If you’re looking at KAT when he was a pure center he still had over 2 STOCKS a game which isn’t the worst thing ever for a center. Just funneling people into a big body with our defensive wings should work
@BillWithers-hu3zz brunson was second in the league in drawn charges last year and moves his feet well. He's a better defender then Steph, Fox, or Haliburton for example
@@BillWithers-hu3zzkat and brunson are both average defenders, neither of them is bad. Towns used to be but got a lot better at switching, helping off the side, and avoiding fouls in the post
Thanks for believing in us, Rusty, no one else is. I think the trade is good for us, but bittersweet. I also saw a rumor that we're looking to trade Mitch for another center because he's injury prone. Idk if that's true, but I also don't know if we'd get a healthy player who's as good of a rim protector as him, and certainly not the offensive rebounder. Not sure about that
Im a lil afraid of us losing our rebounding identity, that has been our biggest advantage over teams in this recent playoff era. KAT is great on boards but Mitch still has a huge role on this team as a backup or starter in some matchups
Who doesn’t “believe in them”?!?!? They are clearly the number two team in the eastern conference now, with the chance this year to dethrone Boston. Just objectively talent wise, they did the same thing as Boston by stacking on above average/star players. It’s not like anyone’s scared of the Celtics, if brunson is truly that guy, or someone else steps up they will beat the Celtics or whoever makes it to the ECF
Mans doesn't even avg 25 min per gm, looks slow and overweight compared to his first couple seasons, and still injury prone at age 26. Makes sense to trade him for someone similar in terms of rebounding and decent rim protection while being AVAILABLE to play
i really liked the nova kniks and have a perpetual dislike for kat. in my opinion randle could have gotten another thing, it s like i believe in the knicks just not in kat
As a Knicks fan that isn’t just blinded by “randles an all nba player” I’d much rather have a guy who can be a little inconsistent but really good than someone who’s gonna ball hog in the clutch and spin move into 4 guys in the paint for an automatic turnover
@@jordandiaz7605 I lost my faith in Randle after having to watch him try to fight teammates/coaches, ball hog, make some of the worst decisions ive ever seen in the clutch, shot chuck when he’s having a bad night, I really could go on
You all have to realize that McBride is going to start at SG and they did this trade thinking that he SHOULD start. By bringing hart off the bench, they can now stagger the minutes of our big 3 wing players - Hart, OG, Bridges. Kolek was drafted to be the backup PG. Mitchell Robinson will be back in December/January. He will come off the bench unless the matchup predicates that we need 2 big men in the starting lineup. So this so called “bench problem” is wildly overstated. I love divo but he was always going to play ~20-25 minutes per game with Bridges now in the mix. Almost no team has benches that runs 10 quality players deep. It’s okay to run shamet & Precious as the 8th & 9th man lol
In other words, there will be a starter playing with the bench players at all times. Kolek, Shamet, Hart, Precious, Mitch are the #6-10. And the lineups with these players will have some starter, likely Bridges (Mr. Ironman) carrying the offensive load while the other starters sit. This is the NBA, not 2k where 5 players come in & 5 players come out. Lineups & minutes are staggered between bench & starters…. We just need time to mesh, and thankfully we have 82 regular season games for that.
I was also thinking McBride could start since he's a way better shooter than Hart and also quite good as a guard defender. Against the Knicks the Celtics would probably have Porzingis roam off Hart as a rim protector but with McBride in the lineup they would have 5 good three point shooters on the floor at all times
He was not at all, watched a lot of the games and he brings basically nothing on the offensive side and is foul prone on defense (but does have great athleticism and energy on defense to make impact plays)
@@adacunto7262the point is we’re talking about the BENCH. An athletic high energy defensive rebounder that brings spark is a perfect example of a player that can help in the post season rotation. Which was why it’s weird rusty didnt mention that in his analysis of Knicks bench rotation and playoff wins
@@adacunto7262 he is a good offensive rebounder and literally can attack a close out bc he is 6"8 and agile so he is more then that on the offensive end
Thibs also tends to make a lot of players playable at center too, especially on the defensive end which he prioritizes so KAT could still be underwhelming but it would be absolutely asinine for people to suggest he can’t quickly become a consistent decent rim protector when you look at how quickly Thibs helped develop guys like Nerlens Noel, Hartenstein, Achiuwa, Robinson, and maybe even Sims but he still can’t quite cut it probably. He’s got a way with center development it seems and even if that doesn’t hit he’s got 3 highly switchable and skilled on ball defenders with OG & Hart being insanely good off ball ones too. They should be comfortable on defense
think they bring duece to the starting lineup and push hart to the bench, run a payne shamet josh precious and mitch bench with brunson duece mikal og and towns. Solid solid solid nba team
You’re 100% underrating cam Payne, he was an absolute dog off the bench for Philly in the playoffs this year. he’d come on randomly hit 4 3s and keep them in the game. I think an immediate answer to the bench depth issue is to start Mcbride over Hart. If you have a lineup of Brunson, McBride, Mikal, OG, Kat, you can run a true 5 out and McBride can cover Brunson on the defensive end. Hart staggered off the bench means you always have 2 of Hart, Mikal and OG on the floor. And imo the bench unit looks better with Josh running it than McBride.
