The Knicks May Have a KAT Problem. Plus, Butler Injury Aftermath and Trade Deadline Preview.

The Zach Lowe Show

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Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Zach is joined by Kirk Goldsberry to discuss how Jimmy Butler’s injury changes the Warriors plans. Plus, trouble brewing in New York? They break down the Knicks struggles, preview the trade deadline, and choose their All-Star reserves. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (1:41) Kirk Goldsberry joins the show! (6:00) The Jimmy Butler injury changes what the Warriors may do with Kuminga (15:36) Biggest names to watch at the trade deadline (29:45) Big players in small markets are important (35:40) The Knicks slide continues (42:06) Karl-Anthony Towns is a magnet for the Knicks' problems (55:59) Detroit is a fascinating deadline team (1:01:19) Has Boston become a buyer? (1:06:25) Lakers have dropped to sixth in the West (1:11:13) Zach continues to be a LaMelo Ball believer (1:20:38) Picking All-Star reserves (1:27:30) Is LeBron worthy of being an All-Star? Host: Zach Lowe Guest: Kirk Goldsberry Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.5	Shop in the app, hours, Jimmy Butler, towards A really bad. Jimmy Butler was having an awesome year underrated, awesome, your underrated awesome player. As always, the Warriors 12 and 4 in their last 16 games, beginning to find their stride in the West. Probably never we're going to contend, but we're going to be a frisky team. And now they have big decisions to make. What does this mean for Jonathan Camingo? What does it mean for their trade deadline outlook? And then Kurt Goldsbury and I zoom around the entire NBA trade landscape. Janus, what are the Lakers going to do? Who's going to duck the tags? What about the pelicans? Are they really close for business? We talk about tons of teams,
1:44.6	the cabs, the magic, and on and on and on and the Knicks. I was at MSG last night,
1:49.8	watching the Knicks get booed off the floor, losing to the Mavericks by a million points.
1:54.8	What is going on with the Knicks? Two and eleven, or two and nine, rather, in their last
2:00.6	11 games have fallen to third in the east. Their defense is bleeding points. Their offense is in a big slump. It looks discombobulated. Their starting five is just, eh, what is going on with the Knicks? Can they save their season? Are they going to do something crazy at the trade deadline? Kirk Goldsbury is here to debate all of that with me, discuss all that with me, and we react to the
2:19.1	all-star starting announcements. Kirk picks his
2:21.1	all-star reserves. I revise
2:22.8	my all-star reserve picks in LeBron.
2:25.4	What is what you going to do about LeBron?
2:27.0	Is he going to be there? That's all coming up
2:28.8	after this on the Zach Lowe Show.
2:42.5	Welcome to the Zach Lowe show.
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