Knicks News: HUGE Free Agency, Draft & Trade Updates | Knicks Weekly

Knicks News: HUGE Free Agency, Draft & Trade Updates | Knicks Weekly

top all right here we go salute to Nick Nation on this Monday afternoon another edition of Nicks weekly presented by Aura go to ora.com Nick fantv for 14 free trial on their online identity theft Protection Services on this episode we’re going to talk about some big free agency news and nicks trade news uh this is according to Hoops hype Michael Scot our guys Ian Begley and Stephan Bondi of the New York Post got together in a podcast and gave their thoughts on what direction the Knicks may go in during the free agency and offseason period so we’re going to get to that and much much more man so lock in hit the like button hit the share button and subscribe to the channel let’s get into it man another edition of Nick’s weekly episode 101 Man episode 101 salute to everybody in the chat I see my franchise channel members in the building man shout out to Lee bloxom Johnny Angel 187 salute TM salute John tento in here I see the UK’s in here heavy Jake Mard Lee block and my C’s in here my guy paavo so the UK’s in here heavy our friends from across the pond always in here with us and that’s why I kind of like to do these shows in the afternoon so it’s a it’s a good balance for our guys on the grind out here on the East Coast and the West Coast if you’re on the grind right now if you’re at work leave a hashtag grind in the chat and then our friends from across the pond can also tap in during their later evening hours so uh that’s all good hope everybody had a good far this day weekend I certainly did I had a great time uh with my son with my family as well so uh definitely had a a a nice weekend hit the beach went for a bike ride hooped it up a little bit it’s nice man it’s a good time in off season 2 uh kick back relax be where your feet are and enjoy the uh the fruits of your labor if you will man so hopefully you guys had a good time with your father your uncles your father figure whoever it is in your life that is special to you hopefully you guys enjoyed it all right uh what else did we do this weekend caught up a couple things WWE caught up on Clash at a castle saw the uh javante Davis fight shout out to tank he was certainly back uh laid my man out with the one hited quitter so tank is back didn’t catch up on Game of Thrones just yet so no spoilers House of the Dragon fans I didn’t get there just yet but we will man so either way let let’s get to these um this free agency talk here because it’s it’s coming close you know the draft is coming up on the 26th uh June 26th and 27th and then you’re right in the free agency man June 30th and then into July 1st which is when you can expect to hear a lot of announcements and so as I said our guys uh Michael Scot of Hoops hype Ian Begley and Stephan Bondi got on a podcast to talk about some of the Knicks free agency uh Direction and and and potential scenarios here and let’s start it off with OG anobi because OG anobi uh will be due for a contract you can expect him to opt out of his player option and let’s take a look at what that number is right now the player option for OG anobi right now is at 19.9 million and based on the exchange here Michael scado says based on the per the executives that he’s spoken to ogan and obi’s contract floor is at about 35 million guys $35 million a lot of the names we heard about who could be potential competition here for OG is obviously the Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia is going to have about $55 million in cap space to spend potentially 65 if they renounce some of the rights of their current free agents and Philadelphia is going to be looking for Wing help Maxi needs help and beid needs help I think you know those guys certainly should be or will be and should be in the market for a third guy who can really help out you just don’t know with embiid how his um you know how his durability how he’s going to hold up over the course of an NBA season and into the playoffs and I thought Philadelphia’s biggest need especially when they played us was just having a reliable third option there to uh to help those guys compete so could Philly could myy make a big play here now we know on Philadelphia’s radar is certainly Paul George you saw some open fraternizing and flirting there between Paul George and Joel EMB during game Four’s coverage of the NBA Finals I thought that was a little weird to see them there together maybe that’s a leverage play by Paul George to get the Clippers to Annie up and maybe and maybe some leverage from Joel embiid to put the spotlight on Daryl mury to go ahead and and and make a trade to get Paul George in there or maybe just assign him outright to get him to Philadelphia so Paul George is on their radar there’s news that Brandon Ingram is on this trading block with New Orleans David Griffin looks like he’s ready to start tinkering with that roster because I think they’re at a certain ceiling with ingrams he’s a good player but not a reliable player Zion you know he’s going to be up and down with injuries and and motor and all of that and and I think the CJ trade has just about run its course so New Orleans could be looking to peel that back a little bit starting with Brandon Ingram so could Brandon Ingram be going to the Sixers that’s left to be seen but overall these guys feel that at least two of the guys piscato and and Ian think that OG anobi is most likely to come back to the Knicks and I think so as well I think OG will come back I don’t think the Knicks would have done that trade in in trading RJ and quick if they didn’t have some sort of assurance that OG anobi was going to sign with the New York Knicks now the thought that we that most of us had and that you know OG’s agent is Leon Rose’s Son Fred cats all guy Fred cats of the athletic did conf did correct that and say that he’s not his primary agent but he is part of that group that represents ogan anobi what impact does that have a negotiations or Leon Rose we don’t know who knows but I think he will be back what do you guys think in the chat let me know your thoughts on that now these guys also talked about uh potentially having a um injury stipulation or in Begley rather feels like the Knicks will look to add in some injury incentives Clauses into OG’s contract to kind of protect themselves from the risk of him missing games and also to perhaps to have some incentives for him to potentially shoot for where he can get more money and what type of incentives this was also asked I think a few callers over the course of this past season was asking about whether or not OG or whether or not the Knicks would Implement some sort of injury Clauses or incentives into the contract and what would those look like well you have uh games played incentives meet a certain number of games you get a bonus minutes played total number of minutes on the court you can get a bonus some teams like the Miami Heat have health milestones we all know Pat Riley is notorious for having that body fat Clause right you got to come into camp and in Peak physical condition I don’t think that that would necessarily be the case with OG but certainly a possibility uh playoff participation how many playoff games do you play if you reach a certain amount you get x amount of dollars uh if you make all NBA if you make an Allstar Team all defense I’m sure certainly those would be in uh in ogan noi’s radar as well and then you have some team specific bonuses so you could have some Clauses there in OG obi’s New Deal that would help protect the Knicks as well as give him some things to shoot for now building blocks in the chat says OG ain’t going for that well we’ll see we shall see I’m just saying those are some of the the possibilities we need OG back Nick Georgio we need OG back it’s a must yeah he he’s a must and that 35 number isn’t surprising I thought his deal was going to start in the 30s we talked to Bobby Marx we talked to Fred cats who felt like like mid-30s is is probably going to be that that area that Target area so um you know that that’ll be OG’s look there and we’ll see if he indeed Ops out of that contract and then ultimately re up with the Knicks at a much higher at a much higher number man at a much higher number and you know Bonnie also thought that could Mory or maybe even OKC drive up the price where you know it