Brunson’s Knicks Are Playing Like Their Mission Is Bigger Than This

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Knicks are not just going to the NBA Finals, they are doing it with a killer instinct that has changed the way fans and critics view this team. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber discuss why New York’s refusal to ease up in closeout games shows a championship mentality, with Jalen Brunson setting the tone and Karl Anthony Towns making it clear that the job is not finished. Evan and Tiki react to fans calling in from the road back from Cleveland, debate whether this dominant run makes the Knicks the team to beat, and explain why their mentality feels different from teams that celebrate too early. They also touch on the Yankees’ dramatic win over Kansas City, Anthony Volpe’s clutch ninth inning hit, and how a wild swing in the AL East helped New York avoid a damaging stretch.

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0:00.0	Anthony's in Harlem. What's up, Anthony?
0:02.2	What's up, fellas. What a day to be a Knicks fan.
0:06.0	Yes, indeed. I got to say this for all the diehards and for the people jumping on the bandwagon.
0:11.7	The man that came here, the turnus was Jalen Brunson. The whole world clowned us.
0:19.1	They said he wasn't worth 27 million. They were right. He's worth three
0:22.1	times that. And Evan, when they started playing his brand of basketball that you said
0:27.4	Nate Smith envisioned was 15 games ago when he deferred and said, I don't got to dominate the
0:33.5	ball and have everybody watch me. And they started running their offense to Kat. they started running into bridges. And they are a juggernaut on the offensive
0:41.2	end of the floor. It don't matter if we play the Spurs or the Thunder or the Monstars.
0:45.9	They play like this. They're going to win the NBA championship. And J.B., and I've been
0:51.8	a Nick fan for 35 years. I never saw Clyde play. And they win the chip.
0:56.0	He's going to be the goat Nick, in my opinion, fellas.
0:59.2	I totally get the point. And it's funny when he talks about the skepticism around the signing of Jalen Brunson, I can only think of one tweet.
1:07.3	And I'll read it to you.
1:09.7	Jalen Brunson is a good player.
1:12.1	He's not great.
1:13.3	This would be typical Knicks never ends.
1:16.4	Wow.
1:16.9	That was a sentiment from Tommy Lugauer.
1:20.2	Let's go Yank.
1:21.9	Positive Tommy.
1:22.8	If they win a championship, that is infamous.
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