Giannis Antetokounmpo to the New York Knicks? ‘Hell no!’ | The Dan Le Batard Show | NBC Sports
BIRTHED HERE BETWEEN WHAT PABLO DOES AND WHAT WE DO IN MIAMI. UH, I WANTED TO BRING IN A MEAN HERE TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT UH, GIANNIS IS COMING TO THE KNICKS OR YOU DON’T WANT. YOU DON’T WANT, YOU DON’T WANT US. ALL RIGHT, I MEAN, TELL ME WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YIANNIS. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN HERE? OVER THE LAST WHAT YOU’VE SEEN HAPPEN OVER THE LAST WEEK, MARK STEIN’S BEEN REPORTING THAT THE BUCKS ARE TELLING EVERYBODY. THEY’RE NOT LISTENING, THEY’RE NOT LISTENING, THEY DON’T WANT TO TRADE GIANNIS. I DON’T KNOW WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM AND PRETTY MUCH 2019 TEAMS ARE LIKE. YEAH, RIGHT. SO THEY JUST KEEP CALLING THEM AND SAY, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS, WHAT ABOUT THAT? BUT I’M MORE INTERESTED IN, FROM FROM MERRILL. YOU’RE SAYING NO TO YIANNIS, NO, HELL NO, WHY HELL Y’ALL LISTEN. YEAH, Y’ALL KNOW BALL MORE THAN I DO. I WILL SAY THAT YOU KNOW, CLOUDY PILLOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? LIKE Y’ALL ARE MORE AVID BALL KNOWS THAN ME. I WATCH. YOU KNOW AND I AND I WHAT’S THE CORRECT TERM, VAGUELY CONSCIOUS VAGUELY CONSCIOUS, OR I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF WAGERING, I WILL WAGER ON OCCASION. OKAY. SO IN ORDER TO WAGER WITH A, WITH A, YOU KNOW, INTELLIGENTLY, YOU GOT TO THE KNICKS HAVE NOT BEEN THE KNICKS HAVE STARTED TO GEL, THEY LOOK GOOD. EVEN THOUGH DESMOND BAY WAS PLAYING DODGEBALL YESTERDAY YOU KNOW I MEAN WITH OG THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL I LOVED IT BUT THEY’RE THEY LOOK, THEY DON’T LOOK BAD, THEY LOOKED IN DISARRAY IN THE BEGINNING AND NOW THEY DON’T LOOK LIKE THEY’RE IN DISARRAY, THEY’RE WINNING GAMES THAT COVERING, OKAY? WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART AND THE MAIN THIS IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME WHEN A FAN BASE FALLS IN LOVE WITH THEIR HEART AND STAINS. THEY DID THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THEY DIDN’T WANT HIM TRADED AND NOW THEY’VE GOT BRUNSON AND KARL ANTHONY TOWNS AND THEY EVEN THOUGH WE’VE SEEN WHAT THE CEILING OF THAT IS, OKAY, SO BALL DOORS, PLEASE BREAK THIS DOWN TO ME. HOW DO YOU MAKE MITCHELL ROBINSON AND JANICE AT NPO? OKAY, WORK ON A TEAM TOGETHER, YOU NEED SHOOTERS AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET WORRIED ABOUT HOW MITCHELL ROBINSON IS GOING TO FIT AROUND YOU GOT TO GET CAT IS OUT OF HERE. IF YOU’RE GONNA GET GIANNIS, GOING TO TRADE GIANNIS FOR FOR DUCE MCBRIDE AND A COUPLE SECOND ROUNDERS, THAT’S NOT HAPPENING. SO YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE MELLOW THING. ALL OVER AGAIN AND BE LIKE, YO, HERE’S EVERYBODY EXCEPT WITH THE MELLOW THING. I WAS OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE I HAD BECAUSE YOU HAVE CO-HOSTED, A PODCAST WITH CARMELO ANTHONY. ALSO THAT PART BUT LIKE PREVIOUSLY PREDATING THAT ALSO I KNEW TIMOTHY MOZGOV WAS A BUM. SO I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS RUSSIAN IS HOLDING UP THIS TRADE. GET HIM OUT OF HERE. I DIDN’T A SHOUT OUT TO WILSON CHANDLER, EVERYBODY ELSE. