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Marv Albert | Former Voice of the New York Knicks | 06-18-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 2: I've been talking about it all morning long. It's today,
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  Speaker 2: It's Thursday. It's the parade, the first Nicobaker Championship in
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  Speaker 2: fifty three years. You know, I was telling somebody a
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  Speaker 2: couple days ago. I know that the Knicks are giving
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  Speaker 2: out championship rings to a lot of people that didn't
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  Speaker 2: play like family members. And there are two guys in particular.
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  Speaker 2: You might think it's funny, but I'm being deadly serious
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  Speaker 2: that I think deserve rings this week today. One of
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  Speaker 2: them is, believe it or not, the former coach Tom Thibodeau.
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  Speaker 2: I know, Mike Brown got us over the top, and
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  Speaker 2: Mike Brown will now forever be a part of iconic
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  Speaker 2: New York sports history to him and Red Holtzman. But
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  Speaker 2: Thibadeaux set Mike Brown up for success. That's what I believe.
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  Speaker 2: The other one is Marv Albert. I know Mike Breen
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  Speaker 2: is the best in the business. Mike Brean and I
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  Speaker 2: are like brothers. He's a Hall of aamer not just
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  Speaker 2: a nick voice, but the voice of the NBA finals.
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  Speaker 2: He's the greatest. But I think Marv Albert set Mike
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  Speaker 2: Breen up for success. So Timbodeaux and Marv Albert should
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  Speaker 2: get rings this year. And with that said, here he
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  Speaker 2: is as a little boy to now my favorite announcer ever,
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  Speaker 2: the greatest Marv Albert, Good morning, Mark.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, thank you for the kind words. I disagree with
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  Speaker 3: that though, because I think you have to be part
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  Speaker 3: of the team and that's very kind. But uh, I
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  Speaker 3: don't think that really would hold would hold true? And
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  Speaker 3: I got my rings in seventy and seventy three where
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  Speaker 3: I was part of the situation by doing the games.
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  Speaker 3: So that's that's a different story. Well thanks anyways, welcome.
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  Speaker 2: Well tell me, Marv, tell me this the relationship between
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  Speaker 2: you and Jim Dolan. You know a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: say that it was bad. By the time Marv left,
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  Speaker 2: it was bad. I'll thes say, well, it wasn't that bad.
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  Speaker 2: What is really the relationship today between you and the
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  Speaker 2: current Nick.
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  Speaker 3: Owner, Well, there's no real relationship. He was unhappy that
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  Speaker 3: I would at times criticize the team if they weren't
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  Speaker 3: playing well. I just don't believe in broadcasting like that.
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  Speaker 3: So there is no relationship. I certainly respect what the
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  Speaker 3: Knicks have done. I think also the great thing about
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  Speaker 3: this team is the fact that there's so many good
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  Speaker 3: people on this on the squad. I mean, it's such
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  Speaker 3: a likable group of guys as we see as they
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  Speaker 3: make more important appearances during the course of you know,
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  Speaker 3: following up on the championship. But no, that's that's very nice.
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  Speaker 3: But there's no way that someone who's not attached to
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  Speaker 3: the team anymore should deserve getting a ring. And it
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  Speaker 3: really doesn't matter to me at all. I got my rings.
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  Speaker 2: No, And you listen, you got, like you said, those
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  Speaker 2: those two great ones, the very first two. And I
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  Speaker 2: guess you started about four or five years before the
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  Speaker 2: Knicks finally won it, and you stuck around till the
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think, like two thousand and four, long
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  Speaker 2: time with the Nick organization. Of course, you've also got
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  Speaker 2: the only Ranger ring in like the last ninety years,
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  Speaker 2: ninety well in nineteen ninety four when you called. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure you've been asked this a million times. Those
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  Speaker 2: two Nick wins in the late sixties early seventies were amazing,
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  Speaker 2: and now we've won again. But the Rangers, that would
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  Speaker 2: you would you consider that the greatest of your career?
