00:00The idea that Boston is, I mean, not just a favorite in the Eastern Conference,
00:04but, I mean, there's a real gap.
00:06They are half the number of the next closest team in Cleveland.
00:12The one-seed Pistons have the fourth best price right now on most books
00:17with the Knicks, Cleveland, and Boston in front of them.
00:22Do you right now, how do you tier Eastern Conference contenders right now?
00:31I think the tiers are, in my opinion, the Knicks and Boston.
00:36We're Boston being ahead of the Knicks.
00:38Listen, I have serious concerns still with New York in regards to, honestly,
00:46I'm going to be, Kevin, I'm going to be honest with you.
00:48Coaching is where it comes down to.
00:50Well, who's made it to a finals, you know, in the last couple of years, right?
00:55Mike Brown's got questions about whether he can get it done.
00:58Cleveland has always been, you know, Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, David Dunn in the playoffs.
01:04J.B. Bickerstaff turns into a pumpkin when the playoffs start, right?
01:08So, Missoula, by the graces of what he's done and how they've overachieved, they make the most sense.
01:17There are, there is polarizing players all over the place in regards to what happens and this team can make
01:28a run to get to the NBA Finals for Eastern Conference.
01:31There is no player in Eastern Conference with more pressure than Carl Anthony Towns because he will be the scapegoat
01:41and he will be shipped gone if they can try and get Giannis if they don't win.
01:46But he is going to be the greatest big since Patrick Ewing if they get to the finals.
01:53Can Cat, who spends more time bitching the referees than playing defense sometimes, can he channel it and be that
02:04player?
02:05It's a lot of pressure to put on Mike Brown, but it really falls on Cat because if the Knicks
02:12don't make it to the finals, I don't think they get rid of Brown unless they lose their first-round
02:17matchup.
02:17It looks at Cat as being the scapegoat and the one that could be jettisoned out of New York if
02:23they don't make it.
02:25Can I, it's probably not the time.
02:29You know what, I'll just do it and then we'll be, I'm not sure the Knicks should be all that
02:35interested in the Giannis business anymore because I think Giannis has put on a tour de force of making himself
02:42an unattractive option for potential suitors this season.
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