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Okay. Hey there, Nix fans. How you doing?

It is your usual host, Jonathan Macri, and I have the most special of guests on with me today for a very special episode of the podcast.

My sometimes colleague covering the Knicks games, my train companion a few times going back to the friendly confines of Long Island.

And more importantly than any of that, a legend in his own right covering this team somehow, some way for two decades.

Mark Berman, how are you doing, my friend?

Yeah, well, it's the 21st season, and it's been as crazy as most of them.

In fact, I could argue that this is one of the wilder seasons I've covered.

So I wanted to start with that.

The latest thing is the Spike thing, and by the way, do you, you know,

I think about this stuff sometimes, especially since I was writing the newsletter the last couple days and you have to report stuff that you know people are going to be mad at you for reporting.

Do you ever give a second thought when you write something to like, oh, you know, people don't want to read this?

Or do you just feel a responsibility? Like, look, this is the biggest news story. I'm going to report the biggest news story.

No, it's a great question because Nick's fans have had to read so much negative stuff.

And there comes a breaking point. And I honestly, at the beginning of the season, or actually more in training camp, we were a little negative about their prospects.

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