The Dominance of Nikola Jokic, the Houston Rockets, and How the New York Knicks Can Improve

The Young Man and the Three

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On this week’s Old Man and the Three Things, former NBA all-star Joakim Noah and Tommy Alter breakdown the impressive (and unexpected) start of the Houston Rockets (Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun), the dominance of Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), and what the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns) need to do to improve.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to the old men in the three ad free right now.
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0:16.9	Welcome back to episode two of OM Three Things with our newest colleague, compatriot, co-host, Mr. Joaquin Noah, fresh out of the ice plunge. How you feeling, man?
0:31.2	I feel great, man. I like that Chicago jacket. Yeah, this is for you. This is for you. Before we have a lot of basketball to talk about,
0:39.9	but I want to hear about the plunge experience because this is something that, how often do
0:46.3	you do at this point? Some people drink coffee in the morning. Some people like to jump in the ice.
0:52.9	You know, I'm not going to lie to you
0:54.5	this weekend's been uh crazy you know i had i had my my son from i had the 3 a m to 9 a m shift the last few
1:04.6	days so uh really going through it all you NBA players who have kids you think you guys are doing something
1:11.3	wait till you're out the league and you have the 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. shift. That's a whole other ballgame.
1:18.4	What uh what's your what's your routine at this point like how long are you in there?
1:23.0	So I'll probably stay in there for a couple minutes. I like to do it before I got something to do.
1:29.0	It just gets my mind right, my body right.
1:31.4	You know, up at 6 a.m. making lunch boxes.
1:34.7	And then you jump in the ice and then a little podcast with my guy, Tommy.
1:39.2	Life could be worse.
1:40.3	I was going to say it's not so bad.
1:44.1	It's not so bad. We got some we got some we got some uh hoops to talk about
1:48.0	i think we both wanted to start uh with the houston rockets 12 and six now they're one game out in the
1:55.2	west uh we got a lot to sort of run through with this particular team what are your initial thoughts on
2:00.3	on the rockets overall right now?
2:02.8	Yeah, I don't think nobody expected them to be one of the top teams in the West,
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