As a Knick fan, Knicks fans are hating on the trade because a lot of them are blind Julius Randle sycophants. I’m so tired of dealing with these idiots, and I’m glad they’ll finally be silenced.
😂😂😂😂 I was one of the people who saw the raw file of the last video and the whole time I was thinking "bro edit out the burps". Its such a relief to hear that was a mistake 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Keep killing it Rusty.
I have learned to believe in Leon Rose and the management staff. We can all analyze the season before it starts. When the Knicks got OG everyone was not happy and concerned with trade. Look at OG now a game changer. Let see what happens and trust Leon Rose
Town's arguably best defensive season came when he was next to Vanderbilt with Towns protecting the rim Having OG next to him at the 4 is great for him at the 5 Rebounding is still the biggest concern imo and was the reason they traded for Gobert after the Memphis series when Towns was the 5
@@ericrodriguez1819 I agree but Jarred Vanderbilt is/was as well. He’s much better than OG on the boards, Edwards and Bridges are comparable as rebounders, Hart is a way better rebounder than Dlo, Brunson and Beverly are similar. Knicks are stronger on the boards IMO but it’s still a concern for me. That being said y’all have the benefit of moving him to the 4 and playing Robinson which the Wolves didn’t, cause Naz used to get abused on the boards
Knicks fans are 50/50 because we had to give up donte and they don't understand that KAT is a huge fit upgrade. Literally the best center we've had since Ewing but they don't see that yet.
Chuma Okeke & Marcus Morris were waived to make roster spots available for the sign & trades involved in the KAT deal. It'll be interesting to see who they fill those spots with.
@@ItsDayDayTv Why would it be a loss? They're 4 good players who fit together (albeit not all together at once), plus the chemistry is already there. Normally when you trade for a good player you have to be a bit careful whether it's going to fit and having guys that already know and like each other is a win. Mikal literally wanted to go there because his former teammates were already there.
@@verward mikal can shoot as good, taller and defender better then donte. KAT will stretch the floor and we dont need to run the offense through him. OG is another tall defender that will cover for KATs weakness. Which team has a better chance of stopping boston? Villanova’s friendship(chemistry)? Or The Trade with size and spacing? common man. Yall emotions distorting facts
If they got to keep Donte it would have been a god tier trade. KAT-OG-Mikal-Donte-JB is an amazing starting lineup, with 3 pieces players off the bench, which is basically all you need in the playoffs.
These type of trades rarely work out for the team we expect have the better players. The Knicks lost Hartenstein, DiVincenzo, and Randal. That's losing a lot. Hopefully, KAT and Bridges can fill the void.
By the time Mitch is back I imagine he’s the nominal starter and that lets you bring Hart back off the bench. That puts you at 8 men when you’d prefer 9. My hot take is Kolek earns a role this year. And deuce becomes solely the 2 guard…and may start there come playoff time with a KAT at the 5 lineup.
Maybe this is the main goal of the CBA. To force players to play in case teams reward them with massive contracts. Teams will have 5 to 7 playable players and not much more. Not playing might compromise seeding and possible team success.
I still think the Knicks have to find out how to play KAT/Robinson on the floor together for certain matchups. I get that KAT would be the best option at center against a team like Boston, but like we saw with the Timberwolves against the Nuggets, some times it’s better to have two 7 footers on the floor and have Robinson is a great defender that can play a poor man’s Rudy Gobert role and allow KAT to really play the perimeter more. It would also make them harder to game plan against in a 7 game series if teams didn’t know if they were gonna bring Towns out at PF or C I also don’t like the idea of Josh Hart starting at PF in every playoff game, his offense is too inconsistent. The guy was missing wide open layups in the playoffs. I get the new defense hype train, but it’s still a game that benefits offense and a great offense can be a great defense, which we saw with the Warriors dynasty.
