Welcome back to buckets and for the first time since podcasting.

In fact, the first time since Apple computers were around.

The Knicks are world champions.

Let's talk about it with Billy Skifuri.

Amir, did you know I'm a Knicks fan?

Oh, that explains a lot because for seven years you were kind of self-deprecating, and now in the last week or two, you felt invincible.

And that also explains why you and I went to a bar five straight nights or five nights in two weeks, and you watched me be the most pathetic version of myself in front of strangers.

Or the most awesome version. I made so many friends at this bar in Los Angeles wearing New York

Nick Skier or just New York Metskir or just blue and orange. I mean, you witnessed it firsthand, but

it was awesome. I mean, this was where everybody knows your name by game five the bouncer literally

said billy's back i showed up anybody anybody can talk about what the nicks did and how the series

played out but i do want to talk about specifically what the finals were like for me aka us

aka you yeah because we went to the same place all five games.

And it kind of started to feel like summer camp or something.

I mean, it felt like something.

I mean, it felt physically painful most nights when I got home.

And I was like, that was another seven pitcher night. Okay.

Yeah.

It was harder.

I didn't, I don't like beer sort of famously at it was harder. I don't like beer, sort of famously at this

point. So I didn't drink beer. I just had water and enjoyed the game, which was stressful

enough. You had the beer plus the Knicks fandom part of it. Yes. So you were both stressed

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