00:00The Knicks are playing at a way higher level than we expected them.
00:04And I think there's kind of some similarity to the Patriots
00:08getting to the Super Bowl in that the NFC title game
00:13felt like the Super Bowl when it was Rams-Seahawks.
00:17And then, like, the Knicks have been excellent,
00:21and that's all you got to give them credit for that.
00:22You got to give them credit for that.
00:23But they haven't exactly run through some buzz saws.
00:25They have average margin of victory is 19 points.
00:30Crazy.
00:30So they're doing their thing.
00:32And you can say what you want about Brunson, the dude's a closer.
00:36He knows how to close.
00:38And his teammates from college, they all can play basketball.
00:42So they're going to play hard.
00:45But the thing of it, when you look at Big Cat against other big men,
00:53they are uncomfortable outside.
00:56I don't think there's either one of those teams, the Spurs, the Thunder,
01:01their big men could go outside with them.
01:03They're not going to just sit out, be lost when they get out there.
01:07So I think it's a difference for me.
01:09How about this?
01:10They're trying to be happy.
01:12But I didn't want to tell them last night,
01:14but I don't think your team is going to win the title.
01:16A list of things that didn't exist the last time the Knicks were in the NBA Finals.
01:21iPhone, Facebook, Instagram, Gmail, Netflix.
01:29Is this correct?
01:32Xbox didn't exist in 1999?
01:36Xbox?
01:37Damn.
01:38That's crazy, dude.
01:39Like, I remember that Knicks team getting to that Finals.
01:42You know what's going to be way crazier?
01:45Everybody's rattling off how long it's been since the Knicks got to a Finals, right?
01:51When the Wiz finally get to a Finals?
01:54We're going to lose our minds.
01:55Dude, it was 1979.
01:58Yeah.
01:59Were you living?
02:00No.
02:03So only one person on this show was living?
02:05Yeah.
02:06Okay.
02:06But by the time the Wiz get to a Finals, who knows when that's going to be?
02:11It's hardly a given.
02:12You got to play there, Jay.
02:14Now, speaking of the Wiz and the NBA,
02:18everybody's aware of the number one pick, obviously,
02:21and the level of prospect the number one pick could present.
02:25Whether you're a Darren Peterson guy, an A.J.
02:28DeBant's a guy, it's wildly interesting.
02:32Now, Mark Spears is an ESPN NBA analyst, commentator.
02:39We've talked, my preferred format, if you will, is take somebody at one,
02:46and then I'm cool if they trade one of these veterans to get back into the top 10.
02:51We got to...
02:52All right, turn this damn thing off.
02:57It's off now.
02:59I would love drafting somebody at one and then trading a veteran,
03:03maybe a veteran and a young player, getting back into the top 10 and adding another stud.
03:07This draft is loaded.
03:08That would do a lot for you.
03:11Tell me what you think of this idea.
03:13This is Mark Spears from ESPN.
03:16I basically was told by a very good source close to that Washington situation
03:20that they're going to explore their options.
03:22And I think that with some of the young talent that they have, why not, right?
03:28The one thing I wonder with Giannis is, like, how much power does he have
03:32and where they trade him and does this relatively, I guess, new owner there really care?
03:37Does he have a relationship with Giannis where he's worried about his destination?
03:41Obviously, Portland didn't care for Dame, right, sending him to Milwaukee.
03:46Dame didn't want to go there.
03:47But I do think at this point with Giannis and the Bucs,
03:52the Bucs are going to do what's best for them, not what's best for Giannis.
03:55And that's what they're supposed to do.
03:58I think every team is supposed to do what's best for them.
04:01I know some teams come out and it seems like they actually did something in favor of that player.
04:06But you look at it, they made a move that benefited them.
04:11And so that he's basically saying the possibility of Giannis coming to Washington?
04:17That's certainly what he's looking for.
04:19The thing about Giannis coming to Washington.
04:21I'm out on that.
04:22If we give up the number one pick.
04:23Your point guard is not going to be touching the ball.
04:26He brings the ball up the court.
04:29I don't know.
04:32I understand how incredibly complicated the NBA salary cap is.
04:38I know enough to know I don't know enough, if that makes sense, with the NBA salary cap.
