LeBron's Sixers a THREAT to the Knicks? Was this the right move for The King?

It's Shine Time, baby! LeBron James moving to New York so he can commute to Philly and be a 76er. More on that, and if the Kings' latest super team will be enough to dethrone the next. Plus, Kyle Shanahan's accidents, Cody Bellinger's hamstring, and Michael Porter Jr.'s bruised ego. Shine Time starts right now. What's the decision process going to be like for you behind closed doors? Um, I don't know. I think for me it's about the process. Like, you know, if I can commit to still being in love with the process of showing up to the arena five and a half hours before a game to start preparing for a game. For me, I've always been in love with the process and not the, you know, the aftermath. Like, okay, well, we won that game, or we won a championship, or I got, like, I've always enjoyed the process more than the outcome. I want to, you know, join a franchise that kind of shares the same, you know, motto as myself, and that's like practicing championship habits every day, but trusting the process more than anything. I think you trust the process of actually getting to that point. After all this speculation, the answer to the Summer LeBron finally here. At age 41, the King has agreed to a two-year $8 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, locking arms with Tyrese Maxey and Jalen Brown and Vijay Edgecombe and Joel Embiid. It has been 43 years since the Sixers last brought home the Larry O'Brien trophy. Is LeBron the last piece of the process? And maybe, as we play that intro and you hear all the clips of trust the process, we should have paid more attention to some of those words, some of the breadcrumbs that were being thrown out by LeBron and Rich Paul. If you remember when we played that clip of Rich Paul and Max Kellerman on the Game Over podcast here on Shine Time, and Paul had a star next to Tyrese Maxey's name. Maybe we should have paid more attention to that. So let me give you a strong take on this move with LeBron James going to Philadelphia. I love it. I absolutely, positively love it. Good for LeBron. Great for LeBron. I give LeBron James a ton of credit. In no universe is this ring-chasing. The Philadelphia 76ers haven't won a championship in 43 years! LeBron James could have decided to go somewhere else. Golden States. And that's what I wanted to see from a fun perspective. Let him and staff play together. He could have gone somewhere where there wasn't any kind of championship pressure. James took to Twitter late on Friday after the announcement, and he said it's all about bringing a championship to Philadelphia. This is what drives it. Listen, we said it after the parting of ways with the Lakers and LeBron that the only team that he couldn't jump on was San Antonio. Then, that's ring-chasing. Philadelphia? Philadelphia's a great team. Philadelphia's going to have the ability to do great things. I think that there are some inherent issues with Philadelphia. He's now going to have to deal with Joel Embiid as a questionable player every single day. Doesn't like to play back-to-backs. I'm on record saying, and I've been right, Joel Embiid, losing ball player. They would never get out of the second round, the Sixers, with Joel Embiid. I now have to change that statement. Because LeBron James being an all-time great player and winner and warrior, an example in terms of practice habits and championship qualities, I think that can help Joel Embiid. I think that when you look at what Vegas was able to put out there for the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Jalen Brown deal obviously changed everything. Listen, they are now 9-1 to win a championship with the fourth best odds and the NBA to win a title this year. And remember this about LeBron, and we've talked about this, and he signed a two-year deal for $8 million total. LeBron historically always wins a championship in year two. Happened in Miami. Happened in Cleveland. Happened with the Lakers. So, I give LeBron a ton of credit for making this decision. LeBron James still, and we saw this last year in LA, has a ton of gas left in the tank. He is, and I'm not going to give you even an arbitrary number, it's 15. You got first team, second team, third team, all NBA, so it's 15 players. He is still the top 15 player in the NBA. I still firmly believe that at age 41. It's incredible. He could have easily said, I don't want to go to the cauldron of Philadelphia. You know, a legit major market in the Northeast, where at the end of the day, you're going to be judged by the fans and the media, and they love their teams in Philly. Smart, passionate, amazing, diehard fans. LeBron wanted the smoke. He wanted the action. He wanted the heat, and I love it. I think LeBron deserves so much credit. He could have made this very easy, very familiar. You