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  Speaker 3: I actually think the seventy Knicks would be in that
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  Speaker 3: particular position. I mean that team was so good. When
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  Speaker 3: you think about, you know, the greatest team NBA history,
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  Speaker 3: I mean they wouldn't be, say, top five, but they'd
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  Speaker 3: be in the top ten with Clyde and Willis and
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  Speaker 3: de Buscher and Bradley. In seventy he was also Barnett
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  Speaker 3: and Earle joined them, and he was a member of
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  Speaker 3: the seventy three championship team. But those Nick teams were
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  Speaker 3: also unbelievable, particularly sixty nine to seventy. They won their
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  Speaker 3: first five games, lost one, and then they won eighteen straight.
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  Speaker 3: So he started at twenty three and one in nineteen seventy,
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  Speaker 3: which was incredible.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, some people have this team ahead of them, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Look it's different eras it's hard to compare, but look,
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  Speaker 2: I still think those guys are the best. I know,
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  Speaker 2: West Jalen Bunson belong. And some people say, now he's
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  Speaker 2: ahead of Patrick Ewing because Ewing didn't win, so he's
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  Speaker 2: number three because Clyde and Willis each won two championships.
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  Speaker 2: Others say, maybe Jalen is number one. You know, for me,
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  Speaker 2: if I did play this game, and I don't. If
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  Speaker 2: I did, I still have him behind Walt and Willis
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  Speaker 2: because they each won two and you know, bunts in
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  Speaker 2: at forty five that deciding game, which was amazing. But
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  Speaker 2: you can make an argument that Walt was responsible for
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  Speaker 2: seventy four points against the Lakers because he put in
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  Speaker 2: thirty six and dished out nineteen assists. Either way, Jalen Brunson,
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  Speaker 2: what are your thoughts on this guy? What an amazing series,
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  Speaker 2: specifically the last couple of games on that final game.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he was incredible all season, all season long. But
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  Speaker 3: it makes a good discussion. You know, I agree with
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  Speaker 3: what you're saying. I look at Willis and Clyde as
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  Speaker 3: one and two, and then you can make an argument
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  Speaker 3: there for Patrick Ewing even though he did not want
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  Speaker 3: a title, and then Jalen is right in there, you know. So,
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  Speaker 3: but it's a fun discussion even when you talk about
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  Speaker 3: different great teams in different eras, you have to start
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  Speaker 3: with the Chicago in ninety five ninety six in the
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  Speaker 3: regular season was like seventy two and ten. Yeah, So
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  Speaker 3: there were several Celtic teams that were unbelievable. Laker teams,
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  Speaker 3: the Lakers of eighty six eighty seven I thought were spectacular,
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  Speaker 3: and that Nick team, particularly in seventy was an amazing group.
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  Speaker 4: You would put that Nick team.
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  Speaker 2: You're talking about the Lowry Bird Celtics obviously in the
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  Speaker 2: Magic Johnson Kareem Lakers, right, But you know, if you
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  Speaker 2: really want to go back and you were around with
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  Speaker 2: these games, I wasn't, but you know those Russell Celtic
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  Speaker 2: teams they won the championship every year.
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  Speaker 4: That like Bive Hall of Famers Mark, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I mentioned that. Yeah, the Celtics too, as I said, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: there's no question they are. In terms of several years,
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  Speaker 3: you'd have to put them right up there with the Bulls.
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  Speaker 3: There's no no question about it. And some of the
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  Speaker 3: Laker teams in more recent times, you know, like ten
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  Speaker 3: years ago, so when Kobe was there in Shock, those
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  Speaker 3: are great, great teams. So it's it's a good argument
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  Speaker 3: for people to make, you know, fans like to talk
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  Speaker 3: about it. But you know, we'll see. With with Jalen,
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  Speaker 3: he what he did was unbelievable, particularly when you look
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  Speaker 3: at his size. I'd always look at his six to two.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe he's six's one, but he is such a spectacular player,
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  Speaker 3: there's no question about it.
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  Speaker 2: This is that voice, you know, that voice, the greatest
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  Speaker 2: mar Bob. But I love this guy so much, and
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  Speaker 2: it's always great to have him on these epic days
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  Speaker 2: in New York sports because he is a voice and
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  Speaker 2: will always be the voice of New York sports. And
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about this NICK team, and you know, again,
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  Speaker 2: Mike Brown now becomes part of that conversation. Only two
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  Speaker 2: NICK coaches ever have won championships. And did you ever think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a couple of years ago, you put Mike
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  Speaker 2: Brown in the same sentence as Red Holtzman. But don't
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  Speaker 2: look now there he is the only other NICK coach
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  Speaker 2: win one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well RD one two. Uh So you know, we'll see.
