Zach Lowe

who was starting over Julian Champagny, that was a seismic change the Spurs made, a gutsy one, and one that has really unlocked their team, in part because it really made it more complicated for teams to put their big men on anybody other than Wenbenyama.

And the Spurs want opposing centers on Wenbenyama because of their difficulty in tracking him around the floor.

That option is gone at the start of games for the Knicks.

So that's why I wouldn't be surprised if they just started traditionally and put Cat on Wenbenyama.

Which, by the way, would have the benefit of sometimes Wemba Nyama would be stuck on Cat on the other end of the floor.

And I think as many times as the Knicks find that, they should go to Cat pick and pops and just try to get open threes, try to get pump and go drives, try to maybe draw some fouls on Wemba Nyama.

But if they could go the other way and just start with Anadolbe on them right away.

And then the question is, where do you put Cat?

I don't really know what the answer is.

I don't think Vassell's a great hiding spot.

I don't think Fox is a great hiding spot.

I don't think Champagny's a great hiding spot, although that's where the Thunder had Chet.

And Stephon Castle has proven, like, it's not going to really work that well on me as Donovan Klingin.

So what would you do if you were the Knicks?

Well, I was going to say, if he starts on Wemby, what is the over-under on foul one?

I'm going to set it at – and I'm being kind of serious.

I'm going to set it on two minutes and 15 seconds into game one.

Fouls aside, cat has been very good defensively in the playoffs.

Yeah.

the danger of putting cat on champagne is not so much that like champagne explodes, although he did have 11 threes in one game against the Knicks this year, the one game, this first one.