Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN. All right, Boomer and Geo coming to you live from the Build Forward Tough studio on the fan and CBS Sports Network. Mild day today, but big winter storm on the way. But it's a fun day, an exciting day. It's a feel-good Thursday with the baseball teams making some moves. Yankees bringing back Cody Bellinger, which is something every Yankee fan wanted.
And the Mets and David Stearns making that trade for Freddy Peralta. Yelling about that. Getting someone in that rotation that you can trust. And a veteran who pitches a lot and innings eaters. I've been saying this guy, that's what he does. He goes out there and he doesn't miss a lot of starts. 888-828-1019 if you want to talk about that. Which is the Red Pocket mobile fan line.
It's brought to you by your new Ultimate Cell Carrier Red Pocket. Mobile talked a ton of football as well. Haven't talked as much about the Knicks, and this is why it's just very hard to judge a basketball team during the regular season when there's such a wide range of opponents. And I think that even though it's a simplistic thought, it's true. It's like, I need to see what you do next.
I need to see what you do next. And that next game, Saturday, against Philadelphia... I mean, that's what we're looking for. I mean, I know you won by 54 points against the Nets, but you're a team that's supposed to go to the NBA Finals, and you were playing like crap. So what happened last night against the Nets means nothing to me. It really doesn't, unless you lost. Then I'd have a problem.
And you're not supposed to lose at home on MLK Day against a team like the Mavericks, even with Cooper Flagg back in the lineup. Exactly. So, it's just, will this team continue to build off of what happened last night and get to a point before the trade deadline where Leon Rose, Jim Dolan, World Wide West, Mike Brown, whoever the hell else...
feels like this team can go win a championship or do they have to make a massive change? We're about two weeks away from the trade deadline. Yeah, I know. It's creeping up. It's right here, man. And maybe that's one of the reasons why the team is not playing that great. Maybe they're thinking that they're hearing the buzz or maybe the agents are involved. You know, you never know what goes on.
I mean, like, they've ruined the Ranger culture about two years ago. Yeah, with all that stuff. You just got to wonder if that's happening to the Knicks right now. Yeah, and that's something that I mentioned. Frank Isola, of course, has covered the Knicks in New York basketball forever.
You know, his opinion on it was that he thinks that Carl Anthony Towns is having a down year for him, in part because of all the Giannis chatter prior to the season and during the season, how he would be a part of that. thinking that I came here, I'm supposed to be a part of this team that wins a championship and brings a championship back to New York.
I was on a team that got to the conference finals last year, and now you're trying to ship me out of here. From his perspective, Carl Anthony Towns' perspective, he's like, well, what else do you need me to do?
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Chapter 2: What was the significance of the Knicks' 54-point win over the Nets?
And then they went on that little run about 10 games into the season. They went on that run, and they were playing really great basketball. We said, okay, he's figured it out. And, you know, Mike Brown kept talking about how well they were playing defense, how they were connected. And, of course, last night he says the same thing. We were communicating and all that.
But when they started to lose players due to injuries, you know, one guy would miss three games here. Another guy would miss. Brunson with the ankle. Josh Hart was out. And then the team, like, they had no direction. But on Monday, they were all healthy. They were all there. And their top six players were in minus differential numbers, double digits, which was ridiculous.
And so, I mean, you can understand the frustration that is surrounding the team. And you could also understand the chatter that is surrounding the team. And sometimes chatter works. And you incentivize your players to play better. And other times, depending on who you're dealing with these days, it could send the team the other way. Yeah.
And last night is just a building block and to try to get them back into looking like one of the better teams in basketball, which they haven't over the last several weeks. You know, right after that letter came out for the Rangers, Mika Zibanejad had a hat trick, didn't he? Well, you know, Mika and Artemi both are two of really the great acquisitions in Rangers history when you look at it.
you know, who they traded Mika for to bring him here and all the production he's given his team. And then when you look at Artemi Panarin taking less money as a free agent coming here and all the production he's given his team, maybe not so much in the playoffs, but Mika has been a central figure for this team. And so has Artemi Panarin since he came here.
And I can imagine, like, he wants a contract extension. They don't want to give it to him. And if you're him and you took less money to come and play for the Rangers, that's insulting. I'm just telling you, it's insulting.
Whether you want him still here or you don't want him here, he's going to fetch a very good return on the open market for sure, and I think Vincent Trochak's actually worth more on the open market simply because he has term left on his deal, which would fit in certain teams' salary cap structure moving forward if the Rangers are able to acquire a top-end talent like a Jason Robertson from Dallas.
I keep saying this. But anyway, yeah, I think the trust has been eroded in the Ranger locker room. That goes back to the Barkley-Goudreau stuff. Yeah, and I wonder about the trust with the Knicks right now and their front office and the players and how they feel and their relationships and all of these things that matter.
I mean, all of those things matter when you're trying to win a championship. And I think that there's a ton of great camaraderie with this team. Obviously, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart and... Rick Brunson being there. These guys couldn't be any closer. But now you've got expectations.
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