Are the Knicks Really Underdogs?

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber push back on the idea that the Knicks should be viewed as some massive underdog story if they reach the NBA Finals. A caller brings up the 1969 Mets comparison, but Evan and Tiki argue this Knicks team has not stumbled into this moment. They have earned it by playing the best basketball of the postseason. The discussion centers on why Oklahoma City may deserve to be favored, but not treated as if it is on a completely different level from New York. Evan and Tiki break down the Knicks’ talent, chemistry, and dominant playoff run while making the case that a championship would not be a miracle. It would be the next step for a team that has climbed its way here.

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0:00.0	John is in Queens. Good morning, John.
0:03.0	Good morning, fellas. So Evan, I have a thing with you. Call on what SGA is doing artful. I don't think that's artful at all. I think it's absolutely a disgrace. And if I'm the Knicks and it is O KC coming up that we do play, I'm showing every video of SGA. There was a video in game, well, I'm going to say, game six, a video in game six
0:24.3	where he took a jump shot and I believe the Aaron Fox literally moved to the side of him.
0:33.1	He fell to the ground and they called the file.
0:35.0	He didn't even get touched.
0:36.2	Yes.
0:36.5	There should be unlimited challenges when you're going up against OKC and SGA because it is an absolute joke. The NBA needs to do something about it because like this guy for being so good, he doesn't even need to do that. Now, let's get to jail and Brunston. Yeah, can I just debate, hold on, hold on.
0:55.1	Can I debate you briefly on the artful comment? Because I want to defend myself. It doesn't mean I love it. It doesn't mean I like it. But he's not cheating, right? He's not doing anything wrong. He is manipulating the officials in a brilliant way to his team's advantage. And there is an artfulness to that, even if we don't like it.
1:13.0	I mean, manipulating the way to his team's advantage. And there is an artfulness to that, even if we don't like it.
1:13.0	I mean, manipulating the officials, the officials need to get fired then. I mean, they need,
1:18.6	or they need some better glasses or I don't know what they need, but the officials have been
1:22.6	terrible. I mean, Tony's brothers, and I don't want him reference any midgame in the, in the finals, because there was a play, too, and I don't want him reference any nick game in the
1:28.0	finals because there was a play too,
1:31.0	that I'm still mad about against the Hawks
1:33.4	that OG was wearing yellow sneakers
1:36.1	and some other Jagai was wearing yellow sneakers
1:38.7	and he caught OG out of bounds
1:40.7	and OG's thought was nowhere close to being out of bounds.
1:43.7	So he shouldn't be in any finals, he can't see.
1:47.4	Let's go to Brunson now.
1:48.4	You mentioned Brunson about flopping.
1:50.9	What's funny about the SGA Brunson comparison is SGA is 6-6 and Brunson is 6-2.
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