Knicks Offseason Trade Targets REVEALED per ESPN (LIVE) | Knicks News
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the Knicks we’re talking about reports coming out of everywhere what are the Knicks going to do let’s see here are the Knicks going to resign this guy are they going to let go of this guy what’s happening but you know where all of those reports converge it stops at one point and it happened right after the Knicks got out of the got out of the uh playoff excuse me where are the Knicks going to go from here where are they going to trade for and if they’re going to make a trade this offseason which by the way most reports already have the Knicks making that trade this off season if they do that what does that mean for us in terms of players that we’re going to move and who we’re going to Target well thankfully ESPN they actually gave us some information on who the Nick’s top trade targets are going to be for the offseason so we’re going to break that down we’re also going to talk about the salary cap and a couple of other things and I bet you guys didn’t think I was going to do this live we’re going to do that and so much more today if you’re not already subscribed to the channel go ahead and hit that subscribe button now and make sure you have notifications turned on so you don’t miss a second of the new content and now let’s get started by the way doing that live feels so much better got to do that more often but let’s get started the Nicks offseason trade targets have been revealed and I’m very happy to give you all of these trade targets today I can’t lie I saw the list from ESPN man um there are some favorites of mine on there so I’ll give you that then there are some other players some questionable names on the list we’ll get to them because one thing we’re going to talk about what I’m going to break down the list of course we’re going to talk about each and every player the realistic possibility that they could be traded to the Knicks but more importantly something I want to Define today Best Fit versus best player we’ve been talking about this I feel like maybe for the entire season what type of player do we need is it it is it really you know the top Superstar level players is a Giannis level player going to come here and change everything make us a championship level team or if we go after the best fit does fit matter more that’s what I want to talk about as well and obviously I want to get to you guys I want to get to the chat gang you guys my supporters all of the great subscribers the reason I wanted to do lives the reason I wanted to come back the reason I wanted to do all of this was because of you and I am so happy that you can join me on this journey today as we break down exactly where the Knicks are headed because a lot of people are asking me well Troy they’re going to run it back right they’re definitely going to do that well yeah yes and no they’re gonna run it back to an extent I think their core stays the same but if you’re thinking that the Knicks are not going star hunting you’re kidding yourself shout out to my guy Evan C from I believe Sports Illustrated he has this account on the app X and he broke down Fred cats report and according to cats the Knicks internally consider this offseason the time to push their chips in for a star player via trade New York owns all of their future picks and their future pick swaps plus four additional firstr selections projected through 2027 and then the question comes up who will New York Target to appearer alongside Jaylen Brunson and you know what I think that’s the clear question here what’s the best fit for Jaylen cuz I can you can ask me all day if you’ve been a fan of this channel you watch the show long enough you know my guys right we can talk about it Mel Bridges Devin Booker and of course Donovan Mitchell a lot of other players obviously if they become available I’ll want the Knicks to go after them I think everybody remembers during the trade deadline I probably dropped the dejonte Murray video maybe every other day so if Murray becomes available I might be a fan but if you have questions for me after the show after we break down some of these targets please leave those questions in the chat but I want to hear from you guys as well in terms of Who You Feel the Nicks are going to go after who you feel the Knicks are going to Target in chat me in the in the trades because that for me is going to be something that we have to discuss realism here is a big part of it and sometimes your comments guys I love you but sometimes your comments you’re telling me we go after I don’t know LeBron James and some of these other people and when you say that I kind of scratch my head thankfully LeBron James is not on this list but without further Ado I know you guys have been waiting we’ve been talking about this ESPN list they released the list the Knick’s top trade targets for the off season who’s part of that list who made it on that list well let’s break it down according to ESPN New York these are the top trade targets for the Knicks we got Devin Booker Mikel Bridges Kevin Durant Joel embiid oh God Paul George Paul George and then Donovan Mitchell uh closed out the list so basically those are your top six the top six trade targets excuse me from ESPN New York regarding the Knicks and the players they’re going to go after now please make sure you leave a comment below and let me know out of all of these play players on this list who do you think the Nick should go after what player do you think the Nick should Target we’re going to break down each and every player to see who’s realistic and give you a more of a breakdown and then obviously I’ll tell you who I want to go after if you don’t know already but before we do that I got to go to the chat gang right you guys are lighting up the chat be be really rude of me if I didn’t shout out to 90s Nick uh Nick fan says be strong brother appreciate you man Mr William well understood blessing to you brother and uh continued peace to you and your family appreciate that guys if you guys missed the beginning of the stream I was talking about how I wasn’t doing as many lives as I wanted to cuz I was doing a lot at one point I wanted to do more but unfortunately something happened with my family my mother took ill I had to take care of that situation and I’m a single dad so all those things together was a hard situation but I appreciate you guys thank you for the prayers and support I heard it all really thank you guys um we got other shout outs here from uh Nick profit Curry TV which says wishing your mom the best and quick recovery my brother prayers go up to her thank you very much Happy Mother’s Day thank you uh buzzer beater guess who I don’t know who you are I gotta figure out who you are I guess uh Jason says I think they’ll go hard for Bridges if we lose OG well let me put that to bed we’re not losing OG we can’t lose OG we can’t all right I’m gonna go off in a couple of these things as you know me guys I have that energy I have that passion especially when some things trigger me we’re not losing OG we didn’t trade our J Barrett Emanuel quickly in a second round pick to lose ogn and Obi a deal was worked out when they was traded for when that deal went down Leon Rose spoke to his son Sam Rose and said Hey listen son talk to OG and let him know we’re gonna take care of him this off season maybe not give him the most money but he’s going to get paid but OG he’s not going anywhere let’s keep it going here uh we got House of uh Consciousness with a K I believe he got me there for a second I love your work brother appreciate you thank you so much man I really appreciate the support vssn basketball my brother trippy what’s up man he says my boy recap I appreciate you uh buzzer beer says Spider Rock Says dream 90 says MB we got finesse Jay says I’d like Murray and Isaac on this list I’m guessing he means Isaac from the Orlando Magic uh Booker but only if we keep Julius we got King D in the house my God D salute to you my daughter if you’re not 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to really break down that comment we’re going to get to that I promise you and we’re going to break down some more of your comments because it’s flooding in and I see the viewers going off right now if you guys haven’t done so already it would mean a lot smash obliterate destroy that like button and let’s get it started because if we go back to that list we got Devin Booker starting off that list now starting on the realism of Devin Booker let’s go to the son’s owner son’s owner has already made it clear extreme ex extremely petty man he is not going to break up his big three so Devin Booker Kevin Durant Bradley be like Bradley Beal would fetch anything anyways it’s like people are talking to me the other day well if only they could trade Bradley Beal if only they could do it what what so what what could happen what would they trade him for a bag of chips what is he worth he’s not worth anything he barely played and when he played what did he do that son’s owner is out of his mind what’s his name Matt Sheba is Sheba whatever name is out of his mind now I understand you don’t want to B break up the big three I understand that there’s not really motivation for him to do that as well because they’re stuck look at where they are he also made recent comments about draft picks and he told his fans if you’re hoping that we were going to make some draft selections or think about 2029 or all these things we’re not going to do that now maybe he doesn’t care about that but the rest of the league they’re salivating over that they’re hearing this man say he doesn’t care about his draft picks from years for now regardless of the team he’s going to have at that point every team around the league is going to want to do business with you but unless you’re going to include Booker or Durant or one of those guys you’re not going to get really really any real bids you know what I’m talking about so I don’t see Booker really going anywhere and I honestly don’t see uh Durant going anywhere there’s no incentive for them to trade those guys and Durant if Durant is traded you want him because if you trade assets for him is he going to get unhappy again disgruntled again and go away and if he goes away what are we doing what’s happening this is the point you can’t trade for a Durant how many years Durant’s going to give you look at his age he’s a great fit by the way but look at his age how many years of good health and good plays he going to give you under head coach Tom thibo we have to consider all of these things when we’re trading for somebody this is going to go back to the thing we’re going to talk about