Hour 2: Do You Believe KD Is Disconnected From the Rockets?

About this episode

The episode discusses Kevin Durant's ongoing drama with the Rockets and analyzes the Knicks' performance against the Hawks.

First take resumes with KD's Drama. From burners to benchings, the drama never ends with Durant! Is he disconnected from his Rockets teammates? (0:00) Then, DanO already hit on Ty Simpson. Now, he's calling his shot on the best QB drafted outside of the first round! (12:15) Next, KAT's triple double led to the Knicks evening a tightly contested series vs the Hawks. Is having Brunson play off ball while KAT play-makes the true key to Knicks success? (22:50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Stephen A. Smith, Shae Cornette

Topics covered

• Kevin Durant
• NBA drama
• Ty Simpson
• Knicks vs Hawks
• KAT triple double
• QB draft analysis

Keywords

• Kevin Durant
• NBA
• Ty Simpson
• KAT
• Knicks
• Hawks
• triple double
• QB draft

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knicks, Hawks

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