Fred Katz

They all started to speak a lot more honestly with each other about things they wanted to accomplish.

And, and this team, not just Kat, everybody, this team found a connectivity that showed off so much.

And, and my favorite thing about baseball compared to other sports I love, you know, I love baseball or basketball is

Compared to other sports I love, you know I love baseball.

But baseball, it's like, if you've got a team of all average players, you're probably 81 and 81.

And basketball, if you've got a team of all average players, you might be 32 and 50, and you might be 50 and 32.

And it really just depends on how all of those average players play.

play with each other.

And the Knicks are not a team of all average players.

They're a team of tremendous talent, but they're also a team that is significantly better than whatever their aggregate talent is because they were able to create that connectivity.

And Cat was a ginormous, ginormous part of that, especially starting in game four of the

Atlanta series, especially in the Philly series, especially in the Cleveland series, especially like you say, those first two games against San Antonio and Jalen Brunson is not hitting shots, like not hitting shots.

And Kat, the first half of game two in San Antonio is, is other than Brunson game five is, is probably the best half anybody played in that entire series.

Yeah, I don't know.

That something did or didn't happen.

I have asked that question to so many guys in that locker room and now they won the title.

Maybe it'll be easier to get a real answer out of it because they're, they're going to look back on this as just like every single thing was a step towards that got you towards greatness.

And there's only going to be positive memories from this season for these guys.

And so maybe they're more likely to talk about it.

The answer that I've consistently gotten when I've asked just like, what