00:00The Knicks got blown out. I mean, blown the F out at home yesterday to the Dallas Mavericks.
00:06And now everyone in the city has done what I knew what they would do.
00:09I'm kind of on board. I'm not like I've got like eight toes on board.
00:15I don't have all 10 on it yet. But Knicks fans have now decided Carl Anthony Towns has to go.
00:22Has to go.
00:23Has to go.
00:23It's all over the place.
00:24Now, I got eight toes on that ship. I ain't got all 10 there yet.
00:28But a couple more games like he's played in January thus far.
00:32And I'm going to be fist and feet on that boat.
00:35I'm going to say this out loud ahead of time. I'm not a Knicks fan, but I'm going to say this.
00:38Yeah.
00:39Considering what you get in return, it would be a mistake to trade him.
00:43He's having his worst shooting year since he was a rookie.
00:46Yes. I think it's because he got engaged personally.
00:48Could it be? I believe that a shooter like him is going to turn around.
00:52He's still going to have stupid fouls. He's still not going to play defense.
00:55But he will be able to shoot again. I don't think you'll get any return on investment.
01:00You're better off if you still want to get to the finals this year.
01:03Yeah.
01:04Keeping them because you're not going to get anything you'd like to return on.
01:07Well, there's a guy I have, and I got to do a little more work on it before I really try to sell you on it.
01:12But I'll give you the early workings.
01:15I'm going to go to my math cave later today and try to figure out how I can make this work.
01:20I'm like Russell Crowe in a beautiful mind. The numbers are constantly coming at me.
01:26I just haven't firmly put them down on paper yet.
01:31Uh-huh.
01:32But I think there's a way, and I know everyone's going to tell me it doesn't make sense for that to be the Knicks' backcourt.
01:38I don't give a rat's ass about that.
01:40All right, because basketball has become largely a positionless game.
01:45It's not like it was when you and I grew up, where a point guard has a very specific role, and that's to distribute.
01:51A shooting guard only does this.
01:53Uh-huh.
01:54Basketball's positionless now, right?
01:56Right.
01:56I think there's a way for the New York Knicks to trade Carl Anthony Towns and another guy, and that's going to be my problem with it, and get Ja Morant.
02:09I think that's on the table.
02:11Ooh.
02:11I think that's doable.
02:12I know most people are going to tell me a backcourt of Ja Morant, Jalen Brunson, doesn't make sense.
02:18In the 1980s, I agree with you.
02:20Basketball's changed, and I know they're both ball-dominant guards.
02:24You know, guards, those two guys could figure it out, and that would be the most lethal backcourt in basketball.
02:30Well, if you do that, though, what you're going to need is you can't add more to that trade because Towns makes significantly more.
02:36No, I got to put another guy in it.
02:38No, you need another guy from the Memphis side.
02:41Towns makes $15 million more, so it's not allowed.
02:44Got it.
02:44Okay.
02:44You're going to need.
02:45I got to tell you.
02:46I didn't do the math yet.
02:46I'm going to get to it.
02:47You're going to get Morant.
02:48Plus, if you do that, you're not.
02:51I'm telling you, I can make it work.
02:53Look, you watch.
02:54I'm going to go to the lab today, and when I come in here tomorrow, I'm going to do the math for you.
03:00I'm going to make it work that the New York Knicks acquire John Morant.
03:03You watch me do my work.
03:05Okay?
03:05He does a lot of standing around.
03:07Everybody that plays with Brunson does a lot of standing around.
03:10He's going to be comfortable when they're running a pick and roll, which they do a lot of with the Knicks because you have to with him.
03:15Standing in the corner?
03:16No.
03:17No.
03:18It's going to change the whole dynamic of the Knicks offense.
03:20I'm with you.
03:21And I know on paper, everyone's going to say, those two guys cannot share a backcourt.
03:26And I say, yes.
03:27In the 1980s, you're right.
03:29Basketball is different now.
03:30And if you get a pure scorer like John Morant, Jalen can still play the point, and now he's got a guy to run with.
03:37I'm telling you.
03:38It works.
03:39Trust me.
03:40I did it.
03:40It works.
03:41Tyrone, it works.
03:42It works.
03:43It doesn't work mathematically.
03:45It's not allowed.
03:46You're going to have to take back Zach Eadie and throw in picks to make that work.
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