How are the Vibes?! w/ Knicks Insider Steve Popper of Newsday | KFS BEAT REPORT

Knicks Film School

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Sports News, Josh Hart, Tom Thibodeau, Jalen Brunson, Sports, Basketball, News, Og Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, New York Knicks

4.9 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this edition of the KFS Beat Report, Jonathan Macri is joined by legenday, longtime Knicks insider Steve Popper of Newsday to discuss the Knicks 5-3 start to the season. They also discuss whether the vibes are as good as they appear from afar, what adjustments Mike Brown and Karl-Anthony Towns will continue to make, how Mitchell Robinson's workload management plan is impacting the larger picture, whether there really is a hole at backup point guard & much more!

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0:30.0	Winning, it's different here. Hey there, Nix fans, and welcome to another edition of the Nix Film School Beat Report.
0:57.0	I am pleased to be joined by a man who I only got to like kind of sort of call a colleague for like half a season.
1:05.5	And then COVID hit and that was fun.
1:09.0	And now I do everything from my basement and he gets to continue going to the garden,
1:13.1	which is obviously a delight.
1:15.4	And he's great at it.
1:16.5	And he's been covering the Knicks for a long time.
1:19.2	Not that I'm calling him old because I would never call him old.
1:22.1	Berman's old.
1:23.1	Steve Popper's, Matt.
1:24.9	Steve Popper of Newsday.
1:27.0	Hey, he you, man.
1:27.9	I did enjoy watching the video, uh, the little montage that starts the show now. And I was like, I was at that game. I was at that game. Yes, I covered him. Yeah. I don't, have I ever asked you what your most memorable game that you've covered is? I don't know if I have. I will say that I'm not a
1:44.6	I'm not a linsanity guy in that
1:47.9	in that I kind of you kind of knew pretty quickly that
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