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Former sports agents are the best choice to run professional teams

I don't know much about the business side of like basketball, but I know that the, the GM or the president [of the Knicks] is a former agent [Leon Rose]. And I know that that Golden State run was run by a former agent too [Bob Myers]... I think this is gonna be the, the beginning of, we're gonna start to see sports agents start to run teams a little bit. I think they know things that about money and about all that stuff.

The success of Leon Rose and Bob Myers is factual, but whether this becomes the standard hiring practice is an ongoing trend.

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Jun 15, 2026
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Victor Wembanyama needs to gain 60 pounds at Golden Corral to succeed next season

Mitchell Robinson on that free throw. It was just, just manhandling [Wembanyama]. Wemby's gonna come back next year. Hey Wemby, don't, don't go to a monastery. Maybe this obviously just go hang out at like a Golden Corral. Yeah. Put on like 60 pounds, because Mitchell Robinson just ate him up.

Wembanyama's weight and frame are recurring topics. This is a comedic recommendation.
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New York City should put a 200-foot Jalen Brunson jersey on the Statue of Liberty

I think, you know, there's all the, all the statue talk is going on right now. We're jumping to the statue. Do we want the Jalen Brunson statue? Do we want the entire starting five statue? Who do we want on the statue? My idea was New York should just make a giant Jalen Brunson jersey. Like I'm talking 200 feet. And put it on the Statue of Liberty. Hang it from her. And then replace the torch with the basketball.

Subjective opinion on how to honor Brunson.
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Jun 15, 2026
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Jalen Brunson is objectively a better New York Knick than Patrick Ewing because he won a title

[Rick Brunson saying Patrick Ewing is the best Nick] is not true. It's just objectively not true right now. 'cause Jalen Brunson won a title.

Subjective opinion on franchise GOATs.

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The Knicks won the title because they have the most 'grit'

I said, Charlie, that's her name. I said, they have grit. They have grit. It's like in that game four, when when, when Brunson went into the huddle, he said, Hey guys, smart basketball. This is, we can do this... They don't [give up]. That's when they say, alright, we can win this thing.

Grit is an intangible quality that cannot be measured or proven.
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Winning a championship feels better than the 'emptiness' Joe Mazzulla describes

Coach Mazzulla in his press conference said something about feeling empty when he won and feeling empty when he lost. ... I'm not a psychiatrist, but winning feels better. It's just my take.

This is a subjective emotional comparison, though most people would agree winning is preferable.
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The Mike Vrabel and Diana Russini relationship should be considered a workplace relationship under the NFL umbrella

Is this a workplace relationship? I believe under that [NFL] umbrella. I can't imagine that HR is not involved in this situation.

Technically they have different employers (The Athletic/New York Times vs. New England Patriots), but the 'conflict of interest' is a journalistic standard rather than a standard HR workplace rule.