Knicks News: Mikal Bridges Press Conference Reaction | Kessler Trade Update | More Moves Coming?
all right running from the top all right here we go salute to Nicks Nation on this Tuesday afternoon another edition of kftv live CP the franchise here special guest my guy ariel helwani is here as promised and on today’s show we are going to talk about those New York Knicks man we are going to grade the Knicks off season maau Bridges has met with the media we have some Walker kesser updates what are the Knicks going to do at the backup center position I’m going to talk a little bit more about what I was speaking about yesterday in terms of potential moves that the Knicks have their eye on man so lock in hit the like button hit the share button and subscribe to the channel this is once again a YouTube Bleacher Report simoc cast salute to everybody in the chat man CP the franchise Ariel helani back in the building man always a good time when you come here man my man thank you it’s been a while and so uh I’m I’m honored uh love the channel love what you’re doing love your growth uh love all the guests that you’re having love the Insight first place I go to after a big piece of news drops like the bridges deal first place I go to after a big game obviously there hasn’t been one in a month and a half or so but uh it’s uh it’s great to see and uh you guys you tell it like it is none of this and am I do we cuss here or no you’re my guy man go ahead man family shows out to win none of this performative BS that we get all it drives me nuts it drives me nuts I’m so tired of it and so it’s great to have a a voice and a source like this one and so I’m just happy to be here man I I appreciate it man and and uh yeah you said with with the bridges trade I was actually at the subway series I was at the subway I saw that I saw that man you know what I did I was uh I was in the shower it was like 10:30 or so when it when it broke yeah and I swear I got out of the shower I look at my phone I think I had 45 M texts all related to this yeah multiple from different people blah blah blah and then I was I was I couldn’t believe it I’m I’m reading everything and then I said you know what I’m just going to sit and like let this chill get into bed get in my pajamas and just sit there and scroll through everything and so I went all the way to the beginning I was like okay when did it break and then I saw you tweeted like I think it was an Aaron judge home run cuz I wanted to see and and then people were like yo you’re tweeting about Subway series stuffff what Bridges is is a is a Nick so yeah that was funny and then I saw I could I could see like when you kind of noticed and then reacted to it which was incredible it was an incredible night man and uh speaking of maau bridges he did meet with the media today as first reported by Nix fan TV CP the fanise broke that on Saturday uh the first press conference in a long time man you know Nicks usually don’t do this they usually do the the the stage dog and pony show but they actually let Macau Bridge just speak to the media so uh here was the his first sound bite when he sat down and here’s what he had to say I don’t know much to say um I’m excited to be here uh excited to be a Nick you know excited to play MSG um excited to see my guy Spike cor side um I don’t know just you know just great to be here you know obviously just a team we have and um tibs and everybody um you know I want to thank a lot of people thank Leon thank my agent Sam and Jordan and um you know thanks to net organization everybody um you know they’ve been great since I’ve been there so um you know just really appreciative and you know excited to get to work I hate that it’s the summer because you got to wait you know a long time to play but um really excited yeah that’s that’s me too and and everybody else man it’s like can October just get here already and I I just think it it’s so funny to see him there at the podium and he talked so much about the fact that he thought he would have been there in 2018 during the draft because to me that was that was a slam dunk pick so to see him here six years later it’s incredible man I’m I’m thrilled it’s a beautiful site I love those like first day of school Vibes when you see them in the building for the first time when you see them in the locker room you see him holding up the number one shout out to my guy Chris Childs that’s who I think of um before Amari when I think of Nicks one I think of Chris Childs and I know there were others before him uh but I like it and I love that you brought up the press conference because obviously as someone who is uh in the media world and who loves journalism and thinks that press conferences and and having you know a free press and having the ability to ask questions is very important I will be honest I adore the Knicks and I defend them every step of the way I didn’t like when they had just like the Q&A with one of their personalities whether it’s Monica or someone else up there as great as they are but I like the fact that we’re getting the interview tonight at 600 I believe the media should ask questions and and the way they did with Brunson I didn’t that um it should be a guy up there answering questions I wish Leon was up there sitting next to him uh usually you’ll have you know a GM up there sometimes an owner I wish we had that um I don’t know why he doesn’t like to do it and I know most Nicks fans don’t care about this I love this type of thing I I I love when you know the uh the heads of organizations the GMS the owners the head of basketball operations all that stuff I love when those people are accessible but obviously Leon is cooking and and I have no real complaints this is just me as a journalist speaking right now I was very happy when I saw that they announced this first broken by you shout out um that this was going to be a proper press conference I think Mel deserves that the media deserves that and honestly the fan base deserves it because it’s a different type of vibe as you know when it’s media asking questions as opposed to an employee asking questions yeah for sure it’s more natural it’s more authentic and it doesn’t seem as staged the past couple years every one of there you know segments I guess you could say just seemed very staged and uh well prepared but not really that authenticity was lacking that authenticity like you said I could see both sides of it I can see you know the goals of the journalist to to be able to ask those questions and have that access um I think for the fans for most fans some don’t really want to hear Leon Rose or don’t really feel like he would give you anything of of substance but you know I I also think that they’re showing us what they’re trying to do by their actions sure right like like you know I can’t complain by the way I just I just love to hear him because I’m a fan you know because I I eat up all this stuff I you know I just I just watched the entire um uh press conference and I loved it and I would have listened to 30 more minutes like I can’t get enough of it and so I just want to hear more I I would listen to a Tom Tibido press conference right now if if we had one um so I just I just love that stuff um but again I I see the fans you know I I see the journalists mention it that he hasn’t spoken in x amount of days and then I see the fans saying who cares obviously given my my job I see both sides uh it would just be nice once in a while to hear from him because he seems like a brilliant guy and what he’s doing is incredible so I would love to see him sit up there puff his chest out because let’s be honest when they hired him no one could have predicted it was going to be this successful and positive and so he deserves that time in the Sun but he doesn’t want it so God bless true true indeed man uh another sound bite this was Bridges his reaction to being traded and also talked about another Nick which I think is uh one of the most important to the success of the team here he is was your reaction when you heard the news and tell me a little about new teammates what you think yeah um man I was I was actually not usually I’m home I don’t travel that much but I was traveling and um just crazy when happened you know I just it was just it was just wild you know you just not thinking that was going to happen and you know it was it was just a crazy moment it was really crazy and team mates I mean you know everybody’s great you know got relationships with a lot of people obviously outside NOA guys you know OG and I was excited you know when they signed him back you know I always been a big fan of OG and I think I’ve you know said a lot of things about him you know when I was in Phoenix and Brooklyn as well so you know got a lot of players Julius everybody so I’m excited and a lot of talk about the the Nova connection for sure that’s a fantastic story that I mean you can create so much content off of that and their journey together to get to this point it’s incredible his pairing with ogan and noi man that is why I’m like get me to October because now you have two of the best defensive wings out there physically mentally imposing um the wingspan the intensity the their IQ I mean people some people may forget Macau bridg was the first team all NBA just a couple years ago he finished second in defensive play of the year just a few years ago you know to have him and Obi out there they’re going to be switchable you’re going to be able to have them guarding multiple positions and it’s it’s going to be incredible they’re going to transform this Knicks defense once again from last year man I am foaming at the mouth I I I can’t even put into words how excited I am about those two being together with this whole team and I actually thought in the press conference while a lot of the questions were about his relationships with the other you know NOA Knicks I I thought that he was trying to like spread the love and not just make it about hey this is a reunion with me and my college friends uh mentioning Julius mentioning OG and speaking so highly of OG and others I thought was brilliant on his part but yeah I mean like this this whole idea that and shout out to Tommy beer who does a great job with you and on his substack his tweet about you know like those Jordans that you keep in the closet that you you you never wear and there’s never a good time to break them out because you just don’t want to you know crease them up was a th% spoton we have endured enough we have suffered enough those draft picks whatever like I want to win now we only get one life my life could end tomorrow I just celebrated my 42nd birthday seen the Knicks thank you my friend I’ve never seen the Knicks win a championship I just want one I don’t want a dynasty I don’t want a freaking 10year run I don’t want what the Warriors had I don’t want any I just want one I want one I want one June night to be sitting