, that's a tough question, 
man. 

2173
01:45:13,400 --> 01:45:20,840
OK, it seems like the because 
she's a bit of a fringe fan. 

2174
01:45:20,840 --> 01:45:23,360
Is that a fair description? 
Like, yeah, she's more of. 

2175
01:45:23,360 --> 01:45:25,800
Like a It's like typical 
Michigan, you know, they're more

2176
01:45:25,800 --> 01:45:28,320
college people than professional
sports people. 

2177
01:45:28,560 --> 01:45:31,000
Not the Red Wing. 
I mean, it depends if you went 

2178
01:45:31,000 --> 01:45:33,920
to Michigan State, sure, but I 
think Red Wing fans are amazing.

2179
01:45:33,920 --> 01:45:36,040
Lion fans are like Jet fans are 
awesome. 

2180
01:45:36,480 --> 01:45:39,520
Just you know, I saw you get a 
little swap you. 

2181
01:45:40,440 --> 01:45:43,080
You walk around, you see there's
more collegiate. 

2182
01:45:43,240 --> 01:45:44,880
I know you fans. 
I, I get that. 

2183
01:45:44,920 --> 01:45:48,200
I Not to mention Eastern 
Central, Western Oakland 

2184
01:45:48,200 --> 01:45:51,040
University, I mean this college,
the University of Detroit, this 

2185
01:45:51,040 --> 01:45:52,400
college is everywhere in 
Michigan. 

2186
01:45:52,440 --> 01:45:54,760
Yeah, OK. 
It's a totally different scene 

2187
01:45:54,760 --> 01:45:56,320
than New York. 
Totally different. 

2188
01:45:56,320 --> 01:45:57,840
What do we do here? 
I. 

2189
01:45:58,560 --> 01:46:00,760
I don't know if I should watch 
them with her or not because I'm

2190
01:46:00,760 --> 01:46:03,840
going to freak out. 
Well, if OK, if you don't watch 

2191
01:46:03,840 --> 01:46:06,360
it with her, is she going to be 
like watching at home, like 

2192
01:46:06,480 --> 01:46:09,680
locked into every possession or 
not really she's. 

2193
01:46:10,200 --> 01:46:12,120
She's she's not really. 
Cuz we're probably your. 

2194
01:46:12,520 --> 01:46:16,160
Buddies watching with dad she. 
She usually, we usually host at 

2195
01:46:16,160 --> 01:46:19,400
our house, you know, we have, we
have like a nice cool bar area 

2196
01:46:19,400 --> 01:46:22,720
and like we usually have people 
over and she like she's usually 

2197
01:46:22,720 --> 01:46:24,760
in the kitchen hanging out with 
the other girls and then she'll 

2198
01:46:24,760 --> 01:46:26,240
check in. 
See how everything's real? 

2199
01:46:26,240 --> 01:46:28,920
Types, dude, a lot of 
stereotypes women in the 

2200
01:46:28,920 --> 01:46:30,720
kitchen. 
These stereotypes is that is. 

2201
01:46:30,920 --> 01:46:34,920
That this is what happens. 
This is what goes on. 

2202
01:46:35,040 --> 01:46:37,520
I'm teasing you, man. 
Here's what Listen, you got my 

2203
01:46:37,520 --> 01:46:38,640
advice. 
Don't watch with her. 

2204
01:46:38,640 --> 01:46:40,000
She doesn't. 
She's going to bring you down. 

2205
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:41,360
She's going to get in your way. 
Move on. 

2206
01:46:41,360 --> 01:46:44,560
Go out with your buddies. 
Now, if I would say if she was 

2207
01:46:44,560 --> 01:46:46,280
like a because here's the 
problem. 

2208
01:46:47,320 --> 01:46:50,760
If she was a devout Pistons fan,
like living and dying on every 

2209
01:46:50,760 --> 01:46:53,080
single possession, knew the 
first three guys coming off the 

2210
01:46:53,080 --> 01:46:56,040
bench, like knew that Danis 
Jenkins played at Saint John's, 

2211
01:46:56,040 --> 01:46:58,200
played at Iona before that, 
which he probably doesn't. 

2212
01:46:58,600 --> 01:47:02,440
Well, OK, there's now it would 
be intense, but at least like 

2213
01:47:02,680 --> 01:47:06,920
that kind of fan knows when to 
not talk when things when things

2214
01:47:06,920 --> 01:47:08,680
need to breathe and you got to 
listen. 

2215
01:47:09,120 --> 01:47:11,680
It seems like she's just going 
to get in your way. 

2216
01:47:11,680 --> 01:47:15,000
So I I would hang out with the 
boys and just go to the bar and 

2217
01:47:15,000 --> 01:47:16,880
just watch with your friends. 
That's that's what I would do 

2218
01:47:16,880 --> 01:47:18,760
all. 
Right, that sounds yeah, because

2219
01:47:19,080 --> 01:47:22,280
I'm like, I'm like BT he's been 
married for a long time and I'm 

2220
01:47:22,280 --> 01:47:23,680
like, he's going to give me some
good advice. 

2221
01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:25,800
Yeah, if it's good advice, Yeah,
I don't know if it's good 

2222
01:47:25,800 --> 01:47:27,400
advice, but it's it's advice, 
man. 

2223
01:47:28,080 --> 01:47:30,800
Take the take the swing and 
then, you know, listen, maybe 

2224
01:47:30,800 --> 01:47:33,160
you get to a point when the 
Knicks are up 3 zip, maybe you 

2225
01:47:33,160 --> 01:47:35,320
want to or three, one you want 
to watch. 

2226
01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:37,120
Throw her a bone. 
Then you can maybe watch the 

2227
01:47:37,120 --> 01:47:38,240
game with her. 
A little older. 

2228
01:47:39,240 --> 01:47:41,280
Word for word man, that's what 
that's what I said. 

2229
01:47:41,280 --> 01:47:44,320
I'll watch the game when I guess
elimination game and I'm feeling

2230
01:47:44,320 --> 01:47:47,160
good but nice. 
Maddie. 

