The Knicks are still one superstar like Kevin Durant away from being a championship team
I still wish KD [Kevin Durant] was here. Man. It just would've, we needed, we needed that one. We needed that one player. You know, it's just crazy. So we'll see what happens in the off season.
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View episodeThe Celtics are effectively the NBA champions now that the Nuggets have been eliminated
Congratulations to Hank. Boston Celtics are NBA Champs. Because the nuggets are out. The only real competition that they had.
The formula for the Timberwolves to win is for Anthony Edwards to not score at all in the first half
When [Anthony Edwards] is held below five points in the first half of the game, the timber wolves are seven and one this season. ... So he just gotta not score, just have him not score at all in the first half and then you're good.
The Timberwolves are for real after beating the Nuggets in Denver
I couldn't be more impressed with, with the wolves. This series was just, it was the anti Minnesota series... they win the game somewhat convincingly. 'cause they were up 10 with like three minutes left and it was over in, in the Nuggets building. They win three games in Denver. I mean, what a what a what a performance. They're they're for real.
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View profileThe 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.
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.
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.