on my couch and just exhaling like I felt after the Sixers win in uh you know in May and but that being the NBA Finals watching the confetti watching the trophy being presented to the the MVP to the players to the coach watching the celebrations watching the locker room buying the merch I just won one and so the 2031 pick God bless good luck to you I don’t care if this is what makes us a contender today great and uh I hope it does and I think it does yeah and I love you know there is there is one Dark Cloud over the offseason that’s ihart I was holding out hope I really wanted him back I really really wanted him back I thought he was so crucial down the stretch and also he stays healthy while Mitch doesn’t I love Mitch but let’s just be real uh it’s been a bit tough over the last couple years but nevertheless this is the best chance that we’ve had since the 90s and so it is very very exciting they they’re very calculated uh the plan is in place and it was a move that you had to make especially when these last two years you’ve seen the level that Jaylen Brunson has been able to take this team and each year they they’re bringing in his guys tibs guys and complimentary Brunson guys what whether it’s on the court the chemistry fit matters chemistry matters so they bring in Hart they bring in divon chenzo now they bring in OG they bring in maau bridges slowly they’re just putting together especially from the shooting standpoint you got shooting efficiency you got guys that can space the floor for him hardworking guys coachable guys locker room guys they they’re they are putting together I mean perfect is is is you know nothing is perfect but it’s it’s pretty close man into how they’re trying to build this team around Jaylen Brunson and maybe the most exciting thing about bridges is the fact that he never gets injured knock on wood4 he’s just like oh my God it’s unbelievable and so we had horrible luck I still believe till this day we give the Celtics a run for their money and if we get by the Celtics we would have beaten the Mavericks and so that’s a and obviously would have beaten the the Pacers no doubt about that so it’s a hard pill to swallow but um that that’s a huge thing that’s a that’s a huge thing considering all the injuries that we’ve had to endure over the last you know year or so so I I can’t wait man he seems so happy to be here and uh someone posted a picture I think it was I don’t know six or seven years ago today when they had the introductory press conference and it’s like Courtney Lee up there holding the the jersey and Phil Jackson and uh Noah and stuff and I’m like man we we were convincing ourselves back then that this was it that these were the pieces look at us now man look at us now it’s a beautiful thing I I mean when when D Rose was speaking on the super team you know we get we have a super team here yeah that that was uh those are some we all convinced ourselves that’s the beauty of being a nickf we fall in love with these guys man I still believe maek lampy is going to be the next big thing I still believe I’m still mad that they traded him for Marbury that was my guy know I’ll tell you that’s we we still believe man and so they made the investment now in OG significant investment they made it in Macau Bridges you look at Boston how they are are built the and you look at the Investments That Philadelphia has made it’s about the wings man it’s Wing versatility it’s Wing depth and because you can’t have enough you can never have enough where how do you see the East looking like what do you what would you say top five in the East right now preseason rankings right now what do you think okay so right now top of my head obviously I’ll show love to the Celtics um us two Philly 3 Milwaukee 4 I don’t know what to make of Milwaukee obviously that was a bad showing yeah um but they you know you got to respect Dame yanis and uh I don’t know do you go IND D5 I I don’t think I would just out of respect Miami I don’t think Miami I think Miami is making it I’m not sure though they got AB yeah they did Big Money AB man big money AB went to South Beach man that hurt that kind of hurt man that kind of hurt that’s our Rivals man you know I thought he was going to go home to Denver Denver needs help maybe go there and ride off into Sunset he took less money from what I heard he took less money to go to South Beach man who who would you put as five you put Indie Cleveland Orlando I I I I ind’s bringing back Pascal they got wisan which I don’t think is a huge deal but I was kind of holding out hope I think like you too wisan right you didn’t you think that we had a shot I all their backup plans we’ll get into the backup plan in a little bit but yeah all all their backup plan seem to have come off the board I’ll give Indy that respect made it to the Conference Finals I do like seak and I felt like he really came on strong for them especially in the playoffs with their offense and their ability to light it up they’re going to be there you know I I’ll put that there with Cleveland the Garland Mitchell chemistry we’ll see if Kenny ainson can can pull a rabbit out of the Hat there I still think our boy Johnny Bryant our boy Johnny Bryant after the spider stuff settled Nick’s like all right yeah he was clearly here for one J and one job only you know good guy though good guy I like John no no it seemed like everyone liked him yeah um but I like I I think we’re I think we’re number two I’m not afraid of the Sixers I’m not afraid of the Sixers I I don’t care about you know solid moves God bless Not Afraid side note and be it on Team USA whack to say yeah yeah a lot of controversy with that man by the way by the way who are you rooting for are you rooting for Team USA or Team Canada ah you know what it’s it’s funny that you said that because I wanted to have this conversation okay sorry I don’t mean to hijack but I got to say I’m happy I don’t have to root for halber and an MB we’re we’re going to get we’re going to get a gold or silver I just want to let you know and that’s Canada right here we’re playing you guys tomorrow and uh talk about The Vibes you talk about the chemistry you guys can have those dudes you have ant Edwards saying he’s the number one option God bless God bless we know exactly Who’s Who on our team so I can’t wait for that I don’t me to hijack no no no not at all because it was on the agenda man um I was a little insulted that that they didn’t have Brunson to the team even though I’m happy that he gets the rest that was I don’t want let him chill let him do his podcast and chill him chill and I don’t want to root against them I would say it’s 5050 man I love the Canadian team my guy RJ’s there they got Jamal Murray finally you got Murray and SGA out there NEP hard on in the world best back best back court in the world NE hard made the team right he’s he’s he’s playing yep I like that team man I I I liked how they played through the World Cup my guy Kelly oen is repping Legend you know you know I got family up got family up there so I’m rocking with them it’s 50/50 that’s why I brought it up Dylan Brooks Brooks you know we just have Scrappy dudes uh I wish I wish Wiggins would have stayed on I don’t know what’s going on there yeah Zack would have been nice uh you know we’re we’re we’re clearly a little bit soft in in the center position not a lot of depth there and the MB thing is going to be tough but uh man did you see our group is it’s Canada Australia Spain and Greece go first time since USA gets South Sudan and Puerto Rico like come on we can’t get something easier than that they couldn’t have you know padded their way to the finals any better man I I saw that I was trying I was trying to get out there because I’m going to be traveling around that time I was trying to get out there for the USA Serbia match man can’t get a ticket yeah can’t get ticket can’t get one I will be there I’m covering the Olympics the CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation I can’t wait to be there uh for what could be a huge summer for Canadian basketball Canadian basketball and soccer were’re playing Argentina tonight in the Copa America at MetLife and then we’ve got these boys first time since 2000 I just like The Vibes I like the camaraderie I like the unity USA is a hodg podge of parts and I don’t want to root for those guys embiid how’s embiid embiid feels like Akim alijan when he was on Dream Team 2 back in uh 94 if you remember like come on man that ID’s what are we doing you you didn’t need him you didn’t need him that’s just cheap in my a lot of controversy there man I I did want to see uh you know LeBron Katie and Steph kind of and this is Steph Curry’s first one I they kind of want to see those guys because this is the last one for them probably but you know who knows with LeBron he may find his way back there in uh in 202 until bronnie makes the team and then they could play together he he wants to stick around for the for 2028 in La so he he could you know do make some business moves there um but you know you you mentioned Zack Edy and on the Zach Edy front he went up against Walker k last night in summer league Salt Lake City and had a pretty interesting debut Walker Kesler is a guy that is according to reports is on the Knicks radar and so here was Ian Begley after the Macau Bridges press conference uh speaking on giving an update on Walker Kessler let’s hear what Ian Begley had to say and uh and we we will react to it on the other side here he is I’m sure Nick fans are feeling the same way after they get bridges in the building across East River in that trade with the Nets another quick update here on the backup big man situation I mentioned on Monday that Utah had been asking for at least one first round pick in previous discussions with teams on Walker Kessler Knicks had shown had had some interest in Kessler I was told sub subsequently that teams had offered two first rounders to Utah in the past couple weeks and were rebuffed obviously we don’t know the value of the first rounders not all firsts are created equal there’s protections on these pitch but that gives you a little idea on how the Jazz value Kesler and what it would take to pry him out of Utah all right so there’s Ian Begley man so supposedly Danny a already turned down a request for two first round picks this was their first round lottery pick two years ago rookie season they thought you know who cares about the stifled Tower we got this kid now he gets benched last year he’s in and out of the rotation finds himself in summer league got dunked On by Ed Ed you know he kind of took it to him a little bit I don’t know what to make of this man what do you think two first round picks seems like a lot no yeah I mean we and Danny a is very smart and he’s been there before and uh I’m almost worried to you know transact with him but uh the when I when I heard the and and shout out to Ian Begley I