later best fit and best player because there’s a major difference when we’re talking about going more into this Devon Booker situation shout out to my guy Howard Beck he is going to be a guest of the show very soon he is a reporter for the ringer he gave us the following update basically about Booker in towns and likely the Stars the Knicks are looking at or at least trying to go after this off season if Booker according to um Howard Beck here if Booker or towns or some discontented Superstar becomes available Rivals expect the Knicks to pounce again pounce not go after them pick up the phone pounce that’s the word he used but if the past four years have shown us anything it’s that the Knicks will take a measured approach and and having Brunson in the fold means they can negotiate without the former desperation you know what he means by that you know what he means about the former desperation when the Knicks used to go into each and every single one of these negotiations right you have to sell them New York but you also have to sell them maybe what we can do we just got to the second seed with a hobbled roster seeing Jaylen Brunson turning into a superstar right before our eyes what are you selling now you’re selling you want to come play with Jaylen right with three time allar Julius Randall right with OG an anobi right with what we’re trying to build in New York New York one of the major markets of the world talk about getting paid and getting paid when you get a contract in New York it does not talk about any of the sponsorships you get in New York we talk about jayen Brunson potentially leaving what $114 million on the table if he signs the extension with the Knicks this off season right but do we talk about the sponsorships he’ll likely recoup all of that money for with every other sponsor he gets because he plays for the Knicks because he plays in New York we’re not going to talk about that because it’s separate but to Jaylen it probably comes into play so a lot of times when players are quote unquote leaving money on the table Yeah they might be leaving it but they’re leaving it to get it somewhere else in other cases and Jaylen the way he’s playing Superstar status that Dunkin Donuts Commercial Is Not the Only commercial you’re going to see him in these cooking competitions are not the only things you’re going to see him in this brother he is going to get paid massively paid not the only one there are a lot of other players on this team that are going to get paid we’re going to break down all of those things in a second as well but um obviously going back to Deon Booker he’s not realistic at this point I love Booker don’t get it don’t get it twisted guys if Devin Booker becomes available Will Leon Rose go after him absolutely the rumor going into everything when Leon Rose was hired as president his basketball operations there were two names two names that came out Booker and cat cat has flooded the rumor mill for ages now but nobody’s talked about Booker because of his loyalty to the sons he also has that Mamba mentality shout out to co he wants to be loyal to one organization when you think about all of that it’s hard to see him leaving not impossible not impossible but hard to see him leaving that situation especially because he’s that type of character of guy and I think he believes he can win with the squad that he has and I think that owner is going to try to build try to build whatever they can around that team and hope for the best that’s all they can do they don’t really have any draft picks at this point so that’s that’s where I think they’re going to stand on the booker situation but let’s go to the comments see what you guys have to say excuse me over here let’s see here we got other gu saying what’s up recap what’s going on guys I feel you appreciate you uh let’s see here oh God I pray to you please don’t let him trade you elas Randle that’s IU I don’t think they’re going to trade Randall um I know this has been coming up a lot but they’re really is no incentive for the Knicks to trade Randall if they trade Randall right now his value is down he’s recovering from an injury he hasn’t played in a while and really from Randall what you want to see is postseason play high level postseason play is what’s going to get Julius Randall’s value all the way up it’s going to Skyrocket imagine Randall after a great season and a strong postseason run what is his value going to be way higher than it’s ever been ever before as a Nick and I I think that’s what the Knicks are likely going to wait for if you’re going to trade Randall but right now he’s part of the core pieces I still remember January maybe some people have forgotten but I still remember it and in January this Knicks team was running through the league and we didn’t even have bogie yet we didn’t even have Burks yet and I think we had those two players on this team at that point in time when we had Julius Randle taking so much attention down low you’re telling me they couldn’t look better or Thrive I think anybody looks better when they’re open and one of those guys would have been open with Randall drawing so much attention down low if you’re asking me what we were missing during the playoffs it was Randall Randall drawing two or three Defenders down low opening up the wing the perimeter top of the key all for our Shooters and our players that’s missing that’s why a fully healthy Knicks team runs through the league and that’s why I’ve been saying it I’ve been screaming it on every single show some people think I’m crazy because I said that the Knicks potentially when healthy next year could make a run for the number one seed is that crazy really what seed did we get this year let me think about that um two number two and we weren’t healthy so you’re telling me it’s crazy to think we couldn’t reach number one we can reach number one and Beyond with a healthy Nicks team we absolutely can by the way I know you’re going to ask shout out to my guy CP the artist for my attire today this is one of my favorite nick players ever obviously Patrick ying and a New York uh sweater over here I’ll probably post the link on social media but he’s one of my favorite content creators as well too again CP the artist not to be confused with the great CP the franchise as well me fanchise as well too that’s my guy as well please support both of them but this sweater gave for my guy CP the artist and if you want to support content creators make sure you get his gear but going back to this Knicks team like I said right now this team is in Prime position you want to know why guys because other other years we had to really throw everything at any store that became available because we needed as much talent on this team as possible to make us competitive right now we don’t need to do that do we what do we need to do now patience what does Leon Rose excel in patience what is he going to do uh be patient so I think that’s what the Knicks are going to do right now we’re not going to make any moves we’re not going to hear about those moves specifically yet until we get closer to the off season when Leon Rose can resign some players and then we get to see the Outlook because the players that we resign what we do with bogie all of these things are going to let us know what the Knicks are going to do in the off season when they pick up Bogie’s option which I think a lot of us believe they’re going to do that means they’re likely going to make a major trade you don’t do that unless you’re thinking major trade in your head and I think that’s something that they’re going to consider but we’ll wait and see what other options happen with Leon Rose in this front office let’s go back to the chat gang over here uh King D says hit that thumbs up for a recap appreciate you my brother that’s one of my biggest supporters one of my guys legit one of my friends in real life I see that guy we have drinks we talk Nicks we talk all basketball really that’s one of my guys please support him uh keep going to the chat over here we got I says preach my brother preach we got Nicks ran out of steam says Randall will be uh Randall will be due uh do an extension after next season if the front office doesn’t want to get to that point Randall uh trade will be uh will be an option it will be and I’m not saying it won’t but it can’t be an option now why would a Randall trade make sense right now it just doesn’t because Randall doesn’t make sense right now to trade because his value so low again we got to think about who’s available the Knicks are not going to trade Randall for a role player and three picks that’s not going to be what Randall comes back for or a really good shooter and three that’s not going to happen you’re not going to trade Randall for that Randall gives you Superstar numbers if you don’t get a back a superstar for Randall in a trade it’s a failure you all know that it’s a failure but going back to this list over here cuz I do want to get back to some of these names here uh Kevin Durant I guess we can skip him for a little bit but I I know some people want to talk about him where’s the Kevin Kevin ran over here so we had an article that came out I believe it was a week or two ago this came from the heavy.com where NBA executive said that the Knicks are a prime candidate for a blockbuster trade to add Kevin Durant now listen for me again Fit versus player is Kevin Durant the right fit absolutely skill set wise he is shooting wise he is threat he draws attention everywhere and can score from anywhere no knock or shade to KD but the problem is you don’t only trade for that right trade d ex me tradd wow KD when you trade for KD you also get a lot of the baggage as well too and you get the uncertainty of will he stay or will he go and then if you trade assets and he leaves and then you have to get more assets for him when he leaves you’re never going to get the assets back by the way you’re never going to recoup assets for Kevin Durant look at the Brooklyn Nets look at where they are they traded KD their best player they got back Mel Bridges and cam Johnson look at where they their Outlook is right now they have no Direction they’re directionless you think any other team want to sign up for that I don’t want to do that I love Kevin Durant’s fit I just don’t like the baggage I don’t like what he would mean for this team in terms of how the fans would look at him or treat him how the teammates or the locker room would treat him how he would fit under Tom tho there’s so many question marks for KD I’m good on that and honestly he’s not realistic like we said because the suns are not trading him so right now not realistic and I’m very thankful for that because if he was realistic