Tbh, we’d probably lose but I’d love to see another series between my sixers and this team. Both teams have made great additions and the construction of the teams now would make the defenses play very different. Embiid can’t sit in the paint because of Kat but the Knicks would have to double team embiid even sooner, less Kat get cooked in the paint which he has in basically every matchup against embiid. It would be a fun series for sure!
You’re trying to figure out how the Knicks are going to handle Embid, remember, they just played them and beat them in the playoffs. Maybe he’s going to be healthier, but the Knicks are going to be healthier as well!
Here's a fun fact: Between Kristaps Porzingis, Zion Williamson, AD and KAT over the last two seasons who has played in the least amount of regular season games? Would it surprise you to know it’s KAT? Would it also surprise you to know that Joel Embiid has played in more regular season games over the last 5 years than KAT? Rusty mentioned the bench but KAT's just as injury prone as any other "injury prone" big in the league. Add in how fragile Mitchell Robinson is and Precious/Sims may see more time than expected.
Kinda unfair to KAT, he still played over 60 games this past season and was available all throughout the playoffs. Last season his year got cut short very early. And the year before that, he played 74 games. He’s not an injury prone guy like the others you mentioned.
@@jarsoin I mean the numbers are the numbers. He has two seasons under 35 games played or less in the last 5 seasons. In fact he had a Left Knee Lateral Meniscus Tear srugery on March 12 of this year before coming back for the playoffs. Menicus surgeries of that type can get kinda messy(Robert Williams had a similar surgery for reference). I think it's something Knicks fans need to think about big picture when talking about this trade.
Knicks needed a 5 and Leon rose got a 5 who just happens to be the best shooting 5 in the league. Kudos to Leon. Don’t believe he ll just give Mitch away, if a good deal comes his way he ll make it. Translated: he ll just hang up on the Lakers when they call.
Jrue can score tho. He was an all star when Boston traded for him. He’s also the strongest Pg in the nba. He would probably take advantage of that matchup and avg a cool 21 ppg.
Was in agreement with him until he said the Knicks don’t have enough 2nd tier backup players. So he mentioned McBride & Robinson.. but there is also Cam Payne, Landry Shamet, Tyler Kolek all as replacement guards. Jericho Sims as another replacement center. Then there is also Precious Achuwa who can play the forward & center positions.
@@deanoss777 ok I can agree on needing another good Forward… and a young defensive natured big man Center if Sims hasn’t improved any.. but at some point coach & staff have to start aiming to getting some higher tier talent out of the draft and having more faith in their rookies. I would rather them grab some top talent out of the next draft then trading away any other star core players
@@Dapame dude who on the team can’t shoot other than Robinson?… you can go down the entire Knicks roster and each player can hit 3’s… we have the best shooting team in the league now.
You say the Knicks are geared to stop the Celtics because of their wing defenders but the Celtics are also geared to stop the Knicks because they have the top guard defenders in basketball so the point is moot
Maybe just sign some of the inconsistent cheap dudes who shoot some threes and not much else. Maybe they won’t be much but if you need just a dude who’s not doing much just pick one or two of them and see which one works with these guys throughout the year. Come playoffs then you can rotate that starting 5 with Mitchell, McBride, and Precious. Having just one or two cheap guards / wings who do one thing well is an alright success model.
I like the F-Bombs randomly used which made your podcast very real with passion vs other plain politically correct podcasts out there 😊 You get one LIKE from me 🎉
I was more scared of the Knicks before. Obviously the roster looks better on paper now, but I worry about KAT ruining the chemistry in that locker room. In my mind, he doesn’t fit in with the culture they were building at all.
Ok lets talk about that Pritchard and Hauser disrespect. When Pritchard starts over the last 2 seasons he has averages of 23/9/5 on elite shooting splits, He's 6-1 as a starter. Pritchard has the best Estimated Offensive Plus Minus for any bench guard in the league. He's very very good. Hes very underpaid and underplayed. Hauser is elite. He is an elite defender and shooter. He is one of the leagues best 3 and D players by all metrics. Pritchard and Hauser combined make for an elite bench, they are literally statistically better than most other bench players in the league and they hit big shots in the playoffs/finals.
KAT plays less than Embiid, OG as much as PG, and the Knicks have 7 good players on the roster. One is already hurt (Mitch). Add in KAT bding a career 19 ppg on 58 TS guy in the playoffs for his career. He's making more than Giannis.
Decent move. Doesn’t move their needle any. They are still a top 3 East seed, on the outskirts of being a true title contender. I don’t see them beating Boston, or whoever comes out of the west, but this move doesn’t change much in my opinion
As a suns fan i will tell you Payne is capable of giving you quality, quality minites in spurts, and he's also capable of being the worst player on the court, sometimes in the same game😂
Would be funny if they somehow trade back for divincenzo at the deadline the way warriors traded back for gary Payton II
He can't be traded back to the team that traded him in the same season. They'll need to wait till the offseason to try and get him back.