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION CALLING IT DID. HE TELLS IS THE BEST SHOOTING BIG MAN IN ALL OF THE NBA PERIOD. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANY ARGUMENTS TO THE CONTRARY AND IS, I’M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE HE’S DOMINICAN, I’M SAYING THAT, BECAUSE IT’S THE TRUTH, I FEEL LIKE THERE’S A SMALL PERCENTAGE AT THE VERY LEAST THAT IS SAYING IT EXPLICITLY, BECAUSE HE’S THE, HE’S THE 8 AND A HALF PERCENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? CAUSE CONSERVATIVELY THE TEAM LOOKS GOOD, WE GOT, THERE’S A CHEMISTRY, THERE’S A FLOW, 16 AND 7. YEAH. YEAH, NOT MAD AT THE SECOND. I MEAN, I MEAN, I THINK THAT HE SPEAKS FOR A LOT OF NEW YORK AND A LOT OF FAN BASES WHEN THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE THING THAT 16 AND 7 THAT’S SCRAPPY AND YOU BRING GIANNIS IN AND IT BECOMES A DIFFERENT THING, BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE WORSE THAN 16 AND 7. GIANNIS? IS RIGHT ON THE PRECIPICE OF BEING A BUM. NOT A BUM. JESUS, NOT A BUM. HE HAD HIS BEST SEASON LAST YEAR, STATISTICALLY, HE LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT A JUMPER LAST SEASON. SO, IT’S LIKE NOW, OKAY, NOW HE KNOWS HOW TO SHOOT A ELBOW JUMPER. YOU’RE GOING TO TRADE, EVERY SHOOTER YOU HAVE ON THE TEAM TO GET HIM IN THERE. WE DON’T GOT PICKS. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? CALL STY BRO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN OVER THERE. I MEAN I MEAN WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS HERE? LIKE BECAUSE I I DO I REMEMBER I REMEMBER THE 42 AND 40 MIAMI HEAT OF LAMAR, ODOM AND KURAN BUTLER AND BRIAN GRANT NOT WANTING TO TRADE, FOR SHAQ, NOT WANTING TO TRADE FOR SHAQ WITH THE SCRAPPY TEAM. THAT’S ALL RIGHT, THIS IS NOT A STATISTICALLY, HE LEARNED HOW THIS IS NOT A SCRAPPY TEAM, MILLION DOLLARS. WHAT’S SCRAPPY ABOUT THAT. I’M SCRAPPY. I DON’T GOT 40 MIL EVERY YEAR. CAN IT CLOCK? IT STOP. WE’RE CALLING, ANTHONY TOWNS. MUYL BRIDGES, BRO, YOU TRADED ALL THOSE PICS FOR THAT GUY. TO SPACE THE FLOOR. I’M USING ALL THESE, LIKE, CLICHE BASKETBALL, CLICHES SPACE, THE FLOOR. WE NEED SPACING. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? YIANNIS KID SHOOTING 03, SOME SHOT, 20% FROM 3. I WANT MAR, I MEAN, I WANT MORROW TO SPORTS ANALYTICS CONFERENCE. COME ON. GIVE ME YOUR OWN BASKETBALL MEAN? JUST HIP FIRING. I’M I DON’T WANT YIANNIS. I MEAN I’M JUST SAYING LIKE HE’S, HE’S A, HE’S A GENERATIONAL GUY. I AGREE WITH THAT, HE’S PHENOMENAL. I DON’T THINK HE FITS IN WITH WHAT? WHAT’S GOING ON. ALSO? HE’S MAD BUNS, GUYS. OH, ARE WE FORGETTING ABOUT GET BAD GAME. HE HAS. HE’S THE IS A MAN NICE TO HIM. THEY ASKING QUESTIONS. OH GIANNIS. DO YOU CONSIDER THIS SEASON? A FAILURE AND THEN THE WHOLE, THE REMEMBER, THE ERIC EDDIE, THAT IF YOU ASK ME THIS, YOU ASKED ME THIS BEFORE AGAIN. AND THEN I TELL YOU I TELL YOU IT’S NOT FAILURE, IT’S NOT FAILURE. TELL ME THE NEW YORK POST. THAT’S NOT FAILURE. COME ON. THEY’RE GONNA BE LIKE, GREEK YOGURT. THEY’RE GONNA