 What's the word y'all welcome back to NBA every day when I go talk about the fact Oh, I guess we will talk about it Um, I haven't uploaded the everyday series in the last two days, but there's a legitimate reason for that I usually don't quote or talk about things like this But like on national tv I've seen some crazy stuff over the last couple days Well because they're on national tv and they have to talk on tv for an hour two hours They're forcing out content. I saw a clip of two people Not talking about 2k ratings But talking about LeBron talking about 2k ratings I will never come onto this channel and force a video out because I need to fill time So if I go two days and I upload it Just know that the video once we come back is going to be a banger and that's the day I want to talk about the new york nicks. I also got a fly in here. So, you know So if you see a brup stops, that's because I'm trying to get that fly boy Just everything matches the room. It's kind of fire. Um, nobody expected the new york nicks to be a good team last year Nobody at all the surprising story of the NBA was the new york nicks And if you were back to type Kenny, I knew that the nicks were about to be not just a playoff team But the first thing you're literally lying to me, bro Because if you knew that you would have put some money on it, you'd be walking out of here a lot richer Because vegas didn't even expect the nicks to even sniff a playoff spot I think they over under was like 20 something games And here they were with home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Yes, they got eliminated. Yeah Yeah, we're not talking about that they had home court advantage In the first round of the playoffs out of nowhere And we don't talk about some of those things and why low key I am envious of what they're doing over there Let's start off with Given the roses to leon rose. I didn't think about that until it actually came to the bar Given the rose to leon rose because before he came into office before before he came into power with the new york nicks The nicks had been to laugh in stock of the league for five years, maybe or however many how many years That signings lack of signings Miss draft picks yada yada yada yada and leon rose came into office You know what's coming to mind bro. You know what it reminds me of Um, the only reason I'm thinking about this because I just watched this movie for the tenth time A couple days ago. It reminds me of money ball. I'm sure a lot of y'all have seen money ball It's it's the movie with jonahill And and uh brad pit it's based on baseball the oakland athletics building the team yada yada yada Um, the team went on to win 20 plus games But the reason it reminds me of that because the team that leon rose built last season Feels like jonahill's character going through the computer looking at advanced stats trying to put together the puzzle pieces To not spend a lot of money, but also be a good team So, hmm reggie bullock on his last team shot 47th percent on catching shoots We could probably get up for 10 million dollars july's randall just put up good statistics on the previous season But he ain't never had a good coach. So let's get him a good coach You know nilish noelle was one of the top picks in the draft and never fulfilled that but last year when he was an Okay, see he was pretty solid as a backup Let's got to give him a starting spot like that I feel like that's what leon rose and his team was really doing and low key put it together A competent enough roster to make a push We all trade for a dude that's beloved across the league when an MVP when he was jonah But ain't really been it for the last couple years. Derek rose has a resurgence of a career I just think it's good for basketball when big market teams are good Just think about how much buzz the city of new york had and i was doing a pandemic Imagine if everything was opened up while the nicks were doing what they were doing and how crazy new york would have been They were crazy During a pandemic y'all They're in the streets on top of telephone poles Because they won a game on national tv Because they clutched the playoff spot. You know what i'm saying? I just can't imagine like new york nicks fans have been through a lot Um because even in the downed years or you're starting absolute scrubs The garden was popping like i had been to multiple games in new york when the team was really bad Where immanuel moodya was hitting the game winner the game i went to he had a game winner But immanuel moodya was like the best player on the new york nicks like just three years ago And here they are Without like having a superstar come to the team without hitting a home run on a on a draft pick They have become a very competent team that was de forcey And that was basically just role players and a player that turned into the most improved player Then this off season came around And this off season was not one with big name freehades. We had kawaii liner who resigned We had a couple different names that were all stars in the past or people project to be maybe future all stars on restricted But this was not a big free agency class. So what did leon rose and his front office do? They brought back the guys that got them to the foreseeing on very solid contracts I saw a lot of people upset with some of the extensions that they gave out I didn't see any of them that I was like, oh, that's a bad contract Um, and then they brought in players that can help them one of the reasons why they flamed out in the Playoffs is julius rand is struggled in the playoffs because It was just him for the most part you had some rj things We're gonna talk about rj a little bit But it was just like we can focus in on julius rand because he is the focal point of their offense And what did they do they went out and get abin forney a Abin forney a can create for himself and for his other teammates That's a w and the one that I don't think anybody saw coming kimba walker going home in the garden My one memory of him is crossing up the gaumpit and now he's back there And I know the last couple seasons for kimba walker haven't necessarily been um, uh, super healthy run Um, specifically last year wasn't even a good run, but in 2020. He was an all-star starter It's not too far removed that he was an all-star starter I was in the press room after that all-star game. He had this big old green Um, codon and my boy mike. He walked past us and mike was like that code go crazy. Kevin. He's like, thank you Um, so what happens when you put 24 year olds in the room with a bunch of old, um Reporters and stuff. I don't know. So I'm not