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  Speaker 3: But Mike was always a very good coach, even you know,
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  Speaker 3: coaches get fired all the time, and certainly that happened
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  Speaker 3: to him in a couple of places. But he was
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  Speaker 3: also an assistant on a couple of championship teams. I
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  Speaker 3: know Steve Kerr loved having him alongside him when they
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  Speaker 3: won championships. So yeah, I'm I'm so happy for Mike.
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  Speaker 3: He's he's really a great guy, and when I was
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  Speaker 3: doing games, he was always tremendous to talk to. He's
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  Speaker 3: a very likable person, you know, I think not only
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  Speaker 3: with players, but with all the people around him. So
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  Speaker 3: I'm really happy for Mike and Mark.
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  Speaker 2: You are too humble to accept the ring, which I
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  Speaker 2: did offer to you. Haven't asked tole On yet, but
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  Speaker 2: I opened it to you myself. But I also I
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  Speaker 2: mentioned two guys I met you and Tom Thibodeau, And
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  Speaker 2: you know, look, Tom did not get the Knicks to
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  Speaker 2: the NBA finals. He felt two games short, let alone
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  Speaker 2: winning an NBA championship.
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  Speaker 4: Mike really to us to the next level.
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  Speaker 2: But you'd agree that a lot of these players and
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  Speaker 2: a lot of the groundwork was set by the solid
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  Speaker 2: work of Tom Thibdaux the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I agree with you, no question. But I don't
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  Speaker 3: think a coach who has been with the team but
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  Speaker 3: didn't win the championship is going to get a ring
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  Speaker 3: ever that's that's not good. But he Yeah, he's a
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  Speaker 3: great Thomas a great coach, there's no question. But what
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  Speaker 3: what Mike did this season, I mean he made some changes. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he played more people. And you know, you're not going
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  Speaker 3: to give a coach from you know, previous years of
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  Speaker 3: ring now just because they helped develop a team. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you just can't. You can't do.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, But I just kind of I'm kind of kidding,
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  Speaker 2: but not really, because I do want to put out
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  Speaker 2: there that I do appreciate what Tibbdeau did the last
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  Speaker 2: couple of years.
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  Speaker 4: And you're right, Mike was better.
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  Speaker 2: He played more guys, right, Timbodaux was very stubborn about
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  Speaker 2: his bench and it turned out working out well because
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  Speaker 2: that Nick bench. You look at what they did, you know,
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  Speaker 2: individually at times in this series, from McBride to Mitchell
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  Speaker 2: Robinson to Chandry uh you know, to to Landry should
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  Speaker 2: say to Alvarado, how big he showed up?
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  Speaker 3: So oh he was he was terrific. Yeah in spots,
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  Speaker 3: I mean he was able to He's pretty amazing in
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  Speaker 3: what he was able to do. Uh, in very short
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  Speaker 3: periods of time.
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  Speaker 2: He was a tough kid Brooklyn. That's right, even Jordan Clarkson,
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  Speaker 2: so he actually had ten guys that he can go
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  Speaker 2: to Mike Brown pretty amazing. So you know what's amazing too,
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  Speaker 2: which Schobningo pointed out to me a couple of days ago.
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  Speaker 2: I know you were on his show too, Was that, Marvin,
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  Speaker 2: you were doing these games and the Knickerbockers were winning
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  Speaker 2: championships that a lot of those games were actually on
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  Speaker 2: tape delay?
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  Speaker 4: Is that right?
