Dolan’s Checkbook Comment Tests the Knicks’ Title Glow | Evan & Tiki
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The Knicks are champions, the parade glow is still fresh, and Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber begin the conversation every fan knew was coming: what happens next? James Dolan’s comments about the NBA’s second apron turn the celebration into a debate over money, flexibility, and how far an owner should go to protect a championship window.
Evan pushes back on the idea that any New York owner should say a check is too big, while Tiki weighs the business reality of keeping a contender together. The conversation also touches on Leon Rose’s role, the possibility of running it back with key pieces like Mitchell Robinson and Landry Shamet, fan reaction to the parade, and a caller’s throwback frustration over “Who Let the Dogs Out.”
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| 0:00.0 | people discounted how good the Knicks became, especially when they got to the postseason. Like they just took it as a, yeah, they'll cool off. They're not going to stay hot for four series. There's no chance. I think it was also that the East was bad, but the Knicks were dominating in such a way that we needed to look past it and some people couldn't. Yeah. So like two truths were happening at the same time. No doubt. For those that tried to discredit the Knicks, they said, well, they're beating nobody. But what they left out was the Knicks weren't just beating these teams. They were annihilating these teams. Right. And I think that- What was the close-out differential, like plus 30, like average? It was great, yeah. |
| 0:37.8 | We did the math on it. |
| 0:38.6 | Going back even the last year with Boston. |
| 0:40.1 | It's the greatest point differential in the history of the NBA playoffs. Yeah. And also, if you bet on them like I did, and I know Sean did, when they were down by whatever in the 20s against San Antonio in game four, you also cleaned up. No, dude, I told you. |
| 0:52.2 | I had a friend that made $40,000. |
| 0:54.5 | Because he bet big. |
| 0:56.0 | And the same thing in the close-out game. |
| 0:57.5 | They were underdogs to be. you also cleaned up. No, dude, I told you. I had a friend that made $40,000. |
| 0:55.6 | Because he bet big. And the same thing in the closeout game. They were underdogs to begin with. They were trailing most of the game. If you did any kind of live betting, and in these areas, it would be the Knicks. You cleaned up! So it makes perfect sense. Here is what our caller was referring to. This was when Mike Brown was doing his Who Let the Dogs Out thing, |
| 1:13.2 | and I dropped a reference to the 2000 Mets. |
| 1:15.9 | Without you, this wouldn't be possible. |
| 1:19.9 | Let's go one time. |
| 1:21.5 | Who let the dogs up? |
| 1:23.3 | Oh, no. |
| 1:25.2 | Who let the dogs up? |
| 1:28.1 | I love you, New York. I don't know Who let the dogs up? I love you, New York. |
| 1:30.6 | I don't know who let the dogs out, |
| 1:32.2 | but I know who put them back in the kennel, |
| 1:33.6 | the 2,000 Yankees. |
| 1:35.5 | You're right, Dolan? |
| 1:36.4 | That's so great. |
| 1:38.7 | The delivery was excellent. |
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