think Ian Begley and Fred Katz do the best job of all the beat writers covering the Knicks they do a tremendous job so shout out to them and um I I just I just feel like when I saw the one first round pick for for Kesler I was like all right I could live with that we need something we need something back there you know we need some sort of um especially with Mitch man I’m I’m worried about his health I I’m not going to lie I saw that he said he’s gonna you know uh lose some weight and get back into better shape and he seems to have a chip on his shoulder and all that so that’s great but uh two seems like a lot um do you think that they can roll with and and do you think they will roll with Mitch auua and Jericho do you think there’s a scenario where it’s just that no I don’t think so I think they understand that like they need like legit Insurance here in the event that Mitchell Robinson goes down because you know we’ve seen and look I I I appreciate Mitch being defensive about it and and he’s he’s prideful right he’s prideful he wants to show the fans like listen I can I can be the guy he’s the Elder Statesman on the team he’s going into year seven crazy crazy he’s the Elder Statesman of the team and so I I like that W with him but you just can’t you can’t lean on that just think that in April May and June that Mitchell Robinson is going to be nimble and flexible and and healthy enough to get them through a run because he’s a guy he leaves his feet a lot he’s a shot blocker he’s a rebounder and guys that are built like that it’s it’s tough man so I think this is why they understand the importance of going out there and getting an insurance plan it I know it didn’t necessarily come down to this but if you had to pick one one stays one leaves ihart Mitch who’ you who’ you pick after last season I would have picked ihart em MIT is my guy man I would have kept but like the passing the chemistry with Brunson the the shop making you know like I mean he had that little drop beautiful yeah I’m gonna miss that dude a lot I’m really going to miss him yeah um what a pickup for OKC so yeah I’m I’m really curious to see what they do you think precious comes back I think so I think now now Ian did report in multiple reports saying that he’s talking to a lot of different teams I you know I don’t know if that’s an agent putting that out there or what but they need him they definitely need him back I liked how absolutely he was massive I mean again once once uh once Mitch went down everyone got elevated and he was he was a throw remember he was just a throw in that deal like no one was talking about him um it was like him oh oh yeah by the way him and Malachi Flynn are in the deal no one was talking about that so um I I would love to have him back I would absolutely love to have him back I see Jero Sims out there shooting yeah he was with Mike Biby I believe it was my guy Dave Xenon as well man skills training as well yep we working together that’s promising uh but yeah I feel like they need something and if it’s not Kesler who is it who’s out there well Nick Richards is a name that that was also being mentioned from Charlotte uh played for Kentucky so the Knicks I’m sure have familiarity there the Knicks do have uh in terms of protected first round picks the Wizards protected first round pick which is top 10 protected and then they also have the Detroit first round pick in 2025 which is top 13 protected so we’ll you know we’ll see does a value those or will another GM value those enough to to you know facilitate a trade we’ll have to wait and see but the the options are slim I I think they would they may be out of the Kesler sweep Stakes because we’re hearing the Lakers are interested and other teams are going to be interested in this guy I mean he’s only two years removed from a stellar rookie season so uh hard to see why why the why the Jazz would be selling low maybe that’s just a just kind of putting it out there and seeing what he can the price that he can drive up are are you on board with two first round picks for him no wouldn’t do it wouldn’t do it yeah I I would not do that so you know going to be interesting to see I I love what they’ve done so far if I had to give the offseason a grade I’m still going to give it an a despite the iHeart loss and the void at the backup five but that would be a a an excellent move to kind of solidify the off season but you know we’ll see I mean maybe the Ariel hpy who they drafted with the last pick of the draft maybe after a summer league does he show out and and they did sign him to a two-way deal maybe maybe he impresses He’s just never know oh um I’m rooting for that guy just because it’s the closest that I will ever get to being a Ariel h on the Nicks when I saw that I was like wow this is unbelievable Ariel h on the Knicks and by the way um when I tweeted about that uh obviously MMA which I cover primarily is very big in Australia there’s a lot of great Champs there a lot of people from Australia were hitting me up saying that you’re going to love this guy this guy’s legit he plays hard he’s tenacious um you know he’s got some size he’s not just some like you know I don’t know some project like I mean obviously he’s playing in the Australian League which isn’t the worst by the way yeah um he he’s definitely someone so this is this is the bottom line compared to other years other regimes I should say I just trust these guys and so I’m not going to sit here and and and talk about Ariel Huck party and pretend like I’ve been watching him for years and know all these things about him I just trust these dudes yeah I trust all of them I I just trust what they’ve done and and they and and I’ve talked about this in the past you know we would get mad about certain things and people would like you know people would crap on Nicks fans for getting mad or losing patience and it’s like no you didn’t earn our trust yeah you’ve made bonehead move after bonehead move but now I feel like it’s the complete opposite even if it’s like okay I don’t really understand what’s going on what are they doing all these other backup guys are being um you know scooped up what’s happening what’s the vision no I just TR I’m not worried I’m not worried about them I feel like they they probably knew iHeart was leaving they gave it the old College try but I feel like they’re just they’re they’re they’re they’re just on the ball they’re prepared they’re you know they they got all these dudes like uh Brock and all these guys you know crunching the numbers I just trust them so I’m not going to sweat it agreed man CP the fanchise Ariel helani in the building salute to everybody in the chat once again hit the like button hit the share button subscribe to the channel salute to our friends on Bleacher Report as well and as well as Facebook man Bleacher Report who do we have in here I see uh Andy Boy 22306 how you feeling man zi’s in here we got uh eah Hero Let’s Go salute to you guys Lively appreciate you for coming in on the YouTube side my franchise channel members man go ahead and throw a custom emoji in the chat maybe throw a in there for our guy ariel helwani in the building man and from 1 to five what do you guys think man how much do you trust Leon Rose in this front office to really put the Knicks uh on on that Contender status I think they’ve done it already man but from one to five one being the least and five being and the most what do you guys think I’m out of five I’m I’m with you man hell yeah I I trust it yeah yeah what has there been one move that has been like a spectacular failure in his regime maybe I’m forget not not not really I mean look the the the 48 contract didn’t work out they were able to turn that into bonovich and then they were able to turn that with the picks into uh maau bridges yeah there wasn’t anything that was like they never mortgage the future right for anything crazy this is the first time we trade in first round picks the OG trade I still think is a win even though I’m RJ and quick are my guys injuries damned that was a win I don’t really think there was anything crazy like you know the cam the cam trade was a worthwhile trade they sent out a a a pick swap I think for that or a protected pick the cam trade was worthwhile try out even though tibs didn’t that got us Josh Hart did it not got us Josh har yeah got us Josh har Kimo Walker didn’t really work out didn’t wasn’t a big investment yeah wasn’t a big investment no yeah so everyone thought the jayen Brunson deal was going to be the big uh swing in a Miss look how that turned out so yeah they thought he was overpaid and they were wrong there but I will tell you this though man because because I was telling the fans this yesterday I don’t think they’re done I think there’s one more move they they want to make like a big swing or I think there’s a big swing that they want to make really because well think about this right we we talked about all the moves that they made this year this off season to get themselves some more wiggle room with the cap right they made uh the shake Milton trade they signed him they put him in the bridges trade you have Brunson who’s considering taking considerably less to sign the extension this year they didn’t sign Julius Randle to an extension they didn’t sign Julius to an extension you think he’s on the Block everyone keeps saying there’re such big fans of his such big fans of his I’ll tell you this okay they’re bigger fans of Carl Anthony towns yeah yeah they’re they’re bigger fans in Carl Anthony towns they want towns better I like I personally I like Julius fitwise offensively towns is a better fit for what they’re trying to they want to catch Boston they see what Boston can do with a true five out system they want to open up that floor completely for Jaylen to do his thing and cook like he usually does you’re able to put towns out there I’m just talking about skill set offensive skill set as a true shooting big they want to that’s how they want to beat Boston they want towns man you think you think Minnesota does that it’s not clear if they will but they are in some Financial challenges right now because they just paid Ant-Man jayen McDaniels towns is making a boatload of money goar’s making money new ownership who’s going to take over is A-Rod going to take over what’s Glen Taylor doing so they’re in a little bit of of a tricky spot where they could use some savings and I can tell you the Nicks want townsman they want local guy localish guy um the the thing about Randall is if I’m Minnesota am I doing that deal coming off a surgery like that you know yeah we just don’t know I I I think and correct me if I’m wrong all the reports seem to be that he’ll be ready for training camp or around training camp right October hopefully yeah and I saw I saw him and Melo going at it um I think it was at brickley’s gym so I I I think he’s okay but I don’t know there’s something I don’t