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National radio host Zach Gelb pushes back against Hoch and Crowder thinking Adam Silver made the right decision not suspending Wemby. Plus, why he hates the idea of the Knicks adding LeBron James.
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00:00Zach Gelb hosts the Zach Gelb show on 365 Sports and he's the studio host for NFL and college
00:06basketball on Compass Media Networks and I always recommend you follow him on social media
00:11at Zach Gelb, Z-A-C-H-G-E-L-B. I know Solana has been annoyed the last couple
00:21of days because
00:21Crowder and I have been talking about how the New York Knicks, it's the mecca of basketball
00:27and the league is better if the Knicks are relevant and Solana has been looking at it through the
00:32prism of being a Heat fan and I hate being painted as a Knicks fan just from speaking the truth
00:39that
00:39it happens to be a more interesting watch like as Coach Laranega said the Knicks Sixers series was a
00:47lot more interesting than the Cavs Pistons series it just is and part of it is because the Knicks
00:54are a major market play at Madison Square Garden blah blah blah but I don't know what to do here
00:58Crowder with Gelb because he's in New York he's a New Yorker he's 67 and sunny today by the way
01:04and uh yeah it's very rainy here very rainy and a few days I can get that in over you
01:09guys um so I
01:10don't know what to do Crowder because I don't want to do four hours of professing my love for the
01:15Knicks
01:15because I don't have any love for the Knicks but I don't know what I don't know what to do
01:19you hit it
01:20on the head the truth is the truth and Knicks basketball is old school it's a it's a legacy
01:27of NBA and with them being good it makes the league better that's the truth you put you put it
01:32perfectly
01:33yeah and I just think there's more excitement around the Knicks like the Cavs Pistons series
01:38is a better series it's tied up at two games a piece the Knicks and and Sixers series is already
01:43over and there was only one game that was close and it was when Joel Embiid wasn't even playing in
01:47game
01:47too but in the east where you're looking for more excitement the east and I know Solana you
01:53you know makes this as a joke like oh the AFC it was so easy the Patriots got there the
01:58east is
01:59is open and the Knicks are the most exciting team in the Easter conference where in the west you know
02:04it's just a two-team race oh actually let's go there let's talk about how the Patriots had the
02:08easiest path to a Super Bowl NFL history that'll be more fun than talking about the Knicks no no if
02:15you
02:15at you you do you think the Knicks could get past OKC San Antonio or even Minnesota in the finals
02:21Minnesota yes um since the Spurs haven't done it yet I think they can OKC is gonna be really tough
02:32like even when they play an average game they still beat these teams by like 10 points um but
02:38if they're there like I don't think they're gonna get swept out I think it's gonna be a six-game
02:42seriously like look at last year the who would have thought the Pacers right would have would have
02:47given the Thunder this much of of a run and it got to seven game you had the Halliburton injury
02:51I would rank those teams right now Thunder one Spurs two Knicks three but it doesn't mean the Knicks
02:56can't go win a championship if they're there and Gelby we didn't talk to you beforehand but I saw in
03:02the
03:02text line I didn't I didn't know what you were saying but you didn't want to see Wemby have 15
03:0925 15 4 4 and 4 whatever it was last night you don't think he should have played in game
03:15five
03:15no he he should have been suspended and this great Gelby goodness lose friendship
03:21Channing if I walked into the studio and elbowed you in the neck and then Len Weiner was like no
03:28you got to continue to host the show uh what like if he wasn't going to host the show he
03:35left on
03:36Tuesday and then he gets to work on Wednesday basketball game elbows are flying in basketball
03:41games all the time that he hesitated and then said okay I know what I'm doing and threw an elbow
03:48in
03:49the neck of Nas Reed if that was and I know Draymond Green has a history he's got a history
03:54he was suspended if that was Mitchell Robinson of the Knicks he would have been suspended
04:00but when he is a global star and he gets preferential treatment as he should goes to
04:06this commissioner just being spineless little spineless silver why would you make is why
04:13would you why would you why would you flex your power over one of the superstars maybe the biggest
04:21superstar the league has seen in five seasons or more like why would you flex your power on him
04:29you can't just elbow someone in the throat because the guy got kicked out of the game
04:33he got kicked out of the game and he shouldn't be allowed to play game five if Nas Reed if
04:38it
04:39would have been the if that was Nas Reed doing that and Nas Reed should be suspended for a week
04:43Adam Schefter assault you know what you would have been saying that's right but Gelby this is my
04:48follow-up to all this stuff I did it with Hollywood the morning I did it with Solana
04:52I'm disappointed in you I'm disappointed in you because you weren't a star and you should stand
04:57up for the little guy you SOB yeah but Gelby like consequences and repercussions I understand it
05:04what is the reason like what why why does it why are you get why do y'all get so
05:09up in arms that
05:10Wimby played what what's it gonna prove what's it gonna change basketball what is the outcome of him