maybe Lon would at least entertain it right he’d pick up the phone at least KD that level of Superstar you pick up the phone and you at least have a conversation about him but this year we don’t have to worry about that let’s continue the next person on this list Joel embiid so uh Joel embiid here’s the funny thing last year they get eliminated right probably the day after they get eliminated the reports start flooding in and beid is a player to watch for the trade market for the Knicks going after him this year the Knicks eliminate the Sixers we see dirty Joel embiid start doing dirty Joel embiid things have you guys read a report about Joel embiid leaving the Sixers I haven’t have you guys read a report about Joel embiid coming to the Knicks Leon Rose connection any of that I haven’t and before the show you know because you know me I love to do my research I researched this the last article about that I want to say was a few months ago like three or four months ago can’t pinpoint it exactly but even with that article had nothing to do with the Knicks potentially going after him just all the connections that made sense that’s it so even back then there was nothing taking into account that the Knicks were trying to go after Joel embiid and as of right now that’s still the same so Joel to the Knicks it can be on this board all they want you can list them all you want I think Joel and B to the Knicks is done everybody remembers what this man did in the playoffs imagine that type of player coming to this team I don’t a lot of people will probably hate it it would probably cost a lot it would definitely cost you Randall and I don’t know if it would make you that much better and after this year with Joel embiid and all the injuries he dealt with if you guys know my feelings about Zion Williamson I’m not a fan of Zion I don’t like Zion because of the injuries he’s not available when you need him the most Joel embiid this year here he just checked that box he is not available when you need him the most and when he is look at what he gives you look at the player that he is I’m good on that and it looks like the Knicks are good on that as well too let’s go to the chat gang real quick see what you guys have to say um let’s see here we got uh Troy oh another Troy in the house shout out to the other Troy other Troy shout out to other Troy uh says when has Randall perform in the playoffs all right well you know other Troy took a shot at Randall should have probably read the comment before I did that I still do that cuz your name is Troy but still listen I understand Randle has not shown up in the postseason I understand that but listen in my opinion I give Randall with this Knicks team one year more for a postseason run that’s what I’m doing because you’re right we have’t seen him showed up but let me ask you something have we seen Randall ever surrounded by this much talent before on this on a Nick Squad because I can answer that question it’s no so if we haven’t seen that and he’s clearly not the number one option anymore he’s number two right behind Jaylen Brunson if all of that’s the case have we ever seen a a Julius Randall a number two option Julius Randall in the postseason we haven’t and until we have I’m gonna wait to see that I’m gonna wait and see what Jaylen Brunson this version of Jaylen Brunson Superstar level Jaylen Brunson and obviously this other Julius Randall somebody who’s built chemistry with jayen Brunson over the course of these last few months you know over year for the last few seasons I should say he’s built chemistry with Brunson we can’t hold that against them and because of that I think that’s only going to help that and contribute them to get better so in my opinion Randall is a key to this team he’s a core part of this team and you don’t move him unless you can get a superstar back but I appreciate you Troy uh let’s keep it going here though um I see you says preach brother oh that’s another comment I already read Trav B says salute my guy keep doing your thing Trav B is my guy man always with the the great songs The Great hits always giving us the great songs on uh Twitter or Instagram wherever you follow him make sure you’re following my guy during the season he was putting out some bangers for the Knicks always giving up some uh great uh rhymes for either Jaylen Brunson he was doing some great ones for divon chenzo at times love this guy man please go ahead give him a like give him a follow and obviously if you see him on uh Twitter whatever the case would be say hi to him he’s not a stranger or anything so make sure you you give support where it’s due let’s keep it going we have Rob over here says let’s get started you already know man let’s get started I got to create a shirt that says let’s get started because a lot of you guys always say it in the comments and I have so much merch shout out to my merch by the way I have a shop on uh YouTube or on my spread shop.com you can go shop my merch there’s a lot of things there for the show and obviously help support the show so I appreciate you guys if you do check out the merch but I should add a let’s get started shirt that would probably be smart it’s my main slogan I say it every show and there’s not one merch that says it great that’s great marketing right shout out to shout out to myself I’ll get on that let’s keep it going though um Nicks out of rotation oh Nicks out of steam I should say says Sixers are the team that will pay OG 40 plus a year ah I don’t know man 40 plus a year for OG they might do that just to be spiteful to the Knicks maybe we’ll continue get to that let’s see what else we got here uh Ben’s here he says Kevin Durant is is unbelievable but it will mess up the chemistry in terms of what we have that’s exactly what I said Ben it will mess up the chemistry KD is a great Prospect don’t get me wrong he fits but he he fits everywhere I mean he’s a superstar he that type of shooting that type of attention that he draws the way he can command wherever he is on the court he fits everywhere of course he fits with the Knicks but not only chemistry concerns it’s locker room concerns it’s the baggage concerns how many good years of KD are we going to get likely that trade costs you Randall as well and some people will say that’s okay Randall is not as good as KD that’s true but Randall fits better here than KD does that’s my opinion but in your opinion you tell me who’s the better fit for Tom thibo or at least under Tom thibo with this current Knicks team is it KD or is it Julius Randall because I don’t think that’s talked about enough I would agree with you player player for player in terms of talent it’s it’s absolutely Durant but at this stage of his career where Randall is and where Durant is who’s the better fit on this team right now with Tom thibo because I think it might be Randall but I want to hear what you guys have to say let’s keep it going here uh we got some uh IM Marks here from uh from from crisp I think is right it’s crisp so I think that’s his name uh we got Roberts over here says I’m a Spurs fan but I love your content appreciate you Robert appreciate you for coming in even you’re a Spurs fan I don’t care where you enjoy your fandom from if you’re a Spurs fan you’re a Sixers fan you’re an Indiana Pacers fan I see a lot of people by the way a lot of my new subscribers are actually subscribers from other teams I have no idea why you’re you know subscribing to a Nicks content Channel but it’s likely either because 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you guys appreciate and you guys want and it seems like you guys have connected with it so I really appreciate that so thank you guys we’re going to go to a few more comments and then we got to get back to this list we’re going to run like I said for about I don’t know maybe another hour or so so we have a lot of time here so don’t worry we’re not going anywhere and again for anybody who’s new to the channel hit that subscribe button and smash obliterate destroy till your mouse button can’t feel it anymore click that like button please it helps out the show thank you guys couple more comments over here uh let’s see here we have uh Troy coming back here KD said he would uh he would snipe off ball KD would snipe off ball absolutely would the problem is how getting him off ball if you trade Randall he’s going to be doubled or triple team like alongside Jaylen Brunson and the same type of environment and lanes and opportunities that you get with Randall you might get the same with uh KD the only difference is KD and that three-point shot is so respected because he’s an assassin that he would draw out the paint so much more he would open up Lanes so definitely it would be different but again you have to talk about the baggage guys and what you get back it’s all about that so we have to consider that let’s let’s keep going here uh Brooklyn ow says run it back keep the team everybody had each other’s backs you can see where the fight is in each other um You can call this place New York home no one gave them a chance on their other teams but New York did is he wrong is is Brooklyn wrong because I don’t think he is but again run it back for me does not mean bring everybody back run it back for means run it back for me means bring the core back but you make notable upgrades where we need to upgrade like you bring in some more bench up that Tom thibo is going to play maybe you draft a rookie that we actually going to play or you bring in a veteran that Tom tho likes that’s going to see some playing time because some of the main things we need is a consistent backup for ogan and Obi in my opinion you draft that you have two picks this year you have to draft a wing with at least with one of them so you draft OG ob’s backup and then you go out in the trade market and you get the right fit to add to this team and if you have to trade Mitchell Robinson boan bogdanovich and some of these first round picks to do so you got to do it it’s fit right now and if the right fit star is here you trade for him Mel Bridges is made available and Brooklyn says you know what I’ll trade with the Knicks too Lon is going to do everything to get that man on this team there’s a reason I mentioned Mel because he is one of the players on this list I skipped them only because we were talking about Devin Booker and Kevin Durant and unfortunately they’re a package deal but let’s go ahead and move into the next player on this list by the way I am laughing right now I have to go ahead and get to this comment sorry guys uh bezus uh chips what is that name right there it’s bezus I’m just gonna say beus I can’t read your last name on at least on this side because I can’t read