to see to me to me I’ve never I’ve never been a towns guy because I think he’s soft I don’t think mentally he’ll handle it here I mean he completely imploded against the Mavs you know he had one game where he had he picked up five fouls in the third quarter like we don’t need we don’t need that no what is that man we don’t need that but fitwise offensively he he does fit which no 100% that’s all I’m saying I’m what I’m saying is we have to monitor this Julius extension carefully here because if he goes into the end of next season without a deal and then n risk losing him for nothing that wouldn’t be good either because he’s got a player option he has a player option right who’s your starting five as of right now Brunson Brunson Bridges OG Randall Mitch okay yeah Brunson Bridges OG random Mitch you think Dante and Josh are okay coming off the bench after all the time they I don’t necessarily think Dante would right because especially the year that he had he just right heart I because of his his selflessness and the sacrifices that he makes for this team I think he understands it yeah but uh I’m not so sure about Divan chenzo I wonder and and he certainly has earned the right to start on many teams yeah but that’s that’s tough after the year he just had right yeah that it’s it’s tough man it’s tough so yeah I it’s interesting what a great problem to have as a fan though yeah to debate this stuff and you got two of the starters from the team that made it to game seven of the second round are now going to come off the bench yeah it’s good it’s crazy it’s great problem to have it’s good depth and so yeah we we’ll see how that impacts uh we’ll see how that impacts Sten chenzo Julius has got he’s got a big year ahead of him man he’s got to stay healthy he’s got to show that he can fit efficiently with this group and obviously defensively he he’s got to be there for him but yeah I can tell you man the town stuff you know there’s a lot of reports a lot of the Town stuff A lot of people are making that speculation because of their relationship with CA and things of that nature it’s on point CP knows stuff you got your ear to the street it’s yeah got my ear to the street you don’t just throw stuff out there never you throw stuff out there with with some like you know something behind it some substance yeah these are educated takes these aren’t just takes see that’s the difference between you and the gas bags you know yeah that’s it so you know not necessarily advocating for this but I’m just telling you this is just what the streets are saying this is just what the streets are saying you you you know it you you know it it is man you know it course so uh yeah man can can it be October ready CP the franchise Ariel helani in the building man call us up 657 3831 159 or you can hit us up on the kft Discord who to everybody in the chat excellent time to be a Nicks fan and uh you know you mentioned the MMA and we mentioned the Knicks how about Jaylen Brunson on Friday Night Smackdown couple weeks ago with you had uh you had La Knight and uh and Tak it on the uh Jake Paul Logan Paul rather and Tyrese halberton this is all at Madison Square G Tyrese halberton rocking the Tyrese 317 t-shirt accompanying Logan Paul Jaylen Brunson repping the Knicks can you hear me now I don’t do you hear me yeah I can hear you oh don’t tell me this is another Zoom I hear you anymore is it just me it hang on hang on Salute to everybody in the chat hang on one second uh let me type to Ariel it’s a zoom glitch I lost you there for a second I don’t know if it’s just me though can you hear me you can hear me right all right jump jump out of the zoom and then come back come back in jump out of the zoom and come back in yeah jump leave leave the zoom and then leave and come back yeah leave and come back yeah yeah all right all right all right salute to everybody in the chat man this kind of second day in a row this has happened here not sure we had the same issue with uh with with Quint Quinton Richardson might be a zoom issue on my end I I have no idea all of a sudden the thing just glitches out man CP the franchise here uh Bleacher Report salute Facebook salute and uh YouTube salute yeah you guys will be able to hear both of us this is the same thing that happened the last time let’s try it again Ariel can you hear Ariel can you hear can you hear still can’t why don’t I hear you try it again try it again leave and and then come back in try it again you want me to leave and come back try it to yeah yeah leave and come back all right yeah yeah I don’t I don’t know I don’t know what what uh what this new glitch is about but we will get to the bottom of it man we will get to the bottom of it yeah I know I know you guys can hear me and Ariel it’s just he can’t hear me for some reason on this Zoom I’m going to send him you know what we’re going to try this one more time and we’ll see check one check two check one check two um check one check two I’m going to no yeah yeah I’m going to send you another link I’m going to send you a different you’re going to send me another link I’m reading your lips perfectly all right all right all right all right people just just hang tight man we we’ll get through this little technical difficulty and uh and get back to it hey this is what happens when you do a live show man this is what happens when when you do a live show uh these things happen and we will uh just roll with it man just roll with it all right let me get the zoom back up get Ariel in here if you guys want to call up 65738 31509 or you can hit the kftv Discord CP the fanchise and Ariel helani is here let me get uh let me get Ari on the line while we wait for Ariel Ari if you can hear go ahead and uh go ahead and talk man you hear me right CP yeah loud and clear go ahead all right all right algorithm Ari back in the building so I wanted to um talk about our backup center or lack thereof um you know I’ll be honest I give Leon an A minus overall for everything for everything he’s done and really if we’re gonna if we’re gonna keep it a buck really what he gets all his credit for 90% of the credit is the Jaylen Brunson signing because that changed the entire trajectory of the franchise that put us in win now mode yeah I think I think the OG trade was a fantastic trade um just getting rid of RJ was going to make the Knicks better and then you get the best three and D Wing in the game and then you look at what those what quickly got paid and what OG got paid that was very good Master Class by Leon obviously everyone knows what I think about you know getting fleeced or getting overpaid for Mel Bridges I’m hearing um Lori Markin in’s potentially going for three first round picks so I guess Mel’s twice as good as him but either way this is our team I’m not going to cry over spilled milk however like like you said CP uh it’s win it’s wind now mode it’s chipper bust we have three years a three foure window to make this happen yeah um because then the contracts reset you know wanyama and Luca and Ant-Man and that Cooper flag kid is coming like we have a three to fouryear window uh to make it happen but um we’re going against the Boston Celtics they have a six 7 foot three Center uh and we’re going against Joe lmbi he’s a 72 Center and we have a half a center on our roster because Mitchell Robinson only plays half the time yeah um I would love Walker Kessler but whoops we don’t have any more unprotected draft picks and for those people saying um you know we have two picks um just to give you guys some clarity there the B the the Detroit pick and the Washington pick are top 13 and top 11 protected that’s not going to convey this year and then next year they’re top 11 and top eight those aren’t going to probably convey either so we don’t have any first round picks to so how are we going to get a center to be an insurance policy for Mitch so I have a big man who could take three four fouls from Joel embiid compete with compete with the big boy since it is Chipper bus how we going to do that the only way I could potentially see that happening I’ll land the plane here is that if Tyler kic Roos the hookah guy hookah pory um mcculler if they show out in summer league and they play well and they increase their value maybe them and Deuce or whatever could you know increase their value and that’s how you have that plan B option for the inevitability of Mitchell Robinson going down yeah or OG going down or stuff like that okay so when I talk about draft yeah all right I’ll let you go bro but um keep up the good work man salute to you hit that like subscribe and share and um Ariel good stuff man apprciate it appreciate it appreciate it yes sir Ari from Manhattan on the checkin the resident be Downer he’s back by the way I I I I came in late I’m like man first I thought the chat was turning against me because they were saying Ari was being a hater and I was like nah n n what’s a that’s from not not Ari my man where are The Vibes like we’re feeling good man I know you’re trying to bring us you know back down to earth and little dose of reality but in Leon We Trust let him do his thing down feeling good down look it may not it may not be you know someone who is going to command first round picks like a Kessler maybe maybe it’s a true backup center out there that we’re just not thinking about who a team could will pick up one of those protected picks and you get some insurance there could be someone we’re not thinking about it could be listen I I I really want precious back I know he’s not necessarily the answer here that everyone’s looking for uh I I like I like what I’m seeing out of Mitch I like the fact that he’s going to lose a little bit of weight and I like the I like the chip on his shoulder so let’s see I I’m a glass half kind of guy believe it or not and uh I lament things I cry over spilled milk and I’m still not quite a th% over iheard I know I need to move on with my life me neither man me neither I just keep thinking about the fit he was such a perfect fit golly he he was man so let’s see let’s see what they’ve got for us but I believe in them I believe in them 100% Frankie JL on the bleach report said Ari’s a closet Nets fan o that that’s a tough place I didn’t know they had any I didn’t know I didn’t know they had any either but I not know did not know at all okay so so before we got cut out it’s a weird glitch now with zoom it happened to me yesterday on my show with uh with Q Rich for some reason just Clips out after a while but um what I was talking about here was I I didn’t hear your reaction to Brunson and La Knight in the standoff with Logan Paul and Tyrese halber at MSG man I thought this one was well done what what’ you think F yo I would man I saw that my phone was away I come back I see all the these clips and all these texts I’m like what Brunson was at MSG at Smackdown oh my God my two worlds colliding this was incredible how much