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OneLegUpAlex Sports - The Garden Has Two Captains In It 12-20-25 POWERED BY FANATICS · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: All right, well, I know it's not Friday, but this
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  Speaker 1: is my Fanatics Friday edition on a Saturday of the
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  Speaker 1: One Up Network, because I want to shout out two
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  Speaker 1: guys in the same arena that are proving the Garden
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  Speaker 1: has a captain. Hum, let's start with Jalen Brunson into
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  Speaker 1: the hands of Jaylor Brunson sticks down too eight seconds
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  Speaker 1: to go, Brunts and Drives pulls back three pointer time.
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  Speaker 1: Jalen puts the nuts of down and the Knicks take
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  Speaker 1: the lead with four point four Romader. And remember they
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  Speaker 1: had just won the NBA Cup a couple nights before,
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  Speaker 1: so the energy was high, the adrenaline was high. Then
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  Speaker 1: they go to Indiana, who of course we know they
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  Speaker 1: have trouble with, and Jalen Brunson does that. But then
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  Speaker 1: in the same very evening for the Rangers, their captain
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  Speaker 1: does this, fort T Miller brother shoots the scars Fller
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  Speaker 1: doesn't again. Mike Breen, Kenny Albert with the calls there,
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  Speaker 1: and that's when I said on Twitter on X the
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  Speaker 1: Garden has two captains in him, you know, like a
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  Speaker 1: play on word on Captain Morgan. Two captains in him.
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  Speaker 1: Because Jalen Brunson never, you know, disappoints, and JT. Miller
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  Speaker 1: is proving the late Larry Brooks right that he deserves
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  Speaker 1: to be the captain. So I'm I'm very excited. I'm
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  Speaker 1: very impressed by how these two have taken the captain
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  Speaker 1: ship and run with it. Now, the Rangers, they've had
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  Speaker 1: some odd nights, right, They're hot one night, then they're
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  Speaker 1: cold on home it's another It's very strange, and jts
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  Speaker 1: the answer for those nights as well. But I think
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  Speaker 1: for the long haul he is the captain. I always
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  Speaker 1: thought Crighter could be the captain. Of course, he had
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  Speaker 1: an emotional homecoming this week with the Ducks. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think anybody really thought Truba was the answer at captain.
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  Speaker 1: So for Miller, who was basically a homegrown Ranger, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he went to a few different teams, but he came
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  Speaker 1: back to New York a homegrown ranger. He's right for
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  Speaker 1: the captaincy, by the way. That's been asked for Ida.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, I'm gonna promote and advertise the NBA Cup championshirt.
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  Speaker 1: I know we all want the Larry O'Brien, I know
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  Speaker 1: we all want the Knicks to win that next chip
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  Speaker 1: in June. But for now, let's enjoy the NBA Cup title.
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  Speaker 1: Let's enjoy the Knicks having a trophy for the first
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  Speaker 1: time in fifty two years. Can we can we people
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  Speaker 1: that for the banner. Okay, whatever they want, the bigger one,
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  Speaker 1: I understand it. But let's at least put a the
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  Speaker 1: Cup Championship shirt on sale. I think that's a huge deal.
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  Speaker 1: They get prize money, they get to bring home the
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  Speaker 1: NBA Cup trophy. It's exciting stuff. It's exciting stuff. But
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  Speaker 1: I digress. It is nice to see both teams at
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  Speaker 1: Madison Square Garden having a captain that is worth being
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  Speaker 1: called a captain. The Rangers have hungered for a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: The Knicks obviously naming Bruns and the captain was a
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  Speaker 1: no brainer, was a no brainer. But when you hear
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  Speaker 1: calls like that on the ice, on the hardwood, they
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  Speaker 1: are justifying this move to make them the captain of
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  Speaker 1: these teams and almost like it's almost like with the Yankees, right,
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  Speaker 1: you want that order at the top of the lineup
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  Speaker 1: set up, then that trickles down to the other eight guys. Well,
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  Speaker 1: if you have a solid captain, it should trickle down
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  Speaker 1: to the entire team, and maybe this year because DROI
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  Speaker 1: decided to blow up the entire Ranger team. It's a
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  Speaker 1: little different trying to get used to each other. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: decide to blow it up entirely, basically. But I think
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  Speaker 1: with Miller at the Helm, the Rangers could do some
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  Speaker 1: good in the next few years, as long as no
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  Speaker 1: one gets send it away again. And as far as
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  Speaker 1: the Knicks, we know what happens when they're all healthy.
