About this episode

KG and Paul discuss the Knicks' comeback victory, Wemby's summer, and potential trades in the NBA.

KG and Paul break down exactly why the defending champs got cooked in game 1, why Castle plays like a “red nose pit,” and how the Spurs ran out the youngest starting five in NBA playoff history without blinking. Plus, KG drops the never-before-told story of his summer with Wemby. Hakeem, the monks, the mentality download, and what really happened on that football field in California. Over in the East, the Knicks erased a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit and stunned the Cavs in OT to seal a game 1 victory. Brunson took the game over and the fellas put him in the Top 5 Knicks of all time. The crew gets into Kenny Atkinson’s missing timeouts, how Cleveland responds psychologically, and Paul vs KG on whether the Knicks just got lucky or willed the win. They also drop their own legendary comeback stories — the 2008 Finals Game 4 (Boston down 24) and Paul’s 2002 Eastern Conference Final Nets game (down 26). The back half goes Play GM: what Detroit does with Jalen Duren’s $287M supermax, a wild Reaves-for-Duren trade idea, KD’s most realistic landing spots (Houston, Washington, Minnesota?), and what Masai Ujiri’s full Mavs rebuild looks…

People in this episode

Hosts: KG, Paul

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• comeback stories
• Victor Wembanyama
• Knicks vs Cavs
• trade ideas
• young teams in NBA

Keywords

• Knicks
• Cavs
• Wemby
• comeback
• NBA playoffs
• trade
• supermax
• Brunson
• Kenny Atkinson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spurs, Detroit, Boston, Mavs, Jason Kidd, Reaves, Cavs

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