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New York Knicks beat writer for @TheAthletic | Tampering Podcast on @AthleticNBAShow | Host of Katz and Shoot, a twice-a-week Knicks and NBA podcast
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INTRODUCING...
Katz and Shoot — a new podcast that will run twice a week during the NBA season.
The first ever episode with the great
@IanBegley
will be up later this afternoon.
Subscribe to the podcast on Patreon here:
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I once asked Russell Westbrook what he did on his day off, and he responded, “Minded my own business and stayed out of yours.”
Kawhi Leonard on Christmas Eve in his household: "Private, I don't discuss that with you guys."
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Tremendous.
Jayson Tatum says he might’ve still gone to Duke instead of taking $500K in the G League.
Bradley Beal: "So Duke gave you $600K?"
Tatum: "Hey, Duke might be the only stand-up school in the country."
Beal: "Listen man, I was born, but I wasn’t born yesterday."
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ESPN just announced it will air Kobe Bryant’s last game, the 60-point performance, tonight at 9pm ET.
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NBA should have two fans at each game. One home fan and one away fan on opposite sides of the arena. And they have to chant and cheer and scream trash talk each other from across the room.
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Reporter asks Russ how he approaches the Warriors game.
Russ: “what’s my answer?”
Reporter: “probably just yes.”
Russ: “No, no, no. What’s my answer? How do I approach it? What’s my answer.”
Reporter: “you play every game the same way.”
[walks off]
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The NBA just announced that Richard Jefferson — yes, THE Richard Jefferson — will referee the second quarter of the Knicks-Blazers summer league game tonight.
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There is a delay in the Wizards game and Russell Westbrook has been dancing by himself to no music for, like, the entire time:
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Omg.
Reporter: “Are you frustrated?”
Bradley Beal: “Is the sky blue?"
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Trae Young just took off his warmups and he’s wearing number 8…Awesome.
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Tom Thibodeau has seen this viral video. Mitchell Robinson showed it to him, and he said he thinks Mitch made it.
When you’re up 30 with 7 minutes left so you call Jalen Brunson’s up off the bench
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Russell Westbrook comments on the video of him screaming in the tunnel. (Some NSFW language here):
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Russell Westbrook gave a 2-and-a-half minute answer in response to a question about
@stephenasmith
’s comments on First Take: “A championship don't change my life. I'm happy. I was a champion once I made it to the NBA. I grew up in the streets. I'm a champion.”
Full quote here:
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Josh Hart on the ‘We want Taj’ chants: “Shit, I wanted Taj, too. What’d I play? 42 (minutes)? I was about to start begging for him.”
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My favorite NBA tradition is pretending that we don’t know Caruso can dunk every time he dunks.
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Sources: Because the NBA will not allow fans at most arenas this season, for the first time in history, the Andersons will not have tickets to the game.
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Josh Hart, while sitting next to Jalen Brunson, on if Brunson is a star player: "He's undersized, overrated, overpaid." He then came around and said he's a star, turned to Jalen, patted him on the leg and said, "You're an All-Star." Jalen responded, "Don't touch me."
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Scott Brooks calls Russell Westbrook “frugal.” One time, Brooks was on a plane, sitting first class and Westbrook walked by him to sit coach. Brooks asked him, why?? Russ said he didn’t wanna spend extra $300, then said, “I’m gonna get there the same time you’re gonna get there."
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Russell Westbrook: “I’m one of those players that if I need to defend at a high level, I can do that. If I need to score at a high level, I can do that. Pass? I can do that. Rebound? I can do that. Want me to coach? Shit, I can do that, too."
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😂 😂 Russell Westbrook gets asked by a reporter if he can share something about his family. Russ gives the names of his wife and kids. Reporter asks if he can explain what the move has been like for them.
Russ: "That’s all I got for you, champ."
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When I covered Melo in OKC, I had to write from locker room postgame to get stories in for 10:30 deadline. So at like 10:27, Melo would come over and heckle me for fun. One time, he pointed at the screen and said “That sentence is trash.” Also, “You gotta type faster than that.”
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John Wall said he’s going to use the time off from the injury as an opportunity to finish college. Said he’s close to graduation.
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Tom Thibodeau on if he's happy that the All-Star break is coming up, given all the injuries:
"I'm never happy."
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Steven Adams makes his favorite joke, trying to toss the basketball onto the rack 900 times before doing it successfully and then yelling, “YES!! FIRST TRY!!!”
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Unprompted text I just received from one team's cap person: "Fuck my life."
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I typed it. It’s up. Bobby Portis’ rib is confused, not contused. I will not be printing a retraction, since none of you can technically prove that his rib isn’t also confused.
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Yooooo Davis Bertans is doing shooting drills from almost 40 feet and he’s hitting all of them:
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Josh Hart on if he saw that Jalen Brunson isn’t starting the All-Star Game:
“Yeah. Fuckin’ loser.”
