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A lot to talk about the New York Knicks.

Could be back in action on Sunday if the Cleveland Cavaliers win tonight in game six of their semi-final series against the Pistons. Who will the Knicks play? Well, we might find out. We might not, but I do know this. We're going to talk some Knicks right now because we have one of my favorite Knicks ever joining us in studio. You watch him sitting courtside during all these playoff games. He's sitting next to the owner in Atlanta. It's our guy

Stefan Marbury. What's up, Steph?

Hey, thank you guys for having me. What's up, my brother? How are you doing, Josh? What has this run been like for you? Because we've now kind of seen this a couple years in a row. Now, the expectations for the Knicks a lot different. It's, hey, you have to get to the finals.

There's no longer we're happy to be here.

We're all in the conference finals for the first time.

I think Mike Brown is doing exactly that.

He's the guy who, It's, hey, you have to get to the finals. It's no longer we're happy to be here. We're all in the conference finals for the first time.

I think Mike Brown is doing exactly that.

He's the guy who is built for this moment, giving these guys all of the information needed to go out and play at the highest level.

I mean, we're seeing it.

After we lost two games in a row, these guys looked like they came from, like, they

went, they was on a rocket ship, they went to, like, they went to travel around the

moon and came back.

And they're like, they're like different people right now on the basketball court.

What was the biggest change that you know?

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