Stephen A.: The Knicks SHOULD MAKE IT to the Conference Finals 👀 | NBA Countdown

Stephen A.: The Knicks SHOULD MAKE IT to the Conference Finals 👀 | NBA Countdown

By Papa John’s the Knicks they’re on a nine game winning streak and 15 and2 since the beginning of January that is the best record in the NBA they have outscored their opponents by plus 250 in the last 17 games that is the franchise’s best run since 1969 you remember that wion Jaylen

Brunson no actually I don’t wow is a big part of the Knicks offensive explosion entering tonight Brunson has 19 30-point games tied for the most by any Nick before the All-Star break we cannot delay it any longer we cannot do the show without him for one more minute it

Is time to bring in the one and only Stephen A Smith from Madison Square Garden Stephen A how you feeling oh boy oh it’s beautiful do you see what’s in the background here we waited a long time for this Michael wilbor Bob Meers I’m here at the Garden I know you miss

Me I miss y’all too but not tonight I got Jaylen br in a legitimate League MVP candidate in the house tonight I don’t know what LeBron’s going to do I don’t know what Anthony Davis going to do here’s all I know New York Nicks going to be ready make no mistake about it

Best record in the NBA in the New Year balling winning 15 14 of the last 16 games 14 and 12 of the month of January they’re absolutely balling that is why I’m here tonight the Lakers are going down I’m telling you in advance I don’t need to wait for no damn prediction okay

This is what we’ve been waiting for you want to send a message they wanted to send a message I’m not going to say we here just yet I’m here and there’s a reason for it the Knicks are coming y’all they are coming if Stephen A’s attitude is any indication Bob I mean

It’s going to be Electric in there tonight I I I want to yield my time just to Senator I do senator from New York steephen a Stephen A senator of Madison Square Garden he does he’s he’s earned this I think Stephen A’s earned This Moment In Time the question Malika that

I have about this Knicks team they’re really good I mean we this isn’t a joke this isn’t just Stephen A loves the Knicks and we’re making some stick here very serious they’re good they are good this is real they’re fourth in the league in net rating they’re seventh in

Offense sixth in defense that guy Jaylen Brunson he’s averaging 33 points uh in their niname winning streak the question I have for our Senator Smith out there in New York or anyone is they’re really good are they great I don’t think great is made until the playoffs I think this

Team could get to the Easter Conference Championship um I don’t know what our guy out there on the ground thinks uh but but I I think they’re really good I defer um to my to my right here Mr wilon but I think it’s great when the Knicks

Are good I do I think it’s fantastic when the Knicks are good and it’s good for the league it’s good for everybody I’m not going to disagree with you on how good they are I might say this though Bob there’s some years where we don’t get a great team we get a

Championship team we get a champion and I’m thinking about a team like and they going to just go crazy on me later for this cuz being in Chicago and talking about Detroit it see like I’m downgrading them the 2004 Pistons people don’t talk about them as a great team

Didn’t they win yeah they won you got to be the best that year I don’t see great I wonder about the Celtics and not because they lost that game to the Lakers in these Dog Days of February not because of that but the Celtics have got something to prove in June they haven’t

Done it and so maybe the Knicks are right there and can challenge and we’re talking about a seven game series a series of games in Which injuries and and momentum and all those things come into play so I don’t know if the Knicks are great but I

Don’t know if they need to be I think the Knicks can be the Eastern Conference champion this season it’s hard for us to talk when we see Stephen a’s facial responses we can’t focus can you just kind of main time I I I was I was wondering because I didn’t hear the

Level of enthusiasm that I was looking for for wi but his words his verbiage what he articulated is absolutely accurate we can’t rule out the possibility that the New York Knicks can win the East bottom line is this you got a league MVP candidate in Jaylen Brunson

As far as I’m concerned if he finishes as a top two seed in the East he will be in line to capture League MVP honors that’s number one number two look at Boston jacking up 44 threes a game look at Milwaukee can’t play defense can’t

Stop a cold right now I don’t know why look at the Miami Heat you got big perk with this crazy self talking about trading Jimmy Butler we got some stuff going on with that in the Philadelphia 76ers we don’t even know Joel embiid is going to be available so the opportunity

Is right because Julius Rand ain’t going to be out for the season Mitchell Robinson expected to be back OG and anobi which has the Knicks as the number one team in defensive efficiency since he arrived he’s here I’m taking an account all of those things along with the leadership that Brunson is providing

The coaching exceptional coaching particularly on the defensive side of the ball that Tom Fido is providing and I’m telling you right now the New York Knicks should make it to the Conference Finals and they got a chance cuz as great as Tatum and brown is even with

Porzingis and holiday and white and the lineup if you’re jacking up 44 threes a game and that’s how you plan on winning the East I just don’t know I don’t this the same Stephen A who was saying tibs was going to wear this team out before

We got to April I’m still worried about that I’m still worried about that asking he

Stephen A. Smith, Bob Myers, Michael Wilbon and Malika Andrews discuss the current state of the New York Knicks.

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