know, obviously has been with Cleveland a couple times. Has been with Miami. Played in the Olympics with someone like Steph Curry. You know, Draymond Green. He's known forever, a clutch client. I love that he decided to go, and he decided to play here for the Philadelphia 76ers. And I think Jalen Brown kind of changes everything here for this team. When you have someone like Jalen Brown, and you have someone like Jalen Brown with LeBron James. With Tyrese Maxey. With VJ Edgecombe. There are a lot of mouths to feed, but I think that Jalen Brown joining Philly with an ax to grind, because let's be honest, Boston threw him out, and there was no market for Jalen Brown stunningly. And he's going to have a chip on his shoulder. I think this team is going to be terrific. Absolutely terrific. And I thought that before LeBron signed there. I obviously think that after LeBron signed there. And I think that you're going to see the Sixers. Look, Tyrese Maxey, to me, is everything right with the NBA. Tyrese Maxey is a star star. Tyrese Maxey, I mean, he's a freight train. He's got an unbelievable bag on offense. He is terrific. He's a winner. VJ Edgecombe, I loved him at Baylor. Loved him this year in Philly. This is a dynamic duo. You add Brown to the mix, you're already in the conversation to win a championship. You have Nick Nurse, who as a head coach has won a championship. Preaches defense. Nick Nurse is the right guy at the right time to manage all these guys with a massive egos and great reputations. And at times, you know, reputations that frankly need to be massaged a little bit. You know, LeBron is now going to have to deal with Jalen Brown and his Twitch stream. LeBron is now going to have to deal with whether or not on any given back-to-back or any given moment Joel Embiid is going to play. Listen, I've destroyed Joel Embiid throughout his career. I've been right. I believe that. Philly has given him a pass. The process was a joke. Sam Hinckley was a joke. And obviously, you know, someone like Embiid barely even wanted to be out there. Remember the Olympics a few years ago? Then, you know, he should have never played in the Olympics because he was not 100% healthy. Then he told our friend Tim Bontemps, who was at ESPN at the time, well, you know what? Season hasn't even started yet. I'm not playing back-to-backs. I think this is the best thing that's ever happened to Joel Embiid. Because the standards are going to be raised. I am not phased in any way, shape, or form by LeBron, I mean, I know people, friends of mine, co-workers of mine, who live in New York and work in Philly, who live in Philly and work in New York. This is not a tough commute. And if LeBron's getting a helicopter, more power to him. That's great. J.J. Redick, his coach with the Lakers, lived in Brooklyn when he played for Philadelphia. It's not a crazy commute in any way, shape, or form. Listen, I give James so much credit, right? This is his final decision, his final process, and his final destination. And he went for the jugular. He went for heat. I think in so many ways, it's akin to, you know, what Tom Brady did going to the Buccaneers. A lot of people didn't think that he would just show up at a place that was kind of random to him. I think that it worked brilliantly for Brady. I think it could work to that same kind of level for LeBron. He obviously is driven by winning. I give him so much credit. You know, he could have, the longer it went, and we talked about this before I went on vacation, and I was in Cabo last week monitoring everything. I love that I broke on a Friday, by the way, so we can do it fresh on a Monday and didn't miss a thing. This is phenomenal for LeBron. Wanted to be where Jalen Hurts is the quarterback. Wanted to be where it's all Eagles all the time. Where the Flyers are obviously a monster topic. The Phillies, and Bryce Harper, and Kyle Schwarber, and Zach Wheeler, monster topic. He wanted the heat. He wanted the juice. He wanted to win. He wanted to feel something. I give LeBron James all the credit in the world. How about the teams LeBron did not choose? According to their reports, final decision came down to the Sixers, the Cavs, the Heats, and the Golden State Warriors. Let's go in that order. I think for Cleveland, this is kind of a disaster, and I felt as if we talked about this on Shine Time, the longer it moved on, the less and less chance he was going to Cleveland. Because if it was going to be Cleveland, that was kind of easy off the top, right? It was, okay, Lakers don't want him. He doesn't want LA. However you want to spin it, I'm going to take my talents back to where it started. Kid from Akron, delivered a championship to Cleveland. Third time in Cleveland. Could win in Cleveland. Retirement job, family, the whole thing. Longer it went, I think that that signaled there was not going to be Cleveland. I