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Bobby Portis is out for the Knicks with a confused left rib. No preseason revenge game tonight.
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I'm sure the Nets have done their due diligence with a thorough and deep-diving investigation into Ime Udoka in the last five minutes.
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Josh Hart said when he took a halfcourt heave to end the second quarter, he felt his wrist click and it almost clicked back into place. Said he went to Brunson at the half and told him, “I can shoot 3s now.” This is basically the plot from Rookie of the Year.
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Asked Josh Hart about “the pass” from last game:
“I saw Quick was open down in Memphis. I forgot he wasn’t my teammate anymore.”
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Isaiah Thomas on losing his close friend, Kobe Bryant: "I just had talked to him last week. I got hurt. 2017, I lose my sister; 2019, I lose one of my best friends in Nipsey Hussle; and then to lose a mentor of mine, that’s bigger than basketball. That shit hurts."
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Hold up: Is Bobby Bonilla going to be the highest paid player in baseball this year?
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I have a new favorite All-Star Weekend moment: Reporter Danny Green jumping into the presser to ask Bradley Beal if he named his son “Batmo Beal.”
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Robin Lopez: "I’m really gonna miss playing with Wesley and Giannis and Khris Middleton and PC and George and so many players, but I’m not gonna miss Brook. I can tell you that."
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Exchange on TNT just now:
Charles Barkley: I hate when guys lie, they say, “We play all 82 games hard.” First of all, nobody plays all 82 games hard...
Ernie Johnson: Russell Westbrook?
Barkley: Yeah, he’s a different animal. My bad. I apologize, Russell.
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Here are Russell Westbrook’s numbers against the Pacers this year:
24.5 PPG
17.5 RPG
22.5 APG
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Steven Adams spent NBA opening night watching Japanese anime instead of basketball.
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How good are the Knicks?
My dad, who probably couldn't name a Knicks player other than Melo over the past 25 years, has watched like 5 straight games and is angrily texting me about the refs right now.
They're capturing the whole city.
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Carmelo Anthony says he helped bus 4,500 kids from Baltimore to DC for the march: “It’s a special moment...to see how powerful the youth are right now, and the voices are being heard.”
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Dwight Howard getting emotional on IG Live right now. Tearing up with the trophy and repeating one line to his followers: “Never give up on yourself.”
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Josh Hart on if he agrees with Doc Rivers that he is the heart of the Knicks:
“I don’t know. He’s the doctor.”
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Scott Brooks on LeBron James: “If you guys were not so tired of giving him the MVP, he should have nine of them by now.”
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The absolute funniest part of the Knicks being a half a game out of second place is that Tom Thibodeau is a half a game away from having to coach the All-Star Game.
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Russell Westbrook on the fan throwing popcorn: "I wouldn’t come up to me on the street and throw popcorn on my head, because you know what happens…In these arenas, you gotta start protecting the players. We’ll see what the NBA does."
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Westbrook says he doesn’t define legacy by championships but by the way you impact communities and inspire.
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Why does Jimmy Butler not get killed when he’s 4-for-11 from the field in a playoff game? Because how can you watch that game and not see that his fingerprints were all over everything? Defended like a maniac. Created transition opportunities. Plays his ass off. What a player.
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Just left the Knicks locker room. I can confidently say that the vibes are immaculate. Everyone in there screaming jokes across the room. It was just a wave of cheeriness.
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The New York Knicks are in third place in the Eastern Conference.
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The Knicks had Jalen Brunson for 47 seconds. They didn't have Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson or OG Anunoby. And they just won in Cleveland.
One of their guttiest wins of the season.
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Unfortunately, I grow more confident everyday that we are gonna have a gambling addiction epidemic
The NBA is adding live betting to NBA League Pass.
Viewers will be able to see betting lines on the screen in real-time, select the bet they want to place, and then be taken directly to FanDuel or DraftKings to place it.
It feels like every league will do this in the future.
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Josh Hart on the Knicks clinching home court advantage for the first round:
“I heard the lights are really bright at MSG at that time.”
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Paul George on athletes speaking about social activism: “We’re father’s. We’re sons. We’re brothers...For someone to say, ‘Stick to dribbling a basketball,’ that’s pretty ignorant. That just goes to show you where we are at as a country right now.”
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Josh Hart on this: “If he didn’t wanna be part of the story, he should’ve told his guys to defend better.”
Monty Williams didn't want to talk about Donte DiVincenzo:
"I don't care about their team. I couldn't care less. Those guys, the way they got those 3s. I don't want to be a part of that story."
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Bradley Beal ends his press conference with, “Y’all wear y’all’s masks."
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Robin Lopez on Russell Westbrook. "Russ, he’s contagious. Well, that’s a bit of a dirty word right now…His energy, it’s palpable."
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Some news: Yesterday was my last day as a Wizards beat writer. Today, I officially begin my new job, covering the Knicks for
@TheAthletic
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Russell Westbrook has tied Bradley Beal for 9th on the Wizards’ all-time triple-double list.
