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[Music] okay check one check two check one check two let’s make sure we are operating here all right we got uh we got Facebook up we got YouTube up we’re waiting on Instagram Twitter X is up okay big game tonight so let’s start it from the top man we’s start it from the top all right here we go salute to nck Nation on this Thursday afternoon another edition of kftv live the game of the week preview presented by Underdog fantasy go to Underdog fantasy.com use our code kftv for up to $1,000 in bonus cash plus a free pick reunion time in my Swiss Beach voice Carl Anthony towns returning to Minnesota to take on Julius Randall Dante dant chenzo Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves Randall and Devan chenzo going up against the Nova Knicks story lines are bound man so we got to talk about it that’s a quick game preview for the afternoon session shout out to everybody who’s uh on the grind right now if you’re on the grind right now man throw a has grind in the chat we in the building man big game tonight 9:30 eastern time all eyes on Minnesota and let’s talk about it man like we always do on the number one show for the fans by the fans CP the franchise in the building on the ones and twos hope everybody’s doing well on this Thursday we almost there baby we are almost there uh to hit the weekend and wrap up the week strong so hopefully you guys uh wherever you guys are watching from if you’re on the lunchtime grind salute to you guys man if if you if you if you’re taking it easy cuz you know listen the Christmas is a week away you know sometimes I I used to be on that corporate life sometimes you take it slow before the holidays so if so so if you if you’re on an ease back that’s cool too you know what I’m saying but shout out to everybody especially on the YouTube side my fanchise channel members Darren Wilkinson I see you coach Rubin salute Christopher Blake always in here miss orange and blue salute to you on ahead on the grind Clinton okay salute to you guys man uh everybody watching on the Graham as well okay the Graham is rocking tonight salute to you guys all right let’s get into it man um big game today as I said and look for with the key the number one storyline in this game Nicks at 16 and 10 tber 14 and 11 is our guy Carl Anthony towns because you know with both teams really trying to find their footing as the season is is progressing for the Knicks the one constant you can look at who’s been absolutely Sensational for this team has been Carl Anthony towns career highs in rebounds you know leading the league in rebounds the efficiency numbers off the charts I mean uh his rebounding percentage effective field goal percentage career highs career highs career highs he’s doing fantastic I mean right now he’s shooting 40 let me check his three-point numbers 43.9% from three that is remarkable 43.9% from three 59.4% effective field goal percentage I mean what can Carl Anthony towns do offensively for this team uh what’s been the most impressive part of of towns offensively for you guys I mean for me he not even the shooting to me it’s more of his passing skill his passing ability and also I think one of the major things with Carl Anthony towns where he’s kind of been the anti- Julius is his consistency in making quick decisions whether he’s shooting passing moving without the ball he’s always moving with intention he always knows what he wants to do offensively and so that speaks to his offensive IQ and so you have to love that with Carl Anthony towns man the Knicks right now are third in the league in points per possession we know that their offense they can walk into points easily but but there’s no question that Carl Anthony towns is a big part of that my guy jelly roll entertainment shout out my guy down there in Miami checking in on 305 suor 305 Nicks family this most important impressive part of towns has been his rebounding I could definitely see that I could definitely see that and and you know that’s been impressive as well man he’s he’s leading the league and rebounding with I believe he’s at 13.9 right now he’s at 13.9 Carl Anthony towns so uh that has been Sensational he really hasn’t needed any type of you know ramp up adjustment period now Carl Anon towns hit the ground running when he got here to the Knicks and hasn’t looked back so he’s been great 24.8 points per game 43 44% from the Fe from three 52% from the field so shout out to him he’s doing great he’s healthy which is also important and that is going to be a big key for the Knicks especially going into this game tonight A a warm homecoming for Carl Anthony towns and someone who’s a big member of the Minnesota Community they’re going to welcome him I’m sure you’re going to get a video Ovation all of that we’ll see how he reacts to it but certainly Carl Anthony towns has been that guy for the New York Knicks and uh it’s a good thing because as they’ve kind of struggled to find consistency he he’s been the bright right spot now on the other side we got our former guy Julius Hive stand up Julius Randall number 30 goes to Minnesota and this was an interesting sound bite from Randall they they were interviewing him before the be during the the media session yesterday in Minnesota the Nicks beat did travel down there shout out to Stephan Bondi uh Ian Begley I don’t think Begley went but Bondi was definitely down there and uh and here’s what here’s what jul Jus had to say about the the upcoming matchup with his team here here’s what Julius had to say man salute to everybody in the chat here we go other game I will how uh play basketball it’s got to mean something I mean you spent a long time and not only I mean you face of the franchise for years here another game you so like when you played the Lakers mhm it was win another game all right what’s the difference here um I’m 30 years old okay did the season game against against help with that at all I didn’t play you were there but like like being the team that no I didn’t play all right so you pretty much get the point Julius was not showing his cards during this media session he kept it Koy said this is just another game but we all know that is Cap Julius is going to be raring the go he’s going to be ready to go against his former team and uh he’s going to be a bll in China shot man uh he was not happy I’m sure these guys were not happy to be traded for Minnesota the contract extension that he wanted Knicks was not going there they did not believe in him to lead this team into the future to lead this team to the promised land agree or disagree hey that’s just what it was Leon and those boys war in Carl Anthony towns here through hella high water and they were ready to send pack julius’s bags now let’s see what happens tonight