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Speaker 1: On today's show, Zion Williamson tantalizes basketball fans and then

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Speaker 1: he teases Knicks fans a Canadian show put on in America,

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Speaker 1: including some skinny on skinny crime, and Trey Young performs

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Speaker 1: the perfect closing performance, No, not just shooting, getting everyone involved. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm tas Melis and this is what you need to

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Speaker 1: know in the NBA for Monday, April nineteen. What's up? Everybody?

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Speaker 1: Happy Monday? And it was a happy Sunday for everybody

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Speaker 1: watching on National TV. And that's where we'll start. Nicks

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Speaker 1: Pelicans National TV got a great game on Sunday afternoon.

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Speaker 1: The Knicks ended up getting their six straight win. This

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Speaker 1: one went to overtime, but even in the lass, Zion

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Speaker 1: Williamson was of course the story both during the game

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Speaker 1: and after it as well. Let's start in game, because

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Speaker 1: point Zion is a master of losing the ball while driving,

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Speaker 1: gaining possession again, and then finishing it. Whether it's someone

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Speaker 1: who knocks it loose or not. That guy is just

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Speaker 1: got the handles and he's so strong. Try and take

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Speaker 1: know if you can keep this stet, but he just

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Speaker 1: and then the offense of rebounding not only just tossing

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Speaker 1: people aside, but he is just simply stronger than everybody else.

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Speaker 1: If you've ever been underneath a hoop trying to get

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Speaker 1: know I've been there. You feel hopeless. You feel hopeless,

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Speaker 1: and I think even NBA players feel hopeless. Sitting beside

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Speaker 1: Zion Williamson, he had thirty four on the night. It

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Speaker 1: But Lonzo Ball inexplicably left the corner shooter open. Reggie

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Speaker 1: you leaving the shooter? I wondered whether the Knicks trading

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Speaker 1: for Derrick Rose was worth it. He's definitely taking some

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Speaker 1: to win and Rose is helping do that. To close

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Speaker 1: it out, Rose hit a three with a minute thirty left,

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Speaker 1: then he set up Bullock for that three, then he

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Speaker 1: The Knicks are in sixth. If Rose adds to the

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Speaker 1: winning culture, if New York is looked at differently by

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Speaker 1: That's where Rose's value comes in. And one guy that

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Speaker 2: Listen, I'm glad you asked that. Actually, I mean New

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Speaker 2: And I mean this atmosphere. You know, whether they're cheering

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Speaker 2: I think outside of New Orleans obviously, I think this

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Speaker 2: I can't even lit to you. I can't a lot

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Speaker 1: Every talk show we'll be talking about that Monday morning.

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Speaker 1: But he is absolutely going nowhere for years. So is

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Speaker 1: because it will be news elsewhere. Unfortunately. A lot of

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Speaker 1: if you're a Knicks fan, that means more free agents soon,

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Speaker 1: right now. Last week, the MAVs Luka Doncic and owner

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Speaker 1: But this was totally right. This is what the MAVs

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Speaker 1: He had fifteen points, eleven rebounds, and eight assists. He's

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