could make the Knicks want a pony up that 35 or more we we’ll have to see what happens there now on the topic of iHeart Isaiah hartenstein speaking of far this day Isaiah hartstein uh just had his uh baby new addition to his family a few weeks ago a couple weeks ago I think so congrats to iHeart now uh according to scato he feels that iHeart will get the full fouryear $72 million deal from the Knicks remember that is the most that the Knicks can offer Isaiah hartenstein based on the fact that they only have his early bird rights and so there are other teams out there who could acquire him for a little bit more we talked about OKC being a threat that was my primary threat you seen more reports out there Bondi Sean Bondi reporting that OKC will have legitimate interest in resigning Isaiah Haren time Michael Scot also reported that Orlando could have some interest there in getting him and there could be some other teams so I think the the biggest question with iHeart is how much will the difference in money the extra salary factor into his decision he’s been on record this is according to Ian Begley and we’ve seen the video when he was with the Clippers he was ready to stay for less he was ready stay in La for less he did he was on record and saying if the money was equal he would want to stay with the Knicks so let’s say he goes out there and he gets an offer for 20 even 25 from another team with the difference in that with with a difference in that uh say seven five to seven or four to7 million would that be a deal breaker for ihart we know he’s got chemistry with this team he loves Mitch he got the center connection Big Time chemistry with this team I think if once if and when he resigns with the Knicks that’s a de facto that’s a starting center right there he came into to to this team two years ago and even last year this past season as a backup center iard gets his new deal I I think I think they’re putting Mitch on the bench what do you guys think about that leave me a comment especially if he’s he’s going to be making more and I think he’s proven over the course of this season especially that he’s not only more durable he’s more versatile he gives the Knicks a lot more than what Mitch can give them and Mitch does give them a lot when he’s healthy it’s not to knock on Mitch but I think we’ve seen through this entire body of work that ihart just gives the Knicks a little bit more did get dominated in the Philly Series against embiid I mean how many guys are going to hold their own against and beat it is what it is you’re going to have Miss you’re going to have matchups that are just just not favorable for you but by and large the IH heart’s been great for the Knicks on both ends of the floor they can’t afford to lose him if they want to continue to contend they can’t afford to lose him he’s a must improved as a rebounder as a Defender his passing ability to keep the offense going he had some really Shining Moments really big moments and Shining Moments this season for the Knicks they can’t afford to lose him what is a backup plan if the Knicks lose iHeart it ain’t that great number one the free agent Market is not that strong free agent Market is not that strong the after iHeart your best option as a free agent center is Jonas valent Tunis valent Tunis is 32 years old numbers have taken a bit of a step back doesn’t offer you the offensive versatility that an IH hard does just in terms of what he can do out there in the court they’ll still rebound he’s still going to be a big presence be able to rebound for you is a bit more durable but look I mean the the options are not that great and if you’re gonna lose iHeart and ke Mitch the person that you bring in I I just like the dynamic in terms of what they can give the team two different styles two different Fighters so you know is valent Tunis an option you just going to go roll with Mitch and valent Tunis how about Kavon Looney that’s an intriguing one that we’ve been hearing Golden State Kavon Looney could be a potential cap casualty in Golden State as they try to get their books in order Mike dun leevy junr has a lot of work to do it’s Kavon Looney a guy good rebounder he’s going to give you some rebounding he’s going to give you some hustle he’s tough do they get Kevan Looney on a midlevel or a little bit less you have goat betaz from Orlando he’s going to be a free agent 24 years old another guy another solid Defender solid rebounder had some some uh some bright spots for the Knicks as a member of the magic and also from the Pacers for those of us that had that watch game by game mataz has definitely uh made his presence felt against the Knicks couple times last year and the year before that do you go clink compella compella got one year left on his contract I don’t necessarily see that you trade for capella you don’t really have much contract flexibility he’s got one more year left on this deal so I don’t really see that you go Andre Drummond you bring drumman home what do you guys think Vincent Fazzio Kevan Kevan in there Junior caroma says agreed 5 says Kevin on his dirt I mean listen you’re not getting Will Chamberlain in here you got to be realistic about your options so D nice go Bazi is not a bad option not a bad option 24 years old and look is it the end of the world if you lose ihart no you still have Mitch as your starting center maybe you go out there you get big Taz you have a little bit depth there maybe they go to a draft and get somebody it’s not the end of the world I just like what what ihart has given this team especially on the offensive end much more fluid situation than than what Mitch can give them more short-handed can make plays can playmake the te the teardrop the floater was on the money this year I was good for the Knicks this year so that so that would be a tough play to lose any way you stretch it so you know you talk about the fact that the Knicks can give him four years at 72 and we also talked about with Fred catch with Bobby marks is there a team out there who needs to get to their salary floor who would offer him a more of a balloon deal less years more salary Allah the Pacers giving Bruce Brown the two years 25 last year remember s similar situation with the bird RS Denver couldn’t afford to pay Bruce Brown more than a certain amount so he it was obvious that he was leaving even before that season I wrapped up last season wrapped up because Roose Brown had earned the raise so now for iHeart would he take the security with more years a little less money or does he go for the bag bag remember this is a guy who hasn’t made more than this year was 9 million but before that he was like one and a half does he go for the bag bag I think he stays that’s my prediction Lord Steven Stone franchise sh M says 6 months let’s go Lord Steven Stone thanks for your support Eric L Beach franchise Channel member for 16 months shout out to Keith Paris on the grind shout out to him salute to my Facebook fam Ty Clemens says iHeart is a Nicks for Life Gail Russell in the Facebook Chat says ihart should start for his offense yeah that that’s what that’s what I think I think uh iHeart will um I think he I think he will be back he will have competition for sure but I think ihart I think ihart will be back and then I talked about the the backup plans Looney valent Looney if he gets if he gets clipped valent Tunis will be a free agent but it’s a slim that the market is slim pickings maybe valent Tunis is off the board early ABS trade candidates is a capella the Taz free agent so uh you know there it is we’ll have to see what happens there on the tips contract extension we also talked about it on this show I think it’s going to be closer to I think it what what did I say about 11 on the last show Scot Bondi and Begley think it’ll be around three years 33 million the talk is that tibs is looking for market value as we know they did uh just sign Mo Cheeks to the staff so the tibs thing is just a matter of when and not if I I think you’ll get an announcement on that fairly soon Dylan Libby in the Facebook Chat say CP free throws needs to start I like that on the Brunson and uh and Randall extensions potential extension um there is some thought here amongst these three that Jaylen Brunson could sign his deal early with the thought that hey you know maybe you take some extra money now and then go back into free agency in the future couple down the