this far away but it says beus and he says in the comments every time my wife hears your voice now she s now she yells let’s get started that was hilarious great comment comment of the day thank you so much for that I’m gonna highlight that comment if you guys have other funny comments like that or funny stories leave them below it’s hilarious some people have dm’ me and said that sometimes they were watching my video late at night and they got some complaints from their neighbors because even though it’s low I’m still loud guys I can’t change that first of all I’m guane I’m Caribbean talking loud is normal for us and then you’re telling me to talk about the Knicks I’m already passionate I’m already hype and I’m excited to talk about the team I love combin all of that you get this loudness in the best form it’s raw but it’s also very important let’s go ahead back to the listo Mel Bridges now I did a video about Mel I did a number of videos about Mel because he’s my number one main target I did a couple of shorts on Instagram and on Facebook and obviously on the app X shout out to everybody who was supporting that as well too you guys already know where I stand and I think you guys already know where I’m going with this and what the report is now obviously the dam I got to go to the right one though now obviously the right report here is from Bill Simmons because you know this is the one I’ve been saying for a number of times now Bill Simmons has stated on his podcast that he believes Mel Bridges will be traded from the Nets to the Knicks this summer he say he states that I think that’s who they want I think that’s who they’ll overpay for you get that then you peer it with what the net owner Joi had to say when he said the franchise is at a Crossroads I’ve never heard a team that’s not going to experience major change before say Crossroads he says Crossroads means you have to do something you have to make a decision you have to make a trade let’s continue here and he also mentioned that Brooklyn’s roster will be revamped revamped this off season to compete in the long run rather than win immediately that means Mel Bridges if you’re looking to build around him is that really a long-term build is that what Mel Bridges signed up for because right now Mel Bridges he is in the prime of his career if you say send him to the right team he goes off but the right team is not building around Mel if you’re building around Mel I question your judgment as a basketball GM or anybody who knows anything about basketball at all Mel Bridges he’s the player you build around no he’s the player you add to a roster and complete it the Knicks are basically there you add Mel Bridges to Randall Brunson OG you find a way to keep iHeart Josh Hart and Dante de venzo hopefully you keep Duce McBride in this entire situation let me tell you this if they do that you’re telling me that’s not a finals team who stopping that team who’s stopping that team you might be saying to yourself what happens when they trap Jaylen Brunson it’s not like Mikel Bridges is garbage on offense he just can’t lead in offense he should not be the leading scorer but if you want him to be the second scorer or the third scorer on the team right behind Randall he can do that because if it’s not Jaylen it’s gonna be Randall and if it’s not Randall it’s gonna be Mel and Mel Bridges can operate as that third scorer how do I know that funny did he not do that in Phoenix with Booker and with aen because he wasn’t getting the majority of shots but why was his value so high Iron Man why was his value so high defense why was his value so high could score whenever you needed him too that’s why his value is high that’s why in my opinion when we’re talking about Best Fit versus best player Mel Bridges is number one there is nobody no one else on this list that fits better than him maybe Booker you can make an argument of Booker I’ll give you that I can talk about that but br over Durant in terms of fit over Booker in terms of fit over embiid in terms of fit over Paul George in terms of fit over Donovan Mitchell in terms of fit do you see where I’m going with this Mel number one they should fix that list Mikel is number one and then it’s Booker then it really should be Donovan not really KD but that’s where I am with the whole entire thing and given where the Nets are right now where they’re franchised the owner not the GM not Shawn Marx one of the worst GMS I’ve ever seen by the way I have no idea why he still has a job he has a job and he let go of three future Hall of Famers one of those Hall of Famers is in the NBA Finals right now Kyrie Irving whatever anyways the owner comes out and he says I want to see change if the owner is saying it we’re seeing it we’re seeing change Mel Bridges is one of their best assets right now cam Johnson very good asset best asset I don’t know I don’t think so very good asset but Mel Bridges is likely going to net you the most the only thing that the Knicks have to be concerned about really is just the Nets and what they’re looking to do in terms of other teams because if they get Mel Bridges and they make them available the Knicks are not the only team that they’re going to look at right they’re going to look at some other teams here the Rockets are going to come up and the rockets probably have the best I think probably the best chances to get Mel Bridges than any other team because they have more assets they have the better assets they can basically gift back the that’ss their future and if you’re Joe Sai and you really want to make a change to your roster and you want to get that future and build for the long term the Rockets make sense but that’s if they give up all of those things all of those assets are they going to be really are they really going to be able to do that are they really going to be able to give up all of those assets in my opinion I don’t think so I don’t think they’ll want to do that given the fact that Mel Bridge’s value is down so I think it’s going to be best offer available but the Rockets are the only team along with maybe OKC that can outbid the Knicks but OKC doesn’t need a Mel Bridges and even if you want to argue that other teams may be able to not a lot of teams besides the Rockets can offer better deal the Knicks can beat anybody in terms of picks and if they really wanted to not saying that they should but if they really wanted to you’re telling me they can’t offer a boatload of picks to get Mikel and still keep this roster intact and by the way for everybody telling me cap Guru cap Hell whatever the case may be if the Knicks are able to get that team and they become a second apron team they’ll do that they’ll be that team for that roster they’ll keep that team and pay whatever they need to pay in order to keep that r active and healthy because that roster gets you a chip it’s the closest you get to a chip we all understand that you see it we all understand it because we watch it each and every time when we watch the games so this is what we’re talking about here let’s go to your comments I appreciate you guys by the way lighting up the comments right now my God guys on fire love this community love this chat what time are we at right now about 144 we’re going to be running for about another 45 minutes so a lot more time we’re going to break down this list get through a couple more things and then obviously get to your questions I want to leave for like about 20 25 minutes for your questions so want to get to that um but let’s go through this because it’s right now you guys are going off and I’m so sorry I can’t keep with all of them because my gosh you guys are killing it right now love the chat let’s keep it going all right let’s see here Jake says even though Leon gets him in a trade thib’s going to have to get Booker defend defensive defensive mindset that’s true that’s true I agree with that uh Booker’s not a bad Defender though he’s not a bad Defender and I think Under head coach Tom tho he’ll be a better Defender I feel the same way about Donovan Mitchell and this year by the way with Donovan Mitchell can you say anything about his defense the reason that they were where they were in terms of seating was because of Donovan Mitchell’s play and his defense as well he stepped up I give him credit for that nobody’s talking about that but I will let’s keep it going here uh we got Captain buckets with some fire emojis fire to you too brother I’m hyped right now CU we talking Nicks and I’m talking it with you guys I appreciate it I see a lot of laughing emojis hearts and flowers all of these things coming up on my screen it’s wild right now trying to look through the flowers of the Emojis try to see comments but I appreciate you uh ke Kev Lo says I want embiid also embiid now injury prone even though MVP level player when he is available and healthy available and healthy that’s the problem same issue I have with Zion Williamson I’m a I’m a question mark on embiid right now even even more so I probably am more so out at embiid right now given the playoffs that we saw his level of play and the dirtiness of his play I don’t want that anywhere near my locker room let’s keep it going here um Captain bucket says embiid come on bro big men in New York never work unless you unless you’re naming uh Ying that’s right this man right here can I see right there this guy right here this guy we name him big man gotta talk about this guy right here but I actually agree with you 100% uh Mike Miller says the Nets will try to make us mortgage the house for the trade for Mel listen they can ask for whatever they want it doesn’t mean we’re going to give them whatever they want and look at their future whose future looks more bright right now certainly not the Nets it’s the Knicks and that’s without us doing anything we trade for Mikel our future is going to look bright regardless they better accept the picks and not make us want to mortgage everything that’s not how you get everything anyways when has that worked out for them never they have to take what’s available in a trade and only what’s on the table and if nobody’s going to give them that offer they’re going to continue to lower it take a lesson from Atlanta they as for the Sun and the Moon with de Jon Murray and potentially lost out an opportunity to trade him with Trey young we have no idea what his Market’s going to be and how that’s going to look like but you got to anticipate a lot of Trades are going to happen but waiting to make a trade that doesn’t mean it’s beneficial it doesn’t mean you’re going to get more assets because you wait for a trade the only reason I mentioned that you can do that with Julius Randall is because he’s coming off of injury