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  Speaker 1: When they're all healthy, they can do damage. No one
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  Speaker 1: expected that Haliburton shot to go in and devastate the
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  Speaker 1: knicks chances last year, but I keep harping on it
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  Speaker 1: when these when this team is healthy, they can do
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  Speaker 1: some damage. And I want that damage to continue. I
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  Speaker 1: want to see Penn Plaza flooded out with Nick fans
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  Speaker 1: and Ranger fans watch party after watch party. Shouldn't we
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  Speaker 1: want ninety four all over again, but with the result
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  Speaker 1: of both teams winning, and I think with Miller and
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  Speaker 1: Brunson leading the way in both locker rooms at the Garden,
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  Speaker 1: something special is going to be brewing here. Things special
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  Speaker 1: is brewing here. Last year was just a taste of
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  Speaker 1: how special it could be. The Rangers rebuilding. I think
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  Speaker 1: we're all tired of it. I think we're all pretty
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  Speaker 1: much sickened by how much rebuilding Dury wanted to do.
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  Speaker 1: But they did one thing right. The team did one
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  Speaker 1: thing right. They named Miller captain. They named Miller the captain,
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  Speaker 1: and they followed the advice of the late great Larry Brooks.
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  Speaker 1: And it's paying off mightily. The dividends are are there.
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  Speaker 1: So while you're enjoying the college football playoffs, and while
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  Speaker 1: you're enjoying NFL Saturday, if you're a local New Yorker,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta be excited that there are two captains in
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  Speaker 1: the garden. I see Miller's netted three OT winners already.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty good. And then on the other hand, and
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  Speaker 1: on the other side, Bruntson keeps making Mike Bringo say
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  Speaker 1: bang bang, and I hope he keeps doing that. And
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  Speaker 1: I know it's only December, but these winds matter, These
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  Speaker 1: winds matter. And then last night got to go to
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  Speaker 1: a sports networking event at Ubs Arena, which was pretty
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  Speaker 1: cool thanks to Teamwork Sports Online, and I got to
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  Speaker 1: watch the kid, the boy Wonder, Matt Schaeffer being beloved
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  Speaker 1: by the Islander crowd, by the Island crowd as he
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  Speaker 1: came on the ice for warm ups and off the
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  Speaker 1: ice after warm ups. And if you're a hockey guy
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  Speaker 1: or hockey girl, I totally recommend going to warm ups.
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  Speaker 1: It's the most intimate time, are most close. You can
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  Speaker 1: get to this team, these teams before they drop the puck,
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  Speaker 1: and you can see how much the island loves this kid.
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  Speaker 1: At eighteen years old, Matthew Schaeffer is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the difference maker in Long Island for years to come.
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  Speaker 1: And they should get a ring with him too. So
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  Speaker 1: it's fun feeling a hockey energy. Yesterday at Ubs Arena,
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  Speaker 1: it was fun reading about JT. Miller hearing the colleges
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  Speaker 1: now by Kenny Albert. Look, May and June, we want
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  Speaker 1: these teams to be thriving, don't we. We want the
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  Speaker 1: Knicks to be thriving, the Rangers to be thriving. We
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  Speaker 1: won't watch parties every night, And like a batting order,
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  Speaker 1: the captain of those two teams will make the trickle
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  Speaker 1: down difference and make it better for the whole team.
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  Speaker 1: That's why my Finats Friday is dedicated to the two
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  Speaker 1: captains and a reminder that the Madison Square Garden, the
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  Speaker 1: Garden has not one but two captains in them for
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  Speaker 1: the very long haul, and we should be very hopeful
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  Speaker 1: and think about how lucky we are to have these
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  Speaker 1: guys as captains in this moment, right here, right now,
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  Speaker 1: on the wo UP network