road and then go get even bigger bag so take a little now rather than just waiting to opt out after next season and then going to get the back bag we’ve seen a number of NBA players do that uh even last year you know Anthony Davis Giannis so could Jaylen Brunson potentially do the same here could Jaylen Brunson potentially do the same here uh juli Randall doesn’t seem like Randall and nicks will come to an extension but hey anything could change we’ll have to wait and see there like I talked about with um with Bobby marks I think the Knicks will play it out into free agency with Julius does Julius get traded I don’t necessarily see it I definitely don’t see it I think there’s an outside shot that Julius gets traded but again anything is possible salute to will Hooper in the chat Crystal D’Or how you feeling Nick fan TV Jaylen just joined the franchise Channel member salute man salute to you guys stop console war says uh appreciate the merch CP just got it on Friday quality Quality quality salute man this is what we do at uh Nix fan TV man quality in everything that we do so go ahead and get your merch man shop. nfant tv.com and we will take care of you if you guys want to call in while you guys are on the lunch break call us up 65738 31509 or you can hit us up on the kftv Discord I see a couple callers out there on the Discord we’re going to get to the calls at the end of today’s show just just in a couple more minutes so just hang tight and and we are going to get there also uh NBA Finals game five postgame show tonight on the NBA report make sure you guys tap into that we got we do have a busy week we got finals postgame tonight Tuesday our NBA draft Q&A part two is going to be Tuesday our guy Chris LeBron is going to be heading that one up call in with Chris he’s going to give you his top 10 choices for the Knicks and also it’s going to be interactive show so make sure you guys call in Chris is another guy who covers college basketball scene from beginning to end very knowledgeable on the college basketball front so make sure you have your questions for Chris because we will be taking calls all night Wednesday I’ll be on Bleacher Report I’ll talk about get more into the trades and talk about some top trade candidates for the Knicks and how they can continue to look to upgrade that roster and then Thursday Big Show Thursday Kenny Albert Kenny Albert is coming on the show to talk about his book a Mike For All Seasons man I’ve been uh looking forward to this interview with Kenny Albert Kenny Albert is going to be coming through to the show and we’re going to get into his book man make sure you guys pick up his book a mic for All Seasons all right what’s next up on the docket here salute to everybody in the chat Monday grind we back to it start the week off okay buan bogdanovic buan bogdanovich has a partial contract guarantee where the Knicks have to make that decision by I believe the date is let me just double check I believe the date is June 29th it’s June 29th or it before the draft let me just double check that so everybody in the chat hit that thumbs up button for you boys just doing some quick research I’ll get right to you all right so bonovich is guarantee let’s goad and load that up the 28th June 28th is when the Knicks need to guarantee buan bogdanovic’s uh contract and then he will be due for1 million this season so I think the Knicks will play it out in two ways number one you want that contract to maintain your financial flexibility to make a trade if you if you need to because without bogdanovic you’re pretty much out of option here in terms of salaries I mean after that it’s pretty much it’s either Julius or the or the Nova 2 cuz jaylen’s not going anywhere it’s Julius Josh or or or Dante who’s who’s making the money or Mitch you want to put Mitch out there you know so so you want that bonovich contract for flexibility or even keep him on rotation I think he finished out the year pretty well now he’s another guy who you can pencil in for missing time and injury time but he’s a guy who can help I I thought he I thought he got into a Groove and got a little bit more comfortable as the season wore on and into the playoffs I thought he did well for them and and unfortunately he got hurt so that’s Buy on in the 19 mil I think they will keep it guarantee it and then we’ll see because that is going to going to be contract you’re going to need to make any a trade we’re going to talk more about the trade candidates on Wednesday but if the Knicks believe that there’s a guy out there that they can make a splash for you’re going to need to use that contract or part of or or you know at least in part of a trade so I think I think he comes back backpack Val $10 Super Chat say shouts to UCP I don’t know if you remember like a couple days ago we had a friendly back and forth about the Knicks and whether or not they could beat the Celtics in full strength great discourse yeah man that’s why we here that that is why we are here man we got to talk about it you know and shout out to my guy Jake asmin I was on the Jake asmin show 987 uh ESPN Radio New York yesterday talking about it could could the Knicks beat the Celtics we had we had a good exchange man I had a good conversation on Twitter with uh with Nick’s Twitter so we we’ll talk about that some more as well so that’s um that’s Buon I’m trying to read here was there anything else in the Buon stuff that uh these guys touched on that we didn’t uh Bondi says um made that trade decision with the yeah you you as as Stephan Bonnie says you may the trade midseason to maintain the financial flexibility so losing him or just you know letting him walk doesn’t really make sense to me anything’s possible but it really doesn’t make sense to me because you then you’re down another potential trade piece now in this in this and and they made a podcast out of this too so make sure you guys check it out I’m just giving you kind of the cliff notes in my reaction to it in this one Michael Scot feels like in terms of trade candidates that the Donovan Mitchell ship is sailed a lot of guys have said that Ian Begley’s been on this show feeling like the Knicks won’t be as motivated to go get spider as they were a couple years ago things have changed Brunson has emerged as a superstar and it’s got to be you got to have us bring in a special talent that’s going to take the ball out of Brunson pants and so seems like spider who is due for a Max contract with the Cavs could be staying could be staying I thought there was no way in hell he was going to be at that dump but seems like he could he could be staying and the Carl Anthony town so people continue continue to try to put towns on the Knicks why is there anybody in the chat right now that wants to see Carl Anthony towns on the Knicks with Julius Randle please come forward come forward and don’t be sh here I just don’t think that makes sense for the Knicks man I look at towns as a small time player I think he would melt here yes offensively you may give you a little something we saw in the playoffs meltdown after meltdown after meltdown I mean we’re still trying to get Julius back on track and I think he is but you’re going to get tals in just it just doesn’t make sense for me from the contract standpoint and an impact standpoint I I just don’t see it but the overall consensus here is that um you know town a Town’s trade is not imminent but maybe it becomes more likely into the next trade deadline or the off season or the next off season but also Minnesota’s got ownership issues they got to get their C figured out who’s even making the call there on on a on a Town’s trade you know they got aod out there as the face of it but are they actually going to make a move I’m not really in on the towns thing I I’ll be completely honest with you guys man I’m not uh too enthused about towns what do you guys think in the chat Ty Clement says heck no to towns heck no to towns no sir got 693 700 people on the check in man if you guys are new in the chat leave me a hashtag new I’ll shout you guys out also to talk about today’s sponsor as well man because uh if you guys remember last week on weekly I told you guys about about a little incident that I that I went through and that I was going to share that story with you so I am going to share that story with you and it also has a lot to do with today sponsor as well so it all kind of ties in