Mel Bridges is not coming off of injury he’s coming off of a bad year year and who knows what type of player he’s going to look like next year was it Jack vaugh was it the coach or was it him those are things we’re going to have to look at but Mel does not fit everywhere in my opinion he fits in the right system the system that he fits in is the Knicks that’s just how I see it let’s keep it going here uh let’s see here Captain bucket says I can agree with that appreciate you man appreciate you my brother got my guy Brutus in the house Brutus he says what up cap that’s my guy by the way if you’re looking for any type of chats for the Knicks especially with the older folks of the Knicks Community that’s the guy to go see he has a lot of those old folks spaces going on and I’m not even trying to knock him or Diss him that’s exactly what he calls it grown folks talk about Nicks or something like that I forget the exact um space name forgive me Brutus but he does that a lot shout out to my guy another guy I recommend following on the appx if you do want to follow anybody just because he’s a guy that I go to if you want to look at all of the crazy trade machine stuff or anything like that Brutus is the number one go-to guy sometimes it’ll get you mad maybe sometimes it’ll make you happy but either way shout out to my guy Brutus I appreciate you let’s keep it going here with the chat um Kev excuse me Kev love says Mel I see going to New York or Philly if Mel Bridges goes to Philly I mean my soul probably breaks I don’t know how to even explain it I don’t even want to talk about Mel Bridges looking and how he looks like in a 76ers jersey it’d be terrible it’d be horrendous so no never God no it’d be awful but I appreciate all the comments guys appreciate all the love and support I’m getting right now let’s go ahead and continue though and move into a couple of last names on this list and then we’ll break into some comments and uh you know get into your questions as well let’s see here last person well couple of the last guys here is Paul George and Donovan Mitchell so for Paul George there has been reports about Paul George it is unfortunate but it’s not like we haven’t heard it before last year we were talking about getting Paul George and the only reason we didn’t is because Paul George raised his hand and he said uh I want an extension guys Leon was like nope we agreed to trade for you we didn’t agree to give you mad money so that wasn’t going to happen so unfortunately we didn’t do anything with Paul George but as of right now if we’re looking to where’s that next got to find the next one there we go so the next slide that we have here is coming from obviously Evan cedy he comes from Sports Illustrated and he gives us a following update about Paul George and potentially him being an underrated Target for the Knicks the report reads as follows Paul George is an underrated Target to potentially monitor for the Knicks last summer New York was in serious contact with the Clippers leading up to the 2023 NBA draft if George decides to opt in and the trade route exists New York can create an almost identical salary matching utilizing players jti excuse me matching matching players Julius Randall and boan banovich George is also reped by CA and the power agency that the Knicks represent with Lon Rose because Leon Rose obviously helped run CA before he came to join the Knicks so there’s the report that we have here but here’s the thing here’s my comments on that Paul George for Julius Randall you want me to trade our three-time allar just made an All-Star team again this year even though he’s dealing with injury for Paul George Paul George not only is okay let me break this down a little bit better because I don’t want to kill Paul George he’s a good fit great player he actually played way more games this year than I thought he was going to but I’m trading for Paul George and giving up one of my best players in the process are you kidding me are you out of your mind I’m not doing that and aren’t they friends wouldn’t I want to pair Paul George and Julius Rand together wouldn’t that be the goal why oh why would I separate the two why would I do that it doesn’t make sense you want to add them together and it doesn’t also make sense because the cost of trading for Paul George will not make sense if he opts in and you trade for him that means you’re trading for what a year you’re trading for a rental you would be okay trading for one year of Paul George that makes sense what if he walks if he walks and you trade for him why did you trade for him then he left and maybe people are going to want to say ecaa don’t worry we’re definitely going to resign this that going back to resigning him you want to resign Paul George even if it doesn’t mean the Knicks get to the NBA finals or maybe we get to the Eastern Conference Finals and we don’t get to the NBA finals you’re still going to want to resign him you’re not going to want to look around the league and see if there’s better fits around the league you think an aging Paul George is going to help this Knicks team in the future we have to look at Age timeline who fits this Knicks team right now is it Paul George because in my opinion Mel Bridges fits this team and our timeline right now he is the perfect fit is Paul George how many games before Paul George gets injured playing the Tom thibo way because that’s the number one thing everybody’s gonna say in the comments right the number one thing that happens when the Knicks get Paul George how many games is he going to be active for is he going to be able to survive thibs is he going to be able to play 74 games this year I don’t know how many games he played this year I think it was 70 plus games shout out to him that’s a lot of games for Paul George but how many games would he play for the Knicks you got to remember the way you play for the Clippers way you play for Cleveland or all these other teams would you play that exact same way under Tom thibo no why would you Tom thoto style of play is different 40 minutes under Tom thibo probably doesn’t feel like 40 minutes in OKC probably doesn’t feel like 40 minutes with the Pistons probably doesn’t feel like 40 minutes who else doesn’t play defense with Charlotte right it doesn’t it doesn’t look like that doesn’t feel like that hard-nosed defense for 40 plus minutes not resting that much being in a very high level conditioned player because Tom thibo he demands that out of your team he demands that you are a highlevel conditioned player so you’re going to have to be that when you come to this team as well all of those factors coming into it Paul George surviving he might not even survive training k are you kidding me I’m not trading for Paul George unless it’s a deal that I can’t ignore it’s a steal or something like that it would have to be an offer that I could not say no to I’m not saying no to Paul George the player because I can understand why people would want to go after him but the fact that he’s do so much money the fact that you would have to trade up so many Assets in order to get him and his injury and his injury excuse me his injury history I don’t know guys he’s not the right player for me I don’t think he fits this roster as much as a lot of other people think I understand the scoring I understand that potential but if I had to trade for Paul George and give up Julius Randall in the process there is no way no way on Earth I am doing that deal ever ever Julius Randall understands Tom thibo and the way he plays ball Paul George doesn’t it just doesn’t make sense I’m I’m not even going to entertain it anymore we’re going to move on because obviously the next person on that list is one of my favorites you guys know who I’m talking about already Donovan Mitchell and with Donovan Mitchell I feel like the love AFF fear with Donovan Mitchell has settled down just a little bit I think some of you guys have felt it too I’ve covered it give me a second guys I’m taking a drink of water here excuse me um but yeah yes with Donovan Mitchell like I said before I think things have cooled off just a little bit with Donovan Mitchell because here’s the thing with Donovan at one point everybody had all eyes on him the reports were flooding out everybody had that the Knicks were going to land Donovan then this year happened then Jaylen Brunson turning into a superstar happened then Leon Rose started taking in more of a objective look if you will at this team and then started making the Right Moves by RJ by IQ let’s bring in the wing we’ve always needed ogan anobi you’re up now we have OG now the stars that we’re looking at need to make more sense they need to fit Donovan Mitchell in my opinion still fits because a back court of Jaylen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell it kills it goes off it destroys teams I don’t know how you stop that because if you take care of of if you excuse me if you take care of um Donovan Mitchell who’s stopping dein EXC me who’s stopping Jaylen Brunson and then if you take care of Jaylen Brunson who is stopping my guy Donovan Mitchell who is stopping spider nobody stopping spider so that’s what I’m talking about in terms of a back court that you can’t guard that’s why it makes sense and Donovan Mitchell would be a better Defender under Tom thibo he was already a good Defender this year he does not get enough credit for that I’m going to give him his flowers I’m going to give him his credit but a lot of the reports have already indicated especially from my guy Ian Bagley that the steam if you will the luxury or the the want the need the desire for the Knicks wanting to get Donovan Mitchell on this team it’s not as high anymore it’s down some and that’s likely because they’re looking at Fit versus player and Donovan Mitchell is no longer the best fit he is a great player amazing player but no longer is see the best fit I think a lot of things changed when Leon Rose kept all of his first round picks and was still able to add a player to the level of ogan and Obi because now the Knicks need to go out there and look for the right star and is Donovan Mitchell the right star anymore is Paul George the right star anymore is some of these other aging players the right star anymore I don’t think it is and I think that’s what Leon Rose in this Nicks front office is going to have to think about and deal with because it’s not as simple if we take a EXC me if we take a look at what the Knicks have to deal with this offseason and shout out to Bobby marks for giving us the following information we are committed in terms of salary of 156 million our tax threshold is 171.5 million first apron is at 178 and all of this is including both first