you know it it’s been interesting to see especially through these 25 26 games or so what the reaction has been to Julius from the Minnesota side of the house and it’s been some similar complaints that that you know Nicks fans had when Julius was here some similar complaints it’s the defensive lapses uh the holding the ball the ball sticking the chemistry with the rest of the team is body language all of that so uh you know those things were not just a Nicks fan gripe but the Minnesota fans are slowly kind of seeing that as well that that’s just to who Julius is is he’s a frustrating player who on his highs can look really good and on his lows can make you pull your hair out that that that’s just who he is and who he always has been so it’s going to be interesting to see what his future holds in Minnesota because him going into a contract here and the the lack of clarity in terms of Minnesota where Minnesota wants to go where they are with their books and the second apron and things that think who knows could Julius get traded Again by the trade thaton who knows not not uh I don’t I don’t think that’s impossible but either way you know offensively he’s still been fine he’s had 20 points per game four four assists shooting 34 35% from three 48% from the field he’s getting to the free throw line as he usually does I think that’s something that the Knicks sorely Miss so uh nevertheless Julius is again trying to find his footing and make his proper adjustments with the Minnesota Timberwolves so you have that with Julius and then how about The Big Ragu Dante dant chenzo arguably next to Steph Curry last year was one of the best three-point Shooters in the entire NBA well right now through these 26 Games The Big Ragu has been building a brick house in Minnesota 32% from the field 26% from the corners so as a soda fan you got to be a little bit disappointed there and it’s got to be leaving you wondering like yo what’s up with this guy did we get a lemon here in the trade hey sometimes those things happen man sometimes those things happen it could take a little while before a guy like Divan chenzo gets back on track you know a lot was made in terms of um for example a lot was made in terms of like Dame Lillard’s adjustment period uh going to Milwaukee last year and we don’t really think about that we just think ah man player going here player going there they should be able to replicate what they did last year and so on and so forth but we got to understand that it’s an adjustment period Ragu was tight about being traded you got to uppr root uplift your family he had just had a kid here you got to uplift your family find a house do this that and the third adjust to everything Your Role your housing all of that maybe all that factors into it but for right now Dante Devan chenzo has not been a positive for the Minnesota Timberwolves and uh and speaking of The Big Ragu he also met with the media talking about the state of the Knicks I’m going to play some of the Ragu sound bites and uh and we’ll react to it on the other side salute to everybody in the chat once again Facebook YouTube Twitter X Instagram salute to you guys on the lunchtime live CP the franchise here make sure you guys are like share and subscribing to the channel number one show for the fans by the fans we in here okay here was The Big Ragu in his media session and talking about uh his old team here we go finding your way basketball been talking back in New York about their way because they missing something few and tou see that from Far um I mean I still you know in contact with those guys all the time um you know still family um and watch games and everything but it’s a different you know view point I guess if you will more so just you know a fan of the guys that you know over there wish them nothing but success individually and collectively um but yeah I think they you know it’s not normal to make a trade at the you know day before trade or day before so both both uh both sides are you know takes time to adjust and you know great things take time so on our side I I believe that but also on their side I think you know cat’s playing really well but it’s going to take time to mesh and you know other guys adjust to what he does all right so that was a big rag go you got a lot of ambient noise back there in the gym microphones ain’t really that good so we’ll cut it but yeah basically said look he wishes those guys the best wishes them well and he as he said it’s hard when you get traded the day before media day because you know he’s probably sitting there like oh man over Nicks we here boom we just got maau Bridges the whole Squad family family this nobody you packing your bags with Julius unfortunately and I didn’t want to see Ragu get traded man I hated to see it I didn’t mind Julius I you know you guys know my my stance on julus but Ragu getting traded I I didn’t want to see that I I thought he was a big part of the Knicks identity last year their toughness their grit and when he stepped in as a starter especially when when Grimes was uh was just lacking the Ragu was was was fantastic for this team and so you saw it you saw it in their preseason matchup he was not happy he was not happy and I think a lot of a lot of you know fans media kind of dragged the whole situation with him and Jay and and uh Rick Brunson and I kind of explained to you guys like listen man this this is a family thing it’s nothing personal there between those guys it’s just just a just a little family Rift he was tight it was a young Steve tit his feelings are hurt they broke up the band so to speak and so I think that could be contributing to his overall inconsistency or ineffectiveness in Minnesota right now so that’s there and Ragu my guy Patrick scholman on the IG side says he didn’t deserve to get chipped to Minnesota hey I mean deserve or not deserve that’s just how the business go you got to talk to Leon about that because clearly Leon thought otherwise you know that was the sticking point as we heard that was the sticking point because originally I always thought it was going to be Mitch in the deal Minnesota said now we don’t we don’t need him we got the stifled Tower give us Ragu they got Ragu and uh look hey we’ll see what happens there in in terms of um you know how he can bounce back but listen it’s early man it’s early he’ll get back on track hopefully he’s not tonight against the Knicks but knowing our luck it just might be main Chino on the Instagram side shout out to main Chino salute to artman formerly known as Steve he says CP I’m too old for these 9:30 games but dvo trying to get waved and sneak his way back to the Garden as an undercover Usher he can’t do that they got to wait at least a year everybody trying to finesse his way back to the Knicks not going