together man so we will get to that all right what else do they have here they also talked about that was towns precious our guy precious we we talked about precious this season a big contributor in this rotation especially in February once Julius Randle went down and precies of trua started get into a Groove started to really fill a void a a role here with this next team probably his best stretch of his career of his young career 25 years old the the sentiment among Scot B Bondi and Begley similar to what I have here is that you know I don’t think you precious is going to be a priority until they figure out where they are with iHeart Mitch and so on I think precious will be a later in the offseason priority if he doesn’t get snatched up by another team escato says according to people around the league uh they think it might be a little tough for the Knicks giving their rasa construction future payroll concerns to keep him even though he’s a restricted free agent if the Knicks think hartenstein is leaving maybe the thought of precious leaving the Knicks isn’t as certain as possible so yeah similar to to what I’ve been saying on the precious front on the draft Ryan Dunn is the name that you continue to hear being linked to the Knicks according to our draft experts best perimeter defender in the draft Nicks half the 24th and 25th pick we had Cory Tula of no seal podcast on here talked about his shooting issue I think that’s a little bit of an issue for me we’re trying to get away from the construction business and get some legit Shooters in here we’re starting to get that so I don’t know if Hey listen anything can change certainly can improve proof but that was a turn off for me what do you guys think in the chat some I had uh someone who I think either went to Virginia or cover the team watch the team felt like the kid wasn’t being used properly in that system someone who’s more vers in the college style or or what Virginia is doing if anybody agrees or disagrees leave it in the chat some people felt like they weren’t using them right and that he’ll do better in NBA spacing so what do you guys think then the three the trio of riders uh had a little bit of disagreement in terms of what approach the Knicks will take in the draft will they keep all three picks they have the 24th to 25th and a second round pick as well will they keep all three picks will they trade one will they use two and trade up I think they will try to potentially try to trade up depending on if they see a Target or try to trade one back punt for a future years and see if they get back into a draft where there are more worthwhile candidates I think you have to continue to keep keep your flexibility in the draft especially when you think about the second apron and where things are going because drafting players drafting role players where you can get significant value in their rookie years I think it’ll be more valued as you look to round out your roster you know veteran contracts getting value out of Veteran contracts and rookie deals have never been more important than they will be going forward um as teams try to navigate these salary cap and and CBA rules so what do you guys think in the chat man we load up some people in the chat is this is this uh Z hang on is this Z for melon Z in on the Discord G un mute your mic Zay I see Z from Maryland on the Discord G un mute your mic you hear me you hear me loud and clear sir how you feeling sir good good my guy how are you good man long long time man hope you’re doing well yeah definitely definitely I still try to tune in on the the replay I was off today took an extra day off after Father’s Day nice deserve it man definitely so you know I got time to tune in give you a call live and just give my opinion on the state of the Knicks so um for me man you know I’ve always been steady on slow incremental changes don’t do anything too big don’t go big game hunting um and let the chips where they may and I think this is a you know last year was a perfect example of that pretty much the the results of that right so yeah I’m still on I’m still in the same boat I’m still in the same boat incremental change is nothing I I want to run it back you know I want to keep the same guys maybe add you know like I said add somebody cheap a cheap veteran in in the in the offseason a point guard you know I seen some a few people say CP3 I may I mean I may do it if it’s super cheap but you know CP three is still he’s looking for the bag every time so I’m not doing that you know if we can find a young point guard that’s that or you know a point guard what’s a few years in the league for cheap sure I think that’s the only piece we’re missing is just a ball handler off of the Off the Bench and if we can find that in free agency we don’t need to necessarily leverage all of our pieces to try to trade for any any big game player because I don’t think there’s any available you know what I’m saying uh Joel embiid is is staying um you know what I’m saying uh you know Paul George maybe but you know how how much is that going to cost Paul George rning the bag uh when we were trying to trade for him last year I don’t think that’s going to change so like are you want to pay for Paul George keep the players you got man just get them healthy get them ready and I think one big thing that we we kind of are are low not really thinking about is the chemistry chemistry is real big and when you continuously add new pieces in it’s always an adjust period I think that’s what happened with bogy last year at the beginning you know yeah at first he was kind of Off the Bench really just coming in and not doing much it really he oh may we lose a all right I think we might have lost him uh Z appreciate the call though man always appreciate it as Z from Maryland a kftv day one for sure and look I’m with him I I think the Knicks will be I they will keep their ears open as they always have but I don’t NE I don’t really see the move yet we never do right we never really see the move that’s just like obvious and available for them in the offseason or at the trade deadline and then they just go ahead and make something happen but it doesn’t seem like a lot of the candidates is there’s a lot of legit candidates out there right as of right now KD you know the Phoenix guys Booker KD James Jones has said uh you can count count that out they’re not trading any of those guys and I I don’t think they would at least right now first piece always get scapegoated when you make a a big move to to to alter your R is the coach oh the coaches the coach is this the coaches that right then once they figure out go forward and figure out all right well this is truly not going to work because in in Phoenix’s case I don’t think that it will even though it’s still early then they’ll start to maybe trade all pieces KD is 35 at the end of the day KD is 35 but with new ownership there’s no way that guy is gonna you know Retreat and break that team apart when he just bought the team and he’s trying to make some money there’s no way he’s gonna he’s gonna keep trying to figure out what it is and maybe buen hoer makes them a little bit better hopefully it starts on the defensive end and then they got to figure out the point guard situation it’s all muddy in Phoenix but to Z’s point in speaking on free agents point guard is definitely at the top of the list for me point guard is definitely at the top of the list and you have the mid-level exception potentially at around 12.5 million tus Jones is a guy who I like I like tus Jones and you know a guy who can playmake for you he can run the second unit yes he’s a little bit small but you could put deuce on the all ball guard position and you have tyus Jones running that second unit for you I think that would be a good pickup also I still like Monte Morris man I I saw Monte Morris is on that list he was he was badly injured this year basically you could you you can’t even look at his stats this year because he didn’t come back until like literally the last couple weeks of the season but at full health he’s a guy who can shoot the three he’s tough he’s gritty he can defend he can playmake a little bit for you he’s a scrapper I think Monte Morris fits this next team perfectly again not splashy names we’re talking about the midlevel exception so we got to we got to put that in into perspective you got to put that in perspective we’re just