Live from Southern California, this is the Jim Rome show.

The New York fan.

Look, I know that your football teams, and I got into this with Andrew Brandt earlier,

I know your football teams are giving you absolutely nothing to cheer about.

Well, actually, I can't really say that.

Both the Giants and the Jets are, in fact, in contention for the top overall picks.

So that's something to root for.

But you don't really have anything to root for or be happy about on the field right now.

However, New York fan, I'm here to pump you up. I'm here to give you

some good news. I'm here to keep it positive. I'm here to keep it positive. No, the Yankees,

nor the Mets have signed Juan Soto. Not yet. However, your basketball team, the Knicks,

that's got to be hyping you up. That's got to put a smile on your

face. Because is it me or does it look like the Knicks are finally starting to live up to all

that hype, that big city hype of finally having a true Larry O contender in the Big Apple?

Now, why do I say that?

Well, a few things.

Number one, they took their act into the Mile High City last night

to take on the Denver Nuggets,

a Nuggets team that had the Joker,

Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr.,

and all of their big guns, not named Aaron Gordon.

And what happened?

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