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  Speaker 3: Oh? TV? Yes, they were delayed, Yes, the uh certainly
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  Speaker 3: the uh, the finals were delayed. Yeah. We had an
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  Speaker 3: amazing uh radio audience for the Game seven, the one
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  Speaker 3: that where Willis walked out at the last minute because
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  Speaker 3: it was on delay, so we were live and it
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  Speaker 3: was at the time it was said to be one
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  Speaker 3: of the biggest radio audiences in New York history, you know,
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  Speaker 3: so that but that was a break for us to
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  Speaker 3: have the radio while TV went late at night with
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  Speaker 3: I believe it was, was it Chris Shenklin, Jack Twine
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  Speaker 3: and I think, yes, yeah, But you know, this is
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  Speaker 3: such an enormous basketball city. Uh. You know, you have backboards,
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  Speaker 3: hoots everywhere, and it's probably the most popular sport in
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  Speaker 3: New York City because kids and adults can play it,
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  Speaker 3: you know, so it's a little different than say baseball
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  Speaker 3: or obviously ice hockey. A lot more kids are playing
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  Speaker 3: that now out of the past. So basketball is huge
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  Speaker 3: in the city. And we see what the victory by
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  Speaker 3: the next is done. In terms of the turnouts, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: there were never such things as watch parties' that's a
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  Speaker 3: new one, you know. Yeah, and of course some of
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  Speaker 3: them became over the top on ruly, but it was
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  Speaker 3: really something to just see all the fans that came out.
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  Speaker 3: I know, That's never happened in any other NBA city
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  Speaker 3: when they won a championship.
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  Speaker 4: I've never seen that.
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  Speaker 2: And you're right, Look, even football expensive you got to
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  Speaker 2: buy shoulder pants and a helmet.
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  Speaker 4: You got to get all those guys together.
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  Speaker 2: Baseball you need nine guys and hopefully grass and not
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  Speaker 2: rocks and the hockey's equipment. You know, two guys saw
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  Speaker 2: up at a basketball court, and we got all these
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  Speaker 2: amazing courts from west Ford Street and Manhattan's Marine Park
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  Speaker 2: and Brooklyn to Rock I mean, all these all these
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  Speaker 2: amazing parks, and I do believe this is the home
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  Speaker 2: of street basketball, dating back to the days of Hawkins
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  Speaker 2: and I'll Sender and all those guys who played outdoors,
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  Speaker 2: Chris Mullamarine Pulk in Brooklyn. But I do want to
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  Speaker 2: go back to the last point you made. We'll let
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  Speaker 2: you run the great Marb Albert talking about how big
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  Speaker 2: this is for New York City. You know it's good
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  Speaker 2: to me. I'll be sixty in April. You know you'll
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  Speaker 2: be I guess forty this year.
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  Speaker 4: So we both seen up.
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  Speaker 2: We've both seen our fast year at champions and a
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  Speaker 2: giant band and half of the Mets in eighty six
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  Speaker 2: and the Rangers again in ninety four. But to your point,
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  Speaker 2: I've never seen anything like this with this twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: six NIG team ever.
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  Speaker 3: We haven't. No, there is no question about that, and
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  Speaker 3: it kind of it's brought a lot of people together.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you didn't expect that. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 3: there are always a lot of basketball fans, but what
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  Speaker 3: we've seen now it became party time when you can
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  Speaker 3: fill up Radio City Music Hall and they're watching it
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  Speaker 3: out of big screen League and you know, fill up
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  Speaker 3: is around the city and they're watching it on a
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  Speaker 3: VIC screen. I never thought i'd see that, and I
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  Speaker 3: don't think the Knicks expected that kind of reaction either.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they knew they had a lot of fans,
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  Speaker 3: there's no question, but to see the kind of reception
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  Speaker 3: throughout the city is the first time anyone has seen
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  Speaker 3: anything like that in any city after a championship.
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  Speaker 4: I have to agree.
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  Speaker 2: And it's perfect today because this is the big celebration
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  Speaker 2: with the parade coming up in a couple of hours
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  Speaker 2: and City Hall the mayor is going to give the
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  Speaker 2: keys to these players. But what made this day so
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  Speaker 2: perfect is that on a day when we're celebrating a
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  Speaker 2: Knicks championship in New York, I have more.
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  Speaker 4: About it on my show.
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  Speaker 2: So I win, Mark, I win, I got my ring,
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  Speaker 2: I got you. Thank you, Marv. Good to talk to you,
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  Speaker 2: my friend. God bless you, thank you, thank you, God
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  Speaker 2: bless you. There he is the all time great, my
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  Speaker 2: favorite him. I'm a little boy and still amazing, mister
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  Speaker 2: Marv Albert. We'll take a break. More of the Thursday edition,
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