to happen at least not this year yeah Josh coming back trade season come I don’t know why everybody keeps thinking this why does everybody keep thinking that the dicks are gonna get at to trade that they cannot trade back for him they can’t get him back this year and Minnesota’s not going to dump the guy that they need for depth just because he’s not shooting well I mean come on we got some of you guys got the tinf Kies on we got to put our thinking caps on here we got to study the rules of for the CBA and speaking of the 9:30 game yeah it is kind of late but uh for those of you that that have not experienced the kftv play byplay Live hosted by Ary ck2k tap in with us watch the game with us we’ll be live at 9:30 tonight for the play byplay show with ck2k call in the game if if you don’t have access to watch the game that’s another way to do it or even if you’re watching the game Watch it jump in on the chat and you can watch along with Nicks fans worldwide it’s a great experience it’s a fun time so make sure that you guys are joining us on the underdog fantasy uh play-by-play show and once again uh go to Underdog fantasy.com or use the underdog fantasy app and use our code kftv for up to $1,000 in bonus Cash Plus a free pick now divon chenzo is not the only player that’s struggling from downtown remember when OG was hot from downtown all season well the dog right now is shooting about uh 24% from three in his in his last couple he has been struggling a little bit and I don’t think there’s any Rhyme or Reason to it just in a shooting Funk like sometimes it happens with players but that’s also interesting to see like when will the dog break out of his shooting Funk because the Knicks are going to need all hands on deck especially to win this game on the road against a Minnesota team who has been shooting the ball well and defending much better they’re going to need all hands on deck I want to see how far back his uh his shooting slump goes to I’m just reading this article here on SNY y seven games seven games uh I think it’s about seven games here if I’m not mistaken but anyway the dog got to get back on track man we need his three-point shooting prowers even though maau Bridges has been shooting the ball very very well we want to get ogan and Obi back to shore things up so how do you guys see this game going tonight man how do you guys see this game playing out I’m a little bit I don’t like to say nervous man you’re scared go to church we don’t be scared here as Nicks fans you know what I’m saying we always want to uh uh be confident in our team but what I will say I think it’s going to be a tough match up for the ncks tonight and I’ll tell you guys why multitude of reasons shout out my guy Benji Kleiner happening on the on the IG side couple things uh couple things that that I’m thinking about as it relates to this game number one the emotional Factor who has the edge there you have towns coming back you have Julius playing his old team who’s going to keep their emotions in check as a relates to their approach to the game and as it relates to their defense because one thing I’m particularly lary about is if towns has to draw the Julius assignment does he pick up foul trouble and vice versa is Julius gonna be gungho pick up offensive fouls is he gonna be on the on the on the towns matchup do they put goar on OG because OG most of the time is GNA be parked in the corner who’s going to who’s going to keep their emotions in check in this game it’s going to be a physical game claudo Mahoney absolutely it’s going to be a physical game I’m also interesting to see because Julius is a guy we just talked about he’s going to get to the free throw line he’s going to use his physicality does OG draw that assignment and can OG keep him from the free throw line and not foul because you don’t want OG in foul trouble but I have a feeling because Julie I have a feeling Julie he’s he’s going head down to the bask he’s going straight bully ball this is Bully ball Julius tonight I think that’s what you’re going to see tonight so I want to see how do they defend against Julius how do they defend Ant-Man you know the Knicks have been suspect at the point of attack against opposing guards forget about Mike Conley who’s going Anthony Edwards is that GNA gonna be Macau Bridges is Josh Hart gonna get that assignment or you put Josh Hart on Jaden McDaniels you put Macau bridges on Jen MCD and give Josh Hart the Ant-Man assignment that’s going to be one to watch there as well another reason why I’m a little bit leery of this matchup is this is a Minnesota team who that number one their defense is is vastly improved their defense is back back to it and a lot of that is on jayen McDaniels look listen to these stats man let me get let me get into my notes here because this is what we do on the number one show for the fans by the we don’t just talk all right we do our research here and we prepare for battle and make sure that you guys are well equipped with the knowledge Jaden McDaniels 20 points in his last two games nine steals in his last two games a 611 two-way Wing a guy that can wreck the game in tandem with a Rudy go bear what my point is is that this Minnesota team they have length they have size and they’re going to play physical those things usually usually impact a slow down to Knicks how do they handle that they’re going to force the Knicks to take a lot of tough shots and on the road Nicks are going to have to knock those down because on the other side you have a this ain’t Orlando with no Pao and no frons and then you just watching Jaylen sucks throw up bricks all night this is a team that’s a good three-point shooting team good isolation scores and that can get boards so the Knicks are going to have to hit tough shots and towns isn’t the only one that’s going to have to get out there and rebound you know Josh hard is gonna have to do his thing like he usually does but OG Bridges precious those guys are going to have to get after it on the boards because Minnesota is going to do so as as well shout out to Trevor front big time uh fanchise Channel man friend of the program Trevor we got your order on shop. nfant tv.com Trevor we got your Scully order and those are going to be going up I think the skullies are coming in this weekend so we’re going to get those skullies out um um by either Saturday or Monday and that’s right man get your nickan TV skullies in stores now it’s going to be cold especially New York man it’s about to drop down to 20s this weekend make sure you guys are getting your kftv skullies because between now and Christmas as I stated between now and Christmas you cop a Nick Fant TV Scully at shop. nfant tv.com you’re going to enter into a drawing for two tickets to a future Knicks game two tickets to a