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Evan & Tiki

Hour 2: Knicks Finals Buzz, Mitch’s Hand, and a Giants OBJ Twist

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As the Knicks prepare for the NBA Finals against the Spurs, Evan and Shaun dig into the growing mystery around Mitchell Robinson’s fractured hand and why the story could become much bigger depending on how the series plays out. What began as a strange injury report turns into a full New York sports debate about timing, responsibility, and how much risk players should take away from the court. The conversation also hits the Knicks’ championship mindset, why fans believe this has to be their year, and how focused the team appears after winning the East. Evan and Tiki also react to the Giants signing Braxton Berrios after working out Odell Beckham Jr., debate whether OBJ’s return still makes sense, and somehow find time for George Washington, Jon Gruden, World War I, and the kind of sports radio chaos only New York can produce.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Obviously, as the Knicks get set to take on the San Antonio Spurs, one of the stories that has become so fascinating over the last few days is the story around Mitchell Robinson.

0:08.8

So it comes out that Mitchell Robinson has a broken pinky.

0:12.4

Sham Sharnie drops that out of absolute nowhere.

0:15.6

And then a few hours later, don't worry, he plans on playing in game one of the NBA finals.

0:21.3

We then find out the other day that it's a fracture of his fifth metacarpal,

0:26.4

which is the bone connecting the wrist to the pinky finger.

0:30.3

So now we have more specifics on it.

0:33.2

Then a picture comes out of Mitchell Robinson on a TikTok video of wearing a full brace on his hand.

0:40.6

Then, and this all happened late on Friday, and I could not get enough of it.

0:45.1

It was like a who done it.

0:46.4

We started to get questions on how he got hurt.

0:50.1

Now, on Evan and Tiki on Friday, the assumption was made that it happened during game four. But we then received the quote from Mike Brown where he's like, it didn't happen in game four. Now, we didn't hear the audio of it. We have the audio now. I'll play it for you in a second. And your reaction was, and Tiki's as well is, well, maybe he got hurt in game three. And the Knicks don't want to get in any kind of trouble when it comes to the injury report. Yep. So first, I want to play for you what Mike Brown said so you can hear it in its context on Friday. This is where he's asked, hey, so Mitchell Robinson clearly injured himself in game four, right? Reporter asks that question, and you'll hear Mike Brown's exchange, which tells you that

1:28.2

it wasn't in game four.

1:29.6

In the game?

1:30.7

Did, like, the mention during happen in game?

1:33.1

In game four?

1:34.9

Yeah.

1:35.7

No.

1:36.9

Yeah.

1:37.6

So was it in basketball?

1:40.2

It was not at practice yesterday.

1:43.2

Yeah.

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