if we’re talking about let’s say worst case scenario here not maybe not necessarily worst case for you but let’s say in a in one scenario where there’s no big name out there then you’re looking at the draft the midlevel and vet minimums to fill out the roster yeah CP3 I I think the CP3 ship is sailed the thought about three CP3 even when he left the Thunder and made it to ultimately made it to the Suns was that he wanted to stay on the west coast his family’s out there on the west coast he wants to stay out there on the west coast so I I I don’t see him coming back this way maybe he goes to the Lakers go back to the Clippers or something if he doesn’t make it with golden state Sacramento or something I don’t know I I don’t see cb3 coming east Marvin Smith trade for cruser I do that in heartbeat go get clay go get clay with the midlevel a Kay klay’s kind of wased I don’t know man you know take clay out take clay out of out out of his out of his pond so to speak what does he have left khed Pasa says his team’s going to be mid next year I there’s there’s no way you can even say that I don’t know why you would even say that I mean that’s your opinion but there’s no way shout out to Dylan chop Charles appreciate you man he says how do you feel about clay I mean Clay’s all right you know maybe Orlando offers him a little bit more or another team they say klay’s goingon to test the market I don’t know man clay clay he’s he’s he’s washed he’s all mopy and emotional I I need a dog we need dogs man give me a guy who’s hungry right now man y clay just all defeated and yeah look he’s done his days man but he had a a debilitating ACL a debilitating Achilles injury one championships already he’s done man he’s done he’s just moping around he wants to be on his boat I don’t see clay I don’t see clay as an option he looks done yeah I I agree with you guys he he looks pretty done but Tai I think tyus would be an option I like Monte Morris cororo in send a Super Chat $10 Super Chat I’m not sure if I’m pronouncing your name right it’s like k r and then uh some symbols says what are they going to do with Sims dude is a walking brick wall just needs to get his confidence up I mean Sims is a third string center right now it’s I don’t think that’s there’s any reason to uh worry about that he he he’s a third string Center you know so look you hope that Sims improves his game I’m a big Sims guy just personally I think he’s a good kid but hopefully he improves his game he’s working with our guy David Zenon they’ve been working together for a couple of of years now working on his offensive bag but I with him being like the third string guy I wouldn’t I’m not really worried about Sims s sims is is is uh is an afterthought for right now it’s not even going to play if if if everybody’s healthy so you know I I I don’t really I’m not really I don’t really see the big deal about Sims I’m not worried about him John pet in the chat says why these guys want the older guys at this point guys like Kay CP3 they’re just names you’re right you’re just names they’re definitely just names let me get to the uh to the phones I got some people on the chat want to talk to us 917 what’s your name where you calling in from this Mike from Queens Mike from Queens how you feeling Fam I’m all right I got a couple things right yep come closer to the phone if you un speaker phone take it off come closer to the phone can you hear me now much better all right no I was saying so we we we might hit the second apron so this is the time to make a trade right now and I feel like there’s no players that fit this roster that’s available or will be available and I know Mel Bridges is the name they keep throwing out there and I think that would be the best move but it don’t seem like that would be possible but if it was I wouldn’t give Randle up I’ll give as many picks as they want though they can have them all to him and if that doesn’t work I think DeAnthony Melton or Caruso you have to get yeah because for the backup point guard you need a combo guard because you want to him to play some of um behind Ragu and Jaylen Brunson so if you get a backup point guard how many minutes is Brunson gonna be on the bench 15 minutes to game you can’t have a guy come in and just play 15 minutes so you’re gonna need a combo guard okaye appreciate the call man I I I think there’s no shot at Macau Bridges I I put it out there on Twitter the other day I and you’ve been hearing me say it on the show Nicks and Nets have not traded since the 80s cross town Rivals don’t trade Giants Jets don’t trade Yankees Mets barely trade you don’t trade with your cross down rival especially when one it’s just dominating the headlines and dominating the city this city has one basketball team nobody cares about the Nets but they’re not going to get Macau Bridges man Caruso is a different story I would love to get Caruso in here Caruso is perfect for this team but there’s no chance and then you’re saying you wouldn’t trade Randall there’s no chance you’re not we’re not getting mcow Bridges here man I don’t I don’t see it anything’s possible I just don’t see it 518 what’s your name where you calling in from uh this is D from SKC Upstate New York Upstate New York how you feeling bro I’m doing well I watch a show all the time and uh uh from my end I’m real proud of you man and I I see nothing but good things for you I appreciate that man um yes uh I’ve been a Nick fan for well over 50 years and I’ve seen the ups and I I’ve seen the downs but in my opinion I think they should just just run it back because uh if anybody was really watching the the the Knicks were uh uh title contenders what they had I mean if not for the for the injuries I am uh you know I was always wondering whether they was going to go far uh second question I hear that people talk about the alltime nick nick players and it’s Brunson the best and he’s a beautiful story and I’m excited watching him but they really really don’t talk about Bernard King now Dominique Wilkins as well as the great Julius Irving once said that he’s that King was the only player that they feared and uh if not for the injuries and if they would have had time to get him and Patrick together and develop Patrick like they did yeah I I think that they would have won I mean just look how many people can drop 40 with not only fractured hands but slings on those yeah and I challenge anybody to say that that’s more incredible than even the the Jordan Flu Game I doubt that he would have been able to play with two uh things on his fingers and still able to dominate games like he did yeah but let me let me uh let you go I appreciate your talk and uh keep doing big things for us appreciate you man definitely appreciate the call man OG check it in from SKC upstate New York and and he’s he’s a Bernard guy through and through man salute salute to the king Bernard King Legendary Legendary player for the Knicks let’s get these highlights up man this this was the 1984 duel Bernard King and Isaiah let’s talk about it you know the only thing that that Doom Bernard was the injuries and the longevity with the Knicks so nobody that’s why guys like you fortunately the ogs who got to see him play can represent in the way that you do which is which is fantastic we got to do like a Bernard appreciation show hopefully we can get him on the show I’d love to get Bernard on the show but but if not we should do a round table Chuck gotta be in it and have some of our ogs maybe Greg Armstrong he was a big uh My Guy Greg Armstrong he was a big Bernard King guy maybe just have a round table and just let them cook you know unfortunately I would have loved to have seen Bernard in his prime un fortunately I didn’t but I would love to have fans really just go in on the uh on the the player that he was and yeah you say NBA players in his peers would tell you he cooked it’s incredible incredible player just didn’t have the longevity and yeah you know the the Y Bernard is is probably the biggest one of the biggest wha ifs in Nicks history Nicks have a ton of them what if they would have got Dr J what if they would have got Kareem what if they would have got wilt what if they would have got LeBron if you even want to put that in there what if they would have got Jordan but you know hey what what if they had the big two form between Bernard a healthy Bernard and and a Ying but do the Knicks even get a Ying if