00:00Obviously, the notion of Jalen Brown coming back to Atlanta was a place that he hasn't made any bones that
00:08is really appealing to him.
00:10He's got roots here.
00:12There's a lot about Jalen Brown that suggests that it would be great for the Hawks.
00:18Not only is he a marquee player in the NBA, but he wants to be in Atlanta.
00:22And it really is not far-fetched when you figure the Bucs are going to move Giannis.
00:28They cannot go into next year.
00:30Absolutely cannot go into next year.
00:31Well, one year left on his deal.
00:32Yeah, and it's just not going to work.
00:34That last year with Doc Rivers was a farce.
00:37He wants to play.
00:37He doesn't want to play.
00:38Is he part of the future?
00:39He's not and all that.
00:40And they're going to get in rebuild mode and load up on number ones.
00:43So then you go, who are the viable suitors, if you will?
00:48And the Celtics want Giannis.
00:51The Hawks, I think, should want Jalen Brown.
00:54At least he wants Atlanta.
00:55And it looks like with all the number ones we have this year and moving forward,
00:59and the Celtics willing to play, that it looked like Milwaukee would get their share of number ones.
01:03And next thing you know, you'd turn around and we'd lose maybe Risa Shea and Kaminga,
01:07possibly a Kongu, some number ones.
01:09But we'd end up with an absolute top ten player in the NBA or right there in Jalen Brown.
01:14Now, the problem now, as close as this thing is to possibly coming to fruition,
01:21is that Giannis wants to go to Miami, who is the other team that is real interested.
01:26One of the other teams.
01:27There are more than just one.
01:29Who are the other teams you heard about Giannis?
01:31Who else is, hmm.
01:33Well, right here on this, I don't have it.
01:35But there are some.
01:36Portland, I believe, was one.
01:38I think the Trailblazers were one.
01:39He's not going to go to Portland.
01:41I mean, certainly Miami.
01:42If the Boston Celtics can convince Giannis to sign a longer-term deal, right,
01:49max out whatever it is because Jalen's contract is $60 million next year
01:52or two years from now, and Giannis can get off of the Miami thing,
01:56I think this thing could happen.
01:59The problem is most players want to play in Miami.
02:02They always have.
02:02I mean, it has been an ongoing storyline, certainly with LeBron kind of at the top
02:08of that, Shaquille O'Neal at the top of that.
02:10Guys want to end up in Miami.
02:11It's a sexy place to play.
02:13They love the tax deals in Florida, obviously.
02:15Right, no state tax.
02:18So Boston needs to do a sell job.
02:20They're playing with Jason Tatum and Peyton Pritchard and possibly Derek White,
02:23if he doesn't get moved in company, puts them in a chance to win the NBA title,
02:26which, by the way, the Celtics, I think, are favored in the Eastern Conference
02:30to win it next year.
02:31Yeah, the numbers that were released the other day by DraftKings,
02:36Spurs plus $250,000, Thunder plus $260,000, Celtics plus $550,000.
02:42Now the – I can't believe I'm saying this – the defending champion Knicks plus $650,000.
02:47By the way, the Hawks plus $10,000.
02:50Yeah, makes sense.
02:52You know, this is what sticks out for me with this whole thing with Giannis.
02:56And, you know, look, I get it.
02:57He is one of the great players in the league.
03:00He's a physical specimen stud, can do whatever he wants from coast to coast on the court.
03:05He's injury prone.
03:06He has not been healthy since the title year.
03:10There was so much talk during the season this year.
03:13My friends will be, you know, oh, I want – the Knicks, oh, there's rumors the Knicks can get Giannis.
03:18I don't want Giannis.
03:20I love my team, I kept telling them.
03:22I love my team.
03:23I want to keep my team just the way it is.
03:25Do not – I don't even want to hear about this stuff.
03:27So, for me, sticking out, Giannis, yeah, looks great on paper, but can he stay healthy?
03:33How old is Giannis?
03:34He is 37 – 36?
03:3735?
03:38No, no, no.
03:3835.
03:3935.
03:40Giannis is 35.
03:42You got to look that up.
03:43I want Giannis.
03:44Listen, so at least turn your mic off if you're going to –
03:4831, I'm sorry.
03:49He's 31.
03:50Yeah, I was like, dude, no way.
03:51He's 31.
03:52Yeah, he's got five years to be a dominant player and continue to be that.
03:56Are you surprised Boston's ready to move on from Jalen Brown?
03:59I am.
04:00This is shocking to me.
04:01Why not try and rerun it?
04:02He was unbelievable.
04:04How about play a different style if you're the Celtics?
04:07How about not – we heard this about the Spurs in that game that they blew when they were up
04:1029 points on the Knicks.
04:12How about not jacking up frees every 10 seconds?
04:15How about that?
04:16Brad Stevens and Joe Mazzullo are obsessed with the percentages and all the statistics.
04:21The analytics.
04:21Yeah, the analytics.
04:22And listen, it worked for the regular season.
04:25It did not work in the postseason when they got cold.
04:27I think there's a 30%, 25% chance that this Jalen Brown trade happens.
04:34You have not heard the Hawks say, we love our team.
04:36We're not moving on from our draft picks or anything close to that.
04:39I think Jalen Brown changes it.
04:41But the Celtics are going to have to convince Giannis that at – how old did you say?
04:4431.
04:45At 31, that coming to Boston is a great place for him, a la Kevin Garnett late in his career
04:51as well,
04:52who said, I wish I had gotten there earlier.
04:53Otherwise, if he's committed to Miami, the problem is the Tyler Hero package is not as attractive to anybody.
05:01There's a third team.
05:03If Jalen Brown's in the mix, then they have the Hawks raising their hand.