future Knicks game so shout out to Trevor frund for his purchase but anyway back to back to the matchup you know Minnesota like I said is playing uh great defense they’re rebounding they have size they have length and those things bother the Knicks we’ve seen it time and time again through this 26 game stretch so I want to see how the Knicks are going to respond there another thing that I’m Leary about is the Battle of the benches the battle of the benches yes we have McBride and pay but on the soda side you got nikel Alexander Walker who’s playing excellent ball two-way player you have Nas Reed who despite not shooting up to his level Defender good Defender as well and you never know you know Shooters can break out of slumps at any time so the Knick’s three-point shooting defense is going to be tested tonight with Ant-Man Conley Alexander Walker uh uh uh Nas Reed you know they got Rob Dillingham a little a little uh Chopper Off the Bench we got to see how this [ __ ] bench comes to play because right now they’re the worst bench in the league 60.9 minutes the lowest in the league 60.9 minutes you know tips is going to have to do something about that because yes deuce and pain and and prees can play play well but I don’t know we we don’t have enough there you got two undersized guards and an undersized big man coming off the bench Nicks need bench help or tibs is gonna have to start trusting some people so I don’t like the bench match up tonight does Jericho Sims get in the game Sims had his jersey retired uh he’s from Minnesota at his jersey tied at his high school got great job by him he’s a great he’s a great kid you know whatever you want to say about Sims and his and his uh inconsistency he’s not not as as good as a play as you good kid so congratulations to him on that he had his jersey retired there in uh in Minnesota but does he get in the game tonight my gu My Guy Greg Armstrong in the building so those are some of the things that I I’m I’m looking at tonight in in this game and why I just feel like it’s a very tough matchup for the Knicks because the uh the the the Timberwolves do a lot of things that have hurt the Knicks in previous games and then on top of that offensively despite you know it’s similar similar issues that the Knicks have with Randall it’s your turn my turn type of thing they don’t have the same flow as they did with with towns was there they can still get the job done Brandon guess I see you in the chat what’s good man if you guys want to call us you can call in call in on the kftv Discord if you want to chop it up I see Captain Jack 24 on the Discord Captain Jack you in the building yeah how you feeling man what’s your name what you calling in from it hey CP I’m a couple minutes behind out here here let me go to the other room ia ia repping U New York how you doing my man good man good good good good to talk to you let me get my volume up here all right I gotta tell uh longtime listener Watcher first time caller uh longtime Nicks fans is 91 there we go Nick season tick a hold 2010 to 2017 okay uh I gotta tell you this is uh I’m still treating this is an in between season um I’m expecting a lot out of him this year a lot like Eastern Conference Finals a lot okay but I still I’m reiterating what you’re kind of saying on the uh on the show right now is they got to touch their medal tonight they’ve had they’re ups and downs ups and downs for sure and I think tonight might be one of those uh turnaround games where maybe they can really start showing who they are because they’ve had a lot of trouble with teams like Minnesota so far and like you said I hope the emotions don’t get in play here yeah I I agree with you whole heartly man I want to see this be a game that they go out there you know withstand there’s going to be a lot of energy in the game they have to withstand that you know Julius is going to be fired up Ant-Man the Minnesota guys are going to want to win for their guys towns is going to be fired up Nick’s got to be ready to raise their level of play this ain’t Orlando you got to be ready to not only battle but they’re going to have to uh uh get it popping on the defensive end as well the defense is going to get tested tonight yep I’m hoping I see a lot more of uh of the uh Orlando games in the Denver game than the Atlanta game from last week that’s for sure for sure for for sure man repping UD I gotta tell you too just because I got to throw this out there yep as long as I’ve been a fan I’ve only owned three Knicks jerseys in my entire life okay first one John Starks second one lell spell third one Dante Devan chenzo there you go that was tough man that was tough but name on the front like you always say uh I just got myself a Josh Hart Jersey for Christmas okay I bought it for myself my wife didn’t know what size I was so I want to cop it myself I’m ready to move on hey there you go man you know what that’s what you got to do for the holidays too man a little a little self Lov a little self-care man hell yeah hell yeah Hey listen uh keep it real man I’ll keep it moving here I appreciate you hey all good man call back anytime that’s Captain Jack AKA Kevin checking in from udica shout out to him man shout out shout out to Kevin and uh tapping in man long time he said 91 he dropped his resume you know what I’m saying he’s not new to this he’s True to this but yeah this this is one of those games I want to see like are we are we ready to fight tonight are we ready to scrap let’s go I’m hyped man it’s been a lot of time off between these games you know but good for them good for the Knicks to be getting rest but yeah I’m ready to go Big Daddy G in the chat salute to you man rare Edition stalks jerseys and must absolutely had that that was the first jersey ever I had as Nick it was a stalks and a uwing joint so yeah man shout out Apostle in the making franchise Channel member says uh this is going to be a great test for the team we cannot let the this uh okay okay I lost a couple words in in sentence but I guess he goes we cannot lose this okay that’s it says let’s raise our level of play I gotta raise it up tonight definitely gotta raise it up tonight man uh what else do I have here on this game yeah man I’m I’m I’m fascinated uh by this one Julie towns the Ant-Man match up Battle of the benches OG is he going to break out of his his his slump and then he’s got to guard Julius tonight you know OG he he’s he’s worked well as that like three4 hybrid twer all that’s good all that sounds hot but tonight you’re going up against a bull and I don’t think Julius is going to be settling for threes tonight he I don’t know if he’s going to be doing a lot of chucking I think he’s going to be getting to he’s going to be trying to get to the basket and so let’s see let let’s see how OG