The Knicks are going to the finals. The Cavs are facing some big questions this summer,

and we've got a lot of offseason talk and learn lessons about how to build a championship team that we're talking about today. First, I'm going to be joined by Gavin Shaw, the co-host of Lockdown Knicks, to talk about the Knicks and how they built their finals team. Then John Wilmes from RealGM.com is going to jump on to talk about a bunch of offseason topics,

including Best Trade Destinations for Janus and Kauai, and then some surprising trade candidates.

Let's jump in.

All right, really excited to be talking with Gavin Shaw, the co-host of Lockedaw Knicks here.

The morning after the Knicks sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers.

They're making it to the NBA finals first time since 1999. Gavin, you and XJ do an awesome job covering this Knicks run over at Lockdown Knicks.

And you guys do a great job of covering the strategy, how they got here, all that kind of stuff. But before we get to any of that

boring X's and O's stuff, I want to start with the emotional component of all of this, because like I

just said, first NBA finals appearance since 1999, and the Knicks do it in a way that feels dominant.

It feels like a crescendo of sorts, right?

11 straight playoff wins now.

They're winning these games by an average margin of more than 22, 23 points.

Just an absolute dominant run through the Eastern Conference, unlike anything we've seen,

maybe even since the Celtics, you just look at the numbers.

This is a better run than what the Celtics had in 2024.

Let's go to the feelings part of this, Gavin.

What's it feel like right now for Knicks fans?

I'm going to get there.

I need to give you one number before we get to feelings.

Tim Bontem's had the stat last night. Their margin of victory over these 11 games is not just the most in playoff history. It's the most over any 11 game stretch in NBA history. That is the number that blew my, I mean, it doesn't, in some ways it makes sense because I guess you just play an opponent and you find a weakness and you break them and then there's no alternative.

You don't have to pivot.

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