also made a point to go back and watch the original version of the podcast with my guy Max Kellerman and my guy Rich Paul. Game over podcast on The Ringer. And there were a couple of breadcrumbs and things you go back and you look at in hindsight now that he's going to Philly. When Rich Paul made a big deal about Cleveland trading Garland, who's a clutch client. That, to me, was the thing. Especially when you consider, you know, compare and contrast with Maxie, who is a clutch client and was in Philadelphia. That, to me, was a deal. Also, there was something about Harden. I can never get past. And I thought Cleveland was an option. Donovan Mitchell and LeBron have no relationship, right? No relationship. And that's kind of a huge deal. Also, we could start talking about, you know, the butterfly effect and the domino effect of Brad Stevens. You know, he doesn't, you know, include Shireman and he doesn't include Gonzalez in what should have been a Giannis deal. Then he sells low here with regards to ultimately trading him to Philadelphia, trading Brown to Philadelphia. Sets everything up where that's where LeBron goes. Cleveland was supposed to be in the Jalen Brown mix. And, you know, things got hung up on compensation and Evan Mobley. That's always going to be now part of the what if here with regards to LeBron James. But the longer it went, the less and less likely I thought it was going to be Cleveland. But it's not good for the Cavs because now I can't see a scenario here where Cleveland gets over the hump. You almost forget, right? Because they didn't win a game against the Knicks. Cleveland played in the conference finals last year. I mean, and I like Donovan Mitchell a lot. You can knock me over with a feather if they play in the conference finals this year. I would be stunned by this. Miami feels like they got their collective hearts ripped out. If I'm a fan of the Miami Heat, I feel like I was kind of strung along here. I mean, Dan Levitard has been all over it. He's obviously tapped in with Miami. They had Pat Riley on the Dan Levitard show last week. Member of Levitard staff last week said, you know, LeBron is going to announce he's going to Miami. You had the whole YouTube press conference fiasco. Someone got fired over that. Now, I don't think this is like old school LeBron where he's going to take all that into the equation and then bam, he's going to make a decision based upon spite. But I don't think it helped, right? I mean, that's kind of not how LeBron rolls in any way, shape or form. I also think LeBron knew what I knew, what you knew. And let's compare and contrast the two here, Miami and, you know, a team like the Philadelphia 76ers. This team doesn't have any shooting. And I don't know where they're planning on getting any shooting. And even if it was LeBron and Giannis in Miami, it just, they weren't going to be good enough to win another championship. So why would you take the talent to South Beach? Bolster is amazing. Pat Riley is amazing. Heat culture is a real thing. But even if he signed in Miami, there was no way that I was going to say, this is a real contender to win the East win a championship. I say it for Philly, not in any way, shape or form. And I think Miami's screwed. When I look at the Bucs right now, you know who they are? When I look at the Heat right now, they're the Miami Bucs. That's what we're talking about here. That's not good enough when it's all said and done. I think this team right now, and look, Atlanta got better. You know, Orlando got better. Don't sleep on Detroit, still the one seed. If the Kawhi deal goes through, I think that Toronto is going to be a real contender when it's all said and done. So I look at the Heat right now, today as we speak, as team at best, five through seven in the Eastern Conference. That's awful if you're a fan of the Miami Heat. Warriors, this is a disaster. And you weren't going to be a championship team anyway with LeBron James. But man, I wanted to see this. I'm happy for LeBron. I defend the move to Philly. It's great for him. But I selfishly wanted Steph and I wanted LeBron playing together because, listen, it's basketball heaven. It's who are the all-time greats. They did it on the Olympics. I love that we just showed that clip of Anthony Davis, because I do think they were trying at the end of the day to make sure they got Anthony Davis as part of that Golden State mix. And by the way, credit Washington. They made sure that wasn't part of the deal and part of the case. And at the end of the day, the Washington Wizards are not going to be a pawn in any kind of rich ball scheme to get the band together in Golden State. And the Wizards, they're moving in the right direction. So I give them a lot of credit. Warriors are a mess. And they're going to try to retool on the fly. Look, it's kind of a disaster. You know, Steph