Giannis Trade Chess, Belichick Snub Drama, and WFAN’s Funniest Flashback

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The show turns into a full sports smorgasbord, starting with the latest Giannis “ready for a new home” reporting and why the timing matters. The conversation breaks down how Giannis’ leverage changes depending on whether a deal happens now or in the offseason, why a team like Detroit could make a move before he can fully steer the destination, and why Knicks fans might actually want this to wait so Giannis can pull the ultimate power move: the “no extension” threat that funnels him toward New York. From there, the discussion pivots to the Bill Belichick Hall of Fame weirdness, the Spygate bitterness lingering behind the scenes, and the most outrageous part of all: a voter claiming he can’t even remember who he voted for. That leads to a classic WFAN flashback on the eternal question of public shaming voters, highlighted by the legendary Steve Summers moment that still makes everyone laugh. The segment wraps with calls on the Giants OC search, why Matt Nagy feels like a clean fit, and an unhinged but hilarious sidebar on Charlie Weis Jr, Jaxson Dart, and the conspiracy theory nobody asked for but everyone will remember.

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0:00.0	This fan focus was sponsored by Town Fair Tire.
0:02.9	Nobody beats Town Fair Tire.
0:04.7	Nobody.
0:05.5	So the way he words this is hysterical.
0:08.6	I mean, instead of saying, Yannis is demanding a trade, which is what is happening.
0:14.8	He says, Janus is ready for a new home.
0:17.8	Ready for a new home.
0:19.0	And teams are now lining up to offer him i mean it's just
0:23.0	kind of like this for like a i don't know he's like coming to america everybody's looking for
0:29.9	the girl looking for a wife or whatever hop on one leg erf what do we do it here because yonis he's so... He's sensitive. Yeah, he is. He is sensitive to, I'm demanding a trade. And he's a legend in Milwaukee. They should build him a statue, the NBA championship. I get all that. Even though the only reason he has an NBA championship is because he cheaply stepped on Kyrie Irving's ankle, but whatever.
1:00.3	He could just say he demanded a trade, which is what's happening. Now, as Shams writes, it may happen during the offseason. But the reason why it makes more sense to happen now is because
1:05.7	Janus eventually is a free agent at the end of next season. And so the longer this longer this goes, the more power Yannis has to direct where he goes.
1:13.6	If you're a team like Detroit, let's use them as an example, they are fully equipped to trade for Yannis Antacumbos. Of course, because they got so many young players. The Pistons would get multiple cracks at winning an NBA championship with him. So even if Yannis doesn't want to go there, he doesn't have the ability to really force it to not happen.
1:30.6	Right. with him. So even if Yanis doesn't want to go there, he doesn't have the ability to really
1:29.3	force it to not happen. Right. And so if you're Detroit, you want to make that trade today,
1:33.9	as opposed to next year, because after this season, Yannis only has one more year left on his deal
1:38.9	at $58 million. There's another year of a player option, but he will clearly say no to that player
1:44.1	option. So if you're Detroit or another team that may not be as appealing to Janus because he wants to be a Nick, you're going to trade from now. Then you get two opportunities, no matter what Janus wants, to win an NBA championship. And you don't need the extension. If you wait to the offseason, and this is my advice to Nick fans, if they wait till the off season,
2:01.3	there is a much better chance he'll be in New York Nick.
2:05.1	It doesn't mean, because then Janus can direct his way to the Knicks.
2:09.8	Right.
2:10.1	Not only will the Knicks have more suitors to move a McKell Bridges or a Carl Anthony Towns,
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