Fox Trades, Warriors, Knicks and Celtics | Christmas Extravaganza
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What games are being previewed for Christmas Day?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for December 24th, 2024. Coming up, it's Christmas Day and we're talking about all the games. We've got S sitting down with James Edwards to talk Spurs-Knicks. I sat down with Jared Weiss to talk about Sixers-Celtics. Zena got a chance to sit down with Anthony Slater to talk Warriors-Lakers. And then Andrew Schlecht and Alex Spears give their Christmas wishes for the NBA. Good morning, everybody. We wanted to wish you guys a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, whatever reason you're celebrating this time of year. It's a good one, and we hope you have a safe and happy time. Enjoy the games on Christmas. It's going to be a good time. We've got Stephan LeBron. We've got Wemby in New York.
It's going to be great. Coming up, guys, we've got S sitting down with James Edwards to talk about that game, to talk about why Wemby is playing on Christmas and why the Knicks might have one of the best offenses in NBA history.
All right, well, we're joined. Happy holidays, everyone. Everybody listening right now, we're joined with James Edwards III, senior writer for The Athletic, covers the New York Knicks. Is this your first Christmas game?
What are the Knicks' chances against the Spurs?
It is. It is. I was just actually doing a pod with Vincent Goodwill before this, and we were talking about that. Yeah, my first Christmas game. I'm not sure I feel... um yeah different than different than getting the day off for sure yeah and i think for me i'm fine with it because like again i'm not home i'm i'm obviously i live in new york now um and both of my like my both my parents don't live in michigan and my sister doesn't live in michigan so it's like i would add to travel anyway and it worked out too my mom's in florida and the knicks play in orlando two days after christmas so i'll be able to go i'll be able to be with my family yeah
Okay, well, happy holidays, my guy. Thank you, you too. I mean, look, if there's any place to be on Christmas for basketball, it's Madison Square Garden for the matinee game. That's like a staple at this point for the NBA. And it's going to be a great game between the Knicks and Spurs. I want to get into the Knicks first, though, because I think... For the audience, for most people, Christmas is when they really start tapping into the NBA, really start listening in. And so they have that opening night game where they get clobbered by the Celtics. They've been battling and grinding to find their identity. We had you on about a month ago in which you were telling us they're still struggling to figure out what their identity is. Now about...
Twenty five to 30 percent into the season. They're third in the East. They've played really, really good basketball. Got a couple of guys who are definitely an all star consideration. Has this team figured it out for what kind of basketball they want to play or what style they want to play?
I think they're getting there. I think we have a better idea of who they are. They're going to be an elite offensive team who the majority of the time are going to be able to just out shoot their opponents to death with efficiency. Yeah. And they're going to be defenses that they still shoot officially against, but struggle in terms of like how many possessions they get up, whether it's two more, less twos, less or more threes, less twos, whatever. Um, certain teams do, do give them issues there, but they still, regardless, find ways to shoot efficiently defensively. They gotten better. Uh, I don't think this team is going to be a top 10 defensive team. It could happen because they do have a very easy stretch here.
They just played in New Orleans. They have Toronto tonight. San Antonio, who's good. Orlando, who's banged up. Two Washingtons. And then Utah. Utah.
How are the Sixers and Celtics performing this season?
That's a breeze. That's it. That's easy.
That should help with your defense. But with that said, they've lost to Utah. They struggled with Orlando the other day. They struggled with Toronto. So none of these are gimme's and San Antonio is good. So you never know what can happen. But I do think they're starting to feel a little bit more comfortable with who they are.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What games are being previewed for Christmas Day?
0:07–1:17
2
What are the Knicks' chances against the Spurs?
1:17–3:41
3
How are the Sixers and Celtics performing this season?
3:41–9:29
4
What should we expect from the Warriors and Lakers matchup?
9:29–12:05
5
How does Victor Wembanyama match up against the Knicks?
12:05–33:29
6
What are the New Year's resolutions for the Sixers and Celtics?
33:29–56:04