Stacey King

I may even bring a Shea Gildress imposter in there holding the MVP trophy just to make him so mad because you saw what happened when that first game, when he got that award and how pissed he was about it. He looked like a totally different player. And when you have that kind of mindset, that's got to carry over every single game. You have to have that mindset. I'm pissed I didn't get MVP. Game two, game three, game four, game five. And you want, when this series is over, you want to show the world

Like Olajuwon did David Robinson. You want to show the world there's levels to this game. And I'm on your level, and you're not on my level. And I think when you disappear in games like he has, yeah, we can say, oh, he's young, he's learning all this stuff. But...

You can't pick and choose when you want to turn it on, not when you're in the Western Conference Finals. 82 games, you can do that. But when you got a seven-game series and you're going up against the defending world champions, you have to bring that same energy, that same fight every single night, as well as your teammates, because you're the leader of that team. They're looking at you. They're saying, okay, like we looked at Michael Jordan, like, okay, MJ, what are we doing?

OK, MJ is confident. MJ is thorough what he's doing. He's prepared. He's going to go out there. He got killer mode on. So guess what? We flipped that switch and we got killer mode on. If you're Wimby, you have to be like you were in game one. Killer instinct because your players are looking not only looking at you, they're looking up to you to give them direction and guidance. If you don't come and bring it, 24 points, 22 rebounds. Look at the games they've won where he's dominated.

They dominate. Stephon Castle plays well. Champagny's hitting shots. Guys play well. But when your leader is out there kind of like floating around, not being aggressive, then you start to play a little bit like him. Whispers, what's good on the Internet? I see you looking at your computer. I know that we've kind of froze you out here. What's going on? You don't want to know, Mark. It's X-rated, Mark. It's not news. It's my own issues. There's a lot of them, okay? You making business deals while we're doing this show? Yeah, trying to.

Now, where do you sit? Are you like in pit row? Yeah, right in pit row. See, America, that's what happens when you have money and you own a company. You get to sit pit row. The rest of us would have to sit up in the nosebleed section and get hit by tires that are coming off cars. That happens.

They used to have influence, Timmy Whispers. He's not just a quiet guy sitting at the end of the table. And he sponsored one of the vehicles out there. It was a moped. And it had a Teller Ray banner on it. It was a little moped. It was like it was electric bikes. And then you know how the pace car goes? Yeah.

Well, they tried to let the little electric car, the electric little bike go, but it ran out of electricity. So Tim didn't get to, everybody didn't get to see his sponsorship, but he took a picture, America. It's going to be on Instagram. I'll put it up for you. I thought you said you sponsored the Wienermobile race on Friday. Right, of course. Oh, the Wienermobile. All about sponsoring big wieners.

Wow, okay, America. That's a little bit too much information right there. I'm sorry, we're a health care company. We sponsor the safety car. We want to shout out our presenting sponsor, our good friends at St. Xavier University. Glad to have them on board. If you're looking forward to making your plans for your higher education plans, reach out at sxu.edu. Tell them the folks at Give Me the Hot Sauce podcast sent you, and they'll take great care of you as you look to expand your horizons. I think I'm going to go to law school. voice-verified

Like Shaquille O'Neal got his master's degree from LSU. Do you think he actually completed the coursework? Listen, I'm not going to say anything because Shaq's my boy. And Shaq, I might run into Shaq somewhere, and he might hear this clip. Shaq, boy, way to go, boy. Way to go, boy. Congratulations. Congratulations, big fella. I'm joining you, but I might be a doctor. I might be Dr. King. That's right. Yes. You know what kind of doctor I want to be?

Oh, I'm sorry, America. It slipped a little bit. I'm sorry. Oh, it's the heat. It's the heat. Oh, it's hot outside. Well, we talked about the Western Conference Finals, and the Knicks made short work of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks have won, what is it now, 11 straight playoff games going into the finals, and their average margin victory is like 19 points. It's really kind of a historic run, and people are still thinking they don't have much of a chance in the NBA. voice-verified

Listen, I love Jalen Brunson. That's my guy. Yeah, we had him on the show. You know what I'm saying? He's a little boy, and I'm happy for him because it just proves to people, and that's why I say you got to be careful in this draft, judging people and putting people in holes and say, this guy can't do this, this guy can't do that, he's too small. When this kid was coming out,

He's not big enough. He's not athletic. He's got short arms. He can't get to the rim and finish. He's the worst free agent signing in the history of basketball. He's not worth all the money they're going to pay. It's clear. You can go back and see it. Everything that everybody said about him, this is a kid that's proved everybody wrong at every single level. And there's something about a kid that,

who, number one, has won at every stop he's been at. High school state championship, college championship, a couple of them. He was a starting guard on those two teams. And now he's put New York in position to be able to win a championship. And I tell you what, man, I kind of doubted New York at first as far as, like, will they be able to compete against the two teams that are in the Western Conference Finals? I'm going to be honest with you. I would not be surprised if New York beats either one of those teams.

They're going to get a lot of rest. I will not be surprised because one of the areas that I've been really watching with them is how consistent they are defensively. They got guys that can neutralize the other team's star player. Josh Hart does not get the credit that he deserves.

You need a Josh Hart if you're going to win a championship. You know, he may not be the most consistent shooter. His numbers are much better than they were with Peter Patton there. You know, we had Peter Patton here in Chicago, and he changed a lot of guys' shots, and he's done the same thing in New York. And with Josh Hart, who was like a 20-something percent three-point shooter, now he's a 40 percent three-point shooter going into this last season. But defensively, him and Mikael Bridges –

and OG Adinobi, those three guys can lock up anybody. Anybody. And then you get, you know, Cat being a distributor, rebounding. You get Jalen Brunson. My biggest concern with Jalen was, is what is he going to do when he's being attacked? What is he going to do defensively? Because the year before, that was one of the areas that really hurt them.

Both him and Cat were the two, you know, I don't want to say they're the worst defenders, but they weren't good defenders last year, and they got exposed for that in pick-and-roll situations. But Jalen will give you effort, and I think he's a prideful kid. I think he recognized, like, hey, you know what? At the end of the day, it was me. I let my team down defensively, and he's made a much concerted effort to be better defensively this year. Look at the charges he's taken. Like, he leads their team in taking charges. Cat's rebounding like a madman, and he's still scoring.

I think where they're going to have a problem, if it's Oklahoma City, it's not with Shea Gilders. I think they're going to be able to slow Shea down. Yeah, they'll put that in OB. It's going to be the two bigs for Oklahoma City, how active they are. And you got Hartenstein, who's motivated to play against the Knicks because they let him go in the free agent market. So he's going to have extra motivation. And those two guys, I think, along with the other Jalen Williams,

that could be a problem to play. But I tell you what, Mitchell Robinson, he has come in and looked extremely well defensively, rebounding. They did the hack of Mitch, you know, and then sent him to the line. He knocked down free throws. But they, I'm telling you, New York,

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