Can the Knicks solve the Wemby problem?
The Athletic NBA Daily
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Schlecht hosts our Spurs expert, Jared Weiss and Knicks expert, Fred Katz to discuss the NBA Finals. The guys answer the following questions:
- What are the main advantages for each team?
- How do the Knicks handle Wemby?
- How do Spurs handle Brunson?
- Without power ranking fingers… what is Mitchell Robinson’s status and what are the expectations for him in this series?
- What's a matchup or something that people aren’t talking about from either side that could shape the series?
- Picking the series
Host: Andrew Schlecht
With: Fred Katz and Jared Weiss
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Lara Sinclair
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for Tuesday, June 2nd, |
| 0:05.3 | 2026 on today's show. |
| 0:07.7 | We're going to preview the NBA finals with our experts from the athletic Fred Katz and Jared Weiss. |
| 0:18.8 | Good morning, everyone. |
| 0:20.8 | Good morning, Fred. Good morning, Fred. |
| 0:22.0 | Good morning, Jared. |
| 0:23.7 | Glad to have you guys on the show. |
| 0:26.9 | The NBA finals start tomorrow, which is just mind-blowing. |
| 0:31.9 | And we have two just heavyweights in the NBA finals. |
| 0:36.8 | We've got the New York Knicks back in the NBA finals since 99, |
| 0:42.6 | which is just amazing and crazy. |
| 0:46.2 | And I'm sure that the city is just on fire right now. |
| 0:50.1 | And then we have just a literal alien in the finals from San Antonio. |
| 0:57.2 | It's very exciting. |
| 0:59.5 | Let's first talk Spurs side. |
| 1:02.9 | An obvious advantage. |
| 1:04.4 | We're going to talk about advantages for each team. |
| 1:06.2 | But an obvious advantage for the Spurs is having Victor Wimbenyama on your team. |
| 1:11.8 | When you think about the advantages that the spurs have, you know, it starts there. |
| 1:16.2 | But where else do we talk about like the advantages the spurs have over the Knicks? |
| 1:22.0 | Their guard defenders are monsters and I don't know if it's an advantage, but they have guys that can get into |
| 1:29.7 | Jalen Brunson's body. |
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