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00:00So I'll throw an idea out that I thought would have been the Knicks approach
00:04if Mitchell Robinson was healthy to start the year,
00:08which is start Mitchell Robinson,
00:09and have Josh Hart, who would have just won six-man of the year.
00:13Now, again, it is remarkable that all of a sudden Josh Hart,
00:16when you think about the season he's had, the moments he's had,
00:19the toughness, everything,
00:20he kind of feels like he is supposed to be the embodiment of Tom Thibodeau's
00:23New York Knicks.
00:24But ultimately, this team needs to get a little bit of help out there
00:28on the defensive side of the ball.
00:30Getting Mitchell Robinson out there consistently will help them offensively
00:34in terms of the rebounding perspective.
00:36It'll cover for Cat and Brunson with the rim protecting.
00:40It feels, J.Y., like a switch to make,
00:45and I would imagine Josh Hart will be cool with it
00:50because I think that Josh Hart actually does read like somebody
00:52who just wants to win.
00:54I also think Josh Hart, like coming off of the bench,
00:56which may give you, you know, effort level six billion,
01:01like levels that he, you know,
01:02because he'll just be so ready to go and wanting to prove himself.
01:07I think, I don't think that's too drastic of a change.
01:10What do you believe?
01:11No, I think it's the right approach because going into the season,
01:14everybody thought it was going to be Brunson at the one,
01:17Bridges at the two, OG at the three,
01:19Cat at the four,
01:20and Mitchell Robinson at the five because of the fact that Cat showed that he
01:24could play alongside a center because he did so with Rudy Gobert.
01:28And then what you have is you have Mitchell Robinson's rim protection.
01:32You have a double barrel big.
01:33Cat still goes to the perimeter.
01:35So you can put Mitchell Robinson in a dunk spot and you create more driving
01:39lanes.
01:39And then you have Mitchell Robinson to go and get off his rebounds,
01:42which is kind of weird because sometimes Kevin,
01:44the best line the Knicks have had during the series and the playoffs has been
01:48a minor double barrel big lineup with,
01:51with Cat and obviously Mitchell Robinson.
01:54So yeah,
01:54I think what that does is I think it also gives the Knicks,
01:57honestly,
01:58Kevin a little bit more balance.
01:59We talked about having a secondary ball handler.
02:02Well,
02:02Josh Hart becomes a secondary ball handler because you don't trust Deuce.
02:06Josh Hart's minutes go down.
02:07Now Deuce doesn't have to have the weight of his shoulders of the second team
02:11campaign gets less minutes.
02:13Maybe you give pressure to Chua a couple of minutes here and there.
02:17I mean,
02:17he ain't that much worse than OB top and he can get in there and mix it up
02:20and get a rebound and put a put back.
02:22And so it's,
02:24it's,
02:24this is the problem sometimes with tips.
02:28Tips is tips.
02:29And I want to push back on something right now.
02:32All these Knicks fans that are going on social media saying,
02:34we're going to fire tips.
02:35We're going to fight.
02:36It ain't happening.
02:37So put that to bed.
02:39He got the team to the Easter conference finals for the first time in 25
02:41years.
02:42They're not firing them.
02:43Now could they get rid of them next year?
02:46If they get off to a poor start with the same roster,
02:49some tweaking,
02:50that's a story for another day.
02:52But Tom,
02:53the big story with the Knicks is,
02:56well,
02:56tips,
02:57try anything different.
03:00Like Kevin suggested or Deuce McBride.
03:03What are your thoughts?
03:03Where can the Knicks do something different to try and change the series a
03:06little bit?
03:07So we were talking pre-show about the JJ Redick first series with the Lakers,
03:12how Rick Carlisle's like,
03:13Hey,
03:13well,
03:13Hey,
03:14you got a player.
03:15Are you healthy?
03:15Can you get out there?
03:16Let's,
03:16let's,
03:16let's try something different where I do like the idea of a heart and
03:20Mick and miles McBride coming off the bench just to give a different
03:23look.
03:24The issue is like the Knicks are running out of time.
03:27Like I,
03:28I view game three as like a must win for the Knicks because if they can win
03:31game three,
03:32maybe they lose game four.
03:33They win game five back at home.
03:35We got a three,
03:35two series lead.
03:36The pressure would be on the Pacers going to game six to win on home
03:39court.
03:40Right.
03:40And then anything happens in the game seven.
03:42Yeah.
03:42The Knicks are running out of time to experiment with the Tibbs doing
03:46something different.
03:47So I want to see anything different.
03:49I don't think precious to chew it is the answer longterm,
03:52but give me eight minutes,
03:53right?
03:53Give me eight,
03:54maybe 10 minutes.
03:54We just got to mix it up.
03:55We got to put a different body out there,
03:57give a little bit of rest.
03:58But I think Robinson should be in the starting lineup.
04:01Go him and cat.
04:02You can go against Turner and Siakam just to try something different.
04:06Hart comes off the bench.
04:07And I agree with the take that the effort that he would bring is something
04:10that he wants to prove.
04:12And it would just be a completely new look for the Knicks.
04:14And what's the,
04:15what's the worst that happens?
04:16Like,
04:17all right,
04:17you're losing close games.
04:18You lose another close game because you happen to try something different.
04:21There's no wrong answer at this point.
04:23You just got to figure out what works.
04:25Yeah.
04:26Um,
04:27here's,
04:28I guess the,
04:30if this series is Pacers in five or four,
04:36they absolutely can fire Tom Thibodeau because you losing consecutive seasons.
04:43So the Indiana Pacers while having home court advantage,
04:45I,
04:47when you consider the off season that they had,
04:50I think is a change that is on the board.
04:53The other change that is 100% going to loom and maybe,
04:58maybe long-term a sacrifice worth making.
05:03They will be immediately,
05:06maybe at halftime calling the Milwaukee bucks about Giannis.
05:09So,