Donte DiVincenzo on his Game 5 altercation with Myles Turner:
“They were trying to be tough guys. That’s not their identity.… Nobody’s gonna fight in the NBA. Take the foul, keep it moving. You’re not a tough guy, just keep it moving.”
Ole zesty myles tryna play tough guy tonight..Ihart would’ve washed him
GettyKevin Durant being defended by Karl-Anthony Towns.
With the success the New York Knicks have found during the NBA playoffs despite the injuries they’ve dealt with, they look to possibly be one piece away from being a legitimate threat to win the NBA Finals. If Julius Randle was healthy, he could’ve been a potential threat for the Knicks, but past playoff struggles aren’t in his favor. To replace Randle’s playoff struggles, Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report proposed a deal to send Kevin Durant to the Knicks for Randle and more.
Knicks would get: Durant
Suns would get: Randle, Mitchell Robinson, three-first round pick Buckley alludes to the Boardroom interview Durant did in February. During the Boardroom interview, Durant said the Knicks are “popping now.”
“They’re popping now,” Durant said. “They’re playing well. The last few years, they were playing well.”
That comment is different than what he’s said in the past.
“Is that enough for New York to reignite its pursuit? It should be, as having a scorer of his caliber alongside ascending star Jalen Brunson might make this attack unstoppable,” Buckley wrote in his May 16 article proposing three trades for the Knicks. “It would take a fortune to get Durant—maybe three first-round picks, plus Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson—but he’d be worth it if he can stay healthy.”Kevin Durant’s Agent Wanted Him to Play for the New York Knicks
During the interview with Boardroom, Duran’t agent, Rich Kleiman, told him to tell the camera and any New York Knicks fans watching that he wanted him to go to the Knicks.
“You definitely did, you definitely did, more than anything,” Durant responded.
