Boomer & Gio
Hour 3 - Knicks Championship Outlook, NFL Draft, McLean & Judge From WBC Post
18 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN. Boomer and Geo coming to you live from the Build Forward Tough studio on the fan and CBS Sports Network. Red Pocket Mobile fan line is brought to you by your new ultimate cell carrier, Red Pocket Mobile, which is 888-808-1019. Early in the season, the basketball regular season, which drags on too long like every other regular season, You used a phrase.
You said that the wins of a championship are at the Knicks' back. Yes. You said that several times. Yes. You can feel the wins of a championship at the back of the New York Knicks. As we sit here today, because I haven't heard you say it in a long time, March 18th, are the wins still a-blowing? Yes. As strong as they were in the beginning of the season?
They are, because they're in the middle of a stretch of their season with 12 games to go where they should win nine of these 12 games. That means nothing. They're beating up terrible teams. Listen, last night for Josh Hart, that's a big night. Even though it's a terrible team, it's a big night for him. He knows he can shoot, he can score.
Chapter 2: What championship outlook do the hosts have for the Knicks?
There's a balance to the team, and I do think that there is a toughness to the players that when the playoffs start. I really believe that. I believe that Mikael Bridges is a winning player. I believe that Josh Hart is a winning player. He can't shoot right now, Bridges. Yeah, I understand that. But he's going to hit big shots in the playoffs, I'm telling you.
And I do like some of the pickups that they have, and I keep telling you that they went and got guys that I thought were really tough guys that were going to be able to make a difference if they have to come off the bench. And I just, I don't know, I feel like this is a team that has realistic expectations.
Now, look, they can run into an OKC team in the championship or, you know, they can run into a really hot Detroit team in the Eastern Conference championship. Who knows what Jason Tatum is going to do to the Boston Celtics now that he's back and playing. I mean, it's not going to be easy.
I know that for a fact, but I do know that I'd like to see Boston and Detroit play each other before the Knicks had to play them. Yeah, that would be great. I tried to play the Cavaliers with Harden. Yeah, I 100% could not agree more with that assessment. You know, I think that, and I'm trying to find the... That would be the second round of the playoffs.
I'm trying to find the latest of the odds for the Eastern Conference because they've been all over the place, the odds for... the Eastern Conference and who ends up winning the conference and going to the NBA Finals. So, yeah, now the Knicks are ahead of the Pistons. So, I mean, the Celtics are still plus 180. They are the favorites now. The Tatum is back. The Cavaliers plus 280 now.
And the Knicks plus 440. Pistons plus 470. So, that's what... The odds makers think that the Celtics are the prohibitive favorite to make it out of the Eastern Conference, and I can't blame anybody for thinking that. Don't you remember we were talking about him coming back about a month ago? Of course. How could I forget?
And saying that it was going to be a 10-month rehab and that because he had the surgery done the next morning after he had injured himself, That I believe like he went to the best doctor possible. And that's the same doctor that Kevin Durant went to. The same doctor that my son-in-law Matt Martin went to for his ankle injury. Why don't you say his name? Marty O'Malley. Yeah. Unbelievable doctor.
Doesn't mess around with, you know, speed bridges and all this other crap. I mean, he does it the right way. And you're now seeing that a player can come back. Within 10 months, if he does the right rehab, takes care of himself, and gets the surgery done as quickly as possible. And Marty O'Malley, not the doctor that told you to take the garlic pill, right? No, no, no. He's an ankle doc.
He's an orthopedic surgeon. Yeah, yeah. I guess that's orthopedic. I don't know. What is that? Tendon surgery? I guess... I don't know. I'm learning more and more about injuries these days and tendons and stuff than I ever knew because there's more athletes I think hurt than ever. Think about some of these things that we never even ever talked about. Injuries on players.
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Chapter 3: What are the latest updates on the NFL Draft?
Now, it could be Caleb Downs, the safety that has a degenerative ACL or whatever they're calling it. I mean, the kid is a great football player. I mean, you can see it. Every time you watch Ohio State, there's Caleb Downs. There's Caleb Downs. There's Caleb Downs. There's Arvel Reese. They're always in the picture of making the tackle. Yep.
I mean, so both of these players and this kid, Sonny Stiles, all these kids are great players coming out of Ohio State. And the question is that the GM has to ask himself is do I want to take a chance on a potential red flag injury that could come back to haunt us three years from now?
Well, that was the talk about Abdul Carter leading up to the draft that that foot injury was going to be a problem. And some of these things I don't necessarily fully believe because a lot of this stuff will get leaked.
So a team that thinks that they don't have an opportunity to draft a guy unless something happens, things will get out there and then they'll fall and they'll have an opportunity to draft him. So there's always... Funny business going on with the Laramie Tunsil thing and that video happening when it happened.
Yeah, and a lot of teams actually could be in love with Caleb Downs, and they could be the one that are leaking the potential issues, so hopefully he'll fall to them in the draft like at 9 or 10 or something. Yeah, yeah. I mean, if there is no red flag around that kid, he's a top-five pick, and unfortunately he plays a position
that it's not one of the premier positions in the NFL, and that's why he may fall as well. But I don't know. You see him on the field, and you see him making play after play after play after play. I don't know. He breaks up passes. He dives and knocks down passes. He tackles running backs, tight ends, wide receivers like he's one of them. You know what I mean? He's that kind of athlete.
I mean, and, you know, it's not exciting. Hey, we drafted a safety. Well, talk to the Ravens fans about the kid Hamilton from Notre Dame. That guy changed that defense. Well, I mean, go back. I thought you were going to mention Ed Reed. Well, I could go all the way back to Ed Reed, but really, ultimately, the soul of the Ravens is Ray Lewis, whether we like it or not. Yeah.
Let's go to Rademus in Houston, our pal. What's going on, Rademus? Good morning. What's up, my boys? How y'all doing today? We're doing great, Radimus. What do you got for us? Hey, I didn't hear you guys for a week, man, and I was lost. I was in beautiful Mexico. But I just want to hit two quick points. Buma, thank you for loving my country more than I even love my country, Dominican Republic.
Man. But what you call it? Buma, Dominican Republic is number one in cocaine production, more than Colombia, especially at those nighttime flights. they might think that something's coming in. So they see, you know, hey, let's pull this flight coming in this late and see what they got going on. And then my second point and my last one, I said it a long time ago, guys. Aaron Judge is no bueno.
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