Look, no offense to the Boston Celtics. They won an NBA title last year.

They are not the Chicago Bulls.

They're not. No. So yes, I think every Nick fan agrees that a move like this and every move you make is targeting

knocking off Boston they are clearly the team to beat and they deserve our

respect but I am not going to put the respect of comparing them to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.

Are the Boston Celtics the team to be?

Yes, have the Knicks narrowed the gap?

Yes, they have.

Right, the Celtics got one.

You give them credit. And it's really not one, it's their 18th one.

They've done a good job with this team and they finally won a championship that felt elusive.

But that doesn't, they don't feel completely

unbeatable.

In fact, Sean mentioned this, or maybe it was Lugi mentioned this earlier,

that because of the circumstances,

the injuries in the East this year were unreal.

They played a lot of these teams without their best foot forward.

Yeah.

And the Knicks, obviously, if they would have gotten there,

I mean, they would have had zero chance against the Celtics,

a way that they were injured and beat up.

But it's a healthy next team, especially now with McHale Bridges and hopefully they keep

...