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Jalen Brunson on Josh Hart posting the highest single-game plus-minus in the NBA this season, at plus-46: “I could care less”
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Bradley Beal will officially head into the All-Star break averaging 29.1 points per game, the most ever for a non All-Star.
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A statistical summary of why the Knicks are pulling Kemba Walker from the rotation:
Knicks have the best defense in the league when he’s on the bench (99.0 DRtg) & are dead last (116.3 DRtg) when he’s on the floor.
They are 27th in offense with him playing, 9th with him off.
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Deni Avdija’s NBA debut is done, and he still hasn’t missed a shot since joining the Wizards:
• 15 points
• 6-for-6 FGs
• 3-for-3 3PAs
• 4 rebs
• 2 asts
• 24 mins
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Russell Westbrook will wear No. 4 for the Wizards, the team announces.
No. 0 still belongs to Agent Zero, himself.
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In the last week, the Wizards have beaten the Heat, Nuggets and now Celtics without:
• Bradley Beal
• Rui Hachimura
• Thomas Bryant
• Davis Bertans
• Moe Wagner
• John Wall
• C.J. Miles
And now Ish Smith is getting MVP chants.
This is the world we live in.
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If the Wizards lose free agents Bobby Portis and Jabari Parker, possible though not inevitable, that means they would have traded Otto Porter, Kelly Oubre and Austin Rivers for the grand total of a top-36 protected 2023 second-round pick.
And that’s it.
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Scott Brooks said he once asked Russell Westbrook why he was always so angry during games and Westbrook responded, “Coach, I don’t like 58 point guards in the league."
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They call them the Philadelphia 76ers because they shoot 76 free throws a game.
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As we all marvel over Damian Lillard, a necessary comment: The Blazers broadcast is flat out fantastic. Every time I watch, they are smart, funny, likable, excited for the team without being homerish and they have super chemistry.
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Your MVP, MIP, Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year are all from outside the US. The NBA has accomplished what it set out to do so many years ago. Basketball is very much a global sport.
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The Knicks are signing all lefties because of the short porch in right field.
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Zach Randolph was the first player named Zach in the history of the NBA.
He was, quite literally, a trail blazer.
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Yes. I know of 3 trades they made but I was keeping them to myself until someone on Twitter asked me.
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Kemba Walker is out of the Knicks rotation “as of right now,” Tom Thibodeau says. He says he will tighten the rotation moving forward. “It would be tough to play three small guards together,” Thibodeau says. Says he has great respect for Walker and all he’s accomplished.
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Bradley Beal on Deni Avdija: "Russ yells at him if he doesn’t shoot the ball. And whenever Russ yells, you do what he says."
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Mitchell Robinson just said that RJ Barrett is "coming with great energy," then he and RJ started giggling uncontrollably on the podium. Mitchell has now pulled his hoodie over his face while RJ talks.
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There is no greater homecourt advantage than being able to throw your opponent in prison for the season.
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The night did provide one fantastic Steven Adams moment. I asked Adams after the scrum if he saw Melo's interview. He said, "No, was it trash?" I told him about the MFer. And Adams looked right at the Thunder's head PR guy and goes, "How's your job right now, mate?"
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Scott Brooks on the 76ers: "They put their socks on one sock at a time, just like us — unless they’re doing something tricky, putting two socks on, but I don’t think so."
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This is a good time to remind you all that my dad thought Rondo’s full name was Ron Doe. Like, he thought his name was Ronald Doe.
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That Vanessa Bryant's first public statement in a time like this is her thinking of other people and going out of her way to help other families is remarkable
Vanessa Bryant with her first public comments, on IG: "My girls and I want to thank the millions of people who’ve shown support and love during this horrific time. Thank you for all the prayers. We definitely need them. We are completely devastated by the sudden loss...
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I'm just gonna say it: The Knicks are better with OG Anunoby.
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Tyrese Haliburton’s new profile pic after making All-Star last night:
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Tom Thibodeau if he would considering adding Taj Gibson to his coaching staff when Gibson is done playing:
"100 percent."
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Just emerged from the drawing room of the lottery, where San Antonio didn’t just win the first pick. Spurs got drawn TWO more times in the lottery, so they had to redo multiple picks. Destiny was on their side tonight.
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Another Steven Adams eating story: At Steven Adams’ pre-draft interview with the Kings in 2013, after eating two appetizers and a steak, he ordered a second steak and finished it. Then he ate an entire loaf of bread, cutting it with a fork and steak knife as if it were meat.
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RJ Barrett’s season is officially done.
Here are the 21-year-old’s final numbers from his third NBA season:
• 20.0 PPG
• 5.8 RPG
• 3.0 APG
• 41-34-71 shooting
• 46.6% eFG
• 51.1% TS
• 27.6% usage
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