00:00Giannis Ampakana Kapopo has now officially said to...
00:05He said to Milwaukee, I'm ready for a new home.
00:07Yes.
00:08Da-da-da-da!
00:10Da-da-da-da-da!
00:11So now, all teams, it's kind of like being in...
00:15Powerball.
00:15Yep.
00:16Get your best offer ready.
00:17Yep.
00:17The Knicks are obviously going to be a potential...
00:20Giannis has made it very clear that he would like to play for the Knicks.
00:24Three...
00:25Two weeks ago, the owner of the Knicks joined me on the radio exclusively and told me that
00:28he would not expect...
00:30A major, major deal at the trade deadline, but to be fair, that was before the Knicks...
00:35He lost nine games out of ten.
00:36Yep.
00:36And people started publicly questioning Carl Anthony Ta...
00:40his effort and whether or not his best days are behind him.
00:43So the Knicks are definitely going to be a player.
00:45I think the Miami Heat will try to get involved in some way, shape, or form.
00:49I just don't think...
00:50I don't think they have enough to offer.
00:51They need a third team, most likely.
00:53I think no matter who trades for them...
00:55I'm with you on that.
00:56I think a third team has to be involved.
00:58Most likely.
00:58From a salary cap standpoint.
01:00I know a lot of people you remember on Monday this week, there were rumors that, you know...
01:05that Giannis would also on Drew Holiday to join him wherever he goes because of the response.
01:10And Drew is on that Bucks championship team, and I'm a huge Drew Holiday guy.
01:15I know his career is at the very end, but that dude is a glue guy.
01:18I love Drew Holiday.
01:20You know, 20 minutes a game, that's about it, but love Drew Holiday.
01:23And he's in Portland right now.
01:25You know, like, waiting for somebody to say,
01:28yo, we got you.
01:29Yeah.
01:30And that's out there.
01:30Even before this Giannis story broke, there were reports that the Knicks specifically...
01:35were looking to get him, and I can't think that that's unrelated to the possibility.
01:39I appreciate it.
01:40We'll be back on that.
01:40Look, I don't think the Knicks need Drew Holiday to get Giannis.
01:44I don't.
01:45I don't think they need it.
01:45I think it's additive.
01:46I think it's additive.
01:47I think if you get Giannis, yeah, why not get a guy he likes playing with?
01:50The guy he's won a championship with, a veteran leader in that locker room, and a guy that,
01:54you know...
01:55in a big spot, can come up big.
01:57Defensively, knows the game, and he'd be...
02:00He'd be great off the bench for the Knicks.
02:01So, I don't think they need Drew to get Giannis.
02:03Let me just put it that way.
02:04I don't think they...
02:05I think it helps.
02:06Now, money-wise, real fast, just to make it make sense, this year...
02:10Giannis makes 54.1.
02:12Okay.
02:12Carl Anthony Towns makes 53.1.
02:15Basically, you can do that deal that's close enough.
02:19The question's going...
02:20The rumor was, the Bucs weren't in love with Carl Anthony Towns.
02:23I don't think anybody is right now.
02:24And they were looking for...
02:25For a third team to be involved there.
02:27But, if push comes to shove, and Giannis...
02:30These other teams basically...
02:31Listen, my hamstring's been tight.
02:33My calf bothers me.
02:35If you trade for me, and it's not a team I want, I'm not going to play.
02:39I don't think...
02:40Giannis is that kind of guy, but fair enough.
02:41I mean, he does have a bad calf.
02:42He got hurt.
02:43He hasn't been that type of guy.
02:45But, that doesn't mean if he wants out, because he's never done this before.
02:48He's been the good soldier.
02:50The entire time.
02:51Yeah.
02:51Things might be different at this point.
02:53Yeah, look.
02:54I think from...
02:55We'll just keep it mixed for a second.
02:56Then, we'll bring some other teams into the mix.
02:58Mm-hmm.
02:59Look...
03:00You can't trade Carly Towns straight up for Giannis.
03:02That would be as bad as, you know, Luca for Anthony.
03:05Anthony Davis.
03:05Right.
03:05It's just stupid.
03:06Right.
03:06And, that's how you get fired from a job.
03:08So, let's not pretend like that's...
03:10That's on the table.
03:11I think, before I bring a third team into it, I think the Knicks are going to have...
03:15to give up.
03:16Mikael Bridges, I'm fine giving him up with Carl Anthony Towns.
03:19No.
03:20You probably have to throw a Deuce McBride in there.
03:23Probably.
03:23It's my gut.
03:24And, I'm sure...
03:25I'm sure teams are going to ask for...
03:26Milwaukee's going to ask for...
03:28OG Ananobi as well.
03:29So...
03:30So, of those guys, if I run an order, I do not want to give up...
03:35OG Ananobi.
03:35Can't.
03:36I can live without Mikael Bridges.
03:37I can...
03:38Obviously, Carl Anthony Towns.
03:40Is the key guy that goes there.
03:41The guys, for me, that I think have to be untouched...
03:45untouchable on the Knicks side.
03:47Obviously, Jalen Brunson.
03:48You can't get Jalen Brunson.
03:49We all know.
03:50Number two on that list, for me, is Josh Hart.
03:54The New York...
03:55The New York Knicks are a different ball club when Josh Hart doesn't play.
03:59Josh Hart...
04:00Josh Hart is the heart and soul of the New York Knicks.
04:03And, I cannot give Josh Hart up.
04:05You can see it this year.
04:06Remember, when the Knicks started this year, Mike Brown wanted Josh...
04:10Josh Hart off the bench.
04:11It didn't work.
04:12And, the players went to him and said, I know it's your...
04:15first year with us.
04:16You gotta trust us on this.
04:17Josh Hart has to be on the court to start the game.
04:20When he made that change, the Knicks took off.
04:22When Josh got hurt, the Knicks took like a different...
04:25I love Deuce McBride.
04:27I can give him up.
04:28I'm not a big Mikael Bridger.
04:30I love Deuce McBride.
04:31I love Deuce McBride.
04:32But, I do not want to give OG Ananobi up either.
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