Bernard’s healthy so it’s just one of those things man just one of those things Yeah my two cents in chat says CP you need to get H back on kfv why he Co still can man it’s 90 with stories yeah I would love to man I would love to huie Brown is is one of my favorite analysts they need to put hu on the NBA Finals coverage because I don’t know what they doing with that that’s a separate story RIS to Breen you heard Jeff Van guny come out on on Mark Jackson show we’re going to do that that uh that recap as well Jeff was down and out after being fired from ESPN I think the NBA Finals announced team the NBA Finals coverage on the ESPN is is pretty terrible B bin is great Julius is going to be on tonight game five Julius Randle is gonna be on tonight on on their pregame show or I don’t know if he’s going to be on the whole show pregame or what but Julius will be on if you guys want to tap into that 561 what’s your name where you calling in from CP what’s up it’s D from flid courtesy of Brooklyn yo what’s good man how you feeling going on I’m chilling man hey I just wanted to chime in a little bit midlevel exception I agree we need a back uh backup point guard I like tyus Jones idea draft picks I know uh they ain’t going to get playing time but I think dun and wear are definitely worth picking and developing okay and what do you say not not to cut you off what do you say on uh with the D people saying he can’t shoot man they saying he’s in the construction business what do you say but here’s the thing CP his defense is Elite okay look at herb Jones when he came in right I think that’s something maybe you can develop okay but that 68 defense Elite defense I think that’s worth having around yeah you know and then you you hope that you can develop the shot he’s going to be a pick 24 25 so he shooting a do but I think it’s worth a shot you know you can’t teach defense true um as far as the trade CP I think Ingram I know people don’t like him he’s soft but 68 the man’s a bucket getter I think he’s worth a shot you know it depends what you got to give up same thing with uh deante Murray I think he’s someone that’s worth a shot yeah and here’s the last controversial take CP I got m everybody hate cat I get it he’s soft there’s no denying the man is skilled right the thing I like with him if we was on our team is he offers more defensive versatility than Julius Randall he was covering joic and I’m not saying he was locking him up but he gives us a little more defensive versatility I’m not saying I’m sold on making a deal okay but the man is skilled ain’t no question now if the money was the same would everybody be up and on arms over this if the money was a little similar I know he’s got a big contract but we could maybe trade that down the line we talk about his soft I get that but we got to remember when Julius Randle is not getting his way pouting and everything bad uh teammate when when we saw what we saw with him that’s kind of soft to me too so I’m not saying I don’t listen I like Julius but everyone just so opposed to cat and I get it I get the reason why but there’s no denying the man is skilled yeah and another another trade Target I I would uh wouldn’t mind Caruso and maybe wend Carter from the magic okay appreciate the call man call back anytime I guy checking in from Florida I mean yeah listen towns is talented there’s no there’s no denying his talent offensively um but is is that the trade that you want to make with the contract I I just look at towns as a small time player man I have a hard time seeing that defensive versatility I don’t see it man guy was melting in the playoffs I just pass and yes Julius still has a lot to prove I agree on that but I would prefer Julius right now I would you also talked about the jonay Murray I think that’s a move that the niick should explore talk about an Innings eater can he run the bench unit now yeah is is he going to want to come in and start most likely and the sample size with him and Trey didn’t work out would it be different with him and Brunson I’m int I’m I’m very much intrigued by that move wasn’t as much last year but I’m more sure this year just based on like you said or like the previous caller said where the Knicks are right now they they’re close they’re knocking on the door I think you do need to take a chance on some more Talent yeah fit you fit might not be ideal but hey that’s why we paying tibs and big bucks to figure it out and all these guys um who who else did he talk about Caruso yeah for sure Caruso definitely and on on the Ryan dun topic he says hey take a chance these things can change you can’t teach defense I agree the one thing I agree with and why you know I would not necessarily be totally averse to Ryan Dunn is because we need Wing depth as you saw when OG went down the Knicks were exposed they did not have enough Wing depth do you need more Wings get some more Wings in here so I wouldn’t mind a young defensive Scrapper but I just say can he can he just be a little bit average or better than average shooter that would be ideal that would definitely be ideal so to everybody in the chat once again hit that thumbs up button for you boys like share subscribe CP the fanchise here hope everybody is is having a fantastic Monday I certainly am once again if you guys are new in the chat leave me a hash new and I will shout you guys out let me get to this story real quick about what happened to me last week I I did I left you guys a little Cliffhanger last week um I believe it was Thursday or so let me get to this story of what happened to me last week and basically uh I was the victim of identity theft I was the victim of identity theft last week and it was a situation where in the cyber security 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doing big things and I wish you all the best you know I wish you more success um I do want to talk to you about this apron situation that um the Knicks are in because the way I’m looking at it you know a lot of people are talking about you know you know big names and I don’t know if we’ll be able to afford it when Bobby Marx you know came on to your show talking about how if you extend OG and hardenstein you’re already in the apron so you know and bringing back bovic and bringing back bonovich right and bringing back banovich right so this this is a perfect ex way into what I wanted to ask you which is what do you think is the biggest um priority when it comes to the situation is it moving bogdanovic or is it moving Mitchell Robinson or EV or even both just to you know make some space to you know have more flexibility in resigning OG resigning you know hartenstein and possibly bringing a role player yeah so that’s all I want to ask you thank you for your time thanks man thanks for the call and support yeah it would be moving that box donovich contract and if you have to move Mitch if you’re going if you know you’re going to keep hartenstein and you have to move Mitch then those would be the two moves that you’re going to have to make to bring in a role player and hopefully you’re getting an upgrade there because after that it’s going to be pretty difficult to make that move so that’s why the financial flexibility that you get with the hartenstein Contra with the with the bogdanovich contract you want to ideally keep him so that you can ultimately use that if you’re going to make a trade like let’s say they’re going to make a trade for Deon Murray let’s say let’s just say you’re going to want that 19 million you’re going to want to use that that that 19 mil so uh it’s going to get a little bit tricky here man as as they move closer but now I have another question for you CP as far as the bonovich contract I mean you we know that he’s injury-prone you know realistically in a trade between you know let’s say the nexts in the Hawks for you know Murray okay the salaries may work but like what else do you see us giving up you know in order to get a dejon Murray on the team probably like three picks two three picks you know based on lot do that you know what the nigs be so pressed again the the motivation may change based on this window kind of closing in terms of when you have the most flexibility to make another move like maybe there was a report out there I believe it was Fred Katz who said that the two teams did talk during the trade deadline but nothing came close so they were talking but it seems like