@@sergon777is that a real rule?
@@tobe.moemekayes, it’s an actual rule lol. I think there has to be at least a year before a team can trade back for a player
I do not think Wolfes will be will be wiling to trade shooter on team friendly contract - who also defends .
Yeah, they're gonna be pretty damn good. KAT is a perfect offensive fit for an already great team.
Defensively KAT and Brunson will be a negative unless Robinson is healthy
@@BillWithers-hu3zztrue. Our wings will keep us ranked as an average defense.
If you’re looking at KAT when he was a pure center he still had over 2 STOCKS a game which isn’t the worst thing ever for a center. Just funneling people into a big body with our defensive wings should work
@BillWithers-hu3zz brunson was second in the league in drawn charges last year and moves his feet well. He's a better defender then Steph, Fox, or Haliburton for example
@@BillWithers-hu3zzkat and brunson are both average defenders, neither of them is bad. Towns used to be but got a lot better at switching, helping off the side, and avoiding fouls in the post
I’m really high too
😂 same I’m geeked
Thanks for believing in us, Rusty, no one else is. I think the trade is good for us, but bittersweet. I also saw a rumor that we're looking to trade Mitch for another center because he's injury prone. Idk if that's true, but I also don't know if we'd get a healthy player who's as good of a rim protector as him, and certainly not the offensive rebounder. Not sure about that
Exactly, i think with any mitch trade it would be swapping talent and upside for consistent availability
Im a lil afraid of us losing our rebounding identity, that has been our biggest advantage over teams in this recent playoff era. KAT is great on boards but Mitch still has a huge role on this team as a backup or starter in some matchups
Who doesn’t “believe in them”?!?!? They are clearly the number two team in the eastern conference now, with the chance this year to dethrone Boston. Just objectively talent wise, they did the same thing as Boston by stacking on above average/star players. It’s not like anyone’s scared of the Celtics, if brunson is truly that guy, or someone else steps up they will beat the Celtics or whoever makes it to the ECF
Mans doesn't even avg 25 min per gm, looks slow and overweight compared to his first couple seasons, and still injury prone at age 26. Makes sense to trade him for someone similar in terms of rebounding and decent rim protection while being AVAILABLE to play
i really liked the nova kniks and have a perpetual dislike for kat. in my opinion randle could have gotten another thing, it s like i believe in the knicks just not in kat
As a Knicks fan that isn’t just blinded by “randles an all nba player” I’d much rather have a guy who can be a little inconsistent but really good than someone who’s gonna ball hog in the clutch and spin move into 4 guys in the paint for an automatic turnover
give it some faith man
@@jordandiaz7605 I lost my faith in Randle after having to watch him try to fight teammates/coaches, ball hog, make some of the worst decisions ive ever seen in the clutch, shot chuck when he’s having a bad night, I really could go on
@@StancedHellcatWhen did he try to fight teammates and coaches?
@@urbaindelva7869 on multiple occasions
Well Towns is also all nba
The fit with towns instead of randle for the Knicks is so good. Randle was going to have to play center anyway so this is an upgrade 100%
You all have to realize that McBride is going to start at SG and they did this trade thinking that he SHOULD start. By bringing hart off the bench, they can now stagger the minutes of our big 3 wing players - Hart, OG, Bridges. Kolek was drafted to be the backup PG. Mitchell Robinson will be back in December/January. He will come off the bench unless the matchup predicates that we need 2 big men in the starting lineup. So this so called “bench problem” is wildly overstated. I love divo but he was always going to play ~20-25 minutes per game with Bridges now in the mix. Almost no team has benches that runs 10 quality players deep. It’s okay to run shamet & Precious as the 8th & 9th man lol
In other words, there will be a starter playing with the bench players at all times. Kolek, Shamet, Hart, Precious, Mitch are the #6-10. And the lineups with these players will have some starter, likely Bridges (Mr. Ironman) carrying the offensive load while the other starters sit. This is the NBA, not 2k where 5 players come in & 5 players come out. Lineups & minutes are staggered between bench & starters…. We just need time to mesh, and thankfully we have 82 regular season games for that.
I was also thinking McBride could start since he's a way better shooter than Hart and also quite good as a guard defender. Against the Knicks the Celtics would probably have Porzingis roam off Hart as a rim protector but with McBride in the lineup they would have 5 good three point shooters on the floor at all times
@@yungtago9161 Kolek is looking really good too, even though it's just preseason. He's looking like he will be a key bench player for us all season.
