‘LEGIT TITLE CONTENDERS’ 🗣️ Perk BELIEVES the Knicks can make a run after recent trade 👀 | NBA Today

‘LEGIT TITLE CONTENDERS’ 🗣️ Perk BELIEVES the Knicks can make a run after recent trade 👀 | NBA Today

We cannot start without Adrien wowski and W it’s already been an especially busy morning especially for the New York Knicks what more can you tell us uh uh really for the Knicks uh fulfilling their needs uh at this trade deadline buan bonovich Alec Burks from the Detroit Pistons giving them shooting

Uh playoff experience depth you know this is a team a Nicks team certainly as deep uh one through 10 11 uh is anyone in the East there there are certainly teams with better players at the very top but this is a Knicks team that is going to I

Think counter that uh with this kind of Veteran uh scoring Heth Quinton Grimes is a player that that can be plugged in right now but the Knicks they get bonovich and Burks two players who help them now and they are able to keep their flexibility moving forward if this

Summer they want to get involved with perhaps an all NBA level player who becomes available in trades uh Philadelphia was after both bonovich and Burks other teams uh the Knicks closed that deal this morning W thank you we know you’re busy we’re going to let you

Get back to it we’ll have you back in just a little bit but one of the biggest questions for the Knicks right guys was how are they going to round out their bench they were 24th in bench scoring and these moves certainly seem to Shore that up a little bit does this Richard

Catapult them to Contender status I I don’t know about Contender status but their team is better we have to understand that the teams in front of them were outstanding teams again when you were talking about before Joel mbid went down he might have been the best player of the world Boston fully loaded

They’re trying to catch up to Boston in my opinion but what I like about this trade is they have more players that can create shots for themselves I love Josh Hart uh I love Dante D venzo they’re Shooters but they’re not creators they’re not shot creators for themselves

Or others to a certain degree when you add bogdanovich when you add Alec Burke these are guys that yes they can create for uh for others they can catch and shoot they can play Within the system but if you need them to go get a bucket

You can give them the ball and they can go get a bucket I think that is the biggest addition in my opinion to what they just got you were here yesterday corre you were here yesterday and you were here he wasn’t right and you remember what the words I uttered out of

My mouth Yours Truly when I said what a person if a person show you who they are what you got to do CH you got to believe you damn right and I said it yesterday and I was talking about the Nicks putting thems in position and how they’re actually contending right now

Right and adding these two pieces when you add bonovich when you add Alec burs the only missing thing that the only thing that the Knicks were missing was death and right now they’re deeper than the Pacific Ocean and everybody else in the Eastern Conference need to get life jackets including the Boston Celtics

This New York Knicks team is a legit title Contender this season and if anybody else say anything different then they haven’t been watching the Nick play when you look at Tom tiido they have established since the day one their identity on both ends of the floor and

Now you add more offensive firep power with the addition that they already added in OG and anobi this team is deep they have zero flaws they have a closer and Jay um jayen Bronson this team is ready right now to compete for a title this is what we’ve been waiting for this

Is what the NBA has been waiting for and what we’re witnessing right now now is The Rebirth of the Knicks in real time and they’re doing it the right way I said it yesterday what I love about this picks is that they’re able to get someone that bolsters the depth you saw

Those numbers 20 points per game creating your own shot these are all pieces that work together harmoniously and so when I woke up this morning I saw the wo alert I was like they’re the real deal they are here they’ve arrived they’re contenders they play defense and

They’re really good yeah yeah so the Knicks are in a position where they’ve got got some injury problems right now the O anobi they changed his injury designation yesterday to Elbow spur which is something that’s not necessarily going to resolve itself short term uh Julius Randall still with

Evaluation coming on his shoulder injury Mitchell Robinson out with the ankle injury so this is the team that needs help right now and also if they’re going to get what you say perk they got to try to get that number two seed the number two seed is important over this next

Three or four weeks as they get healthy so these moves get them an opportunity that they can compete for that number two seed as they get healthier and I would also say it’s important that they have now gone through this season and added anobi bogdanovich Burks Wing

Players who can play both ends of the Court who are good three-point Shooters and they did not give up a first round pick in any of those deals and they’re still sitting there holding eight in their Kitty that they can trade and when we get to this summer those are going to

Be on offer for a star player yeah now now perk you brought up Boston and I love that because who has Boston lost to two out of the last three years Miami Heat right they’ve lost the Miami Heat and why have they because Miami Heat are Relentless their defense their approach

Their attack we have complained about Boston shooting too many threes well when you play against a grinded team and that’s what the Knicks are I will say this look look when we talk about 20 points a game there’s a sliding scale it was on Detroit it was a sliding scale

I’m not going to fault I think he’s about 15 to 17 on a great team like I agree but we we we we made I made those same assumptions when Boston got CH Pingas and we was talking about what he was doing for the Washington Wizards

Right but when I think about all the people around the world that just kept saying they need a superstar they need a superstar shut up no they don’t no they don’t they bu who knows they need a superstar who the Knicks that’s why they’re holding on to those picks to tr

Wa wait wait really quickly too to your point though I to me it the build that they’re doing is kind of like the o four pistons when you had when you had Rip Hamilton you had rashed Wallace you had V Wallace you had ta Prince and then you