2231
01:47:47,680 --> 01:47:49,880
But I don't know, like I'm 
pretty nervous about the 

2232
01:47:50,120 --> 01:47:52,000
Pistons, but. 
But we don't even know that 

2233
01:47:52,000 --> 01:47:54,680
we're playing the Pistons yet. 
Let them beat each other, relax,

2234
01:47:54,680 --> 01:47:57,440
enjoy this start getting into 
the Pistons matchup yet. 

2235
01:47:57,680 --> 01:47:59,680
I mean, they got a light. 
They got a ways to go in the 

2236
01:47:59,680 --> 01:48:02,400
series dude. 
Yeah, and she, she was, she was 

2237
01:48:02,400 --> 01:48:04,640
talking, she was talking, you 
know, shit to me. 

2238
01:48:04,640 --> 01:48:06,800
She's like, oh, you guys are 
going to be cold by the time, 

2239
01:48:06,800 --> 01:48:09,600
you know, the series comes up. 
I'm like, I'd rather not play 

2240
01:48:09,600 --> 01:48:12,480
all these extra games. 
Me too with OG if OG. 

2241
01:48:12,600 --> 01:48:14,600
I'm like, oh, I'm like, oh, I 
forgot. 

2242
01:48:14,600 --> 01:48:17,000
You know, sweeping a team is 
such bad news. 

2243
01:48:17,000 --> 01:48:18,560
You know, I know. 
I know, I know. 

2244
01:48:18,840 --> 01:48:22,040
If OG was healthy, Matt, I might
have a little like if he didn't 

2245
01:48:22,040 --> 01:48:24,320
tweak his handy the other day, I
might say, yeah, a little 

2246
01:48:24,320 --> 01:48:27,200
different. 
But the more rest he gets 

2247
01:48:27,200 --> 01:48:28,720
because he's not the quickest 
dealer. 

2248
01:48:28,720 --> 01:48:30,960
He's had soft tissue issues 
before. 

2249
01:48:31,520 --> 01:48:33,840
I think that this is great. 
Not to mention, you know, 

2250
01:48:33,840 --> 01:48:36,520
Brunson takes a lot of wear and 
tear, hits the deck a lot. 

2251
01:48:36,800 --> 01:48:40,160
Brunson had another cat, had 
another nasty fall yesterday on 

2252
01:48:40,160 --> 01:48:42,000
his back. 
He's been hitting the deck a 

2253
01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:44,720
lot, you know. 
He hits the ground hard, man. 

2254
01:48:44,720 --> 01:48:46,840
He does. 
He scares me every time. 

2255
01:48:46,880 --> 01:48:48,920
I'm like. 
I know I actually thought he was

2256
01:48:48,920 --> 01:48:51,680
a little bit jacked up yesterday
for a second, but well, listen, 

2257
01:48:51,680 --> 01:48:53,680
Matt, you get back and, and I 
gave you my advice. 

2258
01:48:53,680 --> 01:48:56,320
I gave you my plan. 
It is up to you to implement it 

2259
01:48:56,640 --> 01:48:58,000
and, and let her know what the 
deal is. 

2260
01:48:58,000 --> 01:48:59,080
That's on you, buddy. 
All right. 

2261
01:48:59,200 --> 01:49:00,960
I appreciate it being too. 
Have a good one, man. 

2262
01:49:01,160 --> 01:49:02,400
Thanks, Matt. 
You got it, man. 

2263
01:49:02,440 --> 01:49:03,960
Oh dude, I love taking these 
phone calls. 

2264
01:49:03,960 --> 01:49:06,640
Jay, how great is this? 
Dude that is awesome, love the 

2265
01:49:06,720 --> 01:49:10,320
advice. 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

2266
01:49:10,520 --> 01:49:12,040
It's what it's all about. 
All right, So I'm going to give 

2267
01:49:12,040 --> 01:49:13,480
you a chance to shine here. 
You ready? 

2268
01:49:13,800 --> 01:49:16,360
Yes, Sir. 
I know you don't respect the 

2269
01:49:16,360 --> 01:49:20,760
Cavaliers much, but Pistons up 
two to one tonight in Cleveland.

2270
01:49:20,760 --> 01:49:24,320
Give me just a no analysis. 
Who wins Pistons? 

2271
01:49:25,080 --> 01:49:26,400
I think the Cavs are going to 
win tonight. 

2272
01:49:26,840 --> 01:49:28,320
Really. 
Yeah, I do myself. 

2273
01:49:28,360 --> 01:49:29,520
All right. 
Then the next game. 

2274
01:49:29,680 --> 01:49:31,640
So at that point you would have 
the Pistons up 3. 

2275
01:49:31,720 --> 01:49:33,840
This is all you. 
So you think they win tonight? 

2276
01:49:33,840 --> 01:49:36,880
Pistons up three one Wednesday 
at Detroit. 

2277
01:49:37,000 --> 01:49:39,000
You'd have to think they if 
that's the case. 

2278
01:49:40,160 --> 01:49:43,720
I don't know, I see maybe I'd 
take Cleveland there as like a 

2279
01:49:43,720 --> 01:49:46,520
little shocker, as like a little
shocker game. 

2280
01:49:46,640 --> 01:49:48,080
And then? 
Pistons. 

2281
01:49:48,200 --> 01:49:50,600
Close it out. 
Really, I would, if anything, I 

2282
01:49:50,600 --> 01:49:53,920
would flip it and I would say 
Cavs tonight, even it up, then 

2283
01:49:53,920 --> 01:49:57,480
Pistons on Wednesday, 32, 
Detroit and then Friday at 

2284
01:49:57,480 --> 01:50:00,800
Cleveland, you know, and then I 
listen, there's a chance this 

2285
01:50:00,800 --> 01:50:03,000
thing goes 7. 
But the Cavalier, if the 

2286
01:50:03,000 --> 01:50:05,880
Cavaliers win tonight, it's 
going 7. 

