It's not that long ago. It was April 2nd here on Evan and Teke. This year? Yeah, April 2nd. Okay. That's right. April 2nd, Teke Barber uttered this very quick statement about the New York Knicks. Take a listen. There's no chance that they're winning in championship. Wow, I got to cut that. There's no chance that they're winning in championship. I'll say that again. Wow, I got to cut that. I did cut that.

There's no chance that they're winning in championship.

Wow. There's no chance that they're winning in the championship. Let's hear that again. Wow, I got to cut that.

I did cut that.

There's no chance that they're winning in championship. Wow. That's all right. You got to wait a week and a half. That's true. I mean, they haven't won a championship yet. So I guess technically, you still have a chance to be right. Yes, I do. But you do know the spirit of that opinion is obviously dead.

Yes, of course.

No chance means you're not even close. having chance to be right. Yes, I do. But you do know the spirit of that opinion is obviously dead.

Yes, of course. No chance means you're not even close. You're not there. And the Knicks are there.

To your defense, I get why the feeling was there. I get why first week of April, a couple of weeks

before the postseason started, the sentiment was they're a good team, they're a talented team,

but they didn't feel like a championship team. I think the only mistake you made with that is no chance, as hyperbolic. I think they always had a chance. Yeah. But yeah, I think there was certainly a feeling amongst a lot of Nick fans that something would go wrong and this team wasn't cohesive enough in that moment. Also, don't forget, the only games they were winning were against teams that literally weren't trying to win.

They were played all those tanking teams down the stretch. And it was like, yeah, they won by 15 or whoever against Indiana, who's running to the bottom as fast as they can. So they didn't beat anybody. They felt like they were playoff caliber. And so you just worried about them. But ultimately, we didn't need to because they flipped the switch. They did. They did. They looked like a completely different team. They really do. We'll get to why Carlos Mendoza has lost his job in the last 48 hours. 888808-101. We'll get to that in next five minutes. Let's go to Seth and Manhattan. What's going on, Seth? Hey, what's up? Thanks for taking the call. No problem. What's on your mind? I think last night's game was just really difficult to watch. It seems like a thunder player by a different set of rules and every other team in the NBA. Right. The second half of the game saw two blatant out-of-downs calls. One was called for a jump ball, which should have been spring ball, and the other, obviously, one-off sets. Bad calls. I can't defend it. Horrible calls. Yep. It's for the whole thing about SCA salivating, it is literally against the rules.

You're not allowed to flop in the NBA.

It just isn't called for whatever.

They changed that rule like a decade ago, right?

Yeah, I mean, technically, but it's like he's not doing anything wrong in terms of like other players also do it.

It's a common thing in this league.

And it's almost like a speeding ticket where they can find you.

It's not like hockey where there's diving calls.

Right.

They sit enforced.

They see you doing it, but they let you go anyway.

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