Those Donte rumors of being upset were refuted and are not true
Then why did they really trade him?
Cope
@@urbaindelva7869you canr just trade kat for julius, salaries dont match. Someone had to go
@@urbaindelva7869 to get the trade done, go look at the reports
It's a business and therefore players get traded.
Precious was great for knicks last seaon idk what this guy is smoking
defensive versatility with rebounding instincts w great athleticism??? thibs prilly loves that guy
He was not at all, watched a lot of the games and he brings basically nothing on the offensive side and is foul prone on defense (but does have great athleticism and energy on defense to make impact plays)
@@adacunto7262the point is we’re talking about the BENCH. An athletic high energy defensive rebounder that brings spark is a perfect example of a player that can help in the post season rotation. Which was why it’s weird rusty didnt mention that in his analysis of Knicks bench rotation and playoff wins
Filled in well when randle went down, and in my mind his fit with KAT is solid. I’m excited to see precious in a consistent role
@@adacunto7262 he is a good offensive rebounder and literally can attack a close out bc he is 6"8 and agile so he is more then that on the offensive end
Okeke and Morris got cut I expect Kolek by playoffs become our backup 1 and deuce becomes the backup 2
Thibs also tends to make a lot of players playable at center too, especially on the defensive end which he prioritizes so KAT could still be underwhelming but it would be absolutely asinine for people to suggest he can’t quickly become a consistent decent rim protector when you look at how quickly Thibs helped develop guys like Nerlens Noel, Hartenstein, Achiuwa, Robinson, and maybe even Sims but he still can’t quite cut it probably. He’s got a way with center development it seems and even if that doesn’t hit he’s got 3 highly switchable and skilled on ball defenders with OG & Hart being insanely good off ball ones too. They should be comfortable on defense
think they bring duece to the starting lineup and push hart to the bench, run a payne shamet josh precious and mitch bench with brunson duece mikal og and towns. Solid solid solid nba team
Stefan Bondy’s report says the Donte “unhappy” rumors were just that: rumors
Any excuse to reminisce on Lonzo and Caruso, I love it
You’re 100% underrating cam Payne, he was an absolute dog off the bench for Philly in the playoffs this year. he’d come on randomly hit 4 3s and keep them in the game.
I think an immediate answer to the bench depth issue is to start Mcbride over Hart. If you have a lineup of Brunson, McBride, Mikal, OG, Kat, you can run a true 5 out and McBride can cover Brunson on the defensive end. Hart staggered off the bench means you always have 2 of Hart, Mikal and OG on the floor. And imo the bench unit looks better with Josh running it than McBride.
As a Knick fan, Knicks fans are hating on the trade because a lot of them are blind Julius Randle sycophants. I’m so tired of dealing with these idiots, and I’m glad they’ll finally be silenced.
I have never clicked so fast on a video before. I really love how your just sat in a room on your couch and just talking about basketball.
That is literally what they all do lol
@meh7348 lol I guess. But I like how he does his by himself and it sounds just nice.
The bench is fine. Someone will step up. My guess is Tyler Kolek will surprise people.
Thisb never plays rookies.
@@jimmyhyun8546he played Quickley
@@ericrodriguez1819Quickley immediately proved to be worthy of playing time.
@@urbaindelva7869so why can’t kolek do the same?
@@jimmyhyun8546 ik its rare but he played quentin and IQ
Bout to go on a 2018 rockets run.
😂😂😂😂 I was one of the people who saw the raw file of the last video and the whole time I was thinking "bro edit out the burps". Its such a relief to hear that was a mistake 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Keep killing it Rusty.
I have learned to believe in Leon Rose and the management staff. We can all analyze the season before it starts. When the Knicks got OG everyone was not happy and concerned with trade. Look at OG now a game changer. Let see what happens and trust Leon Rose
Against Giannis and the Bucks, KAT probably plays alongside Mitchell Robinson and uses his time with Gobert to use 🤷♂️ hey it worked versus Denver.
Town's arguably best defensive season came when he was next to Vanderbilt with Towns protecting the rim
Having OG next to him at the 4 is great for him at the 5
Rebounding is still the biggest concern imo and was the reason they traded for Gobert after the Memphis series when Towns was the 5
Josh Hart Avgs 11 Boards a game.
Josh Hart is an elite rebounder despite his size
@@ericrodriguez1819 I agree but Jarred Vanderbilt is/was as well. He’s much better than OG on the boards, Edwards and Bridges are comparable as rebounders, Hart is a way better rebounder than Dlo, Brunson and Beverly are similar.
