I think the game against Dallas was so concerning that even I'm like, oh, should we be worried? CP the franchise, I think you do a great job of representing Nick fans. I've always said it. The post game on MSG. We got you guys on Nick's fan TV. How worried are you? On a scale of 1 to 10? Yeah. A matter of 5, 6. That's not bad. After Monday, it was about 8, but I calm down. I had to take the day off, I say. It's like sports therapy. I need your opinion on this, EP. Yeah. Because Evan has declared this. This is just like, who was the guy that you thought was going to be a Yankee? Now I'm forgetting his name.

Nolan Aronado. I got that wrong. Evan's brain told us Yankee fans that Nolan Aronado was going to be a Yankee. He was dead ass wrong. I also told all Nick fans, McCall Pritches wouldn't be a Nick. Dead ass wrong. I can't get some wrong. And he said this yesterday. Evans brain said this. not Evan, but Evan's brain said this.

Yes.

Nicks lose to the Nets,

Mike Brown's. And he said this yesterday. Evan's brain said this. Not Evan, but Evan's brain said this.

Yes. Nick's lose to the Nets.

Mike Brown's done.

That would be the bottom of all bottom.

You buy it?

I don't buy it, but it'd be bad optics.

It'd be bad optics, man.

You can't lose to the swamp dragons. The butt makes me worried if. You can't, you can't lose to the swamp dragons.

The butt makes me worried if you're a Nick fan. You can't lose to the Swamp Dragons. But look, things are bad, man. Nine out of the last 11, I was at that game on MLK Day. And from the opening tip, they're just going through the motions. It was embarrassing. Yeah. Why is that all of a sudden? because they played with so much urgency

pre-cup

you know whatever it's called

in-season thing

whatever it is

and so Why is that all of a sudden? Because they played with so much urgency pre-cup, you know, whatever it's called, in-season thing, whatever it is. And so it changed probably like a week later. We discerned yesterday. What happened? Yeah. I think, you know, it's a lot of things. Number one, the defensive woes has been catastrophic. They're one of the worst defenses since the cup. You know, when you look at the top five worst defense, it's since the Cup, it's like all lottery teams and then it's the Knicks. That's not good. Their transition defense even worse. You got guys coming in and out of the lineup. And so once they get down and you see the threes from the Max Christie's of the world start to drop, they just lose all their

confidence. Their energy was sapped from the opening tip. It was embarrassing, man.

It's why I lean towards, I never would have thought this until the Dallas game, and then

also thinking back to some of the things Brown has said about Kat, like the issues are deeper

than just schematics. Like, is there an issue between Carl Anthony Towns and Mike Brown? Because it kind of feels that way with the amount of times Mike has called him out. And then even the comments after the Golden State game, which I'm still having a tough time wrapping my head around. He doesn't feel like he respects or likes Carl Anthony Towns. And that's the problem. And in that same Golden State game, he's giving Traymond Green a bear like he hadn't seen him in years. You played in the same division as these guys. You know, it was embarrassing because you're not coming to the aid. You're not getting it. Your star players back. And then you're calling him out in the media. But with towns, there's so much there. He's looking at one of his worst seasons of his career statistically. Right. You know, since his rookie season, the efficiency at the rim way off, the three-point efficiency, way off. I think the offense, he's struggling since he came out with that comment after training camp. Like, I don't know my role. And everybody was trying to decipher what he meant. Is he serious? Is he just, you know, being caught with the media? And now we're seeing as this thing is dragging on, there's some serious fraction, or friction, rather. So how do you fix those two guys? Well, I think the other thing, also is it fixable, but I think you said it, you said it, transition D. Yeah. Cat goes to the rim and he tries to get there hard.

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