2287
01:50:06,560 --> 01:50:09,640
If they lose tonight, it's a 
wrap, it's over, you know? 

2288
01:50:09,880 --> 01:50:12,440
Here's my feeling. 
Here's my feeling out right now.

2289
01:50:12,440 --> 01:50:15,440
Tonight, Cade's going to have a 
baller game. 

2290
01:50:15,440 --> 01:50:18,560
He's going to cook the Cavs. 
They're going to go up 31. 

2291
01:50:18,760 --> 01:50:22,440
Next game is going to be a James
Harden back against the wall, 

2292
01:50:22,440 --> 01:50:24,120
even though he's been pretty 
garbage. 

2293
01:50:24,280 --> 01:50:27,560
Next game, he's going to come 
out, He's going to make people 

2294
01:50:27,560 --> 01:50:29,880
question. 
They're like playoff thoughts 

2295
01:50:29,880 --> 01:50:31,680
about them. 
And then the next game he's 

2296
01:50:31,680 --> 01:50:34,080
going to absolutely fizzle out. 
The Pistons are going to win. 

2297
01:50:34,280 --> 01:50:36,280
So there's still some 
fluctuations in the event 

2298
01:50:36,360 --> 01:50:38,640
evaluation of the young Kate 
Cunningham. 

2299
01:50:39,280 --> 01:50:43,400
Remember all the turnovers last 
series, previous series 24 and 

2300
01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:47,640
three games, 24 and three, which
set a NBA playoff record over a 

2301
01:50:47,640 --> 01:50:49,640
three-game stretch, 24 and three
games. 

2302
01:50:49,640 --> 01:50:52,520
But now he's going to be a mad. 
And that's another reason why, 

2303
01:50:52,920 --> 01:50:56,440
you know, whether it's Panchero 
with the Magic or Kate 

2304
01:50:56,440 --> 01:50:59,960
Cunningham, you know, with, with
with the Pistons, like you got 

2305
01:50:59,960 --> 01:51:02,680
to this is the time you got to 
kick the door and you have to 

2306
01:51:02,680 --> 01:51:05,640
get to the NBA Finals. 
Knicks are in their absolute 

2307
01:51:05,640 --> 01:51:08,480
prime. 
You know, they're well rested. 

2308
01:51:09,440 --> 01:51:11,640
They're playing as well as 
they're playing better than I 

2309
01:51:11,640 --> 01:51:12,840
ever thought that they could 
play together. 

2310
01:51:12,840 --> 01:51:16,560
I just to be totally fair, I 
just did not envision this type 

2311
01:51:16,560 --> 01:51:19,720
of, you know, growth, this type 
of explosion. 

2312
01:51:19,720 --> 01:51:22,440
It's been, it's been insane how 
good the it's. 

2313
01:51:22,720 --> 01:51:24,600
Just their big weight. 
Right now it's. 

2314
01:51:24,920 --> 01:51:27,600
Awesome. 
And and I really liked that 

2315
01:51:27,600 --> 01:51:30,920
point about the prime thing, 
like because yeah, you think 

2316
01:51:30,920 --> 01:51:34,600
about it, the Knicks are at that
age when NBA players win their 

2317
01:51:34,600 --> 01:51:38,320
first championship, like 2829 
years old. 

2318
01:51:38,600 --> 01:51:42,200
I mean, granted, like guys like 
JT and JB, they did it a little 

2319
01:51:42,200 --> 01:51:44,720
earlier, but how old was LeBron 
when he did it? 

2320
01:51:44,720 --> 01:51:47,440
He was probably around 2627 ish 
right? 

2321
01:51:47,840 --> 01:51:50,800
He had to be right. 12/20/13 
that's. 

2322
01:51:50,840 --> 01:51:58,200
Nine years. 18. 272718 High 
School, 27/9. 27/27/28 Like 

2323
01:51:58,200 --> 01:52:01,720
those were really his, you know,
obviously his prime peak years. 

2324
01:52:01,720 --> 01:52:04,880
Steph Curry would have been 
similar age wise. 

2325
01:52:06,080 --> 01:52:09,760
And so you think about it when 
you look at the teams, there are

2326
01:52:09,760 --> 01:52:12,840
two teams who are kind of in 
that age range and it's the 

2327
01:52:13,280 --> 01:52:16,080
Oklahoma City Thunder and it's 
the New York Knicks. 

2328
01:52:16,240 --> 01:52:19,480
Those are the teams with that 
kind of within their star 

2329
01:52:19,480 --> 01:52:23,840
players have that prime peak age
years. 

2330
01:52:23,840 --> 01:52:26,560
It's the Knicks. 
It's the Thunder, man. 

2331
01:52:27,000 --> 01:52:30,240
But I think the Thunders window,
just because Shay is is younger,

2332
01:52:30,520 --> 01:52:32,640
is wider than the Knicks. 
Yeah, and they're also already 

2333
01:52:32,760 --> 01:52:33,680
champions. 
And they have. 

2334
01:52:33,680 --> 01:52:36,280
Chet, you know, and Chet, that's
right, yeah. 

2335
01:52:36,280 --> 01:52:39,640
Chet's another added piece where
it's like, OK, he's like, he's 

2336
01:52:39,640 --> 01:52:44,520
an incredibly young player where
he extends their window, even 

2337
01:52:44,520 --> 01:52:46,040
pass Shay Gilden I. 
Agree. 

2338
01:52:46,120 --> 01:52:49,160
And I, that's a good point. 
Yeah, he had 24 the other night.

2339
01:52:49,160 --> 01:52:50,760
It was a playoff high. 
I mean, he's just sticking. 

2340
01:52:50,880 --> 01:52:53,120
He's just sticking his toe in 
the in the pool. 

2341
01:52:53,120 --> 01:52:54,480
I mean, Jet Holmgren's going to 
be a. 

