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00:00Jeremy, I know at the time of this recording, the team still does not have a coach.

00:04Everybody's still anxious about that.

00:06But the Knicks bench ranked last in minutes per game last season.

00:10Do you think we'll see more of a defined rotation for younger players that you mentioned,

00:15like Pakom Dadie, Tyler Kolek, and Ariel Haperdi next season?

00:19No matter who the coach is, do you think the Knicks will play those guys more

00:23and see what they had with the talent that they drafted just a year ago?

00:27I sure hope so.

00:28And the reason for that being, okay, you've got Huckporti for one more season

00:31before he hits restricted free agency.

00:34You've got two years after this year for Dadie,

00:37you want to at least have him start to take a step forward.

00:40You've got Kolek, who can be a restricted free agent after his third year in the league

00:44or an unrestricted free agent after his fourth year.

00:47So if I'm the Knicks, I've invested assets into these players.

00:50I want to see what I've gotten them.

00:52I want to be able to give them the opportunity.

00:54We know that a player like Kolek, despite not playing well,

00:56does a great job of finding players in the corners.

00:59The Knicks like their corner threes.

01:00They hit them at the same frequency last year,

01:02but the rest of the league took more of them in general than they had in years before.

01:07So the Knicks going back to the well of how do we hit corner threes would be beneficial.

01:12Kolek can help there.

01:13With Dadie, his defense is strong.

01:15You know, he's not the fastest of players, but he can move pretty well on his feet.

01:19But granted, we haven't seen it at a high level, at the highest level, a ton.

01:23And then when you have Huck Porte, it's the question of we know he can pass out of the short roll.

01:27He can rebound well.

01:29He's a good defender.

01:30He can protect the rim.

01:32You want to see what you've got in these guys,

01:33especially as if you have other moves that you need to make,

01:36you need to plug up the depth somewhere.

01:38So being able to play them more minutes,

01:42I think it's pretty essential for how the Knicks can grow,

01:44not just ceiling-wise, but purely raising their floor.

01:48When players get hurt, you want them to be able to step in where they can.

01:51And you mentioned the Knicks were last in minutes per game.

01:53It's absolutely true, especially being last in points per game.

01:56So even though those players, you're not going to maybe find a lot of scoring

02:00out of Dadie, Huck Porte, or Kolek, or maybe even Deuce McBride,

02:04but finding ways to get more energy, moving Josh Hart even to the bench.

02:10If he's able to create more and do more against bench units instead of starters,

02:16he's able to go in transition.

02:17We know he loves that coast-to-coast right-left move.

02:20So if he can do a little bit more of that and help with rebounding and everything else,

02:24you raise the bench play a little bit more, alleviate the starters,

02:28it just makes for a more cohesive team.

02:31Yeah.

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