05:16not playing game five because you potentially lose all control of that series like if last night if
05:22Nas Reed would have done that in retaliation what you're gonna suspend him just because he's a lesser
05:25player you have to have some some control the series kick him out I think you should have
05:30suspended Nas Reed for getting elbowed oh yeah Nas Reed's neck hurt Wimby's elbow hey jackass get your
05:39neck out of the way of our superstars elbows duck why did he just duck
05:46shaking my head shaking my head I just YouTube I just don't get and you know what if let's just
05:55say
05:55that was uh I don't know uh uh uh Chris Middleton who did that to Jimmy Butler you too you
06:07too would be
06:08like Chris Middleton should be suspended for for four games it happened to bam it happened to bam
06:13in this year's play-in game LaMelo who's watching the playing game come on that was a dirty play though
06:19that wasn't that was a very very dirty and you guys were annoyed by it and I was annoyed by
06:24it
06:24that was a dirty play and he didn't get suspended yeah yeah so spineless silver set his precedent in
06:33the in these in these postseason games I I blade an elbow like that is so bad that then worse
06:41than
06:42kicking someone's legs out from under him well I mean just punched him like like an elbow is a
06:47normal part of the game what what uh ball did to bam is not a normal part of the game
06:52be discreet
06:53about an elbow you go and set a screen yet you set a screen high or or or you're just
06:58box it out
06:59and boom what Victor Wembenyama did Victor Wembenyama can't be discreet about anything there's
07:04literally nothing on the planet he can be discreet about he looked at Nas Reed hesitated and then
07:10boom hit him with an elbow right in there have you ever looked at Nas Reed you do the same
07:15thing
07:17I might have snuck my fingers at some guys mousing under the pile or punched another two
07:22it is what it is it's a sport I'm just glad you weren't like Christian Wilkins and maybe putting
07:26those fingers someplace else yeah how's the upfront guy I'll make you very uncomfortable
07:34I'm glad you said it was a sport I thought this happened at the radio station
07:42that studio space with Christian Wilkins this is what this is what annoyed Solana though and again
07:46I don't want to do the Knicks love but would there be some kind of poetic finish to LeBron's career
07:53if he went to the Knicks next season and won a championship for them in Madison Square Garden
08:04um like sure like but LeBron never has wanted the Knicks so why would the Knicks want LeBron now
08:13at the end of his career like if there was a benefit on this current Knicks team
08:18you don't think they're better I don't think they need him well they're gonna fall short this year
08:25because then who do you lose like like he's a free agent no no I'm saying I'm saying you have
08:32to get
08:33someone probably has to get kicked off the roster uh Mikael Bridges even though his offense is
08:39inconsistent he's on a heater right now and he's a great defensive player OG and Noby's one of the
08:43best two-way players in the league Brunson's not going anywhere Kat's not going anywhere uh Deuce
08:48McBride is valuable you know a three-point shooter like really saying that you're gonna keep Deuce
08:54McBride over having LeBron play at Madison Square Garden I just want to make sure I have this right
08:59you're choosing Deuce McBride over LeBron James no good take no good take this is probably gone
09:06somewhere else but like now I know what it's like Solana you have one last name and it's the first
09:11six
09:11that make a lot of sense but then one little blemish and and you two cockroaches we can't get
09:15rid of you but like I want to make sure I heard this right I thought maybe the weather had
09:20uh had
09:21messed with my audio someone else you're taking Deuce McBride yeah you know I don't over LeBron
09:26you want to know I don't want LeBron James because he's a big baby oh JJ Reddick that Rob Palenka
09:34gave him a game ball and a congratulatory message from his children so why I gotta be a little bitch
09:40please I don't want LeBron four years ago would love him now no chance I I understand what you're
09:47saying Ben Stiller and Tracy uh Morgan they're not buying their uh they would be star effing him
09:53they're not buying their courtside seats McBride's not there why would they spend that much money
09:59the last time I just threw a name randomly in this show was Devon HN you all clown me who's
10:03the best
10:03player in the Dolphins right now Devon HN suck on that yeah yeah Jimmy's like dump dump dump dump
10:15yeah LeBron goes he stays with the Lakers and they don't make the playoffs he goes to New York
10:19and win the championship anything affect his legacy anything next year can affect LeBron's legacy
10:24yeah if he went to New York like no it wouldn't get him past Michael Jordan he's the he's the
10:30second
10:30greatest player of all time so uh yeah another championship would would be awesome for LeBron
10:36and for him to go out that way but at this point LeBron and Aaron Rodgers LeBron's better I have
10:42like no appetite to see either one still play Aaron Rodgers your little song and dance uh just go
10:47retire yeah you're gonna go play for the Seals this year you win nine ten games you won't win a
10:51postseason game and the Seals would be better off just starting Will Howard or Drew Allis so they at
10:55least could rip the band-aid off see if those guys got anything and when they don't then they're