handles that or or even cat for that matter handles that assignment let’s see what Julius or Randall’s uh foul draw rate is this year up here and cleaning the glass salute to everybody in the chat man lunchtime live productive show we getting it popping man okay let’s see foul drawing this year for Julius wow career high career high for Julius um and shooting foul draw rate this year at 15.9% puts him in the 93rd percentile in the league and his non-shooting foul draw rate is at 2.1% he’s in the 90th per that was one that’s that was one thing I did miss uh in terms of Julius being gone from this team is that yes their style of Play Now does not lend to attacking the basket a because they’re going to be letting it Fly whether you like it or not but but they still you know outside of just like cutting and like Josh Hart putting his head down and going to the basket they just don’t have that guy anymore that’s where Julius is is is really missed on this team and and you see now with Minnesota he’s um he’s had a career high career high in in drawing fouls in the act of shooting so something to watch tonight another thing that I think the Knicks are going to have to be careful with tonight especially with the environment and the um and the and the the Minnesota defense we just mentioned jayen McDaniels they got to take care of the ball tonight keep the turnovers low gotta keep the turnovers low because Minnesota right now they’re six in the league in opponent’s turnovers per game that’s a Jaden McDaniel’s effect that’s a Rudy goar effect they are very opportunistic so you got to keep the turnovers low make good decisions and don’t allow this team to control the possession battle don’t allow this team to get the extra possessions because you may get outrebounded by them and they’ll get those possessions there so you got to be able to try to limit that so those are some of the things I’m I’m going to be looking at take care of the Rock in just a minute I’m going to be going through some of my Underdog fantasy picks of the night we’re going to cash in and get some money off this game tonight salute to everybody in the chat man hit that thumbs up button for you boys C be the franchise on the lunchtime live getting hungry too man I got to get some eats man it’s everybody eating for lunch tonight man what are you guys eating for lunch in the lunchtime grind man I’m kind of starving had a burger last night I just switch it up go healthy tonight all right let me see what else is out there on the uh on the interwebs that we might have missed to get us ready for tonight’s game okay Carl Anthony towns posted uh a Minnesota tribute you know like different action shots of him in the community so that was cool that that was cool uh let’s see Ian Begley here okay all right so okay this is this is the Ian report on uh Landrew shamut and TJ Warren some of you guys are wondering what’s up with those guys are they going to be uh joining the team anytime soon let’s listen to Ian Begley our guy friend of the program of SNY see what he has to say in terms of uh in terms of the g-league Knicks and what’s going on with uh with chaman and Warren here we go it’s mid December so it’s that time of year in the NBA where we’re all speculating about potential trades but the Knicks may get an addition from right here in their own building Landry shamut return rning to the court with the Westchester Knicks this week playing for the first time since he dislocated his right shoulder with the New York Knicks in the pre-season the Knicks waved shamet coming out of the preseason because he wasn’t going to be able to play but they always had a thought all along about maybe bringing him back if if he was able to rehab fully from that right shoulder injury shemet getting back on the floor and playing for Westchester is a big step towards his full Rehabilitation and I know there are still people in in the organization who feel that shamet can help them off the bench now the Knicks it’s a little complicated because they are capped at the second apron salary-wise but they do have enough money to sign shamet and they can create the roster spot for shamet by waving either Ariel horty or Matt Ryan then they could if they did Matt Ryan they could resign him to a two-way contract so they have ways to sign shamet and I think they’re just continuing to keep an eye on him as he continues to play here for the g-league club and workout and Rehab here at the Nick practice facility all right shout out to our guy Ian Begley Nick’s Insider make sure you guys are following him man does does the the damn thing that’s our guy man friend of the program and and uh and breaking news I didn’t even tell you guys this because uh you know the contracts again signed me and Ian Begley are working on a book working on a book with Ian Begley I’ll have more on that in due time but you just give you let the cat out the bag a little bit just a little bit you know you didn’t hear from me but yeah we working on a book man so um that’s that’s the next part of the kftv journey shout out to my guy Ian Begley’s been one of the top champions of this platform so make sure you guys always support and salute him but anyway I think that I think that’s going to be one of the most Mo most likely moves to be made in the short term in terms of upgrading the roster and upgrading the bench I think that’s what you’ll see you probably see Matt Ryan get clipped they bring Shaman up sham it up and then you know you add a little bit there to the bench now is shamet you know gonna because I think the Knicks need a lot of more front Court help whether it’s a three4 wing or four five enforcer they I think they need a little little bit more help there is he going to help in that regard no but another guy on the bench you never know maybe pay gets hurt maybe Deuce gets hurt he bring Shaman up there to fire away from three and and you go from there I think that’s the most likely move first and then we’ll see what happens at the trade deadline but just like Ian said you know they don’t they’re not dealing with the large War chest here so given that they’re Limited in terms of resources we’re just going to have to wait and see man like I know a lot of you guys did not like some of the options that we were looking at in our trade trade show when we when me and Alex were grading some of the mock trades but those those are kind of the caliber type of players that you’re going to be looking at gotta be Larry uh um of of that second apron so that’s that Sal to everybody in the chat okay all right um I’m gonna load up Christopher Blake Christopher don’t on mute your mic just yet we’re going to have you close the show want to read some more chats um shout out to Amado franchise Channel member says I just got my Huck Mania