said, this is why you can't, and I'll paraphrase here, can't get chickens before they hatch. I think they thought there was a real chance. And if, you know, again, I thought it was going to be Golden State because of Steph and LeBron. And they've always, you know, played in the finals against each other, the Heaths and then the Cavs. And, you know, then all those big moments with, you know, the conference finals and conference games, the Lakers and the Warriors. I thought this would have been the one, but LeBron didn't want it. And the Warriors at this stage, as we speak, they're not even a playoff team. I don't even know if they're a play-in team. That's how bad this is for Golden State. LeBron would have been a playoff team. Now, I don't even think that they're in the top 10 when you take a look at the Western Conference, seriously, which to me is not even remotely a hot take when you consider where they were last year. So this is a total disaster here for the Golden State Warriors, the fact that they were spurned by LeBron James. So how does this impact my Knicks? Well, first of all, maybe this means that in Philadelphia for the home games, they can actually get a couple of Philly fans in the arena. I think this feels about right in terms of the Knicks and the Sixers having the best odds to win the Eastern Conference. I think that's fair. I would put the Raptors and the Pistons as the next group of teams. I do not think the Boston Celtics will be a top four team in the Eastern Conference. They still have Tatum. They have Paul George, but I don't buy that at all. You know, I would right now rank it, Knicks number one, Sixers number two. I would put the Pistons number three, the Raptors number four, and I might move Toronto up once we get 100% Adam Silver stabbed that the Kawhi Leonard deal is ultimately going to go through. But the Sixers, make no mistake, are the biggest threat to the Knicks in the East. I felt that way before LeBron. I feel that way after LeBron. And I think the Sixers have a real shot to win the Eastern Conference. Having said that, the fact that LeBron goes to Philly is really going to help the Knicks. I'm going to tell you why. First of all, I'll always and forever believe this, right? I really think that by winning a championship, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikkel Bridges, and their third seasons with the New York Knicks, regular season, will have the best regular season they've ever had. All the pressure is off. They can take a breath. They want a championship. They don't have to justify anything ever again. So the Knicks last year won a championship. They were dominant, unbelievable, majestic moments. We all know the deal. In the postseason, they were the third seed in the regular season. So I think the Knicks will have a better regular season this year than they did last year. That's number one. Number two, Jalen Brunson, you know, whatever the Knicks do this season, so many ways it's going to be house money, right? I still walk the streets. You know, I'm in Cabo on vacation. You see someone wearing a Knicks hat, Knicks and five. I mean, it's the vibes are too good. I don't want to say this year doesn't matter because if Jalen Brunson was sitting next to me, I would never say that to him. But now that you see LeBron go to Philly, this group was always going to be motivated. They're going to be even more motivated. Celebrate, go to the clubs, go for dinner, do everything, go to Yankees games, whatever it is. But by the middle of August, this team is going to be so locked in and so focused on not only repeating and not only being the Kings of New York and the Kings of the NBA again, but to make sure that they're better than LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers. Listen, I think this is going to ultimately be such an incredible thing when it's all said and done for the Knicks. They didn't need any carrot that was dangled in terms of motivation. How about the reports that Rich Paul and company reached out to the Knicks and the Knicks were like, hell no, we don't need LeBron James. Can you imagine telling your younger self, you know, after the first decision when LeBron spurned the Knicks, that X number of years later, we were going to see, 20 years later, we were going to see the Knicks win a championship and the Knicks would turn down LeBron James? Amazing. I think the Sixers are unequivocally the biggest threat to New York. I love that this rivalry is going to have now a fever pitch. I think there's a real shot the Sixers open the season in New York against the Knicks. Frankly, I would love to see Knicks Spurs or Knicks Thunder on opening night with the 76ers in golden states to get the party started. But that's what I would do. I think the league's going to put the Sixers and the Knicks, ultimately, when it was all said and done. I think that is going to be the case. I don't think there's any question about that, that that's what we're looking at here. So I think that's the leader in the clubhouse. But I will tell you right here and right now, Philly is number two. Knicks, number one. When you take a look at the Eastern Conference here on What Matters the Most, the Shine Time Power Rankings. What's the latest with Kyle Shanahan after that scary car accident? Plus, another Yankee star is hit by the injury bug. How much more can they withstand? And Jalen Brunson got yet another win this weekend with an offseason dunk on the Nets for Shine Time next. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was in a serious car accident that will keep him from fully coaching at the start of training camp. Notably, it was not reported until 11 days after the accident took place. Here's 49ers general manager John Lynch discussing the situation. Kyle is doing good. He's got some bumps and bruises. He did suffer a concussion in the in the accident. Has some lingering effects from that concussion. And, you know, we're kind of treating this. We don't have a protocol for staff members when it comes to concussions, but we do with players and it's become very helpful. So Kyle basically is going to be like in the protocol. I want to start out by saying I'm glad that Kyle Shanahan is alive. I'm glad for all intents and purposes that he's OK. The details as reported by the California Post on the accident and the severity of the Shanahan situation and the concussion that John Lynch just talked about and all the injuries to the face and the ribs and everything that transpired and bleeding from his head. It was gory and grotesque and obviously not what you want if you're Kyle Shanahan. And I'm just happy that he's OK and he's still with us. It was that kind of car accident. Now, I do think, obviously, when we talk about the delay for Kyle Shanahan and the reporting on it and listen, I think that someone like Shanahan, who I've had on my Sirius XM radio show before, and I've talked about on numerous occasions, I think he is one of the best coaches in the National Football League. And he's one of the best guys in the National Football League. And, you know, frankly, I've interviewed Kyle a few times. I used to interview his dad, Mike, every single year when he was coaching the Denver Broncos. So I've known the Shanahan family for a long time. So I can't speak, and I didn't know about this until the story broke over the weekend and the California Post has been all over it. Obviously, the Niners delayed the reporting on the story and controlled the situation. And I think that I can speak to this portion of it. When you are a phenomenal coach, when you treat people the right way, I think when it comes to something that is personal in nature, there will be grace in terms of how something is reported and time frame. Now, am I surprised knowing what we know now that it took this long? Yes. Yes, I am. Am I surprised that San Francisco delayed it? And as a result, whether they knew it or not, and their public relations staff in San Francisco is sensational. Am I surprised they delayed it knowing that there would be people who would start to speculate why, and is there more, and should there be more in the conversation? Yes, I think that was absolutely a misstep here by the San Francisco 49ers. Now, I do think it's also, because we are obviously on Shine Time, a sports show, to mention, I do think this has a perhaps negative effect, domino effect on the 49ers for the season. Kyle Shanahan is a phenomenal coach. Kyle Shanahan runs a tight ship and training camp. Kyle Shanahan is a top 2-3-4 play caller in the National Football League. Kyle Shanahan created Brock Purdy. I think Brock Purdy's great. I think he's become great because of the watchful eye of Kyle Shanahan. Mike Evans, first camp with the San Francisco 49ers. I would like that he and Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan were all together and practicing and coming up with a game plan of what works and what sticks. Look, the Niners are going to get Nick Bosa back. They're going to get Fred Warner back. San Francisco's loaded. Christian McCaffrey is still unbelievable. Trent Williams, full training camp. George Kittle. We can go through the galaxy of stars, right? This team will be locked and loaded to do great things once again. Or this might ultimately prevent them from being a playoff team. Rams are the team to beat in the division. The champs are still in the division. The NFC has a lot of great teams. I don't lock in my picks or predictions, and this is why. Injuries, things that happen until the Wednesday before Labor Day. Then we put everything in stone. Currently, I have the 49ers, team five through eight in the NFC. And I think San Francisco, by the way, eight is a bad number. Seven teams in the