saying we back to get kimba walker That was an all-star starter a couple years ago, but if you can get 70 65 percent of the kimba walker that we seen two years ago one hell of a pickup It's not like you paying him the money that kimba walker was guaranteed. Okay. See bought him out And that was another thing I'm okay. See was like trying to facilitate a deal to end them there like giving up some picks leon rolls I'm giving them some picks to make this deal happen and leon rolls still put There's no pressure on us because if we don't get kimba, we're still gonna be good So he forced the hand of sam presby to buy out the last two years of his contract was crazy I'd never expect the sam presby to be a guy to buy out a contract. He's always seems like a new You don't stay here for two months. So then we go charge you like derrick favors is there right now What's the word on derrick favors right now? He might turn into a first round pick body ended. Uh, ended the first half of the season So kimba walker coming in on two years, but is it like 10 million dollar contract? It is a ridiculously good thing because even if he is bad No big deal Just no big deal is really no big deal. You still have derrick rose who was the sixth man into your candidate You still got a man. You're quickly who should be getting better at you. You look at the summer league things He was playing really solidly just overall. I think of their offseason was a huge w And leon rose is not all hits and no misses. I mean it's it's too early to tell But nobody expected jeweler's renders to be the most approved player. Um, so the ob top and pick kind of looks weird now Um, because he's basically a guarantee backup for the foreseeable future since they Extended julius randall. Um, and they had like tyrese halliburton down there Denver sell was selected after obi top and these are all players They could probably help you a little bit more right now But again, nobody's bad in 100 and then you got this year's draft Which in the moment was very confusing for me because they had two draft picks in in the end of the or the after the lottery um I think it was 19 and 21 or something like that and they continued to trade back trade back trade back And what what had happened was they had guys like trade murphy who got selected before They had like three guys on their big board that all got selected right before their pick So what did they do? They had another part of their big board that was supposed to be later first round Why use our pick right now and we could give some future assets So they still had guys like quinn grimes So they really wanted but they didn't have to use the 19th overall pick for that and they got future assets Even though I think one of those future assets is like a heavily protected first round pick It's still better than nothing and I think the best thing about what leon rose has been doing so far Is his patience because again, he could have selected quinn grimes in 19 or he could have listened to his offers He could have traded for kimba walkers big old contract because they had the space to bring in kimba walker Nah, we just gonna wait. We're gonna let you do your thing and we just gonna take advantage once you make the decision And those type of things are are super valuable And it's one of the reasons why I said in the beginning of the video that i'm low key envious of what the new york nixer Got going on because the chicago bulls have done the exact opposite I'm not saying there's a right or there's a wrong But my chicago bulls are a significantly better basketball team right now But in order to do that We gave up a lot. We were hyper aggressive Which again, I'm not saying there's a right or a wrong while leon rose is kind of very passive with his moves You know and and that him being passive sets them up Very solidly for a future star if they wanted out and wanted to go to new york All of the contracts he signed us off season are very tradable in a big time package Those poor ziggas pits very tradable are their own picks very tradable if a superstar player decides Hey, I think new york basketball is back and I want to go play there and I can't say the same thing about the bulls Um because we traded all of our like future assets for the most part to get the core that we have now Again, there's no right or wrong But i'm slow key envious of the possibilities that can happen with the nix Well, to chicago bulls would kind of have an understanding of the next couple years I just keep thinking about kimba walker and the nix like the nix point guard position. It's like the chicago bears quarterback position The boys ain't never had no like super good competent player at that position at least in the in the recent recent past And kimba walker will come in and be the best point guard they had in a long time in a very long time Um and maybe just the fields will come into chicago and be the best quarterback that they've had in a very long time I'm excited about that even though i'm not a necessarily a football fan So what's next for the chicago bulls this season? I said this on our podcast Um, I would not be surprised if the new york nix are a worse team this year when it comes to their overall record But still a good team because I think teams kind of understand what they're going for and I do believe there's more Competitive teams in the eastern conference and in the western conference that will put up more of a fight than last year Right. I'm expecting a better season rj bear. He had a very good one. I think he shot 40 percent from three I still think there's all star potential there. Um, but again, I wouldn't be surprised if they were the 16 It's out of the four seasons that mean they they are a worse team not necessarily This also means that there are teams around them that got better and also like the fact that they bring back guys that mean a lot to them ties gibson is a Okay player You could replace ties gibson's minutes, but they're like nah tides is a thibs guy Tides is a locker room dude. So we gonna get our I don't know how this ties gibson that day 34 35 We'll give him two year extension Sure, it's money, but hey if he can teach obi topping how to get some more offensive rebounds It's worth the extra money that we gave to tides and I don't think there's a lot of organizations doing stuff like that Anyway, that's all I gotta say about the new york nix. Let me know what you think about their off season Or their upcoming season. What do you expect from new york nix nix fans? How does it feel to be back? Hopefully I get the same feeling you got last year this year of my boys. Who knows?