Knicks are one win away from a title (no, really they are) & they wouldn’t be here without the Jalen Brunson signing & 5 incredible trades…
OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges & Jose Alvarado were acquired in trades for:
Julius Randle
RJ Barrett
Immanuel Quickley
Cam Reddish
Donte DiVincenzo
Svi Mykhailiuk
Ryan Arcidiacano
Bojan Bogdanović
Dalen Terry
1 Protected 1st
5 1st round picks
1 1st round pick swap
4 2nd round picks
(I may have missed a pick protection or two, sue me, nerds)
Leon Rose really is the best executive in the history of the organization
Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.
In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.
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"The Knicks [in] the first half was trying to appease everybody. ... They got outside of their game to make a point to the Spurs and their fans that we can play physical too."
@MagicJohnson shares his thoughts on coming back from a big deficit in a high stakes moment like the NBA Finals 🏀
Magic Johnson on how special this Knicks team is:
Magic: “I don’t wanna hear no talk about Giannis, or no other player coming to this team. This is a great team. I’ve watched a lot of basketball. The way these guys love each other. Play for each other. Pull for one another. You’re not gonna see this anywhere else. The, grit, the toughness that’s how they beat you. Together.”
Stephen A: “You’re telling me, this team, as presently constructed, you wouldn’t change—”
Magic: “Nope.”
Stephen A: “Even if they don’t win the Finals, no changes?”
Magic: “You keep em together and make small changes. This team knows how to play so well with each other. And off of Brunson. Everybody is comfortable in their role. KAT could start for another team tomorrow. OG can go to another team and be a star. But he’s good to play his role. Bridges too. And Hart, no 2 guard rebounds like Josh Hart. So you’ve got the pieces, and they’re all happy.”
Stephen A: “But—”
Magic: “Now, if you trade for Giannis, how many dudes you gotta give up just to get him? It’s a different team now. The whole team changes.”
Stephen A: “That’s true.”
Magic: “This team. I love this team. I love the Knicks. They play basketball right. Don’t change.”
Yabusele waived his no trade clause so he could be traded to the Bulls for Dalen Terey, who Leon then flipped
For Jose Alvarado!!
That Jose/Brunson 2 guard lineup crucial to complete the BEST NBA was FINALS COMEBACK in HISTORY.
THANK YOU JOSE! AND THANK YOU YABUSELE!
One of the more special moments of my life . Sharing tears with Tracy Morgan. He got out of his car to hug Knick fans. This means a lot to him!And the whole city. Just can’t put into words what happened last night. Tracy. Much love and respect !! @TracyMorgan !! LFGK. One more
Charles Barkley: “In today’s NBA, any time us old guys says something, y’all like, ‘We old, get off my lawn guys.’
"Yo, those 3s were great, the first half. At some point, when you start missing, you gotta say, ’Maybe we should stop shooting 3s.” 🏀 📺
Brian Windhorst says if Wemby going to talk trash, you’re gonna do some of the stuff that he does you can’t let this happen at the end of the game:
“2nd half he plays all but 57 seconds of the whole 2nd half, I feel like he completely ran out of gas. I don’t know understand why he was not getting more rest in the game. At the end of the third quarter he played 5 more minutes then he played in game 3 and that was a 1 point game this was a 15 point game. He couldn’t move defensively that made it easier for the Knicks and offensively he was unable to get anything at one point he went 1 of 10 when he gets fatigued he starts flopping around.”