Knicks are stronger on the boards IMO but it’s still a concern for me.
That being said y’all have the benefit of moving him to the 4 and playing Robinson which the Wolves didn’t, cause Naz used to get abused on the boards
Tyler Kolek is going to be so good and will be just what we need coming off the bench for his rookie season learning off Brunson
Knicks fans are 50/50 because we had to give up donte and they don't understand that KAT is a huge fit upgrade. Literally the best center we've had since Ewing but they don't see that yet.
Kristaps was really good in ny until the injury
Don’t forget about Pingus as well
@@Will4all85 played pf
since Tyson Chandler
@@fusioncannonhow soon they forget.
Chuma Okeke & Marcus Morris were waived to make roster spots available for the sign & trades involved in the KAT deal. It'll be interesting to see who they fill those spots with.
Christian Braun being completely forgot about is wild, he was a huge 7th man for the champ nuggs
Finally someone sees what I’m seeing, felt like I was going crazy like guys… this is a pretty clear and huge upgrade why are you acting like it’s not?
If everything works out, this Knicks team is going to be phenomenal.
I'm sad donte isn't on the team but that Nova Knicks stuff was hella corny so I'm absolutely fine with forgetting about that lmaoooo
The internet showed me people are willing to lose for a “wholesome” moment 😂
@@ItsDayDayTv Why would it be a loss? They're 4 good players who fit together (albeit not all together at once), plus the chemistry is already there. Normally when you trade for a good player you have to be a bit careful whether it's going to fit and having guys that already know and like each other is a win. Mikal literally wanted to go there because his former teammates were already there.
@@verward mikal can shoot as good, taller and defender better then donte. KAT will stretch the floor and we dont need to run the offense through him. OG is another tall defender that will cover for KATs weakness. Which team has a better chance of stopping boston? Villanova’s friendship(chemistry)? Or The Trade with size and spacing? common man. Yall emotions distorting facts
Can't lie, I'm sad we're no longer going to hear Mike Breen call a "Donte for 3?" call as a Knick
"You let Embiid handle himself" - I like that brutal honesty.
If they got to keep Donte it would have been a god tier trade. KAT-OG-Mikal-Donte-JB is an amazing starting lineup, with 3 pieces players off the bench, which is basically all you need in the playoffs.
These type of trades rarely work out for the team we expect have the better players. The Knicks lost Hartenstein, DiVincenzo, and Randal. That's losing a lot. Hopefully, KAT and Bridges can fill the void.
I hope they withstand expectations. Brunson is centerpiece now surrounded with quality Players. Wish them a lot of health and hope for finals
Went the whole video without talking about Kolek
What was he supposed to say about a rookie?
By the time Mitch is back I imagine he’s the nominal starter and that lets you bring Hart back off the bench. That puts you at 8 men when you’d prefer 9.
My hot take is Kolek earns a role this year. And deuce becomes solely the 2 guard…and may start there come playoff time with a KAT at the 5 lineup.
All these guys are gonna want to play come playoff time. If they're in , no unit can stop this starting 5.
Maybe this is the main goal of the CBA.
To force players to play in case teams reward them with massive contracts.
Teams will have 5 to 7 playable players and not much more.
Not playing might compromise seeding and possible team success.
I liked the blank stare into the camera and left ear audio, we should do that next video
At the end of the day the Knicks plays great help defense and have great wings to rotate and cover
It’s such an amazing time to be a Knicks fan. 💙🧡
I still think the Knicks have to find out how to play KAT/Robinson on the floor together for certain matchups. I get that KAT would be the best option at center against a team like Boston, but like we saw with the Timberwolves against the Nuggets, some times it’s better to have two 7 footers on the floor and have Robinson is a great defender that can play a poor man’s Rudy Gobert role and allow KAT to really play the perimeter more. It would also make them harder to game plan against in a 7 game series if teams didn’t know if they were gonna bring Towns out at PF or C
I also don’t like the idea of Josh Hart starting at PF in every playoff game, his offense is too inconsistent. The guy was missing wide open layups in the playoffs. I get the new defense hype train, but it’s still a game that benefits offense and a great offense can be a great defense, which we saw with the Warriors dynasty.
I am more excited after this trade than i have been about the Knicks since Jordan took a year off to fail at baseball!! Lets go Knicks baby!!!
Tbh, we’d probably lose but I’d love to see another series between my sixers and this team. Both teams have made great additions and the construction of the teams now would make the defenses play very different. Embiid can’t sit in the paint because of Kat but the Knicks would have to double team embiid even sooner, less Kat get cooked in the paint which he has in basically every matchup against embiid. It would be a fun series for sure!