round picks an OG and an obi’s player option and unlikely bonuses as well what we need to watch out for is the cost to keep the roster together obviously an and Obi and bonstein if they’re going to resign the extensions for Brunson and Randall the direction and the draft are the Knicks going to keep their picks are they not they obviously have 24 25 and 38 and in my opinion guys with the draft they are definitely taking one of those picks in the first round and they’re likely trading them depending on the player available if it’s a star player that they covet they’re not going to draft in that first round they’re going to trade both of those picks away they might use that second round pick and they might go ahead and and try to get some other players because again this draft is weak they had success getting a gem if you will in the second round before so because of that it gives them that confidence to think they can do it again and if you have the confidence thinking that you can do it again you’re absolutely going to do that I think I had an update actually from Twitter here for a second give me is this an update from Twitter this is an update it actually is from about iHeart let me read this real quick actually guys this is important I love when we have breaking news on the ual show this is great give me a second just scroll past it I’ll probably do another video on this but it says uh update um I Isaiah hartenstein could receive up to a 100 million in free agency what league Executives and cap strategists are projecting that hardenstein will be able to draw at least 80 million perhaps upwards of a hundred million from a team hoping to steal him away from Madison Square Garden oh my goodness what the what is that we have to take a look at that at some point I’m going to break down that update probably in another video that I do but if you guys want to talk about it at the end of the show which you’re probably going to get to in around 30 minutes from now go ahead and leave a comment below and we’ll do that but just going back and getting back to our guy Donovan Donovan Mitchell for me yes perfect in terms of a backcourt mate but no longer the perfect fit and and no longer do the Knicks need him or at least want to go after him as hard as they were going after him a couple of seasons ago so as of right now if we’re looking back at this list and I’ll go ahead and break it down for you Devin Booker I want him great player great fit but not realistic so it doesn’t matter Mel Bridges in terms of fit he is the best fit on this list I’ll argue with you all day he’s the best fit on this list after Mikel you have Kevin Durant Kevin Durant very good player not good fit Joel embiid very good player not good fit Paul George very good player not good fit and unfortunately I cannot believe I am saying this Donovan Mitchell very good player maybe not the best fit anymore maybe maybe not I’m not all the way there there like I am with Paul George but I’m kind of there I’m I’m a little bit there I can’t lie because Donovan Mitchell say what you want to say about him I saw what I saw this year I saw his performance in the playoffs in the postseason I also saw some games where he struggled against Orlando I was looking at those games thinking to myself well where is he and then sometimes him just playing so much herob ball and I know that doesn’t work so I did see those things as well I’m sure sure Leon Rose and the Knicks did too those are things you’re going to have to consider but that is the list guys once again of the top trade targets from ESPN in terms of who they think the Knicks are going to Target this off season and again there are some players that I love but there are players they need to avoid on that list Paul George is number one I’m sorry guys maybe you love Paul George if you do cover your ears Paul George is the worst fit on that entire list in my opinion the worst what do he won number one what does he do for any team he gets s to how would he play Under Tom tiido he used to be a good two-way player is he still a good two-way player how many more years does he have left and if I have to trade Randall in that deal am I still doing it worst on that list there’s nobody else no one but you tell me guys in terms of players not in terms excuse me in terms of player fit and best player available tell me who you think is the best player on the list and who’s the best fit in terms of player on that list because I want to hear from you guys and see what your comments are but since we’re at the last 30 minutes or so that’s going to do it for exactly what I wanted to do the live stream about today which is exactly breaking down each and every one of these players the realism of these players in terms of the Knicks getting them who I want and essentially which of these players the Knicks are likely going to go after and and if I think of EXC me if I think we break down this list properly and we did it right then I think you guys know exactly what I’m talking about the most realised candidate on that list at least for all players involved would likely be Mel Bridges only if he asked for a trade out of Brooklyn and says he wants to go to New York because everybody else nobody else is likely here you could also look at Donovan Mitchell as well he would probably be likely only if he doesn’t sign that extension but according to all the reports that we’ve been hearing out of Cleveland a lot of them are saying that he has LeBron James power in Cleveland and also he is going to get paid a massive contract that he’s going to accept in Cleveland as well so I think that’s why the reports have kind of died down with Donovan so if you look at that list maybe Mel is the most realistic at this point but it is going to take a couple of things to happen for him to wiggle loose and the Knicks to be able to get him but that is quite the list to talk about for the Knicks in terms of offseason targets but you guys go in the comments right now let me know any questions you guys have for me maybe it could be about me it could be about the team it could be about you know if I’ve heard anything with anybody I’ve spoken to but let’s go ahead and let’s get to these comments um well we have a lot of comments my God guys you have been killing it give me a second I had to pull up the stats here I don’t know what what happened to my stats where did my stats go why do they do that they take away my stats I got a got to figure out where that is give me a second guys there we go I don’t know why they took away my live stats so I can’t see nothing why’ they do that this is what happens all right let’s see all right I can’t find it right now you know what I’m not even going to try to because we’re live and you know what it’s not about the stats it’s about you guys I’m trying to think about who how many people are actually watching the stream right now I have no idea of the actual count because the option is not live for me right now this is what happens when you’re doing these things if you guys can see that number please post it in the chat let’s go to your comments real quick and see what you guys have to say all right let’s see here um let’s see let’s see oh my God there’s so many comments you guys are showing so much love I appreciate it uh let’s see Kev loow says I don’t like Sims he does nothing I would draft uh Eddie right that’s his name Eddie or Edie I know the kid that guy from Purdue I like the kid I’ve seen some highlights of him would I draft him more more likely the question should be will he be available a lot of the drafts that I’ve seen have him going at what 14 15 16 I don’t think he’s going to be available at when we choose at number 24 or number 25 and I also don’t think that the Knicks are going to be drafting in the first round I think they’re going to trade those picks they’re likely going to trade all of those picks and try to go out and get a start those picks Bogie’s contract maybe Mitchell Robinson they’re going to try to take all of that try to go out and get a star but I appreciate your comment Kev let’s see who else we got here uh let’s see nbic says Leon’s Time Is Here Leon’s time here is dwindling if he doesn’t land a superstar Landing a second rounder that we have to Brand to be an Allstar Reserve won’t cut it Dolan will will rear his head soon oh my goodness hold up hold up you talking about Brunson let oh listen listen listen I think Leon Rose deserves a lot of credit this year for what he was able to do and establish with this team given what he inherited now listen Jaylen Brunson we nobody knew he was going to do this but I think we all can agree he’s a superstar right now he’s turned into that I don’t care if he was a second round pick that doesn’t matter to me doesn’t matter to him it probably matters to the Dallas Mavericks because they could have got him for so much cheaper but it doesn’t matter to nobody else the Knicks being able to get a player like Jaylen Brunson see him develop into a star and keep him as a star that’s what you want that’s what you go out there hoping you get when you go out there and sign a free agent you hope and pray they can do what Jaylen Brunson does and then if they’re able to do it and then smash the ceiling apart that’s what you’re willing to invest in and not only that he’s saying to everybody involved everybody who would listen he’s going to take less your Superstar is saying I’m willing to take less leave a $114 million on the table because I love this team I love this city and I love what we’re building you’re not going to catch me with any hate toward Jaylen Brunson I’m very happy to say Jen Brunson is my favorite player on this team favorite without a doubt his leadership the way he comes into games I don’t know if you guys saw there was a Rangers game that he attended uh the other night with uh Josh Hart and Tom thibo and his father and in that picture he wasn’t smiling and I thought to myself he’s probably still upset about the playoffs because that’s the type of guy that he is he stays upset about those things he’s not happy right now when is he ever happy drop some more comments and questions below guys I want to hear from all of you guys if you have questions for me about the team about my life about things that I my opinion on certain things ask me below man I really want to hear from you guys let’s see who else we got here uh let’s see here looking through your comments give me a second MB I just want to go back to you uh shout out to you I’m my picking on you I just I found your commentary today very funny uh you say why are we talking about drafts when our neandra coach doesn’t play rookies listen man uh our coach doesn’t play rookies you are right