HAVE HIS HEAD POPPING OUT OF AN OILS BOTTLE LOOKING CRAZY. HE’S, THEY’RE GONNA PUT HIS HAND ON A GYRO MEAT THING AND SLICED BY EVERY NEW YORK POST BEAT REPORTER IN THE WORLD. THIS IS NEW YORK CITY. IF YOU SUCK, THEY’RE GOING TO BE LIKE, YO, YOU SUCK. EVEN IF YOU SUCK FOR 30 SECONDS OF OTHERWISE, TREMENDOUS GAME, ARE YOU GOING TO GO INTO ALLOWING ME TO SAY ANYTHING? UH, NO, LET ME HE’S COOKING. LET HIM COOK, MAN. THE LATTER MEAN, AND WHITE SAUCE AND RED SAUCE TZATZIKI, IS A MAN NICE TO HIM. THEY I MEAN, AND WHITE SAUCE. AND THEM IN HISTORIA. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. LIKE I CANNOT THINK OF ANOTHER PLAYER GOING TO A CITY SIMPLY FOR LIKE THE THE DEMOGRAPHICS BETWEEN THE NIGERIANS AND THE GREEKS IN NEW YORK. THEY WOULD HAVE I FORGET IT A A PARADE THAT WOULD NEVER END AND TO ME IT’S LIKE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAY YOU YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS THIS UP. THIS IS WHAT I ASKED YOU REALISTICALLY. HOW GOOD IS THIS TEAM? IS THIS A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM? YOU THINK THE TEAM CAN WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH NO ADDITIONS? JUST THIS TEAM? I THINK THIS TEAM WITH SOME BENCH EDITIONS, THAT’S THE PROBLEM, IT’S THE BENCH, ITS DEPTH. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? I THINK WITH SOME BENCH EDITIONS THAT ARE NOT ABSOLUTE BUMS. THIS TEAM IS A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT’S JUST REALLY ABOUT DEPTH. YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED. THEY TOOK OUT THE STARTERS BENCH CAME IN LEAD TRUNK, GOT TO PUT THE STARTERS BACK IN. IF WE GET INTO THE SITUATION WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT, I SAY WE LIKE I’M ON THE TEAM. UH THEN WE’RE GOOD BUT GIANNIS MAN. I DON’T KNOW DOG. IT JUST FEELS VERY AS A AS A LIFELONG KNICKS FAN. I MEAN, IT JUST FEELS VERY NIKKI. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M GET THE MOTHER SELLING MAD JERSEYS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. I JUST DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYONE OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK, WHO BELIEVES THE KNICKS ARE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WITH A COUPLE OF BENCH PIECES. I I, I, I, I AND I I’M FINE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? BECAUSE NOBODY THOUGHT THE MIAMI HEAT WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM TO GO TO THE FINALS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHEN THEY HAD THAT LITTLE RUN WITH JIMMY WAS DOING HIS THING, THEY WEREN’T A CHAMPION BUT THEY WEREN’T, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? THAT GETS THERE. EVERYBODY’S SAYING IT’S THE KNICKS. 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3 comments
the disrespect to the knicks is wild an i agree dont trade for him the guy has one year left he can always pull a dame an go back to
Milwaukee
The fact that Pablo looks down on the idea of questioning how Mitch and Giannis fit together and the spacing being an issue shows Pablo doesnt know a fkn thing about basketball.
Why is this fool mero talking sports