2342
01:52:55,480 --> 01:52:58,360
I would think the Chet's going 
to probably have 3 championships

2343
01:52:58,360 --> 01:53:00,600
when it's all said and done. 
Maybe a little ambitious here, 

2344
01:53:00,600 --> 01:53:02,840
but let's shoot. 
If they win this year, it's 2. 

2345
01:53:03,160 --> 01:53:05,120
No. 
Oh, if they win this year, he, 

2346
01:53:05,200 --> 01:53:10,040
you know, I wouldn't say that's 
an easy bullseye that he ends up

2347
01:53:10,040 --> 01:53:12,600
with three, but I'd say there's 
a pretty good shot that Chet 

2348
01:53:12,600 --> 01:53:13,880
Holmgren. 
Probably, right. 

2349
01:53:13,880 --> 01:53:15,840
I mean, think about this. 
The Nuggets are just about aged 

2350
01:53:15,840 --> 01:53:17,200
out. 
I mean, Yokich is still great, 

2351
01:53:17,200 --> 01:53:19,000
but yeah, I think they're 
Windows, you know? 

2352
01:53:19,280 --> 01:53:21,520
Probably Murray's not going to 
do it anymore. 

2353
01:53:21,520 --> 01:53:24,720
As your second. 
I don't think Aaron Gordon, he's

2354
01:53:24,720 --> 01:53:27,400
a good and he's certainly 
improved as his career has gone 

2355
01:53:27,400 --> 01:53:29,240
on. 
He's a fourth guy. 

2356
01:53:29,240 --> 01:53:32,360
He he's a fourth guy on the 
championship team, not a third. 

2357
01:53:32,360 --> 01:53:34,040
All right, man. 
What else? 

2358
01:53:34,040 --> 01:53:35,800
What did we miss? 
How was the show today? 

2359
01:53:35,800 --> 01:53:37,680
Pretty good. 
Dude, I mean, I thought it was 

2360
01:53:37,680 --> 01:53:39,120
great. 
The vibes are high. 

2361
01:53:39,120 --> 01:53:44,040
I mean, the chat was popping. 
You know, I think I think I love

2362
01:53:44,040 --> 01:53:46,640
and I think it's a good, you 
know, it's a good angle to to 

2363
01:53:46,640 --> 01:53:49,360
further explore it. 
Just, you know, all these people

2364
01:53:49,360 --> 01:53:53,720
getting on you, getting on you 
for the for the reevaluation. 

2365
01:53:54,080 --> 01:53:56,880
Yeah, I mean, it's wait, wait, 
they getting on me. 

2366
01:53:57,120 --> 01:53:58,920
That's that's their problem. 
I mean it's. 

2367
01:53:59,160 --> 01:54:01,840
Well, there is certainly one guy
in the beginning and I kept, I 

2368
01:54:01,840 --> 01:54:04,600
kept kind of sending the message
trying to be like call in, dude,

2369
01:54:04,600 --> 01:54:07,880
call in. 
What was he saying He. 

2370
01:54:09,040 --> 01:54:12,800
Well, here's kind of his main 
here was kind of his main point 

2371
01:54:12,800 --> 01:54:15,920
that sort of sort of set his 
whole basis. 

2372
01:54:16,040 --> 01:54:19,160
They are owed anybody who 
overreacted to regular season 

2373
01:54:19,160 --> 01:54:22,160
noise when they had already 
proven themselves as regular 

2374
01:54:22,880 --> 01:54:24,400
season. 
Hold on, wait, wait a second. 

2375
01:54:24,640 --> 01:54:26,560
What what, what? 
What did the Knicks prove? 

2376
01:54:26,760 --> 01:54:28,880
Were the Knicks in the NBA 
Finals last year? 

2377
01:54:30,320 --> 01:54:31,720
With the Knicks, the answer is 
no. 

2378
01:54:31,720 --> 01:54:33,400
No. 
What do they prove? 

2379
01:54:33,480 --> 01:54:36,920
I mean, the Knicks like few 
other teams in the NBA, which is

2380
01:54:36,920 --> 01:54:40,160
why they had among the shorter 
odds in the NBA to get to the 

2381
01:54:40,160 --> 01:54:42,800
Finals before the start of the 
season and one of the higher win

2382
01:54:42,800 --> 01:54:44,960
totals. 
The Knicks had demonstrated they

2383
01:54:44,960 --> 01:54:49,720
were a good team and a team that
had a chance, if they were 

2384
01:54:49,720 --> 01:54:53,160
healthy, to maybe mess around 
and, you know, do a little 

2385
01:54:53,160 --> 01:54:57,200
something special this year. 
But nobody really knew what they

2386
01:54:57,200 --> 01:54:59,920
would look like, and nobody saw 
this version coming. 

2387
01:54:59,920 --> 01:55:01,800
And if you did, you're lying. 
I'm sorry. 

2388
01:55:02,160 --> 01:55:06,320
That is a very shallow way of 
looking at this season. 

2389
01:55:06,320 --> 01:55:09,400
Now, I've got no problem saying 
that I was wrong, and I did 

2390
01:55:09,400 --> 01:55:11,800
pronounce the Knicks dead. 
Like I'm not running from that. 

2391
01:55:11,800 --> 01:55:13,520
I did. 
Maybe I should have said that 

2392
01:55:13,520 --> 01:55:16,480
earlier, or louder. 
I did not think that this Knicks

2393
01:55:16,480 --> 01:55:19,800
team would win the championship.
But we're not watching the same 

2394
01:55:19,800 --> 01:55:21,560
Knicks team. 
Yes, we're watching the same 

2395
01:55:21,560 --> 01:55:25,600
players, but we're watching a 
completely different style. 

2396
01:55:26,120 --> 01:55:30,160
What don't you get? 
Yeah, no, I mean. 

2397
01:55:30,320 --> 01:55:32,360
Jeez. 
It's, it's, it's pretty simple. 

