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Evan & Tiki

Jalen Brunson Became the Savior Knicks Fans Never Saw Coming

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber continue the conversation by celebrating the Knicks fans who stayed loyal through years of losing, disappointment, and false hope. From old tweets about hopeless seasons to callers reliving the darkest eras of the franchise, the moment feels bigger because of everything diehard fans had to endure. The guys look back at painful Knicks memories, debate whether Charles Oakley should be welcomed back into the Garden, and reflect on how Jalen Brunson unexpectedly became the leader fans had waited decades to find. They also discuss Leon Rose’s role in building this roster, the importance of Mikal Bridges, and why this Knicks team feels so connected as it chases a championship.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A great, great tweet by Alyssa Rose, Howie Rose's daughter, about how much it sucks to be Donovan Mitchell, because he goes from that to just being a full-time Met fan again.

0:11.2

And that is a brutal existence.

0:13.6

Yeah, it is.

0:14.1

I also wondered last night after the Mets embarrassingly lost again of the Reds, seven to two, fourth straight loss.

0:19.6

I wondered if they fired Mendy last night,

0:21.5

if anybody would talk about it

0:22.6

today.

0:22.9

No, they wouldn't have.

0:23.9

It's like a science experiment.

0:24.9

Yeah, it would have been lost in the weeds. And all of a sudden, we'd be watching a Mets game a week from now and be like, wait, they got a new manager? Who's the manager? Who's that guy?

0:33.2

The hell did Dick Scott come from?

0:34.8

I don't even what?

0:36.1

Yeah.

0:36.5

So they haven't done that yet, but keep an eye on that because they have lost four in a row and they're terrible.

0:40.4

Although it would have been really bad. hell did Dick Scott come from? I don't even want. Yeah. So they haven't done that yet, but keep an eye on that because they have lost four in a row

0:39.8

and they're terrible. Although it would have been really perfect to watch Evan do a live RICO reacting to Mendie's firing as the Knicks are celebrating going to the NBA finals. Well, I did do a science experiment over the weekend, so Saturday night after the Knicks went up 3-0. I said to Hoff, let's do a RICO right when the nick game ends,

0:55.8

talking about the Met two losses to the Marlins and just see what kind of losers would consume that live on YouTube. And we did it. There's like 600 people in there. I'm surprised. I was like, look at these guys. They're non-Nick fans, and they're lamenting the four runs that the Nick, the Knicks have scored in the last four games.

1:12.6

Unbelievable.

1:13.8

Yeah, they're bad.

1:14.7

Anyhow, it is time for a brand new edition and a very special New York Knicks Dark Days edition of Posted and Toasted.

1:22.3

It's time for Posting and Toasted.

1:25.7

Posted and Toasted.

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