Mike Ryan

Really odd to see the Knicks have the best stretch of basketball I've ever seen a basketball team have because they're playing a different form of basketball than they played 20 years ago.

I think that people are going to knock SGA, not because numerics, not just because of numbers and time.

They're going to knock him because of the flopping and the Oscar awards and the getting 12 free throws a game and averaging...

What's his streak at now of 20-plus point games?

140-something because he's always going to get 12 of them at the free throw line.

And he's going to get them whether he deserves them or not.

He's going to get them because he's the one handling the ball all the time and flopping around out there.

I do believe they will discount him that way, but he's won two MVPs.

And it's really hard to make the argument for him individually over Jokic, I believe.

Just...

I'm doing that, though, based on style of play.

I'm not doing that just on numbers.

I know that Jokic is earning it.

He's not getting any of it cheap.

He's doing it all with mastery.

He's not inflating his numbers by 12 points a game because he's flopping around.

He's always on the floor.

I should have mentioned that the streak came to an end of 20-point games in the last one with 19 points.

I mean, we are obsessed with the executives, but two MVPs before the age of 27, that usually locks you in as an immortal for all time.

And that no one can basically slice you from any angle if you're a champion and two-time MVP.