Exclusive: We Found the Knicks' Top-Secret Tapes for Kawhi, Kyrie and KD
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Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is. I heard three K's and I... Listen, I'll take a ring any way possible, okay? I'm not asking questions. Right after this ad.
I'm not going to even tell you what I did for you. Come on, man. Frank, it's an honor for you to be here. You said, I can do it over Zoom. And I said, you have to be here in person. I respect that. I respect that. Drove in. You drove? Yeah. I asked him who's paying for these. He said, well, you know, do that. I don't know how to do that stuff. So now I'm going to be out of money anyway.
And you had to do the congestion pricing.
I said, Venmo me, Frank. I sold it. I have NYP. I have New York press plates. So I park on 37. Then I walk to 48 to Sirius. Then I took the train down here. Real New York stuff right there. I mean, just the most... Like a diplomat. He parks like a diplomat. I'm sorry. Testing, testing. One, two, three. Oh, close on me. That's like this family at Yankee Stadium this summer. Got it. They drove and parked on 42nd Street and then took the Metro North up. And I was like, that makes absolutely no sense, but you have your reasons. Like, I guess you don't want to go to the heroin McDonald's across the street from Yankee Stadium like the rest of us. On River, right? Yeah. They have NYP parking there. Okay. But you have the mall there.
I waited people out for them to leave. A guy came with a bunch of, like, groceries. Pull it out and put it right there.
Pull it right there?
I'm not paying for parking. I need to get one of those. I'm like George Costanza. There you go. Another New York legend. This is already the most New York conversation we've had on the podcast. We're just talking about parking strategy in and out of Yankee games. Frank, you don't know Desus. You've never met him before. No, I'm supposed to be really phony and say I really admire your work. No, you're funny.
I appreciate it. No, you're really funny. Thank you.
Funny in like a ha-ha way or funny in like a... Well played.
You know.
Like a clown? I make you laugh? I'm here to amuse you? No, you're very good. Thank you. I appreciate it. I think he's very New York. Like, you've lived in New York your whole life. I look like New York, but he kind of is New York. Yes, but I'm very familiar with you, read your work, not even bulls**t. Like, I know Frank.
When he said it, I was like, yo.
I'm so depressed that I got laid off. I like working for a newspaper. Unfortunately, you work with words, and there's no longer any reason for words.
I know.
Nobody reads. No one reads. Everybody tweets. See, Pablo's doing a great job with his podcast.
But people hate him for it.
But people took you more seriously. Or you like when people take you seriously when you work for Sports Illustrated. I think people took me more seriously when I wrote. During Linsanity is where Frank and I really developed a relationship. Because you were beating everyone in the story, so I hated you. And Frank was taking shots at me. And as a New Yorker, it is an honor when Frank Isola personally tries to drone strike you. Oh, God. In the pages of one of the city's great tabloids. Frank is somebody that we both grew up reading. Yes. If you grew up a Knicks fan, Frank Isola has another nickname. Yes. Frank Asshole. I was going to say, is that it? Frank Asshole. If you're old enough, Frank Ayatollah. I don't know if that works.
That works. Yeah. It's weird. My wife and kids call me the other one.
Frank Ayatollah.
No, I remember this. Sometimes I would see tweets from him. I was like, this motherfucker. And I was like... I had to realize. I was like, that's your thing. But here's what's weird. When they were terrible and dysfunctional, I was pointing it out. The Knicks were terrible and dysfunctional? And last year, I was praising them for how well they did. I was surprised I got rid of the coach and everyone was killing me. Yeah. I thought that last year they had a good year. I thought when they won 24 games, that was a bad year. Right. You know what it is? Have you ever been to an animal shelter?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:47
2
What role did marketing play in the Knicks' approach to signing superstars?
9:47–10:22
3
How did the Knicks attempt to recruit LeBron James?
10:22–20:31
4
What challenges did the Knicks face during the 2019 free agency?
20:31–22:26
5
How did celebrity involvement impact the Knicks' recruitment efforts?
22:26–27:19
6
What unique strategies did the Knicks use for Kawhi Leonard's recruitment?
27:19–42:26
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