Kirk Goldsberry

So just a lap around the track on Mitch here.

If you had to pick one player, if you're a Knicks fan, to break their pinky and still play, that's the guy, to your point about the free throw numbers.

He's not Jalen Brunson's pinky we're talking about out there.

But he is really good for two reasons.

One, I think he is a tremendous vibe shift on the glass.

And then two, our man Cat is a human foul, right?

He is the human whistle.

That's a big X factor.

Yeah.

And against Wemby, who has drawn 44 fouls in the six games, so that's over seven a game.

There will be whistles in the front court if it's the Spurs.

And if nothing else, Mitchell Robinson has six more fouls for the New York Knicks front court to have to play with against a Wemby or a Hartenstein-Chet combo that'll be a much better combo when Wemby's not there.

So this is a big deal.

Who should they be?

I would definitely say they want to see the inexperienced team that they beat, the San Antonio Spurs.

Yeah, I think if there's one red flag, it's like, man, I bet the Spurs and Thunder wish they could have played the Sixers and Cavs in these games.

in these last two rounds.

But, you know, that's... I'll tell you this.

Well, that's what I keep thinking about analytically.

And I'm like, yes, okay.