10:59picking in the top 10 in the draft for LeBron I read the article on ESPN they have to justify
11:05why they're going to offer him a lower salary like just go back you know I want to see him
11:10Cleveland next year have him go back to Cleveland go back another time and it's at least a nostalgic
11:15ending you want him back in Miami you guys no exactly you guys get all on me for not wanting
11:21him in New York and you guys don't want to Miami win your two championships yeah take him back
11:24but ask me if I would take him or Deuce McAllister I'm gonna do Staley too I don't even think
11:34your
11:35deuce goes on the Mount Rushmore of deuces we gotta wrap up this call I gotta take a deuce honestly
11:43by the way Deuce McBride under contract next year for four million dollars so
11:48so he'll be LeBron's running mate no but you're gonna you're gonna you have to shed some salary
11:54there I mean no no like put it this way I'd rather have Mitch Robinson on the Knicks next year
11:58than
11:58LeBron James right well Mitchell Robinson is a free agent they're not gonna be able to repay him
12:04because 92 percent of your your entire cap and you're over the cap is uh is is on that that
12:10starting
12:10five no joke though like that's how you get it done Mitchell Robinson doesn't get re-signed
12:16and they give LeBron the mid-level exception he plays for like 18 million dollars and then you
12:22sign a bunch of of uh of guys on the minimum who want to come play with LeBron in New
12:27York like that's
12:28the that that's the way that they would get it done now the question is would LeBron sign for a
12:32mid-level extension um and would he want to go to New York I don't think he would I think
12:38it would
12:39just make more sense to go back to Cleveland and I think the Cavs are better so oh well the
12:43Cavs
12:44aren't better but that's fine um I guess we don't look at results or standings or anything like
12:48that but anyway uh the interesting part here is Leon Rose used to represent he was his first ever
12:53agent for LeBron and then LeBron kind of stabbed Leon in the back um and just had all the LeBron's
12:59friends then go represent him but then they ended up um Deuce McAllister uh Deuce McBride oh you
13:04have his number I got Deuce McAllister's number does that does that make a big deal um I just added
13:09it
13:09yeah I don't have can we can we backtrack for a second yeah in your in your just brutal and
13:16lame
13:17attempt to take a shot at me I don't look at records or whatever the Knicks won one more game
13:22than the
13:23Cavs did in the regular season literally one more game but the last time the Knicks played the Cavs in
13:28the playoffs who won right but so what say it with me Solana go New York the last time the
13:35Heat played
13:35the Knicks in the playoffs who won what does that have to do with anything this season literally
13:40what does that in recent memory the Knicks have been better than the Cavs all right we'll see the
13:45Knicks are way better than the Cavs Solana can you get you trusting James Harden in a big spot the
13:50only thing I'm trusting James Harden to uh show up for is one of those strip club reads that you
13:54guys
13:54and some some damn turnovers Gale he'll give that ball to the other team every time he gets a chance
14:00who's got the best player in that series uh uh Donovan Mitchell is by far in a way the best
14:06player
14:06if those two teams were to play in the series Jalen Brunson just does not exist
14:11far in a way Jalen huh far in a way better than Jalen Brunson it's not Jalen Brunson is garbage
14:17you are fake news you'd rather have
14:22you're a very cantankerous segment you'd rather have Jalen Brunson than Donovan Mitchell
14:28what is what what is Jalen Brunson accomplished yes yeah right now what what has he accomplished
14:33he brought the Knicks back something Donovan Mitchell would have done if they signed Donovan
14:37Mitchell over Jalen Brunson but two conference uh two conference finals appearances that they're
14:42not going to get out of like what genuinely you don't think the Knicks are going to the NBA
14:45finals you don't think they're going to get out of it do you know how bad the Knicks were
14:48the Knicks are the biggest joke in the league I think the Pistons match up better with the New
14:53York Knicks and I think they win that series and I think the Cleveland Cavaliers will will
14:58literally win that series in five okay just because you say literally from one of the chatters yeah I
15:04don't think uh what what's a dude who's your dude that's my homeboy yeah I don't think
15:09Deuce McBride goes on the Mount Rushmore of deuces it's Deuce Bigelow Deuce McAllister Deuce
15:15Daly and a deuce is there who is the who is the Miami Hurricane who uh dropped the deuce in
15:23the
15:23closet oh my god the running back yeah oh what am I googling here I know him I want to
15:37say I keep
15:38wanting to say Willis McGahee but it wasn't Willis McGahee it wasn't Willis it wasn't Frank
15:41Najee Davenport Najee Davenport Deuce Davenport
15:50now Gelby read that story it's gonna blow your mind gotcha I'm just a big fan of the seven floor
15:55crew and I find it funny uh my one of my favorite clips of the history of the internet is
16:01the
16:01reporter that brought up the seven floor crew performance of Greg Olson when he was at a media
16:06night at the Super Bowl yeah it was not Greg Olson now Mr. America Greg Olson oh the greatest human
16:11being ever yeah well it was a young kid young young well-endowed kid
16:19we gotta go Zach Gelb follow him on social media Z-A-C-H-G-E-L-B deuces
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