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00:00live right here on this Thursday on the early line the NBA draft the start of
00:07the offseason but the summer already underway in the association some big
00:12signings and extensions that we have seen in the last 24 hours so I was
00:17critical and I think you were as well of the next draft last night moving moving
00:21things around to only make one selection and it to be to be Pacom Dottie a at 25th
00:27overall but prior to that it was only exciting things inside Madison Square
00:32Garden the trade for Mikhail Bridges the night prior and of course yesterday the
00:36re-signing of OG and an OB five-year deal two hundred twelve and a half
00:41million dollars j-y in terms of the structure in bringing an Adobe back were
00:46you surprised the Knicks were able to ink this deal so quickly no because
00:50and nobody's agent is Leon Rosa son so I'm sure they had this thing lined up
00:55no tampering no no no no tip that's more Josh Hart with the whole mail but when
01:02you talk about it folks when you line this Nick team up it's very simply put
01:06they looked at Boston and said okay you have to be careful we do this if we're
01:12gonna go to the NBA Finals we got to go through Boston what do we need we need
01:17elite wing defenders and you could argue that OG and an OB and Mikhail
01:23Bridges for their size are two of the very best in the NBA they could guard
01:28multiple positions I've seen Bridges guard anywhere one through four I've
01:32seen OG guard anything one through five so it makes sense the Knicks did not
01:37want to play around with this they wrapped it up right away now OG could
01:41have waited and probably got another I would say I think thirty million dollars
01:45more over the life of the contract but he decided this is where he wanted to go
01:49it was still around the same money he would have got he would only gotten four
01:52years I think 41 42 million if he got to the open market so we still got around
01:58the same annual value just another year win for OG win for the Knicks I'm again
02:04coming from yesterday we're trying to say like is there gonna be an odd man
02:07out on the Knicks it's good to see the Knicks pushing their chips into the
02:09middle table and say now is the time and also from a betting market perspective
02:13coach the Boston Celtics here in the Eastern Conference that's a plus 135
02:17price to win it obviously we can agree they're the best team overall but number
02:20two now that's the New York Knicks at a plus 350 price followed by the Milwaukee
02:24Bucs plus 550 in the Sixers at a plus 750 here talk to us about that Eastern
02:28Conference odds and legitimacy now of the New York Knicks maybe make a run
02:31into the NBA Finals well it's still not done Donnie I mean part of the reason
02:35why the Knicks did what they did in the draft is they tried to save shave three
02:39million dollars because they're trying to find some kind of pathway to get
02:42Isaiah Hartenstein back maximum of a four-year seventy two million dollar
02:46deal but right now they can't even offer him that because they need to shed a
02:50little bit of salary yeah so that still make the trades get out of the first
02:53round completely kind of like what they did with Oklahoma City getting a five
02:56future second round picks but when you look at the East yes the Knicks are
03:00there they are the second best team it is the culture it's the Villanova way
03:04it's the tips way it makes sense that they're second but I still need to see
03:09what happens with Hartenstein is it Mitch Robson gets moved there's still
03:13the ultimate wild card that the Knicks fans don't want to bring up is when are
03:17we moving Julius Randle right and I think that is gonna be something that's
03:21gonna come up all the way through because I do think the best life the New
03:26York Knicks could have if they're keeping everyone but Julius Randle is
03:30OG at the four bridges at three Brunton at the one you can bring the
03:35defense off the bench to get a better to guard and then your center so I still
03:39think there's another move and really quick listen we know that Milwaukee's
03:43trying to make moves there's rumors that they're trying to get Andrew Wiggins for
03:45Bobby Porter supports they got to get younger they got to get better
03:48defensively Philadelphia we'll see what they do is it gonna be Paul George and
03:52a trade for branding they got to get a better Ford or a second number three
03:56score and then Miami's lying in the weeds like what are they doing Jimmy
04:01doesn't want to sign the extension yeah what is he gonna do next right now
04:05it's like a best team on paper but it can change the next couple of weeks so
04:09let me ask you that question because there are still questions to be answered
04:12for this New York Knicks organization namely Julius Randle and Isaiah
04:16Hartenstein there are also things to be figured out the rest of this summer and
04:20offseason for those two teams directly behind him the Bucs entered last year a
