New York Knicks Bring Tough Competition This Season
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00:00 In the city here, the big city, at the Garden,
00:02 the Celtics and the Knicks to start the season off.
00:04 A new look Celtics team, they got some new pieces
00:07 around Tatum and Brown this year.
00:09 Knicks played the Celtics very tough last year, Coach,
00:12 and they're grabbing three and a half at home tonight.
00:16 - Yeah, this is gonna be a really big matchup here.
00:18 I can't play a side.
00:21 I think this is gonna be defense.
00:23 I think this is gonna be lockdown,
00:25 kind of playoff atmosphere, opening night,
00:27 MSG should be a rocket crowd.
00:30 But when you look at this,
00:31 there are gonna be concerns on both sides.
00:33 For the Knicks, now you have Drew Holliday,
00:35 who I feel no offense to Marcus Smart.
00:38 Drew Holliday is the best perimeter defender in the NBA,
00:41 not even close.
00:42 Marcus Smart does it with smoke and mirrors.
00:44 This guy's the best defender,
00:45 so watch out for your brunch and props.
00:48 But on the other side,
00:49 my concern with the Celtics is their front line.
00:54 Not chasing Tatum, but I'm talking about
00:57 Kristoff Porzingis, can this guy stay healthy?
01:00 We saw what he's what in New York,
01:02 he's like Gumby, he's like paper thin.
01:04 And then you gotta look at what's always undefeated
01:07 for Carver High, and that's father time,
01:09 that's Al Horford.
01:10 I would expect the Knicks to try to pound the ball inside.
01:13 One guy to look at, particularly maybe double-double,
01:15 someone like Mitchell Robinson,
01:17 who really is starting to come to his own
01:19 late in the playoffs last year,
01:21 played well in the preseason.
01:23 I think he could beat up a guy,
01:25 obviously, like an Al Horford,
01:28 Porzingis is too light on him.
01:30 Look at maybe a double-double for Mitchell Robinson
01:33 tonight for the New York Knicks.