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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What insights does Sam Amick provide about Game 2 of the NBA Finals?
I forget what the 0-6 Heat did. I know there was another team that was down 0-2 when they came back to beat Dallas, but that's the only one that... There haven't been that many that have come back from 0-2. It's only been a handful. Yeah. Because when you said this was must-win, I was going to give you a hard time and say it was hyperbole.
And then as you laid it out, it was like, ah, it's pretty important. So see what happens. Sam, I'm fact-based here on the show. Always fact-based.
I don't think it's ever happened.
It didn't happen with Miami. I think they lost the first two on the road. And those other teams I mentioned lost on the road as well. So adjustments for San Antonio. What do you think is the biggest adjustment they're going to make going into Game 2?
Well, it's the same thing they've battled throughout the playoffs, which is that as great as Wemby is, part of this is youth, and it's him trying to figure out the chess match. He's inconsistent. He has a roller coaster kind of element to his game. So they've got to, you already said this, they've got to get him inside more.
Yes, it was super fun when he hit that 35-footer in the last round in game one. Okay, fine. But getting pushed out by Cat, getting pushed out by OG Ananobi and Mitchell Robinson. The problem is, I just don't know how...
know doable that is because this is literally the roster construction that you should want to have to go at wembie and going into the series i wrote a whole piece where i talked to some front office folks about the domino effect of what victor was doing and the reality is the irony is is that like most of the people i talked to pointed to the knicks roster construction as what you should want a guy like cat who's seven feet 240 pounds you know mitch the
Big boy, a lot of heft. You know, he can bully Webby and he's athletic enough to keep up with him. Same, you know, OG and what he brings. So getting Victor going, first and foremost. Secondly, you know, the others in the West finals for the Spurs, you know, D.R. Fox. Julian Champagny, Dylan Harper, all the way down the line. Kelton Johnson had a fantastic finish to that series.
Those guys have got to show up because, yes, Vic was 6-21 and struggled a bit, but the other guys weren't helping him either. Kelton Johnson got like eight minutes in that game one. That was surprising. Sixth man of the year, I thought he'd be a natural guy to put on towns for stretches. That surprised me, how little minutes he's got. I thought that the fatigue, Sam, was a little bit overblown.
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Chapter 3: Why are ticket prices for the NBA Finals skyrocketing?
But what I tried to write the other day with my colleague, Eric Name, and it was interesting to get into is, Yes, it appears, you know, everybody you talk to says Miami at the deadline had a deal that was close, had a deal that they thought was going to happen. The Bucks ended up backing out. And so the noise is tied to Miami.
But there's also some intel discussion, you know, kind of understanding that Giannis has questions about.
Chapter 4: How does the history of NBA comebacks influence current teams?
what that Miami roster would look like on the other side of a deal. You know, it reminds me of the Carmelo Anthony dilemma when he went from Denver to the Knicks. Like, you don't want to gut the roster, go to the place that you're excited to be to, you know, be in, and then have a hard time contending for a championship.
And that is where, you know, we'll see what happens in these next few weeks because in one of your backyards, I think the Celtics are a pretty intriguing option where, you know, in terms of being competitive, If you do something with Boston, and this is what we had heard from Giannis' side, that the intrigue is real. The respect for Joe Mazzulla, the way that he might see that roster.
Do I think it changes things? I don't know yet, but I do think that's worth watching. I can see why Giannis would want to play in Boston. I still struggle to see why Boston would give up the kind of assets it would need to give up to go and get Giannis. Not that they aren't considering it, but if I'm running the Celtics,
I'm not trading Jalen Brown and a couple of draft picks for Giannis Titicompo. Not in a reaction to a bad first-round loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, mostly because I don't trust Giannis' health, Sam. I don't trust it. He's had multiple years of soft tissue injuries, and you're going to have to give this guy a multi-year contract at the full max.
Now you're talking about having two full-max guys on your roster in Jason Tatum and Giannis Titicompo, both of whom... have dealt with significant injuries over the last couple of years. I know Jalen Brown is not a perfect fit. I know the Celtics want to get more pressure on the rim. Brad Stevens talked about that.
But to me, the risk is just too big to go all in on a player like Giannis at this stage. Well, and it's very sensitive too. Like the Jalen Brown thing that you just hit on. When the noise got loud a couple of months ago regarding Jalen and how he saw the season and all the chatter about what he said on the live stream, that it was the most fun he'd ever had.
And that was confusing because it just sent this message that he wanted his own team. As you know, the Celtics, they went to great lengths to kind of massage that situation and get things back in a good place. And they're not the only team dealing with this. Miami is, and this is Giannis related, Miami is loud with it right now.
They don't care if everybody knows that they're chasing Giannis because they don't really care what Tyler Hero feels about getting traded. But Boston's got to be sensitive. The Knicks are unofficially out because of what they're doing. But you remember Carl Anthony Towns was not real thrilled to have his name attached to the Giannis discussion previously. That is where I think...
