Let me tell you what it is about Max, Right, Max?

Have a personal beef with doling.

Leave the beef in the freezer right now next to the chicken.

Max, There's no time for that.

Okay, look, Leon Roldos Worldwide West are doing are doing a hell of a job right now.

And they started from the bottom like you said.

But they went, got a coach and Tom Thibodeau, who's all about culture.

He's all about culture, a winning coach with a winning record, who knows?

He's been out the game for two years, so he had time to reevaluate himself and know that this is a new type of off.

This is a new generation of players that he can't practice, that shootarounds, that he have to take it light on their bodies.

He knows this now.

Now, you look at the Knicks roster.

You look at a guy like Mitchell Robinson, Pam up with Obi Topping at the four.

You looking at a semi lob city, they're gonna be snatching the screws at the rim.

You're talking about excitement.

That's what the Knicks have been missing.

And then you have a guy in R.

J.

who's coming back as his in the second year, who did pretty good last year as a rookie.

He's coming back.

He's gonna be even better.

And now, like Stephen A.

Smith said, You have $40 million in cap space to go out there and sign someone.

Ah, Gordon Haywood, maybe maybe a Fred Vanvleet and go get some energy and some good production at the Garden wing position.

And then you still have a guy who I think it's under undervalued and underappreciated.

And Mo Harkless, who the Clippers really didn't want to give up.

Doc Rivers really didn't want to give up Mo Harkless, and I thought they dropped the ball when they let him go.

So you look at the foundation and you look at the structure of the Knicks right now and that look, you should be proud, Max.

But once again, your your loyalty is not there.

And Stephen A.

I don't know how Max was a Laker fan.

He was telling for the Clippers all year alone.

So you just bouncing around, Max, that's what you all right now?

Oh, this this this is Pop.

Let me go.

Hold about this there and Then let me tell you, Please, please tell you something that is the sorriest defense of the Knicks.

I could.

That is such that is so hilarious that that sounded like a defense of the Knicks.

Think about what you just said.

R.

J.

Barrett was disappointing.

Is a rookie.

I mean, I know he's a rookie.

He's young.

He could get better considering his draft position.

Let's just, let's just be honest, we were expecting a little more than that.

If you had to say, Did he exceed, meet or become below expectations?

It?

Well, I was OK.

Mitchell Robinson's a nice player.

He's a rotation piece on a good team, probably not a starter topping.

We'll see what he is.

Hopefully, he's really good.

I'm actually excited to watch and play.

I am with you on topping.

Who else do we talk about?

Let's sign a above average, but not All Star player to a Max contract.

You all are celebrating this like it's something that's garbage.

What do you think something is many other?

It is more than nothing is more than that.

Max is something that's a starting point.

And let me tell you something about R.

J.

Barrett while you sitting up there trying toe criticize him.

He didn't have structure.

The Knicks was dysfunctional last year.

How do you expect a rookie to come in and have any type of success when he when he didn't have any type of leadership whatsoever?

But Max, let me tell you the other point that I like that KP Hold on, Max.

Let me tell you the other point, I like that KP made when KP brought up Tom Thibodeau.

If you will recall Max.

The Boston Celtics won the title 2007, 2000 and eight.

Okay, they went 66 16, who was in the starting lineup for 78 games that year, all 78 games he played.

That would be Kendrick Perkins, who was your defensive coordinator.

That would be Tom Thibodeau.

He would know a thing or two about Tom Thibodeau, and when he said that Tom Thibodeau has learned the error of his ways, I think that's a pivotal point because the Onley knock against Tom Thibodeau has never been his knowledge has never been culture.

Being a culture center.

That he is, it's been the fact that he was so hard, nose.

And the fact that Kendrick is saying he might have learned how to lighten up on the bodies of his players, that's a big, big deal that could ultimately work to the New York Knicks advantage eventually.

Well, Stephen A.

I'm telling you, this is what I know from having conversations from having conversations with tips, you know me and tips have a close relationship, and I didn't have multiple conversations with him about that.

Hey, Tips.

You gotta fall back and you gotta, you know, you gotta adjust.

If the great Gregg Popovich had to adjust his style of coaching, I'm pretty sure Tom Thibodeau is gonna do to say, But, Max, you know what?

I don't know what to say about you.

You are disloyal, and you need to put your back a refrigerator like I just told you because you have a trade.

A soon as Nolan apologized Charles Oakley publicly, we could start to talk about that.

You still wouldn't forget its life giving.

You got Israel with Dolan and just that it would be a start that is not accurate.

It would be a start expressing cut it with a knife you betrayed New Yorkers.

We'll leave it there.

Get him out of town.

Get Max out of town.

Get him out of town.

I'm the voice of New York.

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