00:00Do you think the Spurs are a better matchup for the Knicks?
00:02Because Joe and I talked about some certain differences
00:05where OKC's been, they're done, that they wanted.
00:07The Spurs are now at this point.
00:08And also, Wemby crying and emotional.
00:11I'm not saying it doesn't mean he's not going to be ready for the finals,
00:13but it looks like getting over the hump to the finals was a big deal
00:16when the Knicks are lying in wait.
00:17Who do you think would have been a better matchup?
00:19And maybe the Spurs are a better matchup for the Knicks.
00:21I think the Spurs are, Donnie.
00:23First of all, if Oklahoma City would have advanced,
00:25they would have done so without J-Dub, without A.J. Mitchell,
00:30they maybe get back one or two of those guys.
00:33I think the Thunder also, so this was an old belief of mine
00:37when the second Kevin Durant Warriors title,
00:42so they swept Cleveland that year.
00:44LeBron was on his own.
00:46LeBron had the 51-8-8.
00:47J.R. Smith forgot the score in the opening game of the finals.
00:50The Rockets pushed that Kevin Durant Warriors team to seven.
00:55And the honest belief was that Rockets team was the only one
01:00who could beat the Warriors, but a few teams could beat the Rockets.
01:04And it feels as if the Spurs were the only team who could beat the Thunder,
01:09but a few teams could hang with San Antonio.
01:11It's not to be dismissive of the Spurs,
01:14but I think the Knicks will be comfortable in this matchup.
01:17I think Jalen Brunson is going to be a very tough guard for Stephon Castle
01:22in the same way SGA was, right?
01:25I think that Cat bringing Wemby out of the paint is beneficial.
01:30Cat can't be getting in foul trouble, though, right?
01:33Same is true for Stephon Castle on the other side.
01:36I think it's a phenomenal matchup.
01:38And people got mad at me for saying this,
01:40but I don't really care because I'm right.
01:42The Kansas City Chiefs spent all year, two years ago,
01:45hearing that the Bills were better.
01:46They beat them in the AFC Championship game
01:48and then celebrated like they had won the Super Bowl.
01:50And then the Eagles left them laying on the New Orleans pavement
01:53because sometimes you pour so much into one result,
01:59it's hard to get ready for the next.
02:01The San Antonio Spurs were told by many people
02:04going into the Western Conference Finals, it was the finals.
02:08Everyone knows Wemby hates Chet,
02:12thinks he should have won the MVP over Shea,
02:14spent all year, you know, talking, you know, junk on this OKC team.
02:19I'm not saying he's not going to be ready.
02:21I'm not saying he's not going to put his best foot forward in the finals
02:23or doesn't want to win the finals.
02:25He poured.
02:26Think about how much more the Spurs poured
02:28into the Western Conference Finals
02:29than the Knicks did their entire Eastern Conference run.
02:33That is a situational setup
02:34that flatly favors the New York Knicks.
02:37We'll see you next time.
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