05:06If Tyler Hero's in the mix, it is not the same as being able to get that thing to happen.
05:11So we shall see how it plays out.
05:13Knicks were everywhere, though.
05:15Yesterday, GMA, Today Show, Jimmy Fallon.
05:19Where are these cuts coming from?
05:20They were also on ESPN where Stephen A. Smith publicly apologized to Brunson for saying that –
05:27Yeah, he was unmoved by that, really, as well.
05:30Here's Brunson.
05:31Do you know what show this is on?
05:32Do we know, Bo?
05:32No, I think it's a couple of them.
05:34All right, here he is talking about the famous pay cut that he took.
05:38I kind of felt like, hey, this is on the table right now.
05:39Let me just get this out of the way so I can play free.
05:42I can play to the best of my abilities without having to think about what could or could not happen.
05:46And then, obviously, being able to be on a contending team.
05:48I knew that if I did this at some point, it was going to come back.
05:53Snake, he's now in the pantheon of all-time New York legends.
05:57I mean, you talk about names like Namath, Messier, Jeter.
06:04He's there now.
06:05Brunson is as big as it gets in New York for the rest of his life.
06:09Eli Manning.
06:10Eli Manning.
06:10Eli Manning.
06:11Reggie.
06:12Reggie Jackson.
06:13Yeah.
06:13I'm going to try to think about where he stacks.
06:16First of all, he is a way better player than Joe Namath ever was.
06:21It's not even good.
06:21Well, that was one season, basically, for Namath.
06:24Brunson in the Hall of Fame is one of the most ridiculous – look at his statistics, him and Bob
06:28Greasey.
06:28I get that.
06:30I don't want to start going crazy on that.
06:32But I'm looking at, like, one-year guys.
06:34Namath was a one-year guy, certainly for his career with the Rangers, Mark Messier, that one year.
06:39But Brunson's been really good.
06:41For four years now.
06:42I mean, it's not like he wasn't awesome last year.
06:44It's just he took it to the next level.
06:46But is he the greatest Nick ever?
06:48That's something that they're talking about.
06:50Walt Frazier and Willis Reed still have two titles.
06:53Here is – well, I guess the big cock yesterday was Ananobi.
06:58We're not going to hear much from him because he was – the viral social of Ananobi was Strahan and
07:05Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts.
07:07Not smiling.
07:08Well, dude, he was –
07:09Yes.
07:10Whatever he was on.
07:12You know how people try to figure out what it is now, cannabis, and figure out, like, hey, I need
07:17something that's going to make me –
07:18And, you know, you walk into one of those stores in L.A. or these other places, it's like going
07:22to a wine store.
07:23Yes.
07:24And they're just like, well, what are you looking for?
07:25What kind of mood do you want to be in?
07:26Well, I'm going to a concert.
07:28Do you have any good, you know, cannabis for that?
07:30Oh, yeah, this is – I like this blend here.
07:32I want someone to help me sleep, whatever it was.
07:34Cookies and cream.
07:34Yeah, they have all these, like, literally on Rodeo Drive in L.A. and, you know, a lot of places.
07:40Well, I don't know what he was on, but it was not the let's get pumped up for GMA because
07:45he was catatonic.
07:47Ananobi was literally catatonic on that stage, and it's not worth playing because it's really all a visual, right?
07:55Yes.
07:55Can we, though, play –
07:57Everywhere he was, he was that way, by the way.
07:59Here's Mikel Bridges talking on his behalf about the Ananobi Game 4 tip-in.
08:05I couldn't believe that he had the, you know, athleticism to tip the ball in air and have control of
08:10the ball.
08:10So maybe one of them tip-ins would maybe go around the rim, but it seemed like he had a
08:13real good possession of the ball.
08:14It's crazy, crazy play.
08:16That was on Jimmy Fallon.
08:18Yeah, that was Jimmy Fallon last night.
08:19You know, I said, I don't know that you can have the statue be the tip-in.
08:24You can't have two statues, right?
08:26Right, so how do you have a commemorative statue for the 2026 Knicks and not have Brunson in it?
08:35Yeah, it's got to be.
08:36It's got to be Brunson.
08:37But the tip is the moment.
08:38I know, well, the tip is the moment.
08:40Yeah, but that was the moment to cap the 29-point comeback and win that game.
08:43But Brunson still won them the title with the 15 points in the fourth quarter.
08:48Are there statues outside of –
08:51MSG?
08:51Yeah.
08:51No.
08:53Because in Boston, you know, we have Dominique in Atlanta.
08:56They've got the Bobby Orr in – he's in the air after the goal.
08:59And there's what, Kobe and Shaq and some Lakers are out, a bunch of Lakers.
09:03There's Kobe, Shaq.
09:04Obviously, I was in Chicago earlier this year.
09:06The Michael Jordan, as soon as you walk in to the United Center, it's just a crazy, you know, statue.
09:14Real quick, one thing we did not discuss, and I have to say that I'm so thankful for as a
09:18Knick fan, James Dolan and the speech that he made to his team in April.
09:23Are we going to play some of that?
09:24I don't know if we have it.
09:25Well, we also have the 10 weeks before the playoffs when he says –
09:28That's it.
09:29That's the one.
09:30Yeah.
09:31Abstain.
09:32Talk to your wives.
09:34Be Spartan-like.
09:35He said no sex.
09:36No sex.
09:37He said be in the best shape.
09:39Get sleep.
09:40Eat well.
09:40And no sex.
09:41That's it.
09:43And he also said every one of your spouses gets a championship ring.
09:46Yes.
09:47I promise you.
09:48And if you're not married, find somebody you care about because I'm giving two rings to everybody, right?
09:52That was James Dolan.
09:54Hated in New York no longer.
09:56Not anymore.
09:57Not anymore.
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