The Jalen Brunson Knicks has been building for almost a half a decade. We're not quite

a half a decade, but we're moving there. And they are learning in front of your eyes.

They've had brutal playoff losses. They've had brutal home playoff losses. They've lost

games. They should have won. And I think what you're witnessing is their ability to always be

in a game. Let's not forget Boston last year.

They were getting killed in both games in Boston,

and they showed an incredible ability to fight back and come back.

And so the Knicks, if anything, should convince you, Josh,

as you lay on the couch and you confess that you shut the game off,

to believe in this team.

Yeah.

I mean, this is, and I think this is what happens when you've had a team that's been together for a while. And so they know how to play together. They don't start getting down on one another because there's a shared struggle that you've been through. And no matter how bad it looks, you're going to keep fighting.

At the end of the day, the Knicks are going to keep fighting.

They're not a team where you see some of these in the NBA where they just concede, where they just kind of like, all right, we'll get them next game. That is never going to be this next team. I think part of that, to be honest with it, you owe to Tom Thibito. he's the one to instilled that in those guys.

Tom Thibbino will always get credit

for the building of this.

100. honest with it, you owe to Tom Thibito. He's the one to instill that in those guys. Tom Thibbido will always get credit for the building of this. 100%. I'm just talking about the mentality. No, I get it. That's a part of building this. Absolutely. I think building that mentality. Like, Tom Thibito is one of those guys who may not be here for the finish line. But I think we all know, no matter what you think about the firing, and this is not about Tibbs versus Brown, this is about understanding that you're right. He was a part of building this structure. Yeah. You know, it's interesting because the Giants have a guy like that, and Ernie O'Corsi, who built the team that ultimately won a Super Bowl. Now, he retired or whatever it was a year or so before, but ultimately he got a lot of the credit, even

though it was Jerry Reese's team.

Right, right.

Let's go to John in Newark, New Jersey.

What's up, John?

Hey, fellas.

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