The Mike Brown Era: Will the Offensive Guru Be Enough for a Title Run? | BT & Sal
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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BT and Sal clash over the New York Knicks' opening night and season expectations, arguing whether it's "championship or bust" after major offseason moves. BT admits he doesn't believe in new coach Mike Brown to get them over the hump, while Sal worries the team lacks a second superstar and highlights Karl-Anthony Towns' defensive deficiencies and "soft" demeanor as a major postseason liability. They also debate whether the players, specifically Towns and Bridges, were the driving force behind the decision to move on from Tom Thibodeau, and question if the team's core—including Mitchell Robinson and Jalen Brunson—has too many "major liabilities" (defense, shooting, free throws) to actually win an NBA title.
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| 1:14.6 | I don't believe in the head coach. So we could be excited about it and it's going to be far better than anything we've seen. |
| 1:20.6 | In the last few years have been a lot of fun, obviously, with the NICS and going on on the postseason run, so it's been great. |
| 1:25.6 | So I do appreciate where the NICs are at in comparison to where it was for the last 20-plus years. However, when you start raising the bar and you talk championship, expectation, or aspirations, or even getting to the finals, you better come with it. And I don't think the Knicks have what it takes to get it done. I'm not a fan of the head coach. You know what's interesting. To me, these are almost my least enjoyable types of seasons. |
| 1:45.9 | Because you really think about how I'm going to watch the Knicks this year. I'm going to watch them. And if they don't stomp on a bad team, which they should, like that. That was a little lackluster. If they lose to an average team, they're going to get crushed. and if they lose to a good team, |
| 1:59.5 | we'd be like, |
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