cooler did jayen Brunson look out there than Tyrese halber way cool way cooler I mean halbert’s walking up there like this guy’s a top level NBA you chose this guy over Brunson on the Olympic team I mean hey much love tyres he kind of looked like a dwee I mean can I say but isn’t that fitting for for the villain I guess I guess Trey young looked a little bit cooler him when he showed up atg a couple years ago um I loved how much Brunson loved it I love that he’s a wrestling fan I’ve seen him tweet about Cody rhods and all this stuff when he stood there and he did the the the arms cross thing that was that was incredible when he got in the ring that was incredible and I’d love to see him do more in any way shape or form it’s unbelievable like this is our point guard this is pg1 of the New York Knicks showing up on Smackdown MVP chance the crowd was chanted MVP that was a great moment for him man and like you said he sold it well he did well now perfect yeah now the hand thing was a little like I I was a little cringing at that because it looks like he was a little uncomfort bro kayf you got to sell it from beginning to end I wasn’t worried I wasn’t worried about that at all um I wasn’t sure if he was talking about the brass knuckles or if he was talking about like you know just the the injury and like look I’m all right but N I know he’s a hardcore fan and so I feel like he thought about these things now uh he did like give us all a heart attack in that moment no doubt and we’re not the ones who deserve the heart attack we love him but uh I just love every man I can’t get enough of of of jayen as a as a human being I can’t get enough of him as an ambassador as the face of the franchise and and and I’ll tell you just like a very quick story I went to um I went to a Nick game actually against the Nets in April and uh a guy that I know you may know him as well Randy Cruz he’s on on Twitter do stuff at great pictures great guy yeah exactly uh he hooked us up and he got us you know down in front dur during a shoot around and uh I got to go with my kids my my two boys have become huge Knicks fans and uh it’s great it’s like everything I’ve ever wanted in life is to experience this as a dad with my with my kids and uh we stood there and they had their Nicks hats and they wanted to get autographs and I’m I’m someone who grew up getting autographs idolizing athletes all this stuff I used to go to baseball games in Montreal and get Barry Bonds and Ricky Henderson and Tony Gwyn and all these guys and I love to see the way the athlet interact with the fans and in particular the young fans and I was so impressed Blown Away by how Jaylen in particular reacted with the fans and I actually was taking a video every time they were signing for the kids I wasn’t getting autographs that’s not my place and I’d much rather the kids get that um but I would say thank you to all the guys and I’ll never forget and this is very small but I think it just says a lot about who he is I said thanks Jaylen we appreciate it and his response was of course and I’m like man I’m used to athletes just not responding this guy’s like of course I would sign for the kids of course I would stop for my fans that’s who he is he’s just the type of guy that as a father you want your kids to root for you want your kids to be a fan of to rock his jersey yeah and uh I’m so happy that my kids are growing up just like you know I grew up in the 90s with those guys that this is their squad and that hopefully it will be their squad forever and they could say like these are my guys and so there little every by the way every single one of the guys stopped and signed including Julius iHeart McBride um they all stopped and uh I was just like man this is the type of team that you want to root for these are these are good dudes and so that’s that’s what I love so much about this squad they’re just fun to root for and they unite the whole city yeah well said man and I I like the uh I like the way that he’s built his brand up especially this past season man the podcast WWE he’s on March Madness commercials I mean his brand his team at CAA whoever was putting that marketing plan together they executed it well man because you had to I felt like it was important going into the season to have his brand match his Ascension as a player because that’s when you start getting the accolades and the allar and now everybody on national TV is Brunson Brunson Brunson like that was key and I thought it his his team did an excellent job of putting him out there in ways that fit him and he’s very wholesome you know like he never people compare him to Jeter I think he gives you a little bit more than Jeter he doesn’t take himself too seriously he’s active on social media not everything is like perfectly PR crafted with him it feels authentic um but it’s also very wholesome he doesn’t he doesn’t stray too far away uh so yeah man how lucky are we man it’s uh it’s an amazing thing I never thought all these years later that Rick brunson’s son would be our savior but here we are he is our savior it’s a Beau thought never thought man uh so as you said you’re going to be covering the Olympics for CBC it’s another notch on on the resume on the brand of helwani what’s the setup going to be like how are you prepared ing for this in the coming weeks yes sir um I’m hosting a show for the CBC and for those that don’t know that’s the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that’s our version of the BBC that has been the home of the Olympics uh for as long as I’ve been alive in Canada they are the national public broadcaster I’ll be hosting a show called Paris tonight there from Paris every night recapping the day that was U with obviously like a breakdown of maybe like 80% slanted towards Canada the rest of the world 20% but depending on if there’s big things happening it it could change um previews interviews Recaps it’ll be available online on their socials on their YouTube Etc and the plan as of now is to try to go to every single Canadian men’s basketball game uh including game one in Late July which I can’t wait for um so I I feel very very lucky to do this obviously I’ve always wanted to be known as more than just the Combat Sports guy and I’ve gotten to dabble a little bit in other things and so this is just another step forward in that regard and uh it’s the Olympics and it’s the first one since you know pre pandemic where fans are going to be there feels like it will hopefully be a celebration of of life and and and and Athletics and Good Vibes and there’s a lot of interesting stories and I I can’t believe that the first time I get to do this and as a huge basketball fan it’s the first time that the Canadian men’s team is back in the Olympics since 2000 I used to wake up early to watch that team which had two NBA players on it Steve Nash and Todd McCulla M that was it and now look at our embarrassment of riches so I’m just a huge fan of all things Canadian sports and so it’s a it’s a great time and I’m honored to be a part of it incredible that that’s an incredible achievement certainly happy for you and I’m going to be watching as well and and last question for you you know I’m going to be out at summer league and I’m going to be participating um in the sports business classroom which is going to be headed up by by Bobby marks and in that classroom students are going to be able to it’s college students where they’re going to have a fast track into the league into the business of basketball and they’re going to be able to study different facets of the business whether it’s operations salary cap analytics scouting and then my my area is going to be media and broadcasting so it’s going to be myself Howard Beck ja Adon day we’re going to be teaching these students on like a crash course over the course of the week appreciate it so that’s sick so the first uh presentation I’m going to be working on is is building a brand right we’re going to be teaching them how to build a brand so from your perspective what have been just like three keys in when you when you kind of reflect on your journey so far cuz it’s still going what’s been the three keys for you to build in building your brand well number one it’s um you know you kind of look around at what everyone else is doing and maybe you could take a little inspiration from here there and that guy but you have to be unique you have to be a unique voice that’s why you work so well right because you’re not doing you’re not trying to be someone else you’re not trying to copy someone else you’re doing it your own way and people gravitate towards that so you have to be unique you have to stand out and that leads to number two you have to be authentic you know like if it feels like you’re putting on a show it feels like you’re putting on an act that’s why I I I I get so upset when I watch some of these guys on TV CU it just feels very inauthentic it feels it feels fake it feels like they’re just putting on an act and I hate that and people could see through that especially now with the you know with with so many outlets out there and so many channels out there and so many different ways that you can get your stuff um people are going to gravitate towards the real ones and so I would say that that would be number two and uh number three man you just yeah when you think you’re working your butt off work even harder as you know like the grind doesn’t stop it never stops I think about my stuff 247 365 and I’m a bit of a type A OCD nut when it comes to it but like if you truly care you can’t skip days you have to be consistent you have to be there for people you have to show up the quality has to be high the work has to be you know great people have to be able to uh consume it but it can’t just be like oh yeah I’ll do this and then I’m going to skip that and I’m going to be lazy today like no you got to be there Bridges gets you know gets traded to the next you got to you got to be live right away you got to run home from you know City Field or wherever you are and you got to go live and you got to give the people what they want um and so like I’m saying everything like all these things you’re doing right now and so you’re the perfect guy to be talking to these kids I think that’s brilliant I I love that I I would like to listen into that because I think it’s a it’s an important you know um these are important lessons that anyone no matter what point in your career you can learn from so off the top of my head I would say those are the three things um just be real man the PE people love that like when I came in I wasn’t a polished broadcaster I didn’t have like a fancy you know wardrobe or a voice that was you know that that that that people thought was like oh this is a real TV um uh play-by-play guy or like no it was just me and luckily people gravitate towards that there you go man well perfectly said as I said we’ll be locked