Zach Lowe

And just, you know, if Mikhail Bridges is over there, you know, we'll figure that out.

He's Victor Wamedyama.

And I don't think it's going to be as simple as go five shooters and he guards Cat and now our offense is opened up.

I don't think it's going to be that simple.

All that said...

I think the Knicks are ready for this.

I think the biggest reason for Knicks optimism is that the Knicks have seen, even though they haven't seen a defender like Wimbinyama, they've seen so many different kinds of defenses against them and particularly against Hart and against Kat.

switching the Brunson-Katt pick-and-roll, roaming off Hart, whatever it is, that they are in such a rhythm with all the different answers to those questions.

You mentioned starting Brunson off the ball.

Like, even, okay, fine, you're going to switch the Brunson-Katt pick-and-roll.

They know that ahead of time, and they'll run it, and Katt will lock the guy on his back who switches onto him.

They'll swing it over to Josh Hart on the wing, and Josh Hart will hit Katt on the roll, and they'll get your defense.

They are just so...

They are ready to answer the question before you even ask it.

And they're in such a good rhythm with everybody touching the ball and everyone getting the defense in a blender.

And this blender is the hardest one to beat in the league because of the guy at the back line of it.

And he's going to beat, you can do all sorts of fancy shit and everyone touches it twice and cuts.

And then it doesn't matter.

But I think the Knicks have a lot of, are just ready for this challenge.

And part of it is,