Episode 30: Should Quickley be Starting? feat. John Starks
01/26/21 • 44 min
Sal Licata and Jerome Williams open the show honoring Kobe Bryant, exactly one year after his tragic passing. The guys then discuss Immanuel Quickley's play and whether he should be starting, Obi Toppin's struggles thus far and the schedule ahead. Knicks great John Starks then joins the show. Starks talks about the current Knicks, Quickley, "The Dunk," watching "The Last Dance," playing against Kobe Bryant, guarding him and Michael Jordan, if Hakeem Olajuwon didn't block the shot in Game 6, if Patrick Ewing didn't have him injured in that practice in 1990, memories from the '90s Knicks and all the things he is working on now. NY Post Knicks beat writer Marc Berman drops by to talk about Harthorne Wingo's passing, if Quickley should start, what Toppin needs to improve upon and the tributes to Kobe from players after he passed.
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Sal Licata and Jerome Williams open the show honoring Kobe Bryant, exactly one year after his tragic passing. The guys then discuss Immanuel Quickley's play and whether he should be starting, Obi Toppin's struggles thus far and the schedule ahead. Knicks great John Starks then joins the show. Starks talks about the current Knicks, Quickley, "The Dunk," watching "The Last Dance," playing against Kobe Bryant, guarding him and Michael Jordan, if Hakeem Olajuwon didn't block the shot in Game 6, if Patrick Ewing didn't have him injured in that practice in 1990, memories from the '90s Knicks and all the things he is working on now. NY Post Knicks beat writer Marc Berman drops by to talk about Harthorne Wingo's passing, if Quickley should start, what Toppin needs to improve upon and the tributes to Kobe from players after he passed.
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Episode 29: Knicks Back to Winning Ways feat. Charlie Ward
Sal Licata and Jerome Williams open the show discussing the Knicks' two-game win streak over the Celtics and Magic. They talk about the defense playing well, RJ Barrett's strong play, Immanuel Quickley's float game, the need for Alec Burks' shooting and the west-coast trip ahead. JYD then goes "Inside the Doug House" on an MLK Day story when he made a rap song about a player on the bus having baby-mama drama. Former Knicks guard Charlie Ward then joins the show. Ward discusses his role on those memorable 90s Knicks teams, Tom Thibodeau and the current Knicks, choosing basketball over football, the infamous P.J. Brown fight, Patrick Ewing coaching at Georgetown, acting and his religion and staying pure on the road. In the debut of "Sal's Story," he looks back to his memories watching Allan Houston's game-winning shot against the Heat in the 1999 playoffs.
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Episode 31: Should Knicks Trade for Zach LaVine? feat. Taylor Rooks
Sal Licata and Jerome Williams open the show discussing the Knicks losing five of their last six games. They then dive into the possibility of trading for Zach LaVine and what it might cost to get him from the Bulls. The guys discuss Dennis Smith Jr. going to the G League, Kevin Knox falling out of the rotation and the upcoming schedule. JYD goes "Inside the Dog House," looking back to the time he met Allen Iverson and played alongside him at Georgetown. Bleacher Report host Taylor Rooks then joins the show. Rooks talks about the perception around the Knicks, if LaVine would be a good fit, the Knicks-Nets dynamic, being inside the bubble and some of her biggest interviews she's done and still wants to do.
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