Perk thinks the New York Knicks are the biggest threat to the Celtics in the East! 👀 | First Take

Perk thinks the New York Knicks are the biggest threat to the Celtics in the East! 👀 | First Take

which team is the biggest threat to the Celtics in the East right now it’s the New York Knicks I’m telling you led by big body Bronson I don’t know what Philly’s going to do right we just talked about we just had a conversation whether or not they could get Paul George I believe they’re going to get better they have the money to do so but currently constructed I’m looking at the New York Knicks and what they did having a 50 win season Julius rounda with him being sideline was the best thing for him because when you’re sideline and your team has success it brings a different type of hung out to you I expect him to be better next year I expect them to get it done for us resigning OG anobi guys are going to come back they’re going to be healthy a lot of those guys went through what they needed to go through this postseason learning how to get have that mental toughness battling through injuries they’re going to be back uh better next year they have it on their mind I got them as the biggest threat to the Boston Celtics and Eastern conference right now Wendy yeah Molly there’s three teams I think we need to pay attention to here because we know what the Celtics are going to be they’re all their whole team’s under contract they’re they’re their top six guys are coming back so first off let’s talk about the Knicks absolutely perk is right I mean the one thing about the Knicks people forget about Julius Randall Julius Randall missed the second half of the year he comes back okay then the Knicks are very upwardly Mile with what they’ve got they’ve got a whole Bevy of Trades that they can make with their draft picks plus they have tradable pieces is on their roster their front office has done a great job to do this specifically buan bogdanovich who has a team option for over around 20 million in his contract they could pick that up and use it as a as a with with with the draft picks as a big trade piece you could add another big piece there that’s why people are talking about the possibility of Paul George going to the Knicks the Knicks if Paul George wanted it could manufacture a trade without too much sweat um and still keep their core pieces together the second team is obviously the 76ers 76 have $60 million give or take in cap space they bring back embiid because Maxi is going to get paid after this player Maxi didn’t extend last season so now they’ve got the cap space to do it they can add I think multiple pieces to a quality team and obviously depending what they do if they can bring in a star or high level uh contributors they could be right there and then let’s not forget about the Milwaukee Bucks the buck season was completely derailed by the injuries late in the year um you’re getting Dame and Giannis back and I the league there’s starting to be Rumblings that Doc Rivers is looking for a change or two to some of their core pieces not Dame rannis but potentially looking at another you know maneuver they could make to alter their team I think they could be active in the trade market coming up I think it’s less likely than Philly or New York that they could make this big move but don’t forget about Milwaukee their team as existing is there those three teams definitely but they’re all going to be in the back seat Boston’s going to be the Far and Away favorite and rightly so all right so bucks Nick Sixers you yeah go ahead hold on hold on you de mly Molly you getting soft on me you getting soft on me I know question answers I know I know but perk here’s why I did we can’t let you keep moving the gold this is why this is why I did a disingenous we’re starting how can I possibly know this is why well we’re supposed to project but I left you off the hook you know I left you the hook Wendy because you gave us such good free agent information that I wanted to hear what moves could happen What could not happen so you gave some information with it too but perk you’re right I did let him give us three answers and this is first take it’s supposed to be one so UD D I ain’t gonna straddle offense at all I’m going to get into my Stephen A bring that camera here let me get that camera on me let me get that camera because I’m tired of this dunan Robinson Terry Rosia Jimmy Butler a young Superstar bam atab bio a young Superstar Tyler hero um hamee HZ Jr Nico yic why don’t nobody ever say to Miami he the last the last four or five years it’s come down to the Miami Heat or the Boston Celtics Milwaukee snuck they self in there but it’s come down to the Miami Heat or the Boston Celtics and we got Las sposa norra so I’m sitting here asking why don’t nobody ever