00:00I'm trying to be as fair as I can when I say this, but the answer is Mike Brown.
00:04He's the answer.
00:05Yeah.
00:05He's the answer for a few reasons.
00:08Sometimes you can judge a coach based on what they look like out of timeouts.
00:13Interesting.
00:14How did the Knicks look out of timeouts last night?
00:17How did they look when they had 12.5 seconds remaining to attack, attack after the C.J. McCollum go
00:26-ahead shot?
00:27How did that offensive possession look?
00:30And the answer is trash.
00:32Well, it looked familiar.
00:33That's the problem.
00:35And that means trash.
00:37Yes.
00:37It was predictable.
00:38You know exactly what was going to happen.
00:41And Jalen Brunson didn't even get a shot off.
00:44That's trash.
00:46If you go back to five minutes to go when the Knicks were down by three, they committed a turnover
00:53right out of a timeout.
00:54Like there was a lot of that.
00:57And then you factor in the rotations.
00:59Now, I give Mike Brown credit because for the first three quarters, he listened to everybody by avoiding having any
01:06kind of minute with either Cat or Brunson not on the floor.
01:09Right.
01:10Until the fourth quarter.
01:11And then you bring out a trash lineup.
01:14Right.
01:14And then you start the fourth quarter with trash.
01:17And then the other thing is this.
01:19And if you don't want to put it as much on Mike Brown, fine.
01:21That's okay.
01:23They can't stop Carl Anthony Towns.
01:27Make them stop Carl Anthony Towns.
01:30Right.
01:30Jonathan Kuminga has not morphed into Will Chamberlain.
01:33I'm sorry.
01:34Make them stop him.
01:36And yet again, in the fourth quarter with the game on the line, disappearing act.
01:41Yep.
01:41So that's because the ball goes to Jalen Brunson.
01:44I get it.
01:45Or Deuce McBride taking a million shots.
01:47Why in the hell was he taking so many shots?
01:48He did hit some big shots.
01:49He did make some big shots, but he's also trying to get into the lane.
01:52It's like, dude, you're 6'1".
01:53You're not getting up over this long-ass Atlanta defense.
01:57It's funny.
01:58Three weeks ago, two weeks ago, you asked me, you asked us,
02:02what would be the biggest thing we're talking about regarding the New York Knicks in the postseason?
02:07And I said, Mike Brown.
02:09Yeah, you're right.
02:10And it's becoming painfully obvious that there are moments in games where he doesn't know what to do.
02:18And so he just says, all right, this should work.
02:22Even though I never played this rotation together in the regular season,
02:25I have no idea what they look like.
02:26But you know what?
02:26Go get them, guys.
02:27It's just, I don't know how you're a Knicks fan.
02:30Because you're frustrated by Tibbs.
02:33Now you're frustrated by Mike Brown.
02:34And it feels like every other team in the East, Evan, is better coached?
02:39No.
02:41Ascending.
02:41Yeah.
02:43There's like a future expectation for them.
02:46This Knick team feels like we're at the roof.
02:49We need a good coach to break us through the roof.
02:53And we don't have that.
02:54So they're going to fall out in this round.
02:56And they might lose until Atlanta again.
02:59Or they're getting knocked out in the second round.
03:01They're not winning a championship.
03:02But what do you have to look forward to after this?
03:04Let's go.
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