Hey there, Nick's fans.

Hey there, Knicks fans.

How you doing?

It's your boy, Jonathan Macri with you for another episode of the Nix Film School podcast.

Coming at you on a Wednesday at the end of July, the dog days of NBA summer.

But no rest for the weir.

We got another banger coming at you for this episode.

One of my good friends, I consider him a friend, in addition to what was a time for a time, a colleague, although he has since moved on from covering the Knicks to cover other matters NBA related.

That, of course, is Mike Vorkenoff of the Athletic.

We just finished the conversation.

He, as always, brings a lot of thoughtful analysis to everything that he covers.

We got into a whole bunch of stuff.

We got into the Donovan Mitchell trade stuff.

We got into general NBA bunch of stuff. We got into the Donovan Mitchell trade stuff. We got into general MBA things on these giant pick packages going out in trades.

We talked about max contracts.

We hit on what's going on in Brooklyn.

It was a wide-ranging conversation.

You're going to enjoy it because, again, Mike is really smart.

And it's my fault for not having him on for a year. But we definitely made up for lost time here.

So I think that's it. Without further ado, here's my conversation with the athletics, Mike

Forkenoff. Joining me now on the Knicks, Nick's Film School podcast, a returning guest, you might say a jilted lover.

I'll give him the opportunity to crack some jokes once I bring him in.

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