04:24co-favorite to win the NBA championship with the Boston Celtics it was a
04:28tumultuous season inside the Pfizer forum we expect Philadelphia to go out
04:33and address who would be that number three option outside of Tyrese Maxine of
04:38course Joel Embiid so I expect those Eastern Conference odds to shift
04:42drastically by the time we open up in October the 2024-25 NBA season but as of
04:49this moment Boston Celtics they're still clearly ahead of everybody but only just
04:53over $2 now separates the C's and the Knicks as of this moment with the
04:58acquisition of McHale Bridges with the resigning of OG Ananobi and still the
05:02questions left to answer are the Knicks Boston's best test in the Eastern
05:06Conference yes because they can line up to top defenders and Bridges and Ananobi
05:12and you can match up with Brown and Tatum and I think that is the important
05:16thing if you kind of find a way to get Hartenstein back or Mitchell Robson you
05:20have a big that can that can go and they can bother Porzingis inside and get
05:24rebounds you have a fantastic closer and Brunson who kind of got the better of
05:29Drew Holiday at times last year but to me yes they are the biggest challenge
05:34because of their defense and if they could keep everyone they actually could
05:39be one of the deepest teams in the NBA even though Tom Thibodeau still plays
05:43still plays the starters 45 minutes a night. Let's take a look at another extension
05:47that happened yesterday Bam Adebayo got a big deal from Miami and certainly I
05:50don't think anybody was out there saying like boy that was a surprise a well
05:53deserving contract but one of those teams that we always expect to compete
05:56in the East coach they now sit at a 17 to 1 price are we expecting moves on the
06:01horizon for the Miami Heat because they typically movers and shakers. Yes and
06:04they're the team that kind of walks in silence right but here's the thing and
06:09we talked about it last night you know Ben, Kevin and I the wear pickup is like
06:14yep here we go guy that questionable motor questionable work ethic yeah go
06:20through the Heat culture they may bring you down as Haslam out of retirement for
06:24about a couple just for training camp just to kick the snot out of this kid
06:27yeah and get him to play but if they get hit on where right and obviously you
06:32could move Bam to the four Jimmy he's gonna have to play some games in a
06:38regular season if he wants to start to get the money that he wants to get so
06:42this is kind of like a carrot out there and you can't ever deny the greatness of
06:47an Eric Spolscher they're lying in the weeds and they're gonna be making a run
06:51I think Orlando could take a step back I think they were upset as you know what
06:55that they couldn't get don't connect in a draft because they shoot the ball
06:58terribly from three and then here it's a crazy thing the team that made the
07:03Eastern Conference Finals we're not even talking about them a team in Indiana
07:08that could be you know disrespected at 20 with a 25 to 1 to come out of the
07:14East they if they are healthy and they find a way to you know clean up their
07:19defense there's one thing for sure no team can get up and down the floor with
07:23them I think it's really interesting though to your point about the New York
07:26Knicks to what Milwaukee is going to undertake this offseason everybody in
07:30the East you still have to get past Boston and a lot can change but you got
07:34to surpass the Celtics as of this moment it's an interesting offseason for Miami
07:40the pick of Khalil Ware Khalil Ware at 15th overall have to love that Jaime
07:45Hawkins and all first-team NBA rookie last year but they are going to keep
07:50them at a bio in-house through 2029 we'll see about Jimmy Butler's future
07:54in South Florida Nick Claxton also signing an extension yesterday with the
07:59Brooklyn Nets a four-year deal worth a hundred million dollars the Nets have
08:03made plenty of moves in the last 48 hours as well but they've been trading
08:07some things away they've been getting back some draft assets maybe keeping an
08:11eye on the future this upcoming season there are seven teams seven in the NBA
08:16all tied for the longest price to win an NBA championship next year including
08:21Brooklyn at 1,000 to 1 mm-hmm what are the Nets going to look like this
08:27upcoming year and are they already keeping an eye on this time next year in
08:31the 2025 NBA draft tank for Cooper simply put take Kim Johnson take him to
08:38somewhere like Cleveland who could use a stretch for to get shoot the ball get
08:41rid of them Dennis Schroeder get rid of them Ben Simmons you play 10 minutes of
08:45the game you're going to just trade everyone away like Camp Thomas score 40
08:50points a game on 95 shots it's okay and tank embrace the tank because I'm
08:56telling us that next year's draft what Cooper flag what ace Bailey with Dylan
09:00Harper it ain't the 2024 draft there is star power might be on that tell it