conference make the playoffs. So eight is not where you want to be. I think this is obviously something to monitor. As John Lynch said, there is no protocol in place when it comes to coaches and concussions. I am concerned about Kyle as a coach. I'm concerned about Kyle as a human being. I like John Lynch a lot. I like Kyle Shanahan a lot. I love the 49ers as an organization. But the delay in all this does increase skepticism, confusion, conversation, consternation. And that puts the Niners as a topic for conversation for the wrong reasons. There's an ambiguity. There's a haze over this story. That is not a good thing as we speak in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Cody Bellinger left Saturday's win for the Yankees over the Phillies with a hamstring issue after legging out a double after the game. Sounded like maybe it wasn't going to be a major issue. Honestly, I'm not sure. I've never had a hamstring before, so it just feels a little tight. I really don't think it's anything too serious. I feel like it's on the smaller side. So that's just my honest, that's how I feel. Well, on the heels of that, Cody Bellinger's on the injured list. 10-day injured list. Sounds like, according to John Heyman, that it's going to be longer than that. And I watched the Yankees last night. I get back from vacation. I'm excited. And that lineup was absolute puke. I mean, there's no Belly. There's no Stanton. There's no Judge. Judge isn't ready for baseball activity. Stanton, who the hell knows. Belly has been the belly of the beast. It's been Ben Rice and Cody Bellinger for the Yankees. And when I saw this, and I was watching the game live on Saturday, and he tries to leg out that double, which he did successfully, you see him on the replay. He pulls up kind of gingerly between first and second, able to make it to second safely. Ah, you knew. You knew something was wrong physically with Bellinger. And that makes me, as a Yankee fan, there's something wrong now mentally. Because the New York Yankees, when it comes to the injuries and the issues on offense, it's just no good. And Aaron Judge is not close. And he's going to be out for the foreseeable future. And when you don't have Judge, and you don't have Bellinger, and you don't have Stanton in the middle of that batting order, and listen, Aaron Boone is not a great manager anyway. But now you're asking Aaron Boone to mix, and match, and figure it out, and manufacture runs. And the Yankees have no fundies under Aaron Boone in any way, shape, or form. It's obviously a big of a mess. Now, you look at everything that goes on here with the Yankees, and everything that goes on with their ability to take a couple of games and win a series against the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia. Look, I give the Yankees a ton of credit for taking this series. And I give the Yankees a ton of credit for even with the injuries, and the issues, and the abysmal approach and execution on offense. Look, I'm energized here as a Yankees fan. There is reason to believe on the last Monday in July that the New York Yankees are still the team to beat in the American League. And that's because of the pitching. And the pitching for the Yankees is just amazing. What Schlittler did on Friday against Philadelphia was brilliant, and breathtaking, and vintage Schlittler. You take a look at Cole and Freed. Freed back from the injured list. And what Freed did in that doubleheader in his return against the Pirates. And then Garrett Cole, what he was able to do. And you look at these three together, it's majestic. It's mesmerizing. If Rodon gets back, buckle up buttercup. Yankees had a great start from Weathers over the weekend. So, I don't believe in Tampa. I think Tampa will make the playoffs. But in terms of whether or not I take Tampa seriously, unless they go out and make a trade for Scoble, it's kind of like pixie dust when it comes to the Tampa race. So, I think even with the Bellinger News, which is brutal if you're a fan of the New The pitching is energizing. The pitching pumps you up. The pitching gives you reason for hope without question. This is why you can criticize the Yankees. You can rip the Yankees. You can be annoyed at the Yankees. All things I've done and will continue to do. But then you kind of take a breath. They're still the team to beat in the American League. Look, the Red Sox have been amazing. Red Sox won 15 straight. Lost the game. Still take the three series against Tampa, Baltimore and Toronto. The three ALEs teams in a row after the break. We said that they would be alive and whether or not alive and well be determined, you know, based upon those three series. Officially, they're alive and well. They make a trade for a bat. What the Yankees have to do is make sure they're aggressive on offense when it comes to the trade deadline next week. And with