Evan’s Knicks Fear: Losers Lose Until They Don’t | Evan & Tiki
WFAN Daily
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
As the Knicks reach the NBA Finals, Evan Roberts wrestles with the one thing he still cannot see: orange and blue filling the Canyon of Heroes. He explains why, even after believing in this team all season, his experience rooting for losing franchises makes it impossible for him to confidently predict a championship.
Tiki Barber pushes back, arguing this Knicks team has earned a different kind of belief after building its way to this moment. The debate moves from fan trauma to the actual matchup, including Victor Wembanyama’s defensive presence, Josh Hart’s importance from three, Jalen Brunson’s reliability, and the role players who could decide whether the Knicks finally break through.
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| 0:00.0 | I couldn't sleep last night. |
| 0:01.5 | And it wasn't because Mark Viento sucks at baseball. And won't admit it. And won't admit it. Yeah. I went back and forth. I batted my head against the wall all night, Tiki, because today's the day. Today is our last chance as fans, as talk show host, to say, what do we think is going to happen over the next two weeks? And I was studying the tape, and I was studying the matchups, and I kept going back and forth, and I am ready. I am ready to tell you what I think is going to happen in the NBA finals. At the beginning of the show. I don't want to mess around. And the first five minutes, first two minutes. I think it's very important because i want this to be a safe place okay |
| 0:38.4 | there's been a lot of bullying going on around here the last couple of days and i respect everyone at |
| 0:43.0 | this radio station they're all diehard nick fans and there's a small part of me that are very |
| 0:46.6 | happy for them because they've gone through a lot go go is a great nick fan craig is a great nick fan |
| 0:53.2 | al cintra they're all great Nick fans and every single |
| 0:56.4 | person to a T is telling you the New York Knicks are winning an NBA championship. And they're |
| 1:01.0 | given good reasons. Like I'm not even telling you that their brains are half baked. Like I get it. |
| 1:05.7 | From a basketball standpoint, there's a lot of things that are pointing me in that direction. |
| 1:09.8 | But I have to be honest with you and I know I'm not alone in this. And Nick fans, I am your friend. As much as you don't think I'm your friend, I am. Because when they made the coaching change a year ago, I was on your side. When they were criticized for the coaching search, I was on your side. From day one, I thought this team was going to the NBA finals, never wavered. |
| 1:44.4 | I am on your side. But I can't see you guys having a parade. I can't. I can't see it, not because I'm being a bad guy. I can't see it because I can't see it for the Mets. I can't see it for the Jets. And I've always been consistent in life. I would be lying to you. I would be just trying to appease you if I came on the radio |
| 1:45.6 | today and agreed with every other sycophant and said, we're having a parade. The Knicks are winning a title. And trust me, there are a lot of basketball reasons to believe it. So I'm going to be the safe place. I'm going to be the guy where you nod your head and say, all right, he's comfortable saying it because I've said it about my own |
| 1:59.9 | teams. Yeah, but there's your own teams. I can't see it |
| 2:01.8 | bro. But these are, you're not a Nick fan. |
| 2:04.2 | I'm putting myself in the shoes of that. You are someone who goes and you profit from selling the tickets. That's irrelevant to this. It's not, but you have great seats on the bridge. It is what it is, but you're not a fan. Yes. And so you can't see it because you don't want to see it. |
| 2:19.8 | Why can't I see it for the Mets then, Tee? |
| 2:21.4 | Because the Mets aren't good. Why can't I see it for the Jets? Because the Jets have not been good. Here's where you're incorrect. No, no, hold on. The Knicks are good. Tiki. When the Jets were in the title game in back-to-back years, I said the same thing. |
| 2:34.0 | When the Mets were in the World Series, I said that... |
| 2:36.1 | How old were you then? |
| 2:36.9 | I have to do meth right now. I know. 26, 27, and 32. So you were a baby. A baby? You're a baby. I'm still a baby. You're 26 years old. You're not mature enough to be able to see the impossible before the impossible happens. |
| 2:51.1 | That's a true statement. |
| 2:52.1 | You are 40 now, 43 now. |
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