the Hawks wanted more than what the Knicks were willing to give up my question is does that are they more motivated now to make that move given where they are looking at now in terms of resigning OG resigning ihart getting Bruns in his bag and then ultimately making a decision on Julius maybe that changes yeah that’s a good point because you know you know I don’t want to be left holding the bag here you know we guarantee you know boy bonovich but then we don’t have a team to move them to sure you know so that’s the other you know s sort of risky part of it but um yeah that was all thank you so much CP for asking my question call in anytime man you know keep doing your thing appreciate the call appreciate the call man so to everybody in the chat once again hit that thumbs up button for you boys like share and subscribe make sure you guys are tapping in man shout out to um all my fanchise Chann members in the chat if you are in here uh leave me a custom Emoji man leave me a custom emoji in the chat we we’ll shout you guys out to the Discord we go dark horse what’s going on Dark Horse hey CP can you hear me yep how you doing man happy Monday hey happy Monday hey um yeah I want to talk some Nicks but I had a question about uh about Aura do does that come with a a VPN too yeah so the yeah the individual yeah you you’ll get the VPN as well man so so you’ll get access to the the full suite for the 14-day free trial okay so it does come in the VPN all right I’m about about to sign up then for the Knicks so I’ve been going back and forth I actually think it might in a weird way make more sense to kind of just run it back with what we got because you know and IQ is actually was my favorite player but we had like a major trade like halfway through the season so we don’t really know what this team looks like with like a full offseason program and they had that one and the injuries obviously but we had that run with Randall OG and Brunson fully healthy and we’re on fire so um yeah I think I think kind of running it back and maybe doing like a tweak trade in the season makes more sense because we have really good books really good um picks you know we’re very flexible and uh I believe in the direction we’re going yeah I think you know with with the running back stuff I intend to see 80% of this roster back your core is going to be back it’ll be Brunson I don’t see a big Randle trade coming I think they bring OG back iHeart we’ll see I think but I still I still think he’ll be there Divan chenzo hard like all these guys are going to be back so you you’re talking about do they make one big upgrade or do they just use midlevel get the backup point guard use the draft picks get something else use the vet minimum get something else like it’ll be that but I think your your core is still going to be intact so they’ll be back yeah but and what I’m getting at is like if they did a major trade like even if they keep Randall like I don’t want to get rid of De Enzo n those guys aren’t going nowhere right now nah yeah so I’m with you there but even banovich Bogi was playing like really well for during the playoffs yeah um one of those stretch so I think even even he’s a contributor yeah I I I agree man appreciate the call my je hey appreciate you all right and star course on the check-in uh NBA Finals game five postgame show join us on the NBA report tonight after the game will the mass make it interesting or will Boston be raising Banner number 18 man uh am Morris on the Discord go ahead and unmute your mic okay okay what’s good who’s this M from Brooklyn first time caller this guy you know we’re talking about the cyber security stuff you kind of impersonated my guy Dan from New Jersey but I outed you quickly man I knew I knew you weren’t him that’s a Dominic that’s a Dominican thing I know I know I know I know know’s I know man listen yeah I got I got a trade if not then I think we should run it back we we should bring uh buggy back and and and just sign out a point guard so come off the bench so Robinson couple of Tricks couple of picks and and and buggy for um all his name blew off my mind right now uh um um from from the Clippers um who kawh Leonard no no no no no um he’s a free agent oh my God George poor George exactly so po George couple of pcks we leave the F started the way it is then just put put uh uh the big Ru on the bench and that’s it I think we if we do that we we don’t need nothing else we’ll be good everything will be fine the way we were playing on January it would be even better if we bring po George into the rotation uh if not if that doesn’t come through then sign everybody back run it back and in the middle of the Season we could get something for buy that’s it okay appreciate the call man have a good day man I’m gonna get back to this lunch man how your boy uh Maurice on the Discord all right shout at him that that trade’s not g to happen um I don’t see Paul George in the next future I I don’t think it’s it’s a move that the Knicks would make an injury-prone older Paul George then have to give him the bag and the sign and trade and not for that you’re not getting him for you’re not getting him for that of course not especially with with Mitch at 15 and Boon at 19 that’s 35 you got to think Paul George wants at least in the 40s 40 something but uh yeah not either way man it’s you know it’s not even worth talking about they’re not going to get Paul George for that I think Paul George and CP3 all these he’s I think he’ll be staying West probably with the Clippers or maybe he goes to Philly I don’t know maybe got feel Joey stiletto TV says Ora got I’m [Laughter] scared my man Maurice you got you got a couple tomatoes in the chat man call back anytime call back anytime the chat was not really feeling that trade proposal respect shaon hang up call back any time just just that just wasn’t it garon Victor in the Facebook Chat salute man salute salute all right uh let me see let me see who else we got here on the uh on the phones 917 what’s your name where you calling in from besides this guy’s after lunch he’s got all kind of commotion 917 917 hello you hear me yes yes loud and clear now I can oh sorry about that CP I was putting on my airpods but listen yes I have this theory that about something that the Knicks can do when it comes to the upcoming draft let’s talk about it people are yeah people are really sure that the Knicks are not going to use all picks on to pick any players because you know fiz doesn’t like to pick young players or whatever the case may be but one Theory I have is that they can draft three players with all those with those three picks that they have create a young core that some other team cor where we about developing and use Mitch and unfortunately McBride to try to trade for somebody if somebody is available because at the end of the day you can’t trade for nobody that is not available okay however the whole run it back crew they don’t seem to understand that if you run it back and you bring back everybody at the end of the day you’re going to be a second a team and it’s going to be even more difficult to make a trade for that dis gruntal superstar that might come up or whatever the case may be that so I am not trying to run it back and be in the second second apron for boyan banovich yeah okay like I need I need some I need somebody somebody else who’s worth who’s a lot more worther than that you know what I mean yeah but yeah like I like yeah I get it you know we won on a good run in January and all that stuff we Face we fac some you know title contending teams but we also fac some teams that were not all that you know what I mean so let’s not overrate that run that we went on because at the end of the day anything can get hot in the NBA that’s just the way the NBA works yeah true true story for yeah so for the running back people you guys gotta understand that if the NS bring everybody back including picking up Bo um option the fact is we’re going to be a second apron team and it’s going to be for who for Bo McDon is a guy who I don’t know like in Detroit he was making every shot hitting every three yeah he’s old now whatever the case may be yeah but then he gets to New York and all of a sudden he forgets how to shoot he doesn’t I don’t know man sometimes he was just borderline unplayable you ask yeah yeah now you’re right man appreciate the call man yeah call call back anytime um