in on on the CBC man if you see our guy RJ Barrett send him rard send him KF tell them kfv a Nicks fan sending them love man and well wishes as usual but yeah safe travels and best of luck to you man let’s catch up on the preseason man thank you so much keep up the tremendous work um hardcore Nicks fans I I have a a friend Aaron Cohen we’re we’re sending each other links and clips from you all the time so much love and uh Ramy from the Knicks as well that guy’s the man Ramy from Teck uh I I’m I’m just a huge fan honestly and I’m a huge fan of the team and they bring me such joy and especially now as a dad getting to experience this as uh you know a dad with my kids is an amazing thing so keep up the great work good luck out there I’ll be watching and thank you for having me again my man thanks again man Ariel helwani in the building ladies and gentlemen once again hit the like button hit the share button and subscribe to the channel dropping gems man you know we love these Nicks and and we’re exciting it’s an exciting time for Nicks basketball we always want to make sure that we are dropping gems for those people hey people in the chat maybe there’s some aspiring content creators out there uh that uh that were looking for some inspiration and the key things as he said in building your brand is uh what makes you unique you know when they Zig you zag authenticity and keep working keep working keep putting in the work and get on your grind and that’s that’s for everybody because when you’re building your brand it’s not just as an aspiring media professional or an aspiring broadcaster building your brand can apply to anything whether you’re working whether you’re in Corporate America whether whatever you’re doing you got to build your brand to be able to stand out and does start with content you got to master the content game or at least be you know somewhat proficient in it in making content so shout out to my guy arel helani for The Parting words hopefully you guys took some value in that and we and we’ll keep this thing going for a little bit man Bleacher Report we still here uh YouTube We Still Here call us up 657 3831 159 or you could hit us up on the kftv Discord maau Bridges met with the media I’ll go through a couple more Cal Bridges sound bites before we wrap and let’s get to the phones man 404 what’s your name where you calling in from Yo T Yello yo what’s up my man hey uh first and foremost man thanks for that Megaton bomb you dropped man um in regards to the concept of uh the Nicks uh searching well not searching but looking for um K uh cat versus Julius Randall man so that that was huge I see that as a huge possibility yeah there’s truth behind it right so uh but I have a question for you man yeah um what do we have to do to get Nick Richards man we have to do to get him and can we get him I don’t I don’t see why it would be impossible but we got to see what what Charlotte and is m cek still with Charlotte who who’s the GM of of the Charlotte Hornets these days who’s who’s running that dump and Jordan left he said man I can’t even make money off this I’m out of here is Mitch cup still there I don’t know but it all depends on on on what they’re looking for and I think yeah Mitch cup is still the GM of the Charlotte Hornets I don’t see why he couldn’t get Richards maybe with a couple second round picks or maybe a protected he’s playing behind Mark Williams Mark Williams is their guy but we’ll have to see you know do you think that he can fill the Gap like is that what we need ideally the hope would be to to have Mitch be able to play 60 G games 60 games and you have a guy who’s starter capable but will come in and give you 20 to 25 minutes a night yeah you know I think I don’t I don’t see why not get him in here get Nick Richards in here man they need somebody I I will tell you that they definitely need somebody so I just want to keep it rapid fire man absolutely Jal man but I appreciate you brother appreciate the call man call back anytime I got yes sir all right 610 what’s your name where you calling in from 610 610 oh hey buddy thank you for taking my call hey how you doing man okay um it’s Vladimir from Eastern Pennsylvania okay he I’m uh looking at ahot and somebody that plays very similar to him that we know something about and I think uh you could probably get the dude he’s probably on the street I think he played last year Robin Lopez you know what you want R back man I think he he’s watched like I I think he can protect the inside yeah I I think could shoot a little bit he has a little hook yeah I think it’s better than most of these people that you’re mentioning I don’t know let me let me see what H P’s got I appreciate the call Vladimir let me let me see what what Huck P’s got in summer league before I go to go to the the mascot clown show I mean I’m sure he’s a nice guy but like we we we don’t need the theatrics we need somebody who can get the job done I think the ship is sailed he is another guy though like when Ariel was talking about guys you had high hopes for boy I thought R was going to come in here and do the damn thing for the [ __ ] he was all right I thought he was going to be a little bit better I was hoping he would have been a little bit better but yeah R man I I don’t know that ship is sailed app appreciate the call Dave G on the Discord Dave g go ahead and unmute your mic CP what’s going on brother how are you good man how you feeling man Tuesday you know we here I’m good man I’m excited man yes sir uh look I’m gonna make a couple quick points I’m really excited about the trade obviously because the front office understands that with the head coach they have you got to get players that fit him and that he can use yeah so I’m excited about that it adds a lot of defensive versatility a lot of offensive versatility and so the next year really hinges on two people and that’s obviously number one Julius Randall how he plays I think we saw how well he fit with OG and Jaylen during that stretch in January and February like to see more of that and then obviously tibs what can he do defensively and offensively with the lineup that we have in the versatility and I also like to see everybody’s talking about the center talk and Trad and stuff for Kessler and whatnot i’ don’t I’d also like to know what uh a year four Jericho Sims looks like year three year three or four either way tibs has developed the young guys pretty well man so you might have your guy right here in New York so I wouldn’t give up on him possibly bringing precious back and running with those three guys either way it’s exciting looking forward to the season and the Knicks are going to be in the playoffs again baby that’s it appreciate it man Dave G on the checkin always good to hear from you man appreciate the call man it’s our guy Dave G and uh speaking of Sims yeah I’m I’m very much open to seeing what uh the The Sims you has up his sleeves in year three our guy David Xenon is working with him he was working with him last year on his offense so let’s see what Sims could give them to to me my my focus with Sims is more defensively and his defensive awareness sometimes he’s out of position or he’s a little bit lost on his rotations i’ I’d like to see him improve there but hey it’s only year three and he’s showing a hunger and a passion to improve coachable comes from a good family as well so shout out to Sims I’d like to see if he can make a take a step up as a potential backup or true tertiary option so it’s Sims is Huck py an option definitely bring back precious like start there even though precious isn’t a true five start there like let’s get precious in here he is a front Court body familiarity hustle defense I like Precious athletic I like him so let’s get him in here start there all right my guys at Bleacher Report man we are going to continue the program here on the YouTube side make sure you guys are coming over here man youtube.com/ Nick fantv and make sure you guys are following us on all social media platforms at cpth fanchise no R and at nixan TV my guys at Bleacher Report we will see you guys live from Summer league on the 17th so that will be uh next Wednesday will be the next Bleacher Report Simo Cass we’ll see you CP the franchise reporting live from Summer League we’ll give you our our observations from of kic and and rokas rokas yakutis is going to be playing in summer league as well we’ll take a look at pacome daier and and H Huck pory as well so we’ll see what those guys have in their first two or three matchups in summer league make sure you guys are sticking in sticking in with us there so Bleacher Report we’ll see you guys KF TV guys stay on the line and uh yeah man appreciate everybody for tapping in on this Tuesday afternoon summertime here in in uh NYC good to be on here with you guys and also remember to support our sponsors guys manscaped manscape keeping you guys lean and Trim in the dog days of summer man make sure you guys head over to the number one Men’s Grooming tool above and below the waist 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was traded to the next series I was just visiting you know Dallas for a little bit working out with you know finny finny Smith at the time um actually saw one of my close friends Desmond Desmond Bane and um I was actually with him you know he was chilling by his little lake house and uh just chilling with his family and stuff and then the news broke it was pretty I think it was dark outside or something but it was crazy you know they it was wild he’s just so over there just screaming from Far like yo did you see I’m like this is crazy so it was cool I just visit all right so that was uh maau Bridges said he was out working out with Dorian finny Smith and Desmond Bane down in Dallas and and heard the news that he was traded to the Knicks he also refuted the thoughts that he kind of pushed for the trade between him and his team he he he kind of denied that but as I said in yesterday’s show was I mean it was beyond obvious that he wanted to be a Nick and that they wanted him here and as Shaw Mark said in his press conference Leon pretty much pushed the pedal to the medal to make it happen here was bridges on playing with his brothers the Nova Knicks Josh Hart Jaylen Bruns and Dante D chenzo here’s Macau you from that experience that success um I mean just just trying to win you know think we all embody you know how to win games and you you know Auto sacrificing to win so pretty much that and one thing about this this quartet if you will no they haven’t won championships at the NBA level but they’ve gone through at the level on College played in a pro style system in J Wright with J Wright coachable players on the JM J wri it’s an excellent coach great coach local product as well so I rocku J right heavy you know they’ve gone through it they battle tested now in the NBA and they’re bringing I spoke about this last year