Changes for the Knicks?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for January 20th, 2026. Coming up, Jimmy Butler got hurt. We're going to talk about what it means for the Warriors. The Knicks got booed. We're going to talk about some potential cat trades. And we got Hunter Patterson after the Detroit Pistons beat the Celtics. Good morning, everybody. Hey, Zena, how's it going out there in the Bay?
It's going well, you know, but that's that's only if you speak to me who was not at the game.
It's going well for you. Yeah. Yeah. Not so great for the Warriors in spite of a nice win over the Miami Heat and some better play recently. We're only going to talk about Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler left last night's game with against the Miami Heat. Midway through the third quarter, when he landed awkwardly on one leg and his knee kind of buckled beneath him, he had to be helped off the court by a couple of guys. Did not look good. Did not sound good on the audio. Zena, this team needs Jimmy Butler. In order to win, I mean, he is the number two guy on this team. Yep. It's not going to be good if he has to miss any time whatsoever. If he has to miss the rest of the season or something like that, their season's done.
Right. But what are they going to do without Jimmy Butler? Let's just think short term for now because, again, we don't know – Anything about it yet? There's been no reporting and no medical tests done as of the time of this recording. But what do you see them doing in the short term to make up for his absence?
I think they're going to do what they've had to do all season long when someone's gone out or been inconsistent with their minutes because of injury or coming back from injury. And that's just going to be fill the void. I mean, the bench for the Warriors has been their saving grace this season. They're third in points per game right now.
What happened in the Knicks' recent loss to the Mavericks?
They have been able to find gems to come in and play defense and to keep the ball moving in their high motion offense that they like to do without anyone needing to be on the ball and sticking to the ball. Funny thing is that that's what Jimmy does. Jimmy does that very well. He is a connector between the starters and the bench because he has that capability to switch from the high motion offense to the ISO offense. Now, without him, that means that not only will they have to find about 20 points per game, on just under 52% shooting out of this new starting lineup. But they're going to also have to find who is going to translate the defense that Jimmy also provides. The number one thought that comes to mind is D'Anthony Melton.
He's been phenomenal for them, but that's the whole issue with the Warriors. D'Anthony Melton is just coming off an ACL tear. He's working his way up to playing 26 minutes a game. That's going to be difficult to try and figure out How can you ramp him up to fit the very big shoes that Jimmy is potentially leaving while also not accelerating his path to help and, you know, just trying to get better without hurting him.
Right.
There's another aspect of, you know, Brandon Pajewski could step up. He's been playing phenomenally as well, making the right decisions, playing well in defense, playmaking, shooting 63% from the floor. Like this is great. Overall, the Warriors are going to have to look down the bench. And I don't know, Dave. It looks like there might be somebody on the bench that could also get 20 points.
They got a big minute guy, right?
Yeah, they got someone that could probably put 20 points up in a game that has done it before and is just sitting there not being utilized.
How significant is Jimmy Butler's injury for the Warriors?
Do you have an idea?
Listen, Jonathan Kuminga, if we could go back to the start of the year, the start of the season, and if he could come in and he can be that Jonathan Kuminga from the first three weeks of the season, You see the vision. Great. I just think that that ship has probably sailed at this point, Zena. Yeah. I mean, you know, there's a there's a 20 point blowout against the Miami Heat. You lose Jimmy Butler and the one guy who doesn't play DNP coach's decision is Jonathan Kaminga.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:08–2:04
2
What happened in the Knicks' recent loss to the Mavericks?
2:04–3:44
3
How significant is Jimmy Butler's injury for the Warriors?
3:44–6:41
4
What strategies will the Warriors use to cope without Jimmy Butler?
6:41–22:50
5
What are the implications of potential trades involving Carl Anthony Towns?
22:50–24:12