Had dep I played against that team lost to him in seven games they are a well balanced team this they’re grinded out team and they went to who was the finals MVP joh BS one of the most underrated players in you give me a like obviously

The game is different but chony bips to me reminds me of a Brunson a late game finisher a late game closer is he does he have the Superstar no but you could win a championship if you build this out the right way yeah they might want a superstar but we’ve seen super

I love you when I don’t see you for a few games I disagree with you Richard I know you’re looking at bdon banovich and you’re saying that hey all right that’s a sliding skill cuz he a sliding skill but did you know his effective field goal percentage which means it’s the

Value of the point is 65% when he shoots the ball it goes almost in at 70% rate he’s also one of the best pick and roll Shooters and creators in basketball so you’re saying that hey like these pieces they all add up in a way that is

Harmonious that yeah I they still need a superstar but right now contenders without one and that is the best case scenario if you can be a contender without a superstar and you still have all of your picks for the most part to build out a roster they’re in an

Outstanding place to be I only say that to say a sling sliding scale to the Knicks fans you are not getting a 20 point a game score for the Knicks in my opinion especially when Julius Randle comes you’re getting a guy that is going to be extremely efficient like CH said

15 17 he’ll hit 20s but don’t just look at that system I love it I’m I’m Bri are the Knicks done for now they are I believe that they are done for now but they are not done building this team and look I think you guys are selling a nice

Story that you can win in the modern NBA without a meast star I think you need two you want to argue they already got one and Jaylen Brunson I’ll go with you they need another one and they’re going to go for that and we’ll see if they get

There so what does that look like this summer let’s draw it out a little bit well we don’t know who’s going to be available yet and I think it’s dangerous to say that but what they’ve done is done is have done two things one they have stockpiled picks and assets one of

The reasons that this trade makes so much sense is if bogdanovich has a team option for next year they can roll him over and use him in a trade they can cut him and let him go or they can keep him and play him and they are a team that

Where you want to play they’re in a city that is desirable they have a team that you want to play on and they have the assets to make a trade it is the holy triangle of what you need what they’re missing is in the middle of that which

Is a super meast star saying send me to New York well guess what if if they do fall short this upcoming postseason they have made themselves ey candy because if you’re a superstar and you’re disg gruner and you’re not happy with the situation that you’re in you want to go

Play with the New York Knicks right now well no I agree and you talked about uh making themselves I candy don’t forget when the Brooklyn Nets made the postseason that first year Kevin Durant Kyrie they looked at that team when when the Clippers made the postseason without a superstar that’s when kawhai that’s

When Paul George were like oh we’re not coming here to be saved we’re coming here to add to what you guys are doing so I think the New York Knicks are in a similar spot as when you look at the Clippers and when you look at the Nets

When they added those big time free agents or those disgruntled players this is going to be a beautiful four hours you know you agreed with me three times in the first the nonsense you need a pen do you want to keep tally the rest show all right you’re keeping a tally yeah

The New York Knicks have made themselves certainly attractive and they’re already by the way let’s not overlook this year they really could make a push for at least the Conference Finals particularly with the injuries that we’re looking at at the top of the East the lackluster way that we’ve seen the Milwaukee Bucks

Play recently it’s not out of the question that we could see the New York Knicks we’ve had a lot of action this morning so it’s time to go Coast to Coast on the trade so far we’re going to start with the 76ers acquiring buddy hee from the Pacers for a package involving

Three second rounders only Steph Curry has made more threes than healed since the new sixer entered the league while Philly averages the fourth fewest three-pointers per game this season Chan how do you like this for the 76 I love this pickup they’ve got a FL spacer a

Bucket getter I love that number that no one has made more threes than buddy since Steph and then also they’re 19th in three-point shooting so this is going to be a quick boost they still need help in the middle though how about the Raptors they’re acquiring Kelly Alin and

A 2022 first rounder for oai uh aaji in a deal involving a 2024 first rounder going back to Utah o is averaging eight points per game and is a Mainstay on the Canadian national team but could he be on the move again Brian I don’t think so

The Raptors have done another deal where they just salary dump Dennis shuder and a deal with the Nets so they seem to be little buying and selling and they love to have Canadians well how about the Mavericks they’re loading up getting PJ Washington from the Hornets for Grant

Williams Seth Curry and a future first what do you think of this one rich no I like PJ I think he’s going to fit with their team very very well look he can do a little bit he can play he can space the floor I like it they need more help

In Dallas that is very very fact when I think they got some well how about the Oklahoma City Thunder we’ve been wondering what they’re going to do with some of the assets they’ve been stocking piling they’re acquiring a versatile Wing in veteran Gordon Hayward in a deal

That involves Trey man and Davis bons what do you think of this one perk I like it I don’t love it um I feel like this is a move because Josh giddy has not been uh that great this season so I feel them feeling in the void to help out SGA and Jaylen [Applause] [Applause] Williams

Chiney Ogwumike, Adrian Wojnarowski, Brian Windhorst, Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to discuss their thoughts on the recent trade between the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons, along with other trades throughout the league.

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