during the season you can’t be understated how much them bringing each of them bringing their respective NBA experience and battles together now is going to mean something going forward in terms of how they play and like mcal Bridget said how they sacrifice for one another because they’ve had to do this now for multiple years and on different teams with different star players so I I think yes you can certainly expect an adjustment period for them to get used to roles and adjust but they will get it done man I I love this pickup I can’t believe this day came you know eight years later after I was killing this team for not drafting this kid they they finally got it done excellent job by this organization I remember I talked to Scott Perry about missing out on that I’ve that I was waiting that whole Scott Perry interview I couldn’t wait to interview him and that was the one question I couldn’t wait to ask him why did you not pick maau Bridges you no disrespect to Kevin that’s our guy that’s my guy but hey it’s all water under the bridge now because maau Bridges is a New York Nick so to everybody in the chat my guy Anthony parisol in the building I see you Christopher Blake on the Discord go ahead and unmute your mic Christopher Blake what’s up CP salute salute salute can you hear me loud and clear loud and clear sir you’re coming in clear yep appreciate you man yeah you know I’m hype I’m really hyped but I think we also got a temper expectations about the start of the Season like you know Julius is coming back from an injury yeah last year he came back from injury started off slow and really that gave you know RJ and Brunson their time to shine so you know I I want to warn Nick fans from now give him some Grace it’s going to be bumpy and on top of that we got to you know incorporate uh OG’s contract because now he’s gonna want to play up to that that has that’s going to be in his mentality and bridges of course he’s gonna come in and he’s going to want to be a starter it’s going to look different so it might be bumpy to start but I think by the end of the season Midway probably even around Allstar we’re gonna start figuring it out and we’re g to start rocking so another thing I wanted to touch on in terms of players that we looking at at that five you know I have an idea we have we already bear with me yeah we already had a Resurgence with AB you know we brought back BS we bring back all the time what about ning what’s he doing somebody get find out where he is he’s probably eat somewhere you know you know eating a sandwich doing absolutely nothing he they you know he went to Detroit we gave him the little mini bag probably like a coin P you know by today’s standard but tibs knows what he is knows what he does and he shines because he’s not asked to do anything outside of his wheel bouse if we can’t get Kesler I’m pretty sure signing him would probably be a really good try he’s only 29 it didn’t work out in Detroit nothing’s working out in Detroit I don’t know how Kay got that back I guess you got to do what you got to do when you you know to get him as a first round as as a first selection but I think we should look into him and see what’s going on what do you think I think I’m gonna get back to lunch in a little bit man I just ate a little while ago man I’m feeling a little hungry I’m feeling a little hungry man yeah we going to drop we going we going to drop you off right here man we going to drop you off appreciate the call call back anytime I mean my I said you know I he we’re all so thrilled to get out of the injury business and this guy’s now advocating to bring the walking body cast back to the Knicks I I don’t know people you you be the judge I’m just the conductor here I’m just you know Manning Manning the the the switches here on the show you guys at home you be the judge what do you guys think I’ll let you guys answer for yourself I don’t like to speak for people I got to get back to lunch man this guy wants a walking pot cast Good Vibes all over the place I’m I’m playing sound bites from maal Bridges Iron Man 474 games let’s keep that Vibe not the injury Vibe did I got to 917 already 917 what’s your name where you calling it from hopefully you got some better ideas hello hello yes how are you STP nice to finally uh call in I’ve been a long time listener appreciate appreciate everything you’ve been doing thank you man um two two things real quick um Stephen Adams I know he’s coming off an knee injury do you think the Knicks would kick the tires on a possible trade for him because defensively he’s really good defensively and rebounding you know that’s one of his things I don’t know if he’d be comfortable was coming off the bench but at this point in his career coming off that injury you think that’s something they could look at I I would I would have to think that they they’re going to turn over every stone however it does seem that when they when they went out there and got him that it it it seemed like the Rockets are intent on kind of having him be part of their maturation process they’ve been kind of slowly trying to get quality vets around their players and Jabari Smith and uh uh the the the Young The Young star two guard that they have name slipping Jaylen green they went out there and got van Fleet they got Dylan Brooks now they got Adams I I think they intend to keep him to to help move this team a little bit more forward as with udoka as the coach right right and and then next thing I wanted to ask have you heard anything about the uh the tibs extension no nothing yet no nothing yet on the tibs extension and appreciate the call but I I’ve got to think you know after the Knicks have you know finalized things with with Macau brid that’s got to be coming up next The Vibes are good you know everybody’s happy and stuff T tibs is going to get the bag soon man you can pretty much count on it that that bag is coming and that’s fine give him whatever he wants you know doesn’t have any impact on the books I think it’ll be anywhere between 10 to 15 I mean 10 to 13 rather and get tibs his money man beta man he’s earned it he’s a basketball lifer he’s done what he’s had to do and some pictures from the from the bridges press so he’s going to be rocking number one he had some notable Knicks rocking number one you had Penny Hardway Mari stardom Obi toppen I mean Penny wasn’t as notable he’s still my guy he my favorite player so I I still say notable look at Leon Leon got Leon got the the kith joints on what is what is tibs rocking right here hold on let me zoom in on on uh on tibs right here man what kind of kicks are these bro hang on let’s get a good look here’s what’s tibs rocking here you know tibs tibs is fly at the presser today check this out move this up a little bit look at this I don’t know are those like some Zara joints I don’t know tibs is fly though you know you got tibs smiling it’s a new day here with the Knicks man look at that smile it almost looks fake like he’s rocking Dentures or something I didn’t even know tips had teeth so he looks like a guy that’s about to sign a a new contract soon give him ma Cal a big hug for prophecy 718 said there Vace Vace joints yeah those look a little expensive man good worldwide West he landed him another one let’s go west let’s go yeah worldwide West is Happy the family’s happy man look at that yeah there is Leon and and maau having a smile having more Smiles look at TS look at that cheesing like the first day of Christmas boy so yeah got the polo tucked in some maal and his mom’s nice photo at Mom Dukes beautiful day at MSG so yeah man happy to see this I’m very happy to see this this the best shape this franchise has been in years and Christopher Blake talks about have patience absolutely have patience tempor expectations but this team is locked in man you just knock on what that all these guys stay healthy they they’re right they’re right there they’re on their way let’s see who who this is on the Discord who is this no trun by host on the Discord go ahead and un mute your mic yo CP it’s not run by host it’s your boy yeah I’m a little confused uh did you bury the lead on this cat thing because I feel like you just said it when Ariel was on and none of the Knicks fans have called in with any reaction to this didn’t Carl Anthony towns already play for Coach tibs like yeah doesn’t that and you said he’s CA doesn’t this seem like something that could be on the board we got Kentucky player Randle Kentucky player cat this man put up 20 and 10 right I don’t know I haven’t been watching the timber wolves that much I do know he’s rookie of the year I do know he’s 20 and 10 we got Randall who’s 20 and 10 with the five assists I don’t know how you replace that but if you’re going to ship Randall out you’re gonna have to get 20 points about 10 rebounds and you know some defense back I feel like that got to be one of the perfect players and he already knows how to play with the head coach that we have yeah um I’m confused why none of Nick fans are talking about it but also if we trade Randall for a cat is he gonna play the four brother or is he going to play the five cuz I mean I know he’s playing the four next to Rudy goar and I guess it does make sense that he could play the four next to Mitch but I’m interested if Mitch goes down like you say and we move cat to the to the five if that if that becomes a scenario then who who would play the backup for like who’s the is is C the four is that would would that be the idea there or would we try to be getting another backup big still because I know they have Nas Reed and you know Rudy Gay I mean Rudy Go Barrett so they definitely have enough bigs to make the deal but do we yeah well listen you know I can’t I can’t speak for Nicks fans as to why they they they didn’t call in on this but I’m just telling you I’m just telling you keep an eye out on this because I can tell you that they have interest there that the interest is real and yes he played for tips before yes he’s a Kentucky guy yes he’s a CA guy and so you know that’s what I can tell you man is keep an eye on it now contractually it would have to involve Julius and probably about like 20 plus million in salary so I mean you’re talking about a big change there but like I said uh keep an eye on it man you know the the interest in cat is real they want Boston they seen how porzingis sliced him up and that that was a big swing you know the porzingis pickup for Boston to me even though he didn’t have that much um you know didn’t have a crazy impact in the finals I thought picking up porzingis was what swung things for Boston this year I really did he he made them that much more dangerous so you know they went 64 and 18 with them largely there porzingis was a big pickup for them and I think they look at this um this you know type of move here for cat as a similar effect because now you put a cat out there let’s say you running him at the at the