2398
01:55:32,360 --> 01:55:36,280
And it's like even looking at 
the Knicks last week, dude, 

2399
01:55:36,800 --> 01:55:41,640
before game four of the Hawk 
series, every, not every Knicks 

2400
01:55:41,640 --> 01:55:42,880
fan. 
I'm sure there were still the 

2401
01:55:42,880 --> 01:55:46,000
people who are holding out their
optimism, but most people I 

2402
01:55:46,000 --> 01:55:48,720
spoke to, their hopes were not 
incredibly high. 

2403
01:55:49,440 --> 01:55:51,640
To beat the Hawks or to make a 
real, real run. 

2404
01:55:51,640 --> 01:55:53,720
To make a real, real run, not to
beat the Hawks. 

2405
01:55:53,720 --> 01:55:56,760
I mean, I've heard a couple 
people, you know, get in a 

2406
01:55:56,760 --> 01:56:00,360
little that fearful. 
Not many, but, yeah, I think 

2407
01:56:00,360 --> 01:56:02,200
that's fair. 
I think these past couple of 

2408
01:56:02,200 --> 01:56:06,800
weeks have been a true the 
butterfly coming out of its 

2409
01:56:06,800 --> 01:56:10,320
cocoon, the true, you know, 
metamorphosis. 

2410
01:56:10,320 --> 01:56:11,720
Lapping those weeks. 
Baby. 

2411
01:56:11,760 --> 01:56:20,040
Exactly, they look awesome. 
That's a good. 

2412
01:56:20,400 --> 01:56:22,520
That'll be voice. 
How's the not bad? 

2413
01:56:22,520 --> 01:56:23,480
Voice singing a little bit 
you've. 

2414
01:56:23,480 --> 01:56:26,320
Got a good singing voice it's 
not terrible, it's not decent 

2415
01:56:26,480 --> 01:56:28,280
fly away. 
That'd be a good one to bust out

2416
01:56:28,280 --> 01:56:31,520
this week when I I because I so 
I don't know if you saw this in 

2417
01:56:31,520 --> 01:56:34,840
the stream yard, but I was doing
like tests with the guitar 

2418
01:56:34,880 --> 01:56:35,920
figure I didn't. 
See it? 

2419
01:56:36,120 --> 01:56:38,280
I got I got it to work so. 
OK, yeah, no. 

2420
01:56:38,280 --> 01:56:41,000
So if you guys missed the show 
last week, J Rod, who's a, he's 

2421
01:56:41,000 --> 01:56:44,240
a bassist, right? 
Bassist and a guitar. 

2422
01:56:44,240 --> 01:56:46,480
And we're going to have him do a
little jam at some point. 

2423
01:56:46,480 --> 01:56:49,120
Maybe we're going to have him 
riff the the BT Unleashed. 

2424
01:56:49,400 --> 01:56:51,920
Theme song. 
Oh dude, that's that's so easy. 

2425
01:56:51,920 --> 01:56:53,520
It's dead. 
In it. 

2426
01:56:53,760 --> 01:56:56,640
Yeah. 
Like like the old days on when 

2427
01:56:56,640 --> 01:57:00,440
they would have like, Nirvana on
MTV, like the acoustic versions.

2428
01:57:00,520 --> 01:57:03,120
This is like Jimmy Fallon's. 
This is like The Roots right 

2429
01:57:03,120 --> 01:57:06,400
now, playing with Jimmy Fallon. 
Yep, Yep, there you go. 

2430
01:57:06,840 --> 01:57:10,640
All right, so before we get up 
out of here Wednesday on the 

2431
01:57:10,640 --> 01:57:12,200
show, could you slap that up 
once more? 

2432
01:57:12,200 --> 01:57:14,520
Looking forward to this. 
I told you we'd get him on the 

2433
01:57:14,520 --> 01:57:19,000
show and we will have the Yankee
manager on the show on Wednesday

2434
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:22,120
at 10:30. 
So I'll start the show and I'll 

2435
01:57:22,120 --> 01:57:24,840
do. 
I mean, I'm not even sure you 

2436
01:57:24,840 --> 01:57:26,840
know, it depends what's what's 
topical that day. 

2437
01:57:26,840 --> 01:57:30,560
But probably Yankees, I'm sure 
I'll get it, especially they 

2438
01:57:30,560 --> 01:57:33,000
don't win against the Orioles. 
Like the last thing I need is 

2439
01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:35,040
Booney coming in on A5 game 
losing streak. 

2440
01:57:35,360 --> 01:57:38,040
I mean, you guys stuff this out.
I don't want him coming in all 

2441
01:57:38,040 --> 01:57:40,520
grumpy. 
But the best part about Boone is

2442
01:57:40,520 --> 01:57:44,200
he's locked in, you know, and he
will not be. 

2443
01:57:44,200 --> 01:57:45,760
Oh, no, we're not playing well. 
I can't. 

2444
01:57:45,760 --> 01:57:47,480
Come on. 
He is a man of his word. 

2445
01:57:47,480 --> 01:57:48,280
I told you. 
I told you. 

2446
01:57:48,280 --> 01:57:49,400
We're going to get him on the 
show. 

2447
01:57:50,080 --> 01:57:52,440
So we will have him on Wednesday
at 10:30. 

2448
01:57:52,840 --> 01:57:54,680
I've got to figure it out with 
Tiki. 

2449
01:57:55,360 --> 01:57:57,800
I would like to do it something 
around something around the 

2450
01:57:57,800 --> 01:58:00,360
Giants schedule. 
Obviously I've also got to work 

2451
01:58:00,360 --> 01:58:02,440
around the Knicks schedule here.
That's going to be front and 

2452
01:58:02,440 --> 01:58:04,680
center. 
But we'll get Teek on for nice 

2453
01:58:04,680 --> 01:58:06,680
longer format. 
You know, just really have a 

2454
01:58:06,680 --> 01:58:08,960
nice bullshit session about 
everything. 

2455
01:58:08,960 --> 01:58:12,400
Went back in the day. 
Obviously as a player, you know,

2456
01:58:12,480 --> 01:58:15,120
that's 10 years I spent with 
Teek on the show, on the air. 

