The Herd with Colin Cowherd
THE HERD - Hour 2 - Where Colin was right and wrong, Brian Scalabrine
11 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What did Colin get right and wrong this week?
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of Aaron Rodgers' situation?
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Chapter 3: How did the Knicks perform in the playoffs?
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Chapter 4: What insights does Brian Scalabrine share about the playoff games?
The always entertaining Brian Scalabrini is going to be joining us. It is great to be here. You know, we do it every Monday. Sometimes I have big opinions and they fall completely flat, so we're not going to waste any time. Where Colin was right, where Colin was wrong on a Monday. Where Colin was right. Oh, what a shocker.
The Steelers have backed themselves into a corner because they have no urgency at quarterback. The GM admitting, yeah, we know Aaron's in town, but we have no idea where he is. Listen, Aaron did it in Green Bay. He did it with the Jets. He's doing it with the Steelers. His personality is he's not going to be the highest paid quarterback or the best quarterback.
But his ego, his pride, his lever is I'm going to make you uncomfortable and I'm going to control the time and the place of my off seasons. So this is just on brand for Aaron Rodgers.
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Where Colin was wrong. No, I did not think the Knicks would score 80-plus points in a half twice on the road in the playoffs. I think they're playing great offensive basketball. It's a very complementary roster, and it's very difficult to figure out how much of this sticks against like an OKC or San Antonio, but it doesn't matter for now. They've been absolutely great.
I am shocked that they swept the Sixers because I think Philadelphia with Embiid and Maxey had two of the best players in the series. I'll take an L on this one. Where Colin was right. Yeah, you conspiracy nerds. If you were ever going to rig a draft, it would have been this one. The most generational draft in a decade. You could have given Dallas a greater pick.
Make the Bulls number one in Big City, Chicago. Golden State with Steph Curry. No.
Chapter 6: How do the Knicks' adjustments impact their playoff strategy?
Number one, Washington. Number two, Utah. A bunch of unwatchable bad teams got all the best picks. So, you know, small market Memphis, small market Salt Lake City, the dreadful Wizards. The Clippers even got one. Well, I don't buy rigged. It's a way to validate things. You know, your happiness when your team is poorly run.
The best GMs are running this league, and most of those teams at the top, except maybe Utah, don't have them. Where Colin was wrong. Well, Tom Pellicero reporting that J.J. McCarthy and Kyler Murray, it is a true competition between the two. I think it's Kyler's job. I think you have to massage this based on the lack of confidence J.J. McCarthy has had.
Chapter 7: What are the key factors affecting player performance in the playoffs?
But I also think that when you give up draft picks to move up to get J.J. McCarthy, if he has a great camp, you have to reward him. But Pellisaro saying in Minnesota, they view this as a coin flip, a 50-50.
position with kyler and jj where colin was right joel and bead swept joel and bead not a hundred percent healthy in another playoff series joel mb can't win a second playoff series i i acknowledge when he's healthy he's remarkable but he's the only mvp to never make a conference final and he's now going to be owed 188 million dollars guaranteed That's a bad contract.
I thought, you know, that the thing with Embiid is when a big guy is hurt early in his career, he'll be hurt often. And he missed his first two years in this league with injuries. That would have been a massive red flag to me. But talent is hard for a lot of GMs to ignore. And when he's healthy, you saw it in the previous series against Boston, he was dominating.
But he was eventually what he's been since he arrived. Where Colin was right. Well, Austin Reeves, second straight playoffs. Not 100% healthy. Second straight playoffs.
Chapter 8: What can we expect from the next round of playoff matchups?
Not a very good plus minus. In fact, the lowest of all the Lakers. Second straight playoffs. A team is hunting them. T-Wolves did last year. OKC did this year. Again, I can like a player. Undrafted, scrappy, the headband guy. But this is what I've been saying. What are your standards? Oklahoma City is going out of their way to hunt him in the series. And you know people do that with Luka.
So now your second star is going to get hunted. That's not championship-level basketball. You can have a flaw or a weakness, but who are you going to protect him with? 42-year-old LeBron, Luka, it's turning out again. I know, regular season Austin is terrific. Post-season Austin, to me, is not worth $240 million. where Colin was wrong. Steve Kerr, gonna run it back, ride or die.
I mean, it's a very old roster, very little flexibility, not a lot of great draft picks. I don't think it's gonna be terribly competitive because the best rosters in the West, Minnesota, OKC, San Antonio, I would say Houston. They're all ascending. They're all going to be better. So the West is about young, ascending talent. The East, outside of Detroit, you know, you got some old teams.
Knicks got some veterans. Cavs got some veterans. So I'm actually surprised Steve Kerr didn't take a year off, retire, or go to broadcasting. Where Colin was right. Well, the Athletic, using an analytical projection model, ranked rosters. And Buffalo was third. Right after the Seahawks and Rams. I keep saying this. I know Billy Bean is low-hanging fruit as a general manager.
Look at their offense. Star quarterback. Star left tackle. Star running back. Star tight end. Excellent wide receiver. DJ Moore comes to town. Brandon Bean gets beat up. And I understand Josh Allen's great. Hasn't been to a Super Bowl. I understand. But my takeaway is, guys, the Bills roster is not lampoonable. It's very good. Where Colin was right. The Dodgers are not ruining baseball.
Here are your American League division leaders. Cleveland, Tampa, and the A's. Meanwhile, the New York Mets are unwatchable. Meanwhile, the Pirates, Reds, and Brewers are all outstanding and would be playoff teams. Yes, the Dodgers, who can't hit this year, are stacked. But it's baseball. The Reds, the Pirates, the A's, Tampa, the Guardians, the Brewers. You know who stinks?
The Mets and the Phillies are struggling. The Nationals in big market D.C., once again, not very good. stop with the little guy can't compete. Little guy struggles to compete in college basketball. Little guy Milwaukee, when well run, is competing just fine in Major League Baseball. And with that, Brian Scalabrini, the award-winning Celtics broadcaster, is now joining us live.
Analyst for several years. All right, let's start with the Knicks. Listen. We talked about it earlier, Brian. Last year, it was the Pacers. Year before, it was the Mavs. Year before that, it was the Heat, where you get like, the Heat were an eight seed. And you look up and you're like, where the hell was this in the regular season?
I mean, I think a lot of it is using Cat as a distributor, which they didn't really do last year, is a big part of it, getting the burden off Brunson. But are you shocked by the level of offensive efficiency you're seeing from the Knicks? A little bit because their offense this year was hit and miss at best.
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