Brunson’s Brilliance in the Clutch, the Celtics’ Uncertain Future, and Milwaukee’s Giannis Decision With Chris Mannix
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What are the Knicks' chances after taking a 3-1 series lead against the Celtics?
Going to give us all of the lottery perspective that we need, as it reminds me that he was in the room last night for the ping pong balls. But we do a ton of stuff on the playoffs and also some speculation about a new home, perhaps, for Giannis this summer. And life advice. New York is where we start. They're up 3-1 in this second round series with the Celtics. They are one win away from their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2000, where they lost to the Pacers in six games. Ewing, not super healthy in that series, played in four, really only played in three games. But look... I'll go through all of it, much like you've heard me talk about these two teams all season long. When Boston was down 0-2, as bad as it looked with the blown leads, they'll probably get game three. They get game three in dramatic, well, not even dramatic fashion, in dominant fashion. And then I was like, you know, they'll probably get through this series. They'll get a 2-2. Who knows? Maybe the Knicks get another one in this thing. Four straight against them? Probably not.
Boston likes to make this hard on themselves. And when it comes down to it, I think they'll get through this. Now, with everything that happened last night, I certainly no longer feel that way. We'll get to the Tatum part of this a little bit later. Despite the regular season part of the evaluation where the Knicks struggled against the best teams, how these two teams matched up against each other, knowing that Detroit probably gave New York more of a series than we were expecting. But at the same time, sometimes I think when we think one team is better than the other one, we expect them that they're just never supposed to lose a playoff game in that specific series, which isn't entirely fair and historically inaccurate. But now that we've seen this play out like this and you want to talk about toughness, New York is the tougher physical team. They're tougher mentally.
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You're really going to lose the heat. So, usually when you win a championship, you're able to put the toughness questions to bed. Remember one of the storylines prior to the season where they won the title, and they have the Marcus Smart trade. It's like, if this team is constantly questioned about the toughness of their stars, then why would you trade what is... at least on paper, I don't know. I don't even know what I'm saying by saying on paper with Marcus Smart. I just felt like Marcus Smart was incredibly overrated. And I was like, if you're going with they can't win because he's gone, then you see a different basketball player than I do. And then they win the title. And despite these little things that we've, or maybe major things that we've talked about Boston offensively in some of these big spots, it's like, well, when you win a title, I think, even if you want to go through, which I think is totally fair, the competition in the East at the time I don't know how Dallas turned into an injured team through the audit of the 24 playoff run of the Celtics.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the Knicks' chances after taking a 3-1 series lead against the Celtics?
1:12–7:43
2
How has Jalen Brunson impacted the Knicks-Celtics playoff series?
7:43–19:58
3
What is the significance of Jayson Tatum's injury for the Celtics' future?
19:58–30:35
4
What challenges does Boston face with their current salary cap and roster?
30:35–37:02
5
How did Anthony Edwards' performance affect the Timberwolves-Warriors series?
37:02–45:07
6
What are the implications of the NBA lottery results and playoff betting insights?
45:07–49:25
7
What is Chris Mannix's analysis of the Knicks' playoff performance and outlook?
49:25–1:12:49
8
What are the trade possibilities and future for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks?
1:12:49–1:39:54
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