Frank Isola

I think there was a big moment in the series where Carmelo drives baseline and Roy Hibbert comes over and snuffs him out at the rim.

And then Lance Stevenson goes off over the next like four minutes.

I think the Knicks would have gone up seven if Carmelo had converted that dunk.

Lance Stevenson has like the last, you know, had this great three minutes.

The Knicks get eliminated and you basically didn't hear from Carmelo or the Knicks again for basically a decade.

That Roy Hibbert block at the rib like changed everything for Carmelo in New York and certainly for the Knicks.

Yeah, well, you said they're deeper.

So Jordan Clarkson, they added, he plays.

Landry Fields last year, they had to cut him before the season because he was having shoulder surgery.

Then he returned, and Mitchell Robinson only played 17 games.

You know, the same Knick fans that were clamoring for Tyler Kolek to play last year more into Tom Thibodeau, he didn't play this year.

You know, it was much different.

They had Campaign playing, who just recently got cut

from Philadelphia.

You had Precious Achua, who was, you know, on a, what, 22-win Sacramento team.

So I think the big difference with the Knicks is Mitchell Robinson.

He played 17 games last year.

He was on a minutes restriction when he came back.

He makes all the difference in the world for them.

If they're going to go to the finals, Mitchell Robinson's going to be a big part of it.