Kirk Goldsberry

But that's where I'm zeroing in as a clutch.

And Jalen Brunson in this core does deserve the respect for winning big games in the clutch.

I think they were 21 and 13 in clutch games this year.

And that's where I think there is a real weakness with Atlanta, especially on offense.

So I'm picking the Knicks in large part because of close games at the end.

I think they're going to be a lot of them

I just like the DNA at the end of games of the Knicks better.

Yeah, I agree.

I think Atlanta will win one, two, or three games in this series, and you could see a world where they'd win four games.

I mean, I think Quinn Snyder with the chance to really zero in on how to minimize Cat or defend the pick and roll with his incredible defensive options, by the way.

Dyson Daniels, one of the best options.

Nikhil Alexander-Walker, Jalen Johnson.

Kong Wu himself, just length everywhere, athleticism everywhere.

And we're going from checkers to chess and you're exactly right.

Jalen Brunson in the pick and roll in that March game, just diced up this defense, um, both with cat and Mitchell Robinson as his pick and roll partner in that game.

Um,

I will give Quinn Snyder a little bit of grace here and expect him to be smarter about how he guards that action in a playoff series where that's all he has to worry about for two weeks.

And if he can slow that down, I think they have a chance because this team has, again, the way you look at this since the All-Star Breakback, Atlanta is fourth in net rating, 11th in offense, and second in defense.

The post-Trey Young Atlanta Hawks are not...

the October Atlanta Hawks by any means.