that said, and I don't mean to beat a dead horse, I don't want to see Anthony Volpe ever again. Look, I was right. I was ahead of the curve with regards to Volpe. He's awful. Last night, it's an error. He can't drive the ball. No extra base hits. We've been over everything with, you know, how awful he is on offense and defense and his base running mistakes and his fundamentals. And he's just completely clueless. And he's careless. And he has no relationship with Derek Jeter. We've been through all that. I don't think he's going to be here. Reading the New York Post and reading what has been reported and what Greg Joyce has to say and what John Heyman has to say and Joel Sherman and, I mean, at some point Boone and Cashman need to realize Volpe is a liability and making them look foolish and really just hurting the Yankees' chances to win the division, win the American League, go to the World Series and win it. It's officially George Lombard time. And that's the portion of this that gets me going as a Yankees fan. Because there is a replacement. And the reporting around Lombard from the New York Post has been absolutely, positively tremendous. And what I want to see is him as a New York Yankees shortstop. And I love that we're showing defensive still shots because his defense is going to be built for the show. It's going to be remarkable. This guy's been around baseball his entire life. Obviously his dad's been around the big leagues for his entire life. I want Lombard as my shortstop for the New York Yankees at the very latest, August 4th, after the trade deadline. I don't want to see Volpe again. Banish him to the minors. Or better yet, find a sucker that's willing to take him. Because I don't think the light will ever go on for Anthony Volpe. But the Lombard situation, first of all, anyone who's not Volpe would be a positive. But a prospect like this, with the baseball IQ like that, with what he brings to the table on defense, man, that's the kind of guy I want playing the shortstop position. I would rather roll with a neophyte, with a rookie, than look at Anthony Volpe ever again. That's what I want to see. It's what I need to see for my New York Yankees. But wait, there's more. You want to know the difference between being a star of the World Champion Knicks and the star of the Brooklyn Nets in New York City? Look no further. I mean, we've already told the Brooklyn Nets to fold the franchise, right? We've already told the Brooklyn Nets, get out of Brooklyn. Get out of New York. We've already done that. And I've meant every single word. That video right there is the greatest thing ever. Michael Porter Jr., by the way, is a terrific basketball player. And I want to just say this again on the record, I don't root against the Nets. I never have as a Knicks fan. They've always been a fun other team. I love the Jason Kidd Nets. I love the Nets, you know, with Drozd and Petrovic back in the day. But this, Michael Porter Jr. can't get in the club. And there's Jalen Brunson and his outstanding wife, Allie, just walking right into the club. That's it. That's what it is. Brunson's king in New York. Brunson plays for the Knicks. Allie's fantastic. And they go right in. Jalen Brunson's never going to, at the end of the day, you know, have to pay for another meal, be denied to any kind of club. And this is what happens when you win for New York City's team. This is what happens when you're the king of New York. This is who Jalen Brunson is. He can walk in anywhere, any time, any place. We've seen Brunson at Yankee games since day one. We've seen Brunson at the World Cup. We've seen Brunson at restaurants. We saw the video last week of Brunson's in the rain. One New Yorker has an umbrella, or another New Yorker has an umbrella. Michael Porter Jr. can't get into the club. You know why? Because he plays for the Nets. And you know why he can't get into the club playing for the Nets? Because the Nets don't exist. They're a figment of our imagination. This is also the same team that, you know, decided they weren't going to draft Aikoff, which made absolutely no sense. So I feel bad for the diehard Nets fans. I know you're out there. I know that this exists without question. I know that you guys love your team. But that video, get out of New York. Move somewhere else. Maybe you'll be appreciated. Or maybe you won't. What a complete and utter disaster and an embarrassment. Michael Porter Jr. asked if he's on the list. Meanwhile, the king of New York? That's the way my king, my queen, Mr. and Mrs. Brunson, Ali and Jalen, that's the way they live. As they should. That's the show. If you miss any portion of the show, just do what I do. It rewatches the show over and over and over again. Just go to the New York Postsports YouTube page, California Postsports YouTube page. Search Shine Time. See you tomorrow on Shine Time. Bye-bye.