te they better not wave them 112 to 97 uh Nicks tonight okay so he’s putting his prediction in the chat he’s throwing a nice promo from kftv uh um shop. ktv.com or you I think you guys can just go to nivant tv.com we we’re kind of reshuffling the uh the site right now focusing on the newsletter and the shop so I think you can just go to Nix Fant tv.com and uh and get the merch directly let me just make sure I’m right am I accurate yes I am you can go to Nix Fant tv.com right now and get your snaps and and and get you get your merch and like I said whether it’s a beanie hoodie whatever the case may be make a purchase between now and Christmas and you enter into the drawing for two tickets to a future Nick game okay Christopher Blake it’s your time it’s your show sir go ahead on on mut how you feeling man CP salute salute peace bro you know here you know enjoying my little a little break you know hiding under the desk as usual trying to get some stuff done have to call in though you know how it go absolutely man absolutely yep so one thing I wanted to touch on you know I wasn’t gonna call in but you sparked my mind with the you just said on the interwebs yeah something interesting that Jeff Teague pointed out on his um little thing there it’s not as good as kftv I ain’t gonna mention it they on pay promotion yeah yeah but um he was explaining how the mindset of tips works and kind of just put it out there that you know tibs puts a lot of trust in his players to kind of go out there and execute right he doesn’t do the heavy ex’s nose coaching that we think he does but he kind of just like it was kind of funny because he just saying he’ll just look at you like damn it family show you know hope that pass the test like and just kind of but he won’t really go out there and tell you exactly what the problem is so to speak and of course you got a game going on you ain’t gonna really be able to do that but you know kind of Blends into why I think um a lot of the young players don’t get the opportunity to shine because they really haven’t earned his trust but it kind of tells me that you know if you’re going out there and you’re playing mistake free basketball you’re following the game plan then you’re gonna get your minutes but if you go out there and you don’t know the game plan first of all and I’ve seen some plays where you can look at them like man what the heck is he doing out there so it kind of just kind of you know touched on a little bit of why I thinks tibs is the way that he is and also one thing that popped up Jeff Teague said that it was the favorite coach that he ever could want to play for that was his favorite coach to play for you know what I mean so a lot of the narrative out there is that people don’t want to play for tips like nah I’m hearing a player right now out of his mouth saying and it wasn’t the first player that said it but just want to put you know some more fire on the tibs hive you know what I mean okay all right nice yeah goad man last thing oh today is gonna be a tough game bro this game is gonna be tough you know the thing is I’m glad glad that you pointed out how Randall you know he draws fouls and even I can you know of course we kind of missed that because when that pressure gets put on the defense they have to guard you totally different now you know what I mean when you’re your foul trouble defense versus hey they didn’t get no fouls call it’s a totally different mindset yeah so it’s gonna be rough for us because towns is going to have to help OG can’t battle that big bll by himself bro it’s not g as much as we love love OG and his defense like Randall is strong bro like yeah Randall reminds me of myself when I was in high school hooping you know what I me kind of stole a little bit of my game so I know and his thing is his emotions fuels him a little bit more you know what I mean because he has to take hits he gets bruised down there being that big man down there that’s a lot of work that’s a lot of pain and Punishment you taking so his emotions especially coming back angry because remember he hasn’t played us yet I think we G to have to figure out a way to stop that guy without fing I think that’s going to really decide the game and you know he comes out and he put some pressure in that first quarter yeah so I really think whatever happens in that first quarter that’s going to decide the game and if we take a big punch in the mouth we really haven’t been great at responding you know what I mean um I think sometimes we have a little bit too many nice guys on the team yeah and we don’t really get that fire going and really respond back you know we get bullied and then we kind of shot away from and we got to address that somehow but you know just drop a my two cents bro what you think no I I um I agree with you man I definitely agree with you appreciate the call chrisopher call back anytime and this is this is um oh I had this wrong here okay this was I’m looking at some of Julius versus towns matchups January 1st 2024 dropped 39 and N remember he had the 50 piece I don’t think towns played in that game he dropped a 50 piece on the Timberwolves but towns didn’t play in that game then he had 21 and 14 31 and 8 21 and9 26 and 12 25 and 14 so jul Julius uh and they’re friends you know they’re cool they you got the Kentucky connection all of that so Julius is certainly going to be taking that one personal and then as far as the the tibs thing it’s very interesting that that t that Teague even said that because remember when when tibs first got here a lot of the talk was like oh you know there static with Minnesota and all these guys had friction and Jeff Teague was one of the guys whose name came up that he felt at that time when they were in the midst of battle that the players were exhausted AKA tibs is playing them too much they running him into the ground and now on the podcast he’s saying that you know he was his favorite coach so it could be one of those things where it’s just like yo you know you you you have a coach or you’re in school you have a teacher or maybe a parent at the time and you’re a young person and you clash and at the time is static is friction but as you get older you appreciate them more I think that’s some the thing with with most of the older players former players in terms of how they look at tibs now uh I I don’t disagree with his approach in terms of having young players earn his trust I’m look at du McBride look at Emanuel quickley finishing you know second and six man of the year before he left here uh RJ right now thriving with Toronto you know a lot of a lot of players got paid under tips a lot of players got paid under tips so I’m not saying he’s a perfect coach but I also don’t think he’s just like you know the worst thing in the world like a