five and let’s say you go Jaylen do you go you could go Jaylen Dante Bridges OG cat got some Firepower right there yeah I like that you know I like that a lot and then we got like you said porzingis did a lot of work to you know get the Celtics where they need to go and uh 2014 the only person who I would have rather have over him in that draft is cat so if we’re going to go at the Celtics I think that’s the perfect person seven-footer could also shoot get out there on porzingis get out there on the the big day gu that could stretch the floor and do the same for us obviously I mean Randle could do the same thing but he’s not s feet tall so if anything 20 million salary I don’t know how we going to add 20 million salary to Randle I leave that to Jeremy con and you guys and John Macker but uh I would love to see something like that to be honest Yeah It’s Tricky man definitely tricky appreciate the call man call back anytime man yes sir brother have a good day yes sir CB the franchise here salute to everybody in the chat couple more calls and then we got a wrap uh 646 what’s your name where you calling in from is that me CP yes sir what’s your name where you calling in from my man hey man man I’m calling from North Carolina I’m from New York I’m I’m your man James Baker Jr man and just wanted to give you a shout out and I’ll make it rapid fire you know I’ve been following you for a little AB I want to say thanks for the support man big time thanks for the support man oh of course man you know I love what you’re doing you know I like the family show and uh and you’re a Sant man you’re a Nick Sant so I gotta stick with you man I’m I’m a boomer you know and I appreciate what you doing I just want to support you I love the team you got together I love just what you have going man and I just wanted to I just wanted to just have keep you on the radar send some love man and and go ni man we we getting ready to turn it up this year all right appreciate it man I’ll catch you on the next one though yes sir much love to you man yes sir much love my guy James Baker Jr appreciate the support that’s all you wanted to do call in and show love man yeah man my guy James uh we we definitely appreciate it man since since cash app donations man we we converse via DMS great Nicks fan and a uh and a great supporter definitely appreciate that shout out to Tommy a franchise Channel m fight out Super Chat says uh what does he say here says CP made that cat comment like he knows something is coming this week now I didn’t say anything is imminent I didn’t say anything is imminent I didn’t say they are talking all I can tell you is that they are interested that’s all I can say man that’s all I can say what happens from there hey we’ll see you just never know but I I I think the uh the Julius extension the longer he goes without one could be very interesting that that’s all it uh 561 you’re the last caller man make it good close us out on a high note man what’s the name where you calling in from CP what’s up it’s Dar from Florida my gu let’s go let’s go CP I want to talk about the center position listen to me if we can get Kesler I know we all like deuce but I’m doing that deal I’m giving them dues and if they want one of them protected Detroit Washington picks that are going to be a second rounder we got to do that deal kessle will be more valuable to us love Mitch can’t rely on Mitch kessle will be worth more than McBride McBride’s gonna pay what maybe 15 minutes a game we can find the backup guard with our midlevel we resign pressure get a backup guard and know there’s not many left I was throwing a name out there CP maybe folz yeah he’s still out there still out there yeah yeah and this is we got to go for it everything else is in place we can’t go into the season with Jericho Sims is our second big just can’t be no can’t be and Mitch love him but I can’t rely on him man right so we go for kesla 22 years old big upside he’ll be worth more to us than McBride I love Deuce but we can replace Deuce yeah it’s harder to find a center a starting quality Center at D so if we could get our hands on Kesler man the Knicks is right there and I’ve been a die nck on my life for the first time in my life I can say we legit Championship contenders let’s go so let’s get it CP keep doing your thing man appreciate you all right man appreciate the call man call back anytime my guy checking in from the 305 Sutter our family down in the 305 man kftv is heavy down there in the Fort Lauderdale Miami area salute to the family down there everybody who who’s repping uh the kftv branders for sure yeah I don’t know I don’t know if would Utah be interested in Deuce you know they have keontay George now running the show they still have Colin seon not sure but do they want D so they moveing seon I don’t know I think I think the Kesler stuff might Kessler might be a little Out Of Reach but hey who knows you just never know it was so funny because I I reposted I reposted last night I was watching I’m I’m such a degenerate basketball head I’m watching Salt Lake City summer league between uh between the Jazz and The Grizzlies and why I want to see Zack Ed I want to see kessla I didn’t even realize kessla was playing in this game and so I’m watching this and you know there was a play where Edie dunks on him and on dunks on I I re I reposted on Twitter with the eyes emoji and you got fans talking about cancel the trade cancel trade talks no first round picks for this guy he just got banged on like come on man you can’t you can’t evaluate a player on that I mean Zack e 75 he he he’ posterized prime a tumbo if he had an opportunity to so you can’t go off of that but I thought that was hilarious I love the the reactions to ncks fans off of off of one three second highlight of Zack Edy getting a rebound and dunking on Walker kessle so that was interesting I did I did like even though Ed’s not on the team I liked how he ran the floor man he can move a lot of people especially early that the people that were questioning his NBA fit like ah he’s too slow he’s this he’s that he was moving out there I thought he was pretty I thought he was pretty solid in his debut in his summer league debut so let’s see if if J and and GG Jackson and those boys can get him activated I like how he looked other news Nick’s reportedly interested in Davis berens this is really like it really feels like it’s 2018 all over again Nick’s interested in Macau Bridges they get him Davis Bend remember the some of my day ones that that kftv day ones that were here this was my pick this is one of my this is one of my guys admittedly so you know I you can’t can’t defend worth a lick but potential three-point shooter whatever it is whatever it’s worth take it for what it’s worth they have interest in Davis bans let’s see see if they get the one in the chattis oh hell [Laughter] no Anthony pariso mask B get him out of here he I’m just I’m just the messenger I’m just a conductor but is the bertan Hive going to be resurrected I lost Burks I lost hartenstein is bertan the next guy I hope not man I don’t want to talk about this guy other than today hopefully it’s fake news oh boy oh man Conor O’Neal fight out Super Chat and team hash new if you guys are in team hashtag new if you’re new here go ahead and type that in the chat and I’ll shout you guys out shout out to Conor man he’s a fanchise channel member and team hashtag new uh says great job on the pop but hell no the cat no work ethic I hear you I hear you man I I I don’t uh I’m not a ver I’m not against that not against that Isaiah Jackson franchise Channel member says s has the conference up with ma yeah you can watch the whole maau Bridges conference press conference there on on SNY shout out to Russell whisky says how we fit catch 49 million into our cap as I told the last caller yeah it’s going to take some money it would take Julius and about 20 20 plus more uh Tommy a I got that one and I got Conor O’Neal okay all right great great show man great show Gang definitely first and foremost man appreciate my guy ariel helwani for 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24 Comments
STL checked in
Bro, there aren't many players that can guard Julius, his impact with how this team wants to play just fits much better then KAT
KAT at the 5 with Julius at the 4 makes sense but obviously that cant happen
We have to give Julius at least mid or end season before we see if we have to trade him
Replay gang!
CP3!! Preaching!!
Kessler for deuce McBride and an unprotected first round pick 2025 make it happen plsssssss 🙏🙌
The thought of the Defense will be crazy. Bridges, OG, AND MITCH!!! Mitch shouldn't have to try too hard trying to cover up for others' lack of defense anymore. Everyone on the Team are two way players and play tough Defense.
If the Knicks are spending that kind of money it would be for Giannis.
Keep Deuce name out ya mouf…💯.. Do you guys not see who he is about to be ???
People are going to see a totally re energized Mikal Bridges , he's going to be all over the place making great plays all year long .
REPLAY GANG IVE BEEN SCREAMING THIS FOR TWO YEARS GET KAT IN A KNICKS UNIFORM
I still remember CP early december saying "we need a wing!" we not only got one, but two, and both of them elite!
Kat and tibs really didnt get along in that minny stint. Man yall to thirsty to get ju out of town
If they trade randle for towns, im out. I don't need a center with great post presence that hates to play in the post and shoots 8 threes a game. No thank you.
KAT take is why zoom ain’t working tbh
Ⓜ️oral of the Story is that the Knicks added the biggest piece this offseason
I started watching KFTV before the pandemic. It’s great to see how far the franchise has come since then, & the growth of your channel. You have put a lot of hard work in. Congrats to C.P. and everyone at KFTV!
Julius Randle ain’t going nowhere
Iono, I kinda like the Don Leon vibe.
Just quietly moves the chess pieces, and never says a word. Prob will win a ring here one day and just disappear. 😂
Sign Demarcus Cousins for the backup center. Give him what he wants
I like Randle better on this team rather than Towns
I can see the vision with Kat at the 5 and OG at the 4 but the rim protection would be lacking.
Either its a home run move or we completely get screwed until Towns contract is up. Seems like a high risk/high reward decision, would be the biggest gamble the Leon/Wes regime has made this far.
I like KAT as player but how much better would he make us? Is it worth losing Mitchell's rim protection and financial flexibility??
If we could get walker for rokas and 2 second round picks it would be nice.
Helwani really knows him some knickerbockers and that's dope. He's becoming one of the top tier mainstay type guests on this platform. Always a good interview with him. Wishing him all the best on his endeavors
First year in my life I can’t wait for hoop season LFG