Hey there, next fans.

Hey there, Nix fans.

How you doing?

It's your boy, Jonathan Macri, with you for another edition of the Nix Film School podcast

and another, the latest in our series for the summer 25 for 25, counting down the top 25

nix of the last 25 seasons.

And we are now on the inside of the top 20, in the teens, as it were, starting today with, you know, we've been, we've had a lot of beloved Knicks on these episodes so far, even though they are on the lower end of our list.

And I'm not sure we've had one who is quite as beloved as today's subject, but at least for me.

And that is Isaiah Hardinstein, who I am joined today by Andrew Claudio again.

Hello, sir.

Hello, John.

This is certainly for you in the beloved department for who we're talking about today. Not that I didn't love Hartenstein and

appreciate Hardinstein, which is going to be the crux of our conversation. But I think we come

off of an episode about a more beloved, Nick, in a certain sense, and one that for me might be a little

complicated to talk about. So I'm decided to do it. I want to, I kind of want to go right there.

I'll just ask you, why is Isaiah Hartstein complicated for you to talk about? Well, for one, he left.

Like, as much as I respect the decision and understand the decision, I'd argue had he stayed

and done what he did with O KC this year, he's much higher on this list for all of us.

And for two, he spent the majority of his time here as a backup.

Like, he spent the majority of his first season.

I mean, the entirety of his first season outside when Mitchell Robinson was hurt as a backup.

And then last year, or this, the two years ago, the, why not now season,

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