Knicks Potential Coaching Moves: A Step Back or Forward?

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00:00I think the Knicks should take a nap with their plan to hire Mike Brown

00:05because I got to tell you, for me, it's a step back.

00:09They had the coach.

00:11They had the team.

00:12They lost in six, and they're going to this guy.

00:16What has he done better than Tom Thibodeau in the NBA besides nothing?

00:22It's probably the fact that he's went to some finals

00:24because he had LeBron James with him.

00:26But to me about what the Knicks are doing is not just with the coaching

00:29search, but you've got to give Leon Rose credit, at least in this regard.

00:35To get Jordan Clarkson on a vet minimum, listen, Jordan Clark takes a lot of bad shots, right?

00:41But he can get buckets.

00:44And I thought getting Yabaselli for two years, $12 million today,

00:48was a really shrewd move by Leon Rose for once now.

00:52And this is what I wish they would do with Tips.

00:55The complaint that Tips probably had is, especially losing DiVincenzo last year,

00:59he didn't have a bench.

01:01Now, if you go with that same starting lineup of this past year of Brunson,

01:06Hart, Bridges, and Inovian, and Cat, now your second group is Deuce McBride,

01:11Jordan Clarkson, Mitchell Robinson, and Yabaselli.

01:14Pharrell, that's a really good, solid top nine for a team.

01:21Now, when you look at the Eastern Conference, Boston, obviously,

01:24they're punting because they're getting rid of guys.

01:26You know, Cleveland, yes, they're going to be the main competition.

01:30Milwaukee, they went and got Miles Turner, but then Giannis is pissed they got you,

01:34Miles Turner, because they got rid of Damian Lillard.

01:36Indiana's obviously didn't want to re-sign Turner, so they're not serious about this year.

01:41It's really opening up for it right now.

01:44It's the next in Cleveland, and then you probably go with that next year,

01:48which probably includes Orlando.

01:49But I've got to see those guys doing the playoffs, to be honest with you.

01:54Well, we've already seen the Cavs coif in the playoffs.

01:58We already know what they do in the postseason.

02:00So, Halliburton's gone.

02:03Turner's gone.

02:05I said earlier they didn't want to pay him because they saw him Houdini in the Eastern Finals and NBA Finals.

02:11Am I tripping?

02:12Pharrell, isn't it amazing?

02:14Like, you just had Brooke Lopez in Milwaukee, and you got the younger, I guess, a little bit more athletic version of Brooke Lopez.

02:24What does that mean?

02:25A seven-footer, the two threes, and get no rebounds.

02:28So, to me, I mean, Milwaukee's like, hey, we got exactly what we had before.

02:34The thing about Milwaukee is if you keep Giannis, you have to have a five that's not in the pivot.

02:41But you need a five that's going to stretch the floor because he needs driving lanes to go downhill.

02:45But I don't know if Gary Trent, Gary Harris, resigning Bobby Portis.

02:51Prince, they brought back the whole same team that didn't get it done.

02:55No.

02:56And at the end of the day, listen, the hatred, like, people think about the hatred that the Knicks and Indiana have.

03:05Pharrell, it's nothing compared to Milwaukee and Indiana.

03:08Remember the 60-point game last year when they stole the ball from Giannis two years ago?

03:13I mean, these teams hate each other.

03:16So, sign me up for the first game between Indiana and Milwaukee.

03:20If the NBA's smart, it's going to be opening week because those teams hate each other.

03:24And now, obviously, Milwaukee did them a little bit dirty by cutting Dane and going ahead and getting Giannis, getting a tournament.

03:31But don't feel sorry for Dane.

03:34Dane was not happy in Milwaukee.

03:36You know, Pharrell, he wanted to go to Miami.

03:38His family's still up.

03:39He's still got his kids, I think, up in Portland.

03:41At the end of the day, he's still getting a bag, and he's still not playing next year.

03:45And now we can control where he wants to go in a year from now.

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