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@hoss_lanepronto7943
April 27, 2026 at 7:47 pm
Na perk do gotta point
@rhohuncho
April 27, 2026 at 7:47 pm
Moving Embiid? Maxey is the one that doesn’t come up big in the playoffs 😂 without Embiid for 80% of the season Maxey got you the play in. Be fr
@z1pp3r420
April 27, 2026 at 7:53 pm
But they get mad at LeBron when he’s hard on a front office to give up future assets for the now. Rip LeBron all those years in Cleveland about how he was the GM and with the lakers but now they want Brunson to do it lmao
@coreybrown6686
April 27, 2026 at 7:56 pm
Pg literally been the best player on that team n the playoffs! Clearly perk doesn’t watch the games
@sandeepsingh-gf3xx
April 27, 2026 at 7:56 pm
dude is on periods on each day of month.😵💫😵💫
@estebangarcia5352
April 27, 2026 at 7:56 pm
Stephen A . Is. Right though. They give up to many picks for bridges. You expect him to do his job no less !!
@kendalltaylor897
April 27, 2026 at 8:04 pm
Wait. Do I actually agree with Perk?!?
@kendalltaylor897
April 27, 2026 at 8:09 pm
Soooo…you want Jalen Brunson to be the GM now?
@mal1k1005
April 27, 2026 at 8:17 pm
the BERLIN WALL? LMAOOO
@AceArty23
April 27, 2026 at 8:31 pm
“You from TeeeEEEeexas!” 😂😂😂 big NYC energy
@mikema7194
April 27, 2026 at 8:41 pm
They gave up all those picks to the nets and nets used all 5 of them and I cannot even name one of them who are playing on the nets , Knicks knew these were going to be trash picks
@bluechips9030
April 27, 2026 at 8:55 pm
Stephen A. tellin Perk he couldn’t hide behind the Berlin wall got me😂
@AnnyBriggette
April 27, 2026 at 8:59 pm
I am tired of them talking about bridges.
@Kyle-xe5qx
April 27, 2026 at 9:14 pm
Mikael bridges was always a role player at best. Knicks kind of deserve their place in purgatory
@rocko9206
April 27, 2026 at 9:16 pm
Perk made sense!! First time is refreshing 😂
@Kolawole-n8x
April 27, 2026 at 9:30 pm
New York fans all think having the best stadium in North America directly should guarantee them Rings. smh
@worldwidewally1134
April 27, 2026 at 9:34 pm
Stephen A and Perk were in rare form on this segment😂😂😂😂
@Humble_Legend
April 27, 2026 at 9:36 pm
Kendrick “Cool Booty” Perkins
@eddierodriguez3328
April 27, 2026 at 9:50 pm
Mikal bridges not supposed to play in crunch time like the 4 quarters a trash player like that Knicks can’t trust
@KTMonee
April 27, 2026 at 10:02 pm
Just because you’ve never won doesn’t mean you have to accept any performance.. perk sound like a weirdo theres nothing wrong with being hard on nba players having 0s across the stat sheet. Foh.. bridges is a joke
@elgritton
April 27, 2026 at 10:11 pm
Perks doing the same years ago with Celtics, what a full circle.
@NayaWrap
April 27, 2026 at 10:31 pm
Let’s trade 10 first round picks for mikal bridges
@mdm767
April 27, 2026 at 10:35 pm
How many picks did they give for Mikal Bridges? 😊
@igit_7296
April 27, 2026 at 10:52 pm
Every time this guy opens his mouth I feel the fatigue that many refer to. Why does he speak like that?
@jasonhenderson1767
April 27, 2026 at 11:01 pm
hawks played a bad game but its not over yet!