say to Miami Heat a healthy Miami Heat is the team that can challenge Boston because we’ve done it the last four out of five years I’m sick of this man I thought I was going listen this got to stop the heat H got stop it ain’t sexy listen it Ain sex it ain’t sexy enough for y’all we don’t even know if you’re going to have Jimmy it ain’t sexy enough for y’all we don’t even know if we’re going to have your best player we no we do know we going to have our best player you ain’t heard us say he going nowhere we just hear y’all saying he going somewhere ain’t none of us never say he going somewhere so what is it not sexy enough for y’all because all we do is win Mei about sex because we win because we win with guys that because we win with guys that y’all don’t know I mean what what what is the issue here no it’s not it’s not the issue y name y’ name all the teams we beat y we beat the knck we beat when we was healthy we beat the Knicks when we was healthy we beat the 76ers when we was healthy we beat the Bucks you nameing all the teams we beat hold on keep a cool booty keep keep a cool booty over there Mr you know I get you know I get sens when it come reason why we can’t have trust is the reason that Pat Riley called it out damn it we don’t know when they going to be available the only person that’s been reliable in this process is Bam out boo that’s why Pat Riley called Jimmy Butler out in his uh exit me when he had his exit interview that’s why he’s continuously calling Tyler hero out damn it can they stay on the floor can they stay on the floor two years ago I was rocking with them goons from day County well then if that’s the case you should have took the 7 you should have took the 76ers out of there cuz MB can’t stay on the floor you should have took Milwaukee out you should have took Milwaukee out of there cuz Janis got hurt I didn’t say the 76 you said BRS in the Nick Julius Rand got hurt all team that had injuries too you name all the teams that had injuries too I ain’t let you I ain’t letting you a Wendy off the hook today I’m happy I got y’all here I ain’t I ain’t actually to be off the hook I’m telling you was real y heat got injuries but you nameing all other teams that got injuries too oh hold on hold on ask question let me ask you a question hold on hold on Tom let me ask you a question I’m glad you brought up Tyler hero I think it was about two years ago then Tyler hero said he was tired of the disrespect and we was going to start mentioning his names and the like with uh Luca and Jason Tatum where the hell he’s been at listen man listen and then we talk about injuries that is that is something that has hindered hero is his injuries but can’t nobody sit up here at this table and knock his talent can’t nobody knock his talent ain’t nobody saying that but Hey listen but it’s it’s it’s different levels to Talent all I’m saying is when you start w to be in the conversation of young superstars damn it we got to see it you D you know it’s real got to stay healthy hey guess what we got to keep him on the floor and keep him healthy we keep him on the floor and keep him healthy then we’ll see what we got but until then you can’t keep knocking in Miami Heat but we’ve proven it we’ve proven it you can say what you that’s your name we sent their asses home we sent them home I’m not not I’m not knocking so glad I’m just I just like that team yeah thank you guys I just want to say I don’t think I don’t think Jimmy Butler’s I don’t think Jimmy Butler’s going anywhere at the end of the day I think Jimmy Butler is going to be with the heat um I’m not saying there be some saber rattling I think Jimmy Butler’s going to be with the heat and also I’m so glad to have yonis Alam on our team now because Molly we all could use a little bit more Miami Heat in our lives tell somebody spent time there we could all use a little bit more that said UD they got to prove it they got to prove that they can stay healthy and be up there I know when they hit their top level they get conditioning let’s get it going this group has to us to prove it we got the H and all the other groups you name got to prove it too Wendy what the hell why the hell they get the edge over us we have proved it we have proved it all the teams y’all name a Prov damn thing hey what hey UD I tell you this hold on Molly they haven’t proved it since UD left huh yeah who go be the either since you gone we going to go to the next what’s the next segment oh hit aore spot trigger for you list we believe in leadership at all levels don’t worry about that per we’ll figure that out [Music]

On First Take, Brian Windhorst, Kendrick Perkins and Udonis Haslem join Molly Qerim to debate who is the biggest threat to the Boston Celtics in the East.

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