I think we could see a wildcard team come on strong and come out of the shadows, so to speak, because I think there's a lot of teams that are absolutely looking at this and interested here, but also have to pay attention to their own locker room dynamics. If somebody offered you $100,000 for your press pass for Game 3 in New York, would you take it? I mean, journalistically, absolutely not.
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Chapter 5: How does Jalen Brunson's performance impact the Knicks' chances?
I'm a capital J journalist. But the spirit of your question, I mean, yeah, 100K, I'm good with that. That's... You know, the production value on TV these days is pretty high. I'll hang out with some buddies and watch this thing on a big old projector screen and, you know, laugh all the way to the bank. And they transcribe all the quotes for you, Sam. It's all available.
Oh, you're trying to get me fired up?
What are you doing?
$100,000, you know? You got kids? I got a kid now. It's like, you know, you got to look out for number one there. Sam, good stuff. Let me add on to this, Maddox. I'm fired up to go to New York, man. Like, I'm a West Coaster, so I don't know if I would... take that money. Cause like, I don't, I don't see the garden very often. I don't see the chaos. You know, I don't really know.
The Sacramento guy in New York. There we go. This is what we, the Sacramento guy takes. By the way, to get your take quickly on a question that came up, more dysfunctional, more irrelevant right now. The Brooklyn Nets are the Sacramento Kings. I mean, I'm, The Kings have things that they're trying to work on and to get out of the ditch. I don't know what Brooklyn's doing.
So I actually probably go with Brooklyn. They got young players in Brooklyn though, Sam. At least you've got some hope. Sacramento, who wants to be there right now? Who wants to be part of that team at the moment? It is. Listen, it is painful. I mean, as you know, you have Mike Brown, De'Aaron Fox in the finals.
You have OG Ananobi, a guy that I've contested and contend that they should have traded for to take the beam team to the next level. There's all kinds of six degrees of Sacramento pains in this NBA finals right now. Yeah, you've got to hate that. Sacramento watching their former head coach and their former star compete for a championship.
One of them is going to win it at the end of the next couple of weeks. Great stuff, Sam. Good to catch up with you, and I will see you in New York City. Try to keep it under control there. It's late nights in New York. They don't close in New York City. Yeah, we know about that. I've met with you out there. You got it. All right, buddy. Good stuff, Sam.
Sam Amick, senior writer over at The Athletic, joining us here on The Dan Patrick Show. I say Sacramento. I understand what he's saying about Brooklyn, but Brooklyn's got guys that want to be there. Nobody wants to be in Sacramento. Like, I would put every nickel I own that Doug Christie's not going to be the head coach of the Sacramento Kings one year from today. Not going to happen.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of a must-win game for the Spurs?
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Chapter 7: What adjustments must the Spurs make for Game 2?
He started getting hurt. He was down to ninth on the MVP list. His stats were down a little bit. His first year in Los Angeles, same thing. 51 games, a bit injured. He was ninth for MVP, but then he ramped it up. Every year after that, he started playing more games, and he went to sixth for the MVP, first, third, third. So it started a little slow with Shaq in Los Angeles.
Yeah, he had some tough goes of it with Orlando. That Magic team, I mean, injuries derailed what they could have been. Shaq, Penny Hardaway, go back and watch that documentary, the 30 for 30 on Shaq and Penny. That's pretty revealing stuff.
And when we talk about the Spurs, we cannot do what we did with the Thunder, with Kevin Durant and those guys in the match with Shaq and Penny, and that's saying they'll be back. You don't know if they'll be back.
That's the thing, too. You don't know. The Knicks, much more than San Antonio, you've got a lot of questions. Even though the Eastern Conference is a lot weaker, I think the Knicks have a three-year window here. Cat is 30 years old. Brunson's right around the same age. OG Ananobi, young guy. Mikael Bridges, still a young guy.
Going into next year, if Boston runs it back with a healthy Jason Tatum, you'd probably make them the favorites if they go out and address some of the needs that they've got. Cleveland, we'll see what they do in the offseason. But the Eastern Conference, this is... People say, look at the Eastern Conference, it's like the secondary conference. And it is. It's a much lesser...
less talented conference. But the argument for an Eastern Conference team winning a championship against a superior Western Conference team is being made right now because... All credit to the Knicks for what they did in Game 1, what they might do for this series. But San Antonio is shopworn coming in. San Antonio has taken a beating during the playoffs. They go, what, six games with Minnesota?
That's tough. They go seven with Oklahoma City? That's tougher. They're down 3-2. And look, the West is not getting any easier. All those teams that stunk out the joint at the bottom, they're going to get better. Utah tried to be bad last year, but they're not really that bad. They've got Jaron Jackson Jr., Lowry Markkinen, another high draft pick this year.
Memphis, could they be better if they make some moves? Portland, they're a team on the rise. New Orleans, they just got a new coach. They could be better. It's not going to get any easier in the Western Conference playoffs. You could have first-round series between an eight-seed and a one-seed going seven games. It's very possible for these things to happen.
And for the team that comes out of the Western Conference to be so embattled, to be so beat up, that a team with lesser talent that has to go through a lot less has a chance to beat them. Yeah, Pauly. All right, Chris. Chris Mannix joining us today. You haven't been here in a long time.
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