lot of people want to point him out to be and sure with that read and react system yeah you have to put a lot of trust in your players because you are trusting them to make the right reads and respond accordingly but with TBS what we’ve seen is that as you’ve improved your talent level and put a more cohesive roster together look at where the Knicks offense is right now defensively it’s another story but offensively look at where they are’s he’s got a top five offense in the league he was supposed to be a dinosaur coach look how much threes they’re chucking up if that’s just the Personnel that they have G Gatsby Gatsby in the chat says dude wants fits back Brandon guess cat had this the same view right and now what cats say recently I’ve grown up I’m a man now it’s a diff it’s a different thing times change situations change but good call good call shout out to Christopher Blake man that’s our guy okay I see one more person in the chat I’m I’mma take this call then I’m GNA get to my Underdog piics then I’m gonna get some eatting like you guys are eating on your lunch break I got to take my lunch break after this and get some food so um who is this right here let me see who is this right here let me see here cancel that Big Ben Big Ben go ahead and unmute your mic 221 on the on the on the Discord Big Ben on the Discord go ahead do we have yes yes sir what’s your name where you calling in from man how’s it going this is uh Pat calling in from White Plains been fan since White Plains okay how you feeling man feeling pretty good you know not not too not too bad about where we’re at right now okay I just got main questions I’m wonder what your thoughts are on how this team is gonna look when Mitch comes back and whether or not you think Paco May should be seeing the seeing the floor a little bit D yes yeah okay appreciate the call man um look I it’s a it’s it’s not a question of what they look like when Mitch comes back the first question is when is Mitch coming back because right now we just do not know and we talked about this over the last couple of weeks the timeline keeps getting pushed up and up and up and and so you know the the more you get not so great news in terms of his timeline I think the less we should put I I don’t think we should put a lot of stock in his return I don’t think we should put a lot of high hopes of we so invested in his return because it could be a long road to get him to a level where he’s like truly impactful for this team but with that being said given that there giving him you know a lot of time to come back and Rehab he’s he’s going to be coming off the bench going to be coming off the bench limited minutes load managed they’re going to do their best to try to ramp him up get him up to speed and get ready for the playoffs but once he does get back I think there’s no question that that he can help they need him without a question they need him they need his Rim presence they need his offensive rebounding potential that’s what they need for Mitch his physicality all of that but it’s always a question of can he stay healthy and when is he going to come back you know right now Mitch is a mythological creature right now Easy Pass music in the chat says uh don’t rush him as far as daier I don’t expect much from him this year man he he seems uh just as advertised a kid who has potential but has a long way to go but one thing that is good is that he can kind of take his time and develop here but I wouldn’t expect much out of daier especially this year with this team with know playoff aspirations and Beyond I just think that’s a little bit too over his head he has shooting potential he has defensive potential he definitely has all that but I think it’s it’s going to take a little time like two years two three years before you really see like oh man this kid he’s nice he’s only 18 so we got to give D some time and put some realistic realistic uh expectations on his name shout out K Marco says just got off work ready to e two Went to went went carnivore two months ago and lost 45 pounds and fix my high blood pressure I’ll be dunking on y’all soon wait wait are you are are you just going like lean protein two months ago and he fix your high blood pressure like usually they say a lot of red meat raises your blood pressure so I don’t I don’t know what Kan you got to you got to clarify that did you go vegan and you lost 4 5 PB two months ago I don’t know I’ll tell you right now I’m a carnivore so I’m definitely about to go get something and get my eat on in a in a little bit I I will dabble in the vegetarian in the vegan stuff just to have some balance in my diet I’ll tell you that but um I you know I I tried I’ve tried going more more green and and less but less carnivore but um it’s hard that’s that’s a hard thing for me man but I do respect uh the the vegan diet and those who can do it successfully man M much respect to you guys a lot of credit to you guys who who can do it but right now I’m starving I ate me a cheeseburger last night I eat that and the fries all of that I try to keep it balanced Josh smoo said he ate some Jamaican food I you know I eat that on a regular just just that’s my family background so I don’t I tend not to I don’t know if my Jamaicans in the chat is like me like I tend not to eat Jamaican food that’s like not made by family you know what I mean because you just know that like Jamaican foods got to be made with love it got to be seasoned properly and and some time you need time to season them things you know what I’m saying but anyway this is a good food conversation just making me even more and more hungry but like I said man Today’s Show is brought to you guys by Underdog fantasy Man play to win with Underdog fantasy you can win up to 10 times your money and that’s just by picking between two and six players and predicting whether or not they’re going to go higher or lower On Any Given stat that Underdog fantasy has laid out there and you can play not just NBA you can play NFL NHL you can do boxing FIFA Esports they’re getting into a lot of different sports right now but me primarily right now I do a lot of NBA and a lot of NFL and with under dog fantasy you use our code kftv you can sign up with kftv and get up to $11,000 in bonus Cash Plus a free pick so it’s a dope deal to get you started and with Underdog you know I like to just dible and Dabble I’ll throw a couple bucks in here and there it’s nothing to to uh try to lose your shirt over by any stretch and uh you know you have some fun while you’re watching the game so here’s a couple of picks that I’m going to go for in tonight’s game and in Underdog I’m on the underdog interface right now on the website for those of you on Instagram that don’t know what I’m doing so in the search box I just searched Nicks