2457
01:58:15,120 --> 01:58:17,560
A lot of Rd. trips with you see 
Sal and I never really got to 

2458
01:58:17,560 --> 01:58:21,440
travel, but when Teek and I were
doing the national stuff, we 

2459
01:58:21,440 --> 01:58:25,720
would go to every Final four, we
would go to every Super Bowl and

2460
01:58:25,720 --> 01:58:29,160
we got some fun stories that 
will that will trace over some 

2461
01:58:29,160 --> 01:58:32,640
we could tell, some we can't. 
So Tiki hopefully this week, but

2462
01:58:32,640 --> 01:58:35,400
definitely booty on Wednesday. 
All right, like it, subscribe 

2463
01:58:35,400 --> 01:58:37,200
it, get it out there. 
The numbers have been great. 

2464
01:58:37,200 --> 01:58:41,920
We set a record the last week we
had three straight days. 

2465
01:58:42,200 --> 01:58:45,640
It was Wednesday, Thursday, 
Friday where we were what what 

2466
01:58:45,640 --> 01:58:47,800
was it? 
Over 55,000 views per day? 

2467
01:58:48,200 --> 01:58:51,440
I believe so. 
Yeah, it right, 56 and Friday 

2468
01:58:51,440 --> 01:58:55,280
was I believe Friday was 56. 
So that was that was the second 

2469
01:58:55,280 --> 01:58:57,920
highest ever, but it was the 
most growth in any three day 

2470
01:58:57,920 --> 01:58:59,760
sequence since we launched the 
channel. 

2471
01:59:00,680 --> 01:59:02,600
Again. 
You know, I'm sure some point 

2472
01:59:02,600 --> 01:59:05,680
down the road those numbers will
sound very humble, but for right

2473
01:59:05,680 --> 01:59:08,280
now, I'm proud of them and you 
guys are really helping me get 

2474
01:59:08,280 --> 01:59:09,720
there. 
The Subs are growing. 

2475
01:59:09,720 --> 01:59:11,920
We're just going to fly by 
25,000. 

2476
01:59:12,240 --> 01:59:14,360
I remember saying to J Rod, I'm 
like, hey, you think we'll get 

2477
01:59:14,360 --> 01:59:16,040
the 25 GS by the end of the 
month? 

2478
01:59:16,040 --> 01:59:18,960
He's like, yeah, I think so. 
There's no doubt. 

2479
01:59:18,960 --> 01:59:22,440
I mean, we're going to get it 
for 25,000 no doubt by the end 

2480
01:59:22,440 --> 01:59:24,280
of the month. 
So you guys keep doing what 

2481
01:59:24,280 --> 01:59:27,000
you're doing. 
I'll keep doing what I am doing.

2482
01:59:27,000 --> 01:59:29,800
I appreciate you know that 
appreciate the support. 

2483
01:59:29,800 --> 01:59:30,880
Hopefully you guys are digging 
it. 

2484
01:59:30,880 --> 01:59:33,400
The callers have brought a 
totally new perspective and 

2485
01:59:33,400 --> 01:59:37,160
different energy, which I told 
you that it would and I told you

2486
01:59:37,160 --> 01:59:38,680
the a list guests are going to 
keep coming. 

2487
01:59:38,680 --> 01:59:40,920
I was texting with a rod the 
other day, a rod. 

2488
01:59:40,920 --> 01:59:45,280
Now I oh, Jay, real quick, Jay, 
I need your opinion on this. 

2489
01:59:45,280 --> 01:59:46,960
Hold on. 
Let me let me just pull up Hold 

2490
01:59:46,960 --> 01:59:50,280
on. 
So I texted Alex to get him on 

2491
01:59:50,280 --> 01:59:51,320
the show and just to say what's 
up. 

2492
01:59:51,320 --> 01:59:52,840
I hadn't talked to him in a 
little bit, right? 

2493
01:59:53,560 --> 01:59:57,400
So I don't, I got to see how I 
interpret this. 

2494
01:59:57,600 --> 02:00:03,080
He said, Oh, I like that. 
That's that's private. 

2495
02:00:03,080 --> 02:00:06,000
I'll keep that to myself. 
You have to come watch a playoff

2496
02:00:06,000 --> 02:00:13,200
game soon in Minnesota, right? 
Come one game when I come one 

2497
02:00:13,200 --> 02:00:17,200
game when I fly to New York 
after the game. 

2498
02:00:18,320 --> 02:00:21,000
Now I'm sitting there saying, 
hold on a second, all right, I 

2499
02:00:21,000 --> 02:00:21,480
know. 
That no. 

2500
02:00:21,560 --> 02:00:23,200
No. 
No, no, no, this is what I need 

2501
02:00:23,200 --> 02:00:25,360
help on. 
So I know he's inviting me to go

2502
02:00:25,360 --> 02:00:28,160
watch the Timberwolves playoff 
game, which would be now am I 

2503
02:00:28,160 --> 02:00:30,640
going to be able to do it? 
I mean, logistically will be a 

2504
02:00:30,640 --> 02:00:32,800
challenge, but I, I, I, I'm not 
saying I wouldn't. 

2505
02:00:33,120 --> 02:00:34,640
I mean, especially if it's the 
finals. 

2506
02:00:34,640 --> 02:00:37,040
I mean, Can you imagine? 
Here's my question. 

2507
02:00:37,040 --> 02:00:39,760
And I know he's going to hook up
with great seats and all, but 

2508
02:00:39,880 --> 02:00:43,560
the way that last part was 
worded, come come fly when like 

2509
02:00:43,800 --> 02:00:46,440
I'm thinking, is that an 
invitation for the private jet? 

2510
02:00:46,840 --> 02:00:48,760
Oh, that's what That's what it 
sounded like. 

2511
02:00:48,840 --> 02:00:50,880
That's what I thought, so I 
thought so too. 

