Danny Parkins

They still have Caruso.

They still have Hartenstein.

Everyone they put on the court is a plus defensive player.

Shea, one of the great scorers in the NBA.

I think they are and obviously now they know what it takes to be a champion having won it last year here's SGA talking about the chance at a repeat and what's in front of the Thunder I think just going through last year and realizing like that's so far down the line like so many things are going to happen before we get to the finals clinching game um

So, like, yeah, it's cool.

It's an opportunity.

To have the opportunity to repeat an easy one before, so it's cool.

Yeah, I'll keep it there.

Like, it's so far.

So many things have to go our way that aren't under control, and so many things we have to control that are hard to control at this level.

Well, I expect them to get to that finals clinching game and cap off one of the great two-year runs in NBA history.

Only the two seasons around the 73-win Warriors season and then the year before the 70-win Bulls season did a team have more than the two-year total of wins that the Thunder had this year.

132 wins for the Thunder over the last two seasons, and I'm expecting back-to-back championships and back-to-back MVPs for SGA.

But if this is a coronation for the Thunder and for Shea, I'm expecting it to be a last act for the New York Knicks.

Because, listen, I'm here in New York.

It's a basketball town.

And the Knicks are good.

They're just not good enough.

They have done a very impressive job of building a likable team, led by Jalen Brunson, that plays hard, that brings the celebrities out to Madison Square Garden, makes the playoffs, and wins a lot of playoff games.