especially rookies that are just drafted I’ll give you that but here’s the thing if you get the right players for Tom thibo he’ll play those guys I can go back to Quinton Grimes he didn’t play a lot of time but he did play and his playing time started to increase now maybe every player story doesn’t start that way but you know what I think over the years Tom thibo has bent the knee just a little bit and he started playing rookies just a little bit more if they’re the right players the right rookies whether or not they’re going to draft the rookie as anybody’s guest but you’re not wrong Tom thibo and rookies is kind of a death sentence they won’t they won’t see a lot of time they won’t see a lot of time to understand exactly what type of player they are I’ll give you that much let’s keep it going here Jaylen Brunson a number four MVP in voting that was a crazy take I agree with you Brutus definitely agree with you uh let’s see here uh true and living says nbic don’t know basketball because he’s a newbie oh my goodness all right let’s keep it let’s keep it civil guys let’s keep it civil let’s not attack each other in the chat here let’s not attack each other in the chat here uh let’s keep it going what other other uh comments do we have keep it going guys keep it going let’s see trade random for Booker and pick and trade Sims for boan and and excuse me and trade Sims and boan for Bridges and that right there he says that they would win a chip and would make the Knicks dangerous right there that’s coming from the official pay official Payback right the official payback yes okay sorry again my vision because the chat is so far away I might have to Big up this chat so I can see it a little bit better because my God my eyes are shot with the names but shout out to you you know what let me think about that for a second trading Randall for Booker and then trading Sims and boan for Bridges I don’t mind the trade but the thing is I don’t know Randall for Booker at this point would be enough I think you’d have to trade boan likely in that trade to get Booker on this team and a lot more assets so even after you did the Randall trade you would not be able to do the bridges trade because I don’t think a lot of the assets that you’re suggesting I don’t think they would be available so in my opinion it’s a good idea but not realistic in terms of it actually happening and again I want to retain Randall why are we trying to ship off Randall why are we trying to take Randall and put him in the dogghouse what has Randall done in the last few years that has made him so hated I get the thumbs down but after that I think he’s done a lot to basically up his value and up his recognition with Nick fans he’s not been a complete hated player and a lot a lot of people have gotten behind him over the last couple of years and love what he’s doing and his impact he’s he again he’s part of the core you have Jaylen Brunson Julius Randall and then you have ogan anobi that’s your core you have Dante de vinchenzo Josh Hart that’s your bench and then you have other role players like MOS McBride obviously Off the Bench hopefully you can keep IH hard in this and then with the other you know players that you have other spots that you have you go out there and you try to get a star but the Randall hate has to stop at some point because I get that we want to upgrade the team I get that we want to get better and I understand if we’re going after a superstar player there is no way we’re getting that Superstar without including Randall but I’m not going to include a Randall trade unless that player on the other end is going to be a Giannis player or somebody of that level because in my opinion that’s the only trades that make sense if you’re not getting those type of players a Luca a Giannis a joker I’m not trading Randall because again he’s giving you super Star level type of stats look at what he’s doing if he’s giving you all of that the impact and what you get back has to match it just has to let’s keep it up uh what other what other comments do we have here oh my God you guys are killing M uh mbic in the chat come on guys show them a little bit of love here let’s see what you guys are saying in the chat here I’m just looking for questions here just looking for questions give me a second looking for more questions maybe I missed your question so I’m scrolling up a little bit it’ll never come that easy as coming from uh bogga excuse me uh but what is it Bodega gez Bodega you think I would know that me being from New York Bodega Wii it’s never that easy Brooklyn will make us take Ben Simmons contract in any Bridges trade I am not taking any type of Ben Simmons on this team there is no way no shot no thanks no no no no no no no no no I’m not taking him I don’t care if it gets me Bridges I don’t want that mess in my locker room I don’t even know where his head space is he might be playing for China at some point I am good on Ben Simmons Ben Simmons is probably good where he’s at he don’t even probably want to play basketball anymore does anybody see him on the court I saw him at the the art gallery the you know a couple of weeks ago I saw him at the art gallery he wasn’t even in a basketball arena wasn’t watching any basketball Ben Simmons we live right we live right I I can’t even control my reaction right now I don’t know don’t ask what’s in the red cup don’t ask what’s in the red cup you don’t want to know what’s in the red cup today but let’s uh oh my I got to recover from somebody saved me with some comments here guys I got to recover from that Ben Simmons thing because that was that was the wildest thing I heard man if they give us Ben Simmons if they even try to attach Ben Simmons to any trade offer they have lost their goddamn mind okay ain’t no way that’s happened let’s see here would you draft bronny James in the draft to get the Lakers to trade assets to us for him when I draft bronny dreames in the draft to get the Lakers to trade assets for us for him that’s coming from the official payback bronny James you know bronny James is very much a question mark came into this entire combine maybe not even looking like he could be drafted then every single report is like oh my goodness he’s doing this he’s doing that um do I think the Knicks have a master plan of drafting Brony and potentially using him to trade with the Lakers in a way to get assets it’s a good idea I I wouldn’t put it past Leon Rose in this front office to do it but again it’s all about who’s available and if they understand that the player that they want they could potentially get in a trade so I think all of those things are going to come into factors I don’t know if they would do that I think they would probably go with that kid from Purdue if he’s available I know that guy that other kid uh uh Weir I think his name is Kell Weir that kid I know is available and I think he was projected to drop the 24 so there are a couple of kids that are on that list that you have to look out for and I think those players being available are really going to decide whether the Knicks actually use one of those picks to draft Brony and then think about potentially using him for this type of trade down the road but I think right now the focus is not drafting to trade and do all these other things because they’re not that team right now right now we’re a contending team when you’re a contending team the most you want to do is be patient and wait for that player you want that’s available to trade for so I think that’s what the Nicks are going to do right now but very good question I appreciate that let’s uh let’s see what else we got over here let’s keep it going let’s keep it going what else we got here we got true and living that says give this man some more likes he deserves it well my guy I appreciate you and I appreciate the love because of my setup right now I have no idea what happened to it I cannot see the feed so I don’t know how many people are watching I have no many PE I have EXC me I have no idea how many people are actually liking the show and I have no no idea how many people are actually live commenting on the show so for me I’m blind to it all all I can see is me your chat and that’s it so for right now I’m going to live with that but again if you guys can tell me the stats in the chat that would be 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guys come here and every time you guys come here I’m going to give you that that’s what I strive to do so I appreciate all you guys rocking with me we have about nine more minutes that means nine more minutes of questions and hopefully nine more minutes of giving mbic some praise and getting off his back a little bit in the comments you guys are still going at him still going back and forth let’s keep it going here I love these comments though guys you know what I’m waiting for my son to come off the bus so I am waiting for an update from that bus driver I haven’t gotten it yet so I might go a couple of minutes extra for the stream we’ll see but let’s break down some of your comments here or your questions I should say I keep saying comments uh let’s see here I can’t keep going to the same person so I’m going to go to another person Brutus my guy Brutus says cap question would you trade one of our picks this year to the Hawks for AJ Griffin as well as hire his dad to be an assistant coach ooh very good question from Brutus I like that because if you guys don’t know already I’m an AJ Griffin fan and I love getting players when they’re on the cheap the value aspect is high for me because he didn’t play up to his standards this year we can talk about why he didn’t do that obviously dealing with a lot of family concerns the Hawks would be dumb to do it honestly it doesn’t make sense his his ceiling is so high that it would make zero sense to trade him but if all it took was a pick from this year to get a player like that but you’d also have to promise me that he would have to get consistent minutes under tiido that would have to be the caveat of that entire thing I’m not trading a first round pick this year and maybe you know a player or whatever it would take to get AJ and then he plays two minutes each and every game and does nothing because that doesn’t help me that doesn’t help the Knicks but if he can be that backup that we need to OG and Obi if he can come here and get consistent minutes maybe get 18 20 minutes a game yeah absolutely you don’t got to sell me on it I’ll do that because the reason you draft is to get Talent AJ is young as hell if you get him right now it’s basically like you drafted somebody and he’s already knowing NBA basketball he already has that level of play he already has balled out his first year