James Dolan

The Charlotte Hornets.

So we can't act like slumps in January are exclusive to the Knicks or this proves there's something flawed with the team.

They suck right now.

I'm not going to defend them.

And we can go through all the aspects of their suckiness right now.

But over the course of a long NBA season where, yes, now we have an NBA Cup mixed in the middle.

I can't look at it and say, ah, a bunch of frauds.

Again, the Thunder are 6-6 in their last 12, and they lost by 27 to the Hornets last night.

Do you think they're panicking in Oklahoma City?

No, not at all.

I don't know what they're talking about in Oklahoma City, actually.

Probably the Sooners and what's going on with the portal.

Here's the thing, though, with the Knicks, Evan.

We're not used to this because the Tom Thibodeau Knicks kept their pedal to the metal, and they owned January and February.

Here we go.

No, no, no, but it's true.

And this is what always we would argue about and that would come back to haunt the Knicks when they ran out of gas in the playoffs.

So, you know what?

If they're going through a malaise now and Josh Hart's not playing now and maybe Carl Anthony Towns is, you know, whatever, floating around, I think that the Knicks have graduated to the point where we can expect them to flip a switch come the playoffs.

I do.