2512
02:00:50,960 --> 02:00:54,440
Yeah, yeah, that's how I mean, 
listen, not to you, not to air 

2513
02:00:54,440 --> 02:00:57,080
it out, but yeah, that's, I 
mean, right. 

2514
02:00:57,080 --> 02:00:59,680
Like that's how it reads. 
If he's flying back to New York,

2515
02:00:59,680 --> 02:01:00,760
I. 
Mean, I said something about 

2516
02:01:00,760 --> 02:01:02,760
Dante di Vincenzo that sucks 
about Dante. 

2517
02:01:02,760 --> 02:01:04,040
Love him. 
What a duty, because he's the 

2518
02:01:04,040 --> 02:01:06,640
fucking best, Love him, blah, 
blah, blah. 

2519
02:01:06,720 --> 02:01:08,800
Thank you, bro. 
You got to come watch a playoff 

2520
02:01:08,800 --> 02:01:11,840
game real soon. 
Come one game, when I fly to New

2521
02:01:11,840 --> 02:01:17,120
York after the game, I don't 
know how else to interpret that.

2522
02:01:17,520 --> 02:01:19,520
I go, I I write back, I go, 
yeah, I go. 

2523
02:01:19,520 --> 02:01:21,400
Totally, dude. 
He goes and his guy Nick, his 

2524
02:01:21,400 --> 02:01:23,840
cousin, who's awesome, he goes 
chat with, chat with Nick. 

2525
02:01:23,840 --> 02:01:25,560
Look at the playoffs schedule. 
We'll figure it out. 

2526
02:01:26,200 --> 02:01:28,840
I mean, I, I, you know, I, I, it
doesn't sound like he expects me

2527
02:01:28,840 --> 02:01:32,080
to slap down 300 bucks for an 
airline and just have tickets 

2528
02:01:32,080 --> 02:01:33,240
and will. 
Probably not feel. 

2529
02:01:33,320 --> 02:01:35,560
Like he's saying yo jump on the 
jet. 

2530
02:01:35,840 --> 02:01:37,240
That's what I feel like he's 
saying. 

2531
02:01:37,680 --> 02:01:40,640
I'd agree with you, man. 
You gotta you better ask him. 

2532
02:01:40,640 --> 02:01:42,760
You better take him up on that. 
How do you ask him? 

2533
02:01:42,880 --> 02:01:43,800
No. 
No, see that you can't ask. 

2534
02:01:43,800 --> 02:01:45,520
No, that's the thing. 
That's the thing. 

2535
02:01:45,560 --> 02:01:46,440
Well, what do you want? 
Me. 

2536
02:01:46,680 --> 02:01:51,400
To do Alex, and just to clarify,
Alex, does that mean should I 

2537
02:01:51,400 --> 02:01:55,480
book my own flight or? 
There's got to be, there's got 

2538
02:01:55,480 --> 02:01:59,840
to be some sort of Larry David 
esque like work around that you 

2539
02:01:59,840 --> 02:02:02,640
can think of to where you can 
say it appropriately. 

2540
02:02:02,880 --> 02:02:05,520
Yeah, I'll be like, no, maybe 
here's the way to parse it. 

2541
02:02:06,120 --> 02:02:08,400
Because if I ask him, it kind of
sounds not desperate. 

2542
02:02:08,400 --> 02:02:11,000
I mean, the guy invited me to 
his home for his Christmas 

2543
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:12,760
party. 
So I mean, it's not like it's 

2544
02:02:12,800 --> 02:02:13,880
out of it's like, I don't know 
him. 

2545
02:02:14,200 --> 02:02:17,840
And we went and it was amazing. 
I maybe I'd do something like 

2546
02:02:17,840 --> 02:02:20,840
this. 
Hey, airline, you know there's 

2547
02:02:20,840 --> 02:02:22,320
not a lot. 
Here we go. 

2548
02:02:22,640 --> 02:02:24,720
There's not a. 
Lot of flight options from New 

2549
02:02:24,720 --> 02:02:29,560
York to Minnesota. 
What do you recommend based on 

2550
02:02:29,560 --> 02:02:31,840
his answer? 
If he's like no, no, no, Just 

2551
02:02:31,840 --> 02:02:33,720
when I come to me, come back 
with me. 

2552
02:02:34,040 --> 02:02:36,080
That's the answer. 
That's too funny. 

2553
02:02:36,760 --> 02:02:38,000
I think that that's what he 
meant. 

2554
02:02:38,440 --> 02:02:42,240
No, I I think that's I think 
that's a a great, great way 

2555
02:02:42,400 --> 02:02:44,040
dude. 
Also, that would just be sick. 

2556
02:02:44,040 --> 02:02:46,280
Especially. 
I can stick with that even, I 

2557
02:02:46,280 --> 02:02:49,800
mean, not even obviously Nick's 
Timberwolves finals would be the

2558
02:02:49,880 --> 02:02:52,400
the greatest. 
I think Spurs Knicks finals 

2559
02:02:52,400 --> 02:02:56,160
would be the best product. 
I think Thunder Knicks would be 

2560
02:02:56,160 --> 02:02:58,800
second best, but I do think 
Timberwolves Knicks would be a 

2561
02:02:58,800 --> 02:03:01,080
great. 
You think Knicks Spurs would 

2562
02:03:01,080 --> 02:03:03,040
have more buzz than Knicks 
Thunder? 

2563
02:03:03,560 --> 02:03:08,480
No. 
Oh yeah, When they, yeah, 100% 

2564
02:03:08,600 --> 02:03:13,480
champion OKC, I don't know. 
At that arena, let's be honest 

2565
02:03:13,480 --> 02:03:16,560
now, Spurs fans are great. 
Thunder fans might be the in 

2566
02:03:16,560 --> 02:03:23,200
terms of the game on court, like
Vibrance, just crazy nutty I I 

2567
02:03:23,200 --> 02:03:24,840
love the guard. 
There but. 

2568
02:03:25,320 --> 02:03:29,080
OK, C is pretty nuts. 
I think Wembin Yama making his 

2569
02:03:29,080 --> 02:03:32,640
first finals in his second year 
is just too. 

