He's gonna put a poster J will up in his in his locker.

Thio use for motivation.

Jay, What do you say now, Bart?

That what I got?

I got all love.

Look, if Obi Topping played in March Madness, we'll be talking about Kobe.

Topping is a top four pit, right, like Patrick Williams, a person, not a lot of people.

No shot up the draft boards.

And he came off the bench of Florida State, right because of the sheer talent.

But if you'll be Topping was in our face all the time, I think he would have been top for dropping.

I just don't know if I like the fit with the New York Knicks.

How Maney Biggs do you need tohave when you're just beginning of the puzzle, right?

Uh, O J.

Like this is just the first move or hopefully of many moves, you know, doing a Thibodeau era.

So this is a guy that they identified that they wanted.

He's a native son.

He's a guy that's going to give them some physicality.

He's a 40% 3 point shooter So maybe this is just the first move.

And some of those big They're gonna start coming out the books because you know that Julius Randle isn't long term for the Knicks.

Understood?

Julius Randle signed a three year, $63 million deal.

You have Mitchell Robinson?

Um uh, some other bigs.

That Taj Gibson was their eyes there.

Bobby Portis is, Ah, a team, I think a team.

Right, As far as it relates.

Thio free agent.

The team has the option on him, but there's just a slew of bigs and I guess I go to this place without for Peyton with R J.

Barrett like, who makes everybody's life easy for the Knicks right now.

Like I thought, I thought for sure that they were gonna take Tyreese Halliburton on Like I heard from so many GM so many scouts that he was a guy that was moving up the draft board.

He went 12 to Sacramento.

I thought that was the steal of the draft steal of the draft.

He just makes everybody's life easier.

I love Obie Topping.

I want to see Obi Topping win more than anybody.

I'm just saying, man Like who makes life easier for the Knicks.

Nobody especially Yeah, OBE Topping and Julius Randle Mitchell Robinson on the court together with R.

J.

R J.

Barrett Struggle There's not a lot of time that's left between now and the start of the NBA season to figure out exactly what your roster is gonna be made of.

Free agency starts tomorrow.

J.

So who knows where the Knicks may go?

They got a load of bigs, but they certainly need to continue to try and build a team.

I'm with a K e.

Just my thing.

Is that it?

Just it.

I like Leon Rose.

I love Worldwide West.

I love Tibbs.

I think the pick is a is a good pick, but I can't make an overall assessment right now.

If I don't see what pieces, they're gonna try to move forward because right now they just have a slew of bigs and other than R.

J.

Barrett, who we saw struggle a little bit last year because nobody else made the game easy.

That's where there's there's no question about it.

For those that are not familiar.

Leon Rose, the former player agent, now the president of the Knicks, worldwide West connected in basketball as much as anybody.

He's in the front office.

Tips, of course, is Tom Thibodeau, about to enter his first year in New York with Obi Top.

And by the way, they picked up a manual quickly with the 25th pick.

The Thunder traded that pick reportedly, too.

The Knicks.

Keyshawn J.

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Is the Baltimore kid played a Kentucky headed to New York?

Will be topping is a New York kid who played a Dayton heading back to New York.

How about that?

The city where you were born now a chance to be the centerpiece of one of the great franchises in NBA history?

Obi after being drafted with our Mallika Andrews on the homecoming, If being drafted wasn't special enough.

Yep, that's right.

Point to that hat one more time you are coming home.

Why is it so important to you to be putting on a Knicks jersey?

Why is it so important to you to be putting on that jersey?

I'm from New York.

That's why it's important.

Me, me, me rep in my city is it's amazing.

A lot of people pray to be in this position, and I'm not gonna take it for granted.

I promise you that.

Approach J and our final minute, Like you said, he was the national player of the year.

He'll forever be a legend to Dayton, and maybe he's just beginning the start of a legendary career in New York.

You can sense how bad he wants it.

And Zubin that answer right there.

The talent speaks for itself, but that's what New York Knick fans want.

They want to hear top tier talent.

Say, this is where I'm from.

I'm gonna rep my city and I'm here, so I think about you know how New York is guys that were there every single day.

If he shows any ounce or any glimpse of superstardom like everybody is on board with that, if you're New York fans, you need some.

You need some glimpse of light.

You need some glimpse of hope and obey toppings.

Answer to how he got drafted really set the bar for how you feel about him as a player in the New York Knicks.

That's well said Jay, Thanks for being with us for the hour.

I know you're working on fumes right now because all the coverage last night look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning.

You wasted that sweater for one man.

That's a two hour sweater.

Thanks for joining your show from home, huh?

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