click on the Nicks versus Timberwolves game and then here goes some of the picks now in this game I’m going big homecoming for Carl Anthony towns man not only is he averaging career highs and rebounds and efficiency his minutes are also up we just talked about tibs and the lack of Reliance on his bench and also Carl Anthony towns has been snatching boards like an animal I’m going with higher than 40.5 points rebounds and assists not only that he’s averaging about 4.8 assists in his most recent stretch so he’s passing the ball he’s shooting the ball well I think he’s going to be shooting the ball well tonight as well as rebounding I’m going with 40 and a half points rebounds and assists for the big Bodega I think I think that’s a doable number for him and I think he can meet that number there also in this game I’m going with a guy Captain clutch Jaylen Brunson and I’m going to go lower than 34 and a half points rebounds and assists this Minnesota defense has been tightening up especially against opposing point guards and for Brunson I’m not so sure he’s going to get his point total up there he had a nice 31-point outing against uh against Orlando uh but I think this going to be a little bit of a challenge here for him he may make it up on the assist side and maybe even on the boards but I think the point total may be a little bit lower so I’m going to go lower here on Jaylen Brunson 34 and a half points rebounds and assists now what you’re seeing here on my screen is what Underdog is telling me is that your picks have to be at least from two different teams that’s the thing with Underdog you can’t just pick all Knicks and submit your sheet you have to go with different teams so I’m going to come back to this Brunson pick and another pick that I like based off of the Knick’s most recent game against Orlando um you have OKC visiting Orlando and I’m going to go with Jaylen Suggs with lower than 20 points per game man this guy’s absolutely brutal shooter and OK with OKC’s defense having just lost to the Milwaukee Bucks I think they’re going to be up for it and ready to play this is a more uh a more digestible matchup for OKC if you will and I’m going to go with Jaylen Suggs with l lower than 20 points I think that number is a little bit too high there and then back here I’m going to go back to Brunson and there goes my Brunson pick is now accepted so I’m going to go lower on the Brunson number on the 34 and a half points rebounds and assists so I picked three picks here I picked three picks here on the on the underdog side and let me just move my screen over a little bit for you guys on the uh on the YouTube side to see now you have two options here on Underdog you can go standard where you have to get all three right and you get up to six times your money so let’s say for example if I just wanted to put like 20 bucks in here if I went standard I would have to get all three of these correct to win $120 but what I’m going to do I’m going to go flex with flex you can lose one pick and still get a payout you can lose one pick and still get a payout so with this I’m I’m going to put the 20 up if I get the three correct you’re going to get 60 you’re going to get half but if you get the two correct you’ll get your money back that’s how the flex Flex works with Underdog Flex versus standard so you can still get something even if you don’t get uh all these correct all right so I’m going to go with that there you know what let me let me take a look at the at a uh let’s take a look at Julius tonight see what Julius is num are tonight I’m going I’m going in on number 30 tonight man what’s julius’s number 19 and a half points I’m going higher man I’m going I’m going higher Randall Randall Hive y was always on me man you you was always saying I was hating on you guy I’m going higher tonight man I I don’t really like this matchup for the Knicks I think Julius is going to bring a physical style of basketball I think like I said I think he’s going to get to the free throw line as well and I’m going to go higher on uh 19 and a half for Julius Randle so here it is again on this picks if I went with a standard play you get $200 on the $20 uh wager or you could go flex where if you get all four right you get 120 and if you get three out of the four right you get 40 you get 30 bucks so you know what let’s go for it man I’m going for the standard man I’m believing in myself tonight I’m going for it 20 bucks for $200 payout and there we go confirmed lock it in and there we go these are my picks right here Carl Anthony towns higher than 40 and a half points rebounds and assists Jaylen Brunson lower than 30 and 34 and a half points rebounds and assists I’m going Jaylen Suggs lower than 20 points and then Julius Randell higher than 19 and a half dianel alonte says he’s your guy too CP LOL once a Nick always a Nick yeah you know listen man when Julius comes back to the barbecue we’ll give him an ovation when he comes back to the Garden uh next month I’m I’m going to cheer for him you know it was never nothing personal with me with me and uh with me and Julius man so I’m gonna cheer for him now another dope thing about Underdog is uh you can play Fantasy Draft you can play daily fantasy drafts on the NBA side as well so you can jump in you have different entry pools $5 $3 $10 $30 all the way up to 100 and you can jump in on uh um on daily fantasy drafts as well you can go all the way up to 2500 I mean if if if you if you’re feeling that uh that good you know if you got a A lot of discretionary income but yeah that that is that and and we’ll see what happens tonight man those are my picks on Underdog fantasy my godic Nick say cat is dropping 40 okay let’s go with it man let’s go with it so anyway gang great show I hope you guys uh enjoy today’s show remember we will be back tonight uh for a play byplay show man join our guy CK ck2k does an amazing job calling the game and just bringing everybody watching together as a family this is what we do we are a family show and the number one show for the fans by the fans definitely want to thank uh our producers shout out to gam shout out to kfv Tyler and after play byplay you know where we’ll be man number one show for the fans by the fans post game live CP and Alex on the ones and twos man so looking forward to that as well and and we’ll see you guys man leave me a comment in the comment section let me know what you think about today’s game what are you concerned about give me some predictions I’m going to go 118 115 I think the Nick squeak out of w on a towns game winner walkoff let’s go all right Instagram I’ll see you guys man thanks for tapping in Facebook thanks for tapping in YouTube Twitter X thanks for tapping in man we out of here

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