04:42But I know that matching up salaries is a huge part of making NBA trades.
04:48Totally.
04:49How much Giannis makes?
04:51$8 zillion is my guess.
04:54Somebody give me Giannis contract details.
04:56Is it close to 60?
04:58Probably.
04:59He's making whatever you can make.
05:01He'll turn 32 in December of this year.
05:06Which isn't old, but he's been in the NBA for 13 years already.
05:10It isn't old, but Giannis has missed some games of late.
05:14So he has a $58 million cap hit next year.
05:17And the year after that has a $63 million cap hit.
05:20But also has a player option.
05:21Basically 60.
05:22It sounds almost the same as Anthony Davis' contract.
05:26Roughly.
05:27They're roughly the same age.
05:29When you look at it now, I think you would have to look at who gives you the most.
05:33Ant?
05:35Davis?
05:35Or Giannis?
05:38If the trade is straight up Davis for Giannis, I think I'd rather have Giannis.
05:43Okay.
05:44Giannis has been far more durable throughout his career.
05:47Now this past year wasn't that.
05:49A lot of that could have been just frustration and pissed off.
05:51Yeah, totally.
05:53Giannis has also won two MVPs, won a title.
05:56Yeah.
05:56Davis did win a title, but that was with LeBron in the bubble.
05:59Like Giannis carried that team to a title.
06:02I'm saying.
06:02I think Giannis is the better player.
06:04I don't think, though, a Giannis for AD trade straight up exists, though, do you?
06:08I don't think so.
06:10I think the Bucs would need.
06:11The Bucs would want AD and somebody else.
06:13Probably the number one pick.
06:15I think that's a little.
06:16I'm out on that.
06:17That's too much.
06:20At one point, I'd probably say, okay, but that's too much.
06:24Yeah.
06:25Yeah.
06:26I, we had a long conversation about the Nats earlier, and these are like really exciting
06:30times to be a Nats fan because they're playing really good baseball right now.
06:37You know what I mean?
06:37Like they're one game above 500.
06:39They took the series from the Braves over the weekend.
06:42Like it's a really fun time to be a Nats fan.
06:45But I think if you're realistic, you recognize how far away they are from like competing for
06:50a title.
06:52And I wouldn't want the Nats to give up like something significant to go get a veteran
06:59because the timelines don't add up.
07:01But as I was riding in, you know, the speculation, but I was listening to the Jocs.
07:07They were like, well, they're not going to pay both CJ and Wood.
07:12Well, if people are listening to me on the radio for many, many years, we always in this
07:17town, and this is not fans.
07:19This is the ownership.
07:20But fans also don't want to pay multiple people.
07:24You know what you got to do?
07:26If you're competing against teams that are paying multiple people, you better damn well
07:30pay multiple people.
07:31Because James Wood by himself is not going to beat teams that got three and four hitters.
07:37Okay?
07:37When you ask Strasburg, they're not going to beat a pitcher, a team that has four or five
07:42pitchers.
07:42Right.
07:43So if you're going to be consistent at this thing and consistent at winning, you got to
07:48pay some damn body.
07:49And if you're not in the paying people business, get the hell out of it.
07:55The learners know what is required to compete at the highest levels because they did it.
08:02Yes.
08:02Yes.
08:03It's not like they got sold to someone else and the new guys being cheap.
08:06The same people that spent now don't spend.
08:09Yeah.
08:10Now, the Wiz aren't in the same scenario because Leontes throughout his ownership of both the
08:15Caps and the Wiz has always shown a willingness to spend.
08:18Okay.
08:18He pays his top players.
08:20For me, the number one overall pick, trading it for Giannis, that's a no for me.
08:27No, no.
08:27I don't want to trade it because I'm looking at something that's going to be here for a
08:33long period of time or when this thing gets great.
08:36If it gets great, Giannis won't be here.
08:39800-636-1067.
08:41800-636-1067.
08:44Are we crazy to say no thanks to Giannis?
08:46I'd rather have the number one pick.
08:48I am open to interpretation on this, but I have a hard time believing someone's going
08:53to change my mind.
08:54Dave Jagler will join us at one o'clock.
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