yeah I think they’re gonna use that bonov his contract and really try to make a trade yes worst come to worst you can keep them like my man said would it be ideal to have him in here and then you know be a second apron team not ideal do they keep all three draft picks anything is possible I think they’re going to because they’re still going to have the midlevel they’re still going to have uh some exceptions to be able to use vet minimums tibs wants more vets than kids even though if you can get a a ready plug-and-play kid in the draft he could get a a couple minutes here and there in the rotation back into the rotation so we’ll see Nicks have always tried to package up you know in drafts where they have multiple picks try to package things up move up or maybe move back kick the tie punt for a couple years I think it could be that situation especially if they’re not feeling the overall crop of this draft we’ll just have to wait and see what happens on the 26th and 27th of this month it’s coming up in 10 days and like I said we’ll have our second edition of our NBA draft Q&A tomorrow with my guy Chris LeBron Chris outstanding in his draft coverage make sure you guys tap into that and come armed with questions come armed with questions my guy Crystal br will be ready for you 347 close us out today man on this lunchtime Monday edition of Nick’s weekly how you feeling oh what’s good CP um hello okay my name is Eric by the way salute man just speak a little closer in the phone good good sure good um I was just calling cause um well it’s my first time calling by a longtime fan sure um I was just calling C um my thing is I I like Mitch but um the durability factor is the thing that gets to me and I personally prefer iHeart over Mitch just because of the durability plus we’re still getting the rebounds and we’re getting better shots with him that’s like my personal opinion yeah I I I agree man you know the injury history is is definitely a a concern um and it’s just like it’s almost automatic now that like you can pretty much expect Mitch to miss time and Mitch if you’re watching you know you my guy man you know you we always got to preface that cuz Mitch he he he takes the the business side of basketball he he doesn’t take it as well and and as he shouldn’t it’s hard to to hear your name come up in in in trade talks and hear fans want to trade you and stuff like that but it’s just the reality of the business everybody’s not going to be along for the ride and the Nicks at a point where the way ihart is playing and and and the way Mitch is going with the injuries and the investment that they made it’s it’s hard you can’t keep both long term it doesn’t it wouldn’t make sense to keep both long term you know it it it would not make sense to keep both long term so we’re going to have to wait and see what happens now if I if ihart dips then you’re probably going to have to keep Mitch and then maybe bring precious back to ensure you continuity Mitch gives you the rim protection gives you the defense of of course and the rebounding for sure but it it’s another risk salute to Eddie LeBron hash grind salute to you man salute to you so anyway that um that that’s that’s pretty much it there okay I see my guy seu in the discords we’ll wrap up with him I rock with seu that’s my guy seu on the Discord go ahead and unmute your mic when you when you get a chance then I really gotta eat lunch some star SE are you there yo CP how you feeling God is good man happy to be here man all the time I’m listening to your take man and I was actually just about to call in on there about the Mitch over ahart and I gotta respectfully disagree with you okay I think I think people forgetting what Mitchie was doing before he got hurt and I understand your point definitely 100% Mitchie is definitely injury prone injury prone but when he was healthy playing for us he was leading the league in offensive rebounds he was probably the top GM protector in the league uh a great lob threat between him and Brunson so I think we need to like kind of remember that and if we get rid of our heart I’m thinking that precious or even Sims might be ready man to be as a backup don’t get me wrong Sims has a backup and and precious could hold it down so um what’s your thoughts on that man I’m feeling Mitch should definitely be the priority over ahart let me know you think I just I just can’t see it man because playoffs is an endurance test and what he was doing at that time when healthy is not who he was in in in April and May he he didn’t get there and all it takes for bch is land on somebody’s foot up out of there weeks sprain ankle this this time it was a it was more structural damage in his ankle he broke a foot it like it’s just how he’s built so at this point it’s like yeah at at potential he’s great and when he’s on he’s on but at this point when we see how much of a grind how much it takes to get to the playoffs we heard Jaylen Brunson on the the Taylor Rooks interview talk about when the playoffs hits everybody is injured everybody is hurt so the thing is it’s like are are we going to put could we really rely on him to get through games 82 and Beyond we haven’t seen it yet haven’t seen it yet right what what happened in the Hawk series what would we say if a healthy Mitch right now last year he was there last year he was there this year not so much I don’t know you don’t think you don’t think if Mitch goes down between a third year Sims and a reass surge uh preious C holda down as a backup yeah pre pressures will be fine he’s going to get overpowered in certain matchups I think he’s he’s better off def in force Sims I don’t really see I don’t think Sims is ready I think Sims is really break glass in case of emergency it’s not to say that Mitch is Expendable but at this point when you’re looking at your cap and the and the and the consideration and the restrictions here when you’re building your team you have to be cognizant of how much you’re going to put in in on on assets on certain players because the Knicks do have needs elsewhere you got what I’m say man thanks for taking my call my brother man see your point peace Brother appreciate the call and so the thing the thing with Mitch is like again it’s just will he be there for you yes people won’t say yes he played well against Philly he did he did play well he plays well when he’s on the court it’s not that he can’t play has nothing to do with his performance and production it’s will he be there for you in the big spot when you when you need him to down the stretch we haven’t seen it so far consistently and maybe is he better suited to come off the bench at this point because how many minutes are you really going to play him there’s something to think about man uh CL Clon in the chat I don’t think we beat the 76 and six games without Mitch even if he did not play again it’s not a out production zero to do with production you have to figure out when when you’re getting closer to that second apron you have to figure out who who is uh necessity and who may need to be utilized to help us Shore up some other weaknesses everybody can’t come along for the ride that’s all I’m saying I rock with Mitch heavy I would love to see him be here and maybe he is if if iHeart leaves but when you when you’re considering these this this new CBA in the second apron you’re going to have casualties man that’s just how it’s going to work out that’s just how it’s going to play out you’re going to have casualties so there it is man salute to everybody in the chat once again hit that thumbs up button for you boys um once again NBA Finals coverage tonight after game five go ahead and tap in on the NBA report uh tomorrow we got Chris LeBron on the NBA draft Q&A Wednesday we’ll be back on Bleacher Report we’re going to talk about our top trade candidates and then Thursday uh Kenny Albert Kenny Albert coming through to talk about his book a mic for All Seasons man make sure you guys hit that subscribe button share this video like share subscribe remember that this show is available in audio podcast format no reason to miss it we’re aailable a on all audio podcast formats make sure you guys tap into that and we’ll see you guys uh tomorrow man remember to support our sponsors as well man click the link below sign up for aura’s 14-day free trial and we’ll see you guys tomorrow man peace

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