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00:00The difference, I think, between me and the both of you
00:03is heading into the postseason, I picked the Knicks to win this series.
00:07I still really believe they can.
00:10So I can't tell you my best bet is over five and a half games
00:15and then leave myself vulnerable to losing money on this series
00:20where the Knicks win this series.
00:23So the simplest, you can get the Knicks minus two and a half games
00:27at 22 to one.
00:28There's no chance that bet wins, but I just couldn't live with myself
00:33being on the Knicks in the series and then losing money on the series
00:38if the Knicks win the series.
00:40That's kind of where I'm at.
00:42Go ahead.
00:42You mean the Knicks win the series 4-1, which puts it under five and a half games?
00:46Correct.
00:46That's the context that everyone needs.
00:48Yes.
00:49I just couldn't.
00:51Being on the Knicks is something that very few people rightfully will be on.
00:56Even, listen, I talk to myself in my notes.
00:59I'm probably a little nuts.
01:00Even though I'm like, ooh, this isn't the best selling point as I type it out.
01:03That's what I'm writing to myself.
01:05It is a tough sell to fully be on New York.
01:09I just can't give you over five and a half games and be like,
01:12I lost money on this series because the Knicks won in four or five.
01:14I just couldn't live with that reality.
01:16I much prefer a Knicks in seven bet, which is like a 16-to-1 ticket,
01:21because I think this will have to be a long series.
01:24If I were to just attempt to sell people on the Knicks' chances in this series,
01:29if you look in the regular season, something that stood out to me,
01:34and I know this will sound unfair, but I know I'll rope coach in on this.
01:39No, boy.
01:39Here we go.
01:40It's not going to take much.
01:41Jason Tatum was perfect.
01:45Jason Tatum did not dominate a regular season opponent
01:50as much as he dominated the New York Knicks.
01:54It didn't have really a bad game, but the averages over the four meetings,
02:0033 and a half points per game on 54, 48 shooting splits, 48% from three.
02:10One of the reasons I do not have Boston making it out of the East
02:14is I think that this year, unlike last, so much is going to be put on Tatum.
02:21Tatum did his usual terrible game one thing,
02:25but when he came back, games three, four, and five, 36, 37, 35.
02:31I mean, the efficiency wasn't perfect,
02:33but he was still really great for this basketball team.
02:38I am not telling you that Tatum should be the best player in this series.
02:42Well, could Tatum crack the door open for us to go a little bit longer
02:47because he gives you two postseason clunkers,
02:50which he usually is good for in a series?
02:53Hate to say it, but he is, JY.
02:55That is where I think the Knicks can start to cut some of the edges.
02:58I also just think, and this might sound ridiculous,
03:02you cannot build a team specifically designed to beat a team
03:06and be this wrong.
03:06If this team loses in four or five games and finishes the season 0-8, 1-8 against Boston
03:15when they were designed to beat Boston,
03:17I cannot imagine someone being that wrong,
03:20and I don't think the Knicks are that wrong.
03:23This roster does make sense and should be competitive against Boston.
03:27And I think that's where you start to rope me in a little bit.
03:30You went and got OG at the trade deadline last year,
03:35and you went and got McHale because you're looking at Brown and Tatum
03:38and saying that's how we defend.
03:40You go get Cat because you need to be better at the center position,
03:44and you have to be able to counter Porzingis,
03:46and the fact that you can have a guy to stretch out to the three-point line.
03:49So I could see that.
03:51It's funny.
03:52As I started digging during the commercial break
03:55and just thinking out loud, the props market.
03:59And I was trying to find, like, where can I find something?
04:03Hear me out.
04:05Josh Hart leads the series in rebounding at 7-1.
04:08Because if you really think about it,
04:11Carl Anthony Towns has got to guard Porzingis or Horford
04:14who live where?
04:17Outside the three.
04:20When Josh Hart gets to these moments,
04:23he becomes an absolute demon on the boards.
04:27Like, he's like Dennis Rodman.
04:29I'm not saying he's Dennis Rodman,
04:30but like Dennis Rodman where you're like,
04:32yo, here goes the real, you know what?
04:33I'm going to get out of the way because he may hurt me.
04:34Yeah.
04:35Josh Hart averaged, I do believe,
04:388.7 rebounds per game versus Boston during a regular season.
04:43I think because of the fact of where we're going to play,
04:47obviously,
04:49Cat outside,
04:51I think Mitchell Robinson make it more minutes than we think
04:54because of his propensity to play the pick and roll way better.
04:58Just look at the drop coverage that he played against Cade
05:00in game six on that last possession.
05:02Play, play, put a clinic on it on that one play.
05:06I think Josh Hart, Tom,
05:07it's 7-1 to lead the series in rebounding
05:10is a sneaky good bet.