Knicks' Banner Night and the LeBron Helicopter "Nothing Burger"

Craig Carton (0:01)

Coming up on 3 o'clock, Carton Show Big Mac, New York Knicks, Title Defense begins tonight. Sixers in town.

SPEAKER_2 (0:14)

Yeah.

Craig Carton (0:15)

The good thing for LeBron is that he got to sleep at home tonight.

SPEAKER_2 (0:22)

No need for the helicopter. That's right.

Craig Carton (0:26)

Oh, it's great.

Chris McMonigle (0:27)

Where's Tom Paltory on that by the way? If we got into the bottom of the...

Craig Carton (0:30)

Well, Adam Silver was asked about it today. I guess he was making some of the media rounds. And he said, I don't know how to make this any clearer. There's no violation.

Michael Rubin does not own a percentage of the Sixers. And if his company wants to give LeBron James, who endorses their products, a helicopter, he's well within his rights to do so. Which is what I said from minute one, that this is a ridiculous investigation. I guess you can't get them all right.

Do I want to hear the audio of Adam Silver? Not really. I just said what he said. Thank you for asking, though. I appreciate that. Yeah, like, it was a nothing burger from Jump Street. And now the commissioner just confirmed it is still a nothing burger.

Chris McMonigle (1:10)

Nothing burger.

Craig Carton (1:11)

Everyone talks about Paul Votori like he's the greatest investigative reporter of all time. He broke one story. And he owns it. It's his story. And he won a Pulitzer for it. So I'm not saying he's not good at that. Where's all the other stories?

Right?

SPEAKER_2 (1:26)

Yeah, I don't know.

Craig Carton (1:27)

Oh, that's right. Magicians don't really cut women in half. We got that one. Oh, the mentalist doesn't know everybody's pin code. Oh, wow. I'm so glad you you you