2570
02:03:32,640 --> 02:03:36,880
It's just that's massive and 
also dude, he's the kind I I I 

2571
02:03:36,960 --> 02:03:38,840
mean I don't love what he did 
last night. 

2572
02:03:38,840 --> 02:03:41,680
That was horrific like that, not
horrific, but it was like dude, 

2573
02:03:41,680 --> 02:03:44,120
what are you thinking, bro? 
Why elbowing him in the face? 

2574
02:03:44,120 --> 02:03:49,240
I know, I know. 
But but I think Wembi, like he's

2575
02:03:49,240 --> 02:03:51,960
the kind of player, he's got 
that fire in him. 

2576
02:03:52,160 --> 02:03:55,640
I don't know the kind of player 
he could play like if he was in 

2577
02:03:55,640 --> 02:03:59,400
the NBA Finals. 
Dude, that guy, he's young, yes,

2578
02:03:59,600 --> 02:04:01,720
but he's he's got something in 
him. 

2579
02:04:02,560 --> 02:04:06,600
I know he's got he's got the 
will of God in him, bro, like. 

2580
02:04:06,600 --> 02:04:10,040
You know what? 
I hear you and, and you make 

2581
02:04:10,040 --> 02:04:11,720
sense. 
I I just don't think I want to. 

2582
02:04:11,720 --> 02:04:12,880
Not that I'm scared of him, but 
yet. 

2583
02:04:12,880 --> 02:04:14,560
Because not yet. 
Because he's still coming on. 

2584
02:04:14,680 --> 02:04:17,880
Beat the Spurs. 
That's why I also think I like 

2585
02:04:17,880 --> 02:04:20,040
it a little bit because it gives
them a better chance. 

2586
02:04:20,040 --> 02:04:21,680
But. 
OK, I would agree they they'd 

2587
02:04:21,680 --> 02:04:23,840
have better odds against the 
Spurs and then with the Thunder 

2588
02:04:23,840 --> 02:04:26,240
there in terms of Vegas. 
But do I really want to tempt 

2589
02:04:26,240 --> 02:04:28,160
fate again? 
Last time they played the Spurs 

2590
02:04:28,160 --> 02:04:30,800
in the championship, it was very
you know, it was pretty non 

2591
02:04:30,800 --> 02:04:32,640
competitive. 
It was a young, young Tim 

2592
02:04:32,640 --> 02:04:35,160
Duncan, young Wimby. 
Do I really need this? 

2593
02:04:35,160 --> 02:04:37,560
Like, I don't know. 
I don't know if I need to go 

2594
02:04:37,560 --> 02:04:39,040
through that again. 
I don't know. 

2595
02:04:39,040 --> 02:04:40,840
I think I brought that. 
I don't know. 

2596
02:04:41,520 --> 02:04:45,160
I got to think about that. 
Let's see who do I prefer to 

2597
02:04:45,160 --> 02:04:47,640
beat in the NBA Finals? 
What a what a nice question. 

2598
02:04:47,920 --> 02:04:49,560
Nice to be able to ask that 
question, huh? 

2599
02:04:49,800 --> 02:04:53,360
Who would I rather beat? 
All right man, starting to 

2600
02:04:53,360 --> 02:04:54,480
ramble now. 
Let me bounce bro. 

2601
02:04:54,480 --> 02:04:56,640
Two hours is where we draw the 
line. 

2602
02:04:56,640 --> 02:04:58,960
Ski today, like and subscribe 
it. 

2603
02:04:58,960 --> 02:05:01,200
Great job on the calls, great 
job on the chats. 

2604
02:05:01,200 --> 02:05:02,880
We're going to get the other 
content out there. 

2605
02:05:02,880 --> 02:05:06,720
We now put out two or three 33 
separate videos each day broken 

2606
02:05:06,720 --> 02:05:10,320
down so you guys can watch what 
you want to watch when you want 

2607
02:05:10,320 --> 02:05:12,720
to watch it. 
You know, obviously the live 

2608
02:05:12,720 --> 02:05:15,800
stream is is a big part of what 
we do with the sponsors and and 

2609
02:05:15,800 --> 02:05:18,600
the calls and all that stuff. 
But also understand that not 

2610
02:05:18,600 --> 02:05:20,680
everybody can watch two straight
hours. 

2611
02:05:20,680 --> 02:05:23,880
So J Rod's going to get to work 
on that Aaron Boone on 

2612
02:05:23,880 --> 02:05:24,920
Wednesday. 
It's going to be great. 

2613
02:05:24,920 --> 02:05:27,040
Hopefully Tiki this week. 
I'm going to try to lock that 

2614
02:05:27,040 --> 02:05:30,480
in, get a little clarification 
if it's going to be a Rod's jet 

2615
02:05:30,480 --> 02:05:32,600
or if I got to reach in my own 
pocket here got to get some 

2616
02:05:32,600 --> 02:05:35,200
answers there. 
I mean, what am I going to stay 

2617
02:05:35,200 --> 02:05:37,720
stay at a Rod's house? 
I mean I don't know. 

2618
02:05:37,720 --> 02:05:39,120
I just don't know where this 
thing's going. 

2619
02:05:39,560 --> 02:05:42,720
Who knows, it could be. 
Maybe it's my own Entourage 

2620
02:05:42,720 --> 02:05:44,120
weekend. 
You know, we had Jerry on the 

2621
02:05:44,120 --> 02:05:46,040
show the other day. 
Maybe I got my Entourage weekend

2622
02:05:46,040 --> 02:05:48,360
with Alex coming up, you know. 
Hey, honey, stay home. 

2623
02:05:48,360 --> 02:05:49,720
I'm going hang out with Alex, 
man. 

2624
02:05:50,280 --> 02:05:53,640
You can watch the games on TV. 
All right, man, let me roll. 

2625
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Have a great Monday. 
Great job today, and I will 

2626
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catch you guys tomorrow at 10. 
Peace.