had a great first year in the league so I remember that and I think if you combine that with everything that he could provide to this Nick team that’s already built to contend and him gaining that type of culture and experience you can sign me up for AJ I’m a fan but the cost has to make sense the Hawks are selling right now but it looks like they’re selling more capella more Trey young some other players are really protected so it’s going to be interesting to see what the Hawks do last I checked Trey young is the main player they’re trying to move capella as well nobody else is on that list but it doesn’t mean that AJ can’t wiggle away and just because they’re not trading Murray now does that mean if the Lakers don’t come up and say listen I’ll trade everything in my future away just to get Murray they might blow it up and if the Hawks team is blowing it up that means everybody’s available and that’s why patience here is going to come into play because if Leon Rose does anything he does patience very well and if he’s going to be patient the star that you want the player that you want if the Knicks really think he’s GNA help this team we’re gonna get him we just need to wait and be patient Leon Rose always does that so I’m not really worried about that or concerned oh wow we got 123 likes 200 plus well we got 123 viewers I think he’s saying con concurrent viewers I think right and plus 200 likes something like that from Bodega Wi-Fi I can’t tell exactly if that’s the updated stats let me know if not let me know again we’ll keep it going uh what other questions that we have again I’m looking for people who haven’t asked a question yet or who haven’t talked a lot here let’s see here David says should the Knicks hire Taj Gibson as an assistant If he if he retires and how much money does head coach Tom thibo get in his next contract please let me know your opinion appreciate you okay true and Living Color going to be the breakdown 72 likes 198 watching right now hey man I appreciate everybody who’s been watching all the viewers all the people have come in try to give us the best content that’s what I always try to give you guys the best content at any given time and right now at this point in time it makes the most sense for me I know this is crazy by the way a lot of you guys are working a lot of you guys are not home a lot of you guys are on your phones right now during your lunch break and what did you choose to do you choose you chose to go on YouTube and tell me hey you know what I’m rocking with recap today I’m GNA watch Recaps live today I want to hear what he has to say that’s love that’s respect and I promise you it does not go unnoticed I see everybody in the chat all of your comments and I really appreciate that thank you guys from the bottom of my heart thank you and seeing stuff like this makes me even more energized and more hype to get you weekly consistent lives and that’s exactly what I’m going to do for you guys thank you for the love and support let’s keep it going um before we get to the uh other question that we just had from uh David I want to see if we had any other questions that come in because I want to answer few at the same time because we’re running low on time here uh let’s see here let’s see let’s see just looking at some couple of the other comments okay so two questions here uh besides David’s question we also have this draft is not as talented would you make uh would you trade this year’s first rounders for future first rounders that’s again coming from the official Payback all right guys so let’s answer the question about Tom thibo first Tom thibo cover your ears guys if you don’t like what I’m about to say Tom thibo is getting a longterm extension you saw what tyo got right roughly what he got I think Tom tho gets a contract up to that level probably around 10 million a year definitely tell me I would say definitely 10 million a year 10 million a year for Tom tho with the Knicks over a long-term for the New York Knicks he’s going to stay with us be the coach moving forward and maybe some people don’t like that because they feel like Tom thibo has coached to a ceiling and he can’t coach better and this niick team can’t get better under him and maybe you might be right about that but look at what he’s done each and every year with this team you can’t just let him go and just because you want a new coach nobody has yet named the new coach that if you brought him in would have the same impact or a better impact than Tom tiido this year has proven something to me and I didn’t think it was possible this entire roster has bought into Tom thibo and what he’s doing they bought into his message it started with Jaylen and Julius but after they did everybody else did and if everybody else is buying into what they’re doing then you have to look at why that’s happening that’s Tom thibo so I give him some props some praise I do think he gets extended and I do think without a doubt the Knicks draft this year but they’re not drafting in the first round I’m going to stay very consistent with that do they trade them for future first rounders it is a leon Rose thing to do last time we had two future first round uh two excuse me two first round picks I believe that was in 2021 and we traded both of those picks for future picks or later picks down the road could I see the Knicks doing that again yes now in my ideal scenario what I would want the Knicks to do they would trade one pick keep one pick and then they would go all the way to the second round and draft another player there and then depending on the offseason and what players are available trade whoever they needed to trade to get some deals done that’s what I think that they’re going with but in my opinion I think that’s kind of where everything is and in terms of um the Knicks and players that they should look out for this season this offseason that’s one of the last questions here the only player they should look out for is Devin Booker Carl Anthony towns and Mel Bridges Mel Bridges because of the Nova connection Devin Booker and Carl Anthony towns because consistently those two brothers have been linked to the Knicks so we have to realize that so those are at least my guys for this year and the guys that you should probably look out for but I don’t know exactly if the Knicks are going to give everything throw everything for Carl Anthony towns this year same thing for uh Mel Bridges Devin Booker I think that they might because I think that that’s the that’s the guy for Leon I think that’s his guy my guy might be Mel the Nova guys that their guy might be Mel but Leon I think his guy has always been Booker so if he becomes available that’s something to watch but because the suns are likely not going to do that it’s really not anything worth talking about we’re going to have to wait and see which stars become disgruntled and then go into that list and then at that point look and see and decide who the Knicks are going to go after but really good question I appreciate that I think that’s going to be last question guys I’m not mistaken I think my son’s bus is coming now make sure we check that message yes it definitely is and you know me as the great father that I am I can’t let him wait out there by himself well I guess I could he’s you know he’s almost 13 but I don’t want to do that that’ll be mean you know I’m I’m not that type of guy so I don’t want to do that shout out to you guys shout out to the chat shout out to your questions shout out to everybody who viewed the show today when whether you came in and 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i’m sorry to hear that troy i have three autistic children ur just like me
Reply Gang 🟠🔵🫱🏽🫲🏾Prayers go out to Momma Mahabir🙏🏾 definitely gotta move someone to miss that 1st apron penalty. Buckle up knicks fans…this off season gonna be a crazy ride.
Blessings to your mom, family and to you Troy. Despite all the life challenges you have been thrown you are consistently providing news/updates and you're one of the most consistent NYKs news contributors I rely on. Salute to you my g.
bridges durant or mitchell
Praying 🙏🏻 for your mom and son god bless you brother
I like Bridges but although he’s older KD is still a sniper
Blessings to you and your family. More important than any live show
🇬🇾 🇬🇾 🇬🇾 🇬🇾 🇬🇾 🇬🇾 BERBICE IN THE HOUSE 🇬🇾🟠🔵🫱🏽🫲🏾🔵🟠🇬🇾
Ďallas is in finals i think theu r goin to get a chip
So then i really hope next chip for JB he aint worse than Luka
But he cant be alone with scoring
All the best for you and your family!! sending strength and love from Germany!!
What I say they should do is solidify the bench and try to trade for bridges then we would be set
All we need is to add 🕷️and resign our guys and we will be in contention for the next 5 years
I’ll be keeping your mom in my prayers!
Peace and blessings to you and your family Troy. Blessings and peace and strength for your mom. 🧡💙
Blessings to you my Brother. Stay strong 🙏
You bring in 🕷️ Divo will be 6 man of the year.
Randle is part of the core of the team
Leon trying to land both 🕷️and Mikal… who really knows I just think since whiffing last trade with 🕷️it’s personal for Leon and 🕷️this time around as for Mikal you already know Nova Knicks plus his history with the Knicks that’s it nobody else is even being looked at I think….
McBride, Bogdanovic, 2 first round (lottery protected 1-10) and 1 second round pick for Mikal Bridges. Josh Hart and Divencencio replaces McBride
Respect to you! ✊🏾
CAA MAFIA don’t forget that….
The "steam" is down because Leon learned from the BS that Dummy Ainge pulled. Leon is not going to make his want of Donovan Mitchell another circus. Leon Rose will be low-key to make the best possible deal. You listed the names according to ESPN and Mitchell is still the best move for the Knicks.
Bridges for Randle and first round picks
Blessings to you and your family, my brother.
Prayers🙏🏿🙏🏿
Fck Randle I hope they trade him
Yes Randle was playing good but he not a leader at all
They played better with out Randle he a selfish player he could had the surgery last summer but he’s a self center son of a bitch trade him
blessings to the fam
Totally understand. Family is more important.
Highly appreciated Brother Troy
Sending prayers and well wishes to you and your family.
Bro you're a natural at this. It doesn't matter if it's live or recorded.
Now…. Let's Get Started
If Randall wasn’t a Knick and he was available for trade. What do you think the Knicks would offer for him?
My pick , Mikal bridges but another option that isn't on the list, Demar D rosen
#1 Mikal Bridges
#2 Booker
Aint no way the nets trading bridges without randle in the package
🔥🔥wish your family is doing good 🔥🔥
Devin booker