You’re trying to figure out how the Knicks are going to handle Embid, remember, they just played them and beat them in the playoffs. Maybe he’s going to be healthier, but the Knicks are going to be healthier as well!
I rmm when rusty said we were ass and Jalen Brunson couldn’t be our star. I feel seen as a Knick fan now. Thanks rusty!😀
Here's a fun fact: Between Kristaps Porzingis, Zion Williamson, AD and KAT over the last two seasons who has played in the least amount of regular season games? Would it surprise you to know it’s KAT?
Would it also surprise you to know that Joel Embiid has played in more regular season games over the last 5 years than KAT? Rusty mentioned the bench but KAT's just as injury prone as any other "injury prone" big in the league.
Add in how fragile Mitchell Robinson is and Precious/Sims may see more time than expected.
Is that true? Cause damn!!
@@Krankensteinn it is true. Check basketball reference.
Kinda unfair to KAT, he still played over 60 games this past season and was available all throughout the playoffs. Last season his year got cut short very early. And the year before that, he played 74 games. He’s not an injury prone guy like the others you mentioned.
hes not injury prone his first 3 season all 82 games hes played less but never below that 60 range
@@jarsoin I mean the numbers are the numbers. He has two seasons under 35 games played or less in the last 5 seasons. In fact he had a Left Knee Lateral Meniscus Tear srugery on March 12 of this year before coming back for the playoffs. Menicus surgeries of that type can get kinda messy(Robert Williams had a similar surgery for reference).
I think it's something Knicks fans need to think about big picture when talking about this trade.
Need a youtube short of you staring blankly into the camera now😂😂
Knicks needed a 5 and Leon rose got a 5 who just happens to be the best shooting 5 in the league. Kudos to Leon. Don’t believe he ll just give Mitch away, if a good deal comes his way he ll make it. Translated: he ll just hang up on the Lakers when they call.
Jrue holidays offense vs Brunson is probably the deciding factor in the Knicks Celtics series
True, will also come down to how well OG and Mikal can hold Brown and Tatum
Jrue can score tho. He was an all star when Boston traded for him. He’s also the strongest Pg in the nba. He would probably take advantage of that matchup and avg a cool 21 ppg.
Ain't no way you are this delusional. Boston is beating them in 5.
Never thought rusty would say the knicks could beat Boston in the ECF... Knicks are too good for blind hate now wow 😂.
When the Knicks are good, the energy is infectious.
And I'm a Nets fan 💀🤣
Precious Achiuwa is fine as a 12-15 minutes guy in a playoff rotation based on last year.
They have a back up point guard in the rookie Tyler Koylek his game is like Brunson. Best point guard in the Big East
Rusty giving my Knicks credit 🙏🏻 love it
Contending teams playing the knicks in the playoffs need to play patient and force the switch on Brunson.
OG guards Giannis, look up last year’s highlights with OG on him. Had Giannis in shambles.
We got raw leaks of rusty before gta6
The fact that the knicks fans hate this trade makes it a good trade. They have a history of having terrible judgment.
"Tingus Pingus?! Who the fck is Tingus Pingus?!"
They hated the trade for OG
@@cleanfresh6718 also they hated the Brunson signing
I feel like only the dumb fans hate this trade
@@cleanfresh6718They should hate his contract.
So Cam Payne and the rookie Tyler Kolec just up an vanished huh?
Was in agreement with him until he said the Knicks don’t have enough 2nd tier backup players. So he mentioned McBride & Robinson.. but there is also Cam Payne, Landry Shamet, Tyler Kolek all as replacement guards. Jericho Sims as another replacement center. Then there is also Precious Achuwa who can play the forward & center positions.
Def need some more shooters , floor spacing from the bench not looking too hot.’
I mean our second unit is still weakened now but I don’t think it’s as drastic as most make it seem. We just need another 3&D wing.
@@deanoss777 ok I can agree on needing another good Forward… and a young defensive natured big man Center if Sims hasn’t improved any.. but at some point coach & staff have to start aiming to getting some higher tier talent out of the draft and having more faith in their rookies. I would rather them grab some top talent out of the next draft then trading away any other star core players
@@Dapame dude who on the team can’t shoot other than Robinson?… you can go down the entire Knicks roster and each player can hit 3’s… we have the best shooting team in the league now.
@@Dapame you mentioned the bench.. Kolek, Landry, McBride, & Cam Payne can all hit 3-Point shots..
You say the Knicks are geared to stop the Celtics because of their wing defenders but the Celtics are also geared to stop the Knicks because they have the top guard defenders in basketball so the point is moot
You so right that knick bench is terrible we have know shooting on the bench. GO KNICKS
Maybe just sign some of the inconsistent cheap dudes who shoot some threes and not much else.
Maybe they won’t be much but if you need just a dude who’s not doing much just pick one or two of them and see which one works with these guys throughout the year.
Come playoffs then you can rotate that starting 5 with Mitchell, McBride, and Precious. Having just one or two cheap guards / wings who do one thing well is an alright success model.
I’m gonna miss you 3vincenzo😭😭😭
I like the F-Bombs randomly used which made your podcast very real with passion vs other plain politically correct podcasts out there 😊
You get one LIKE from me 🎉
I was more scared of the Knicks before. Obviously the roster looks better on paper now, but I worry about KAT ruining the chemistry in that locker room. In my mind, he doesn’t fit in with the culture they were building at all.
Ok lets talk about that Pritchard and Hauser disrespect.
When Pritchard starts over the last 2 seasons he has averages of 23/9/5 on elite shooting splits, He's 6-1 as a starter.
Pritchard has the best Estimated Offensive Plus Minus for any bench guard in the league. He's very very good. Hes very underpaid and underplayed.
Hauser is elite. He is an elite defender and shooter. He is one of the leagues best 3 and D players by all metrics.
Pritchard and Hauser combined make for an elite bench, they are literally statistically better than most other bench players in the league and they hit big shots in the playoffs/finals.
I really think the Knicks are a lot more comperable to the Celtics than the nuggets
Knicks need to develop Sims to use as a power forward. After 3 years in the nba ,what has he learned ?
KAT plays less than Embiid, OG as much as PG, and the Knicks have 7 good players on the roster. One is already hurt (Mitch). Add in KAT bding a career 19 ppg on 58 TS guy in the playoffs for his career. He's making more than Giannis.
I hope tibs gives tyler kolek some minutes over cam payne i’m interested to see how he does against NBA players
Damn i didn’t know the Knicks won with Al Horford last year😂
the irony that he is high on this knicks teams but hates the suns is crazy
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Phoenix will be a top-3 seed this season (barring no major injuries)
Decent move. Doesn’t move their needle any. They are still a top 3 East seed, on the outskirts of being a true title contender. I don’t see them beating Boston, or whoever comes out of the west, but this move doesn’t change much in my opinion
So if Dallas makes the Finals again, you don't think NY has a chance? 🤨
@@ColdHoops they are getting beat by any contender out of the west in at most 6. Yes absolutely
I have a feeling New York fans are not going to like this trade a year from now. Coming from a wolves fan
Will you be making a video specifically talking about Minnesota?
I'm still mad that the bucks basically just threw away dante
7 deep sounds about right come playoffs for Tibbs...this is normal no?
I’m really high too Rusty
Maybe they can add Fultz on a min
No freebies in NY lol
Rusty where did your other video go? I swear i saw it yesterday and now its gone
Oh nvm i saw it
The section in the video where u talked about it
Okeke and morris were already released.
donte’s skill set can be replaced at least by the deadline
This trade would've been fine if they didn't trade Donte.
Mitchell Robinson is clearly an issue ... GO BUCKS 💪🏿🦌
It still irks me that the bulls let caruso go for so little
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8:06 the cam Payne take tells me you didn’t watch much basketball
I always knew you were a blazer 💀
As a suns fan i will tell you Payne is capable of giving you quality, quality minites in spurts, and he's also capable of being the worst player on the court, sometimes in the same game😂
Seriously, listening to ARB > ESPN
15:50 um, ant? Brother did not just say Naz Reid before a consensus top 15 player
Embiid going for 50 every single time he plays the Knicks. Who guarding him, cause it better not be Kat?
Who are the centers in the east that Embiid can’t score 50 on?
You’re forgetting Tyler
It's the Knicks... So you know this DiVincenzo loss is going to be something they regret.
Xavier mentioned
Osso Rusty Buckets getting HIGH?
The pacers will be sending the knicks home again don’t you worry
Yeah, I don't see the Pacers beating this Knicks team. They have the personnel to defend the Pacers and the Pacers are not a good defensive team.
@@urbaindelva7869 Knicks aren’t beating the pacers. They will play 40 mins a game and be hurt come playoff time like they always are. 123 Cancun
This knicks team looks like one of those coming disappointments.
No chance, but the New Jersey Nets will definitely be hot garbage.
Sounds like a hater already. A number of teams can be disappointing at any given point but you play the games anyway
kAT will unlock Precious
Idk when this was recorded but Marcus Morris is not a knick rn. He got waived. Also Terry johnson unfortunely is going to get minutes