Hour 1: Are The Knicks America's Team?

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First Take begins with Cam'ron's return! Two Knicks fans and Big Perk debate if the world champs are America's team now that they finally won a chip! Then, James Dolan begged his team to make a 10-week sacrifice for the duration of the playoffs. He asked them to eat healthier, become solely basketball focused, and give up... other things. Is it safe to say the long hated Knicks owner has fully redeemed himself? Next, Bradley Wright-Phillips gives us his World Cup picks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Coca-Cola Zero, official partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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0:30.7	Hello, everyone.
0:31.9	Welcome to First Take.
0:33.4	Shea Cornett here with you, Stephen A, Cameron, Kendrick Perkins.
0:38.1	And before we get to, you know, the pleasantries and hi and hellos, I see your fit there, camera. I don't know why he's making faces. I see this orange-gloom. What are you making faces for? We back. We had Country Cam last week. I don't know what you making faces for. You're not are you at you know what to hold your thoughts
0:54.9	perk because i know why you're making those faces you know why he's making those faces camera
0:58.7	because you did a lot talking over the last couple of weeks let's run this go ahead run it back
1:03.7	the knicks look scary the last two games and but all that being said i still don't trust the nix
1:09.7	i don't trust the nick i'm from new y. It's hard to trust the Knicks. It's 53 years of disappointment. He said, oh, we're going to the championship. Oh, we're about to go to the championship. Oh, he's about to go to the championship. Part two. I'm Country Camp. I see. Yeah, I'm cousins of Southern Steve.
1:28.8	Yeah, and I came to let you New York City Slickers know that we got a series on our hands right now.
1:37.0	We back.
1:37.8	We back, Nick.
1:40.0	We are the New York Knicks.
1:42.6	What has happened over the last five days, Cameron?
1:46.0	See, not you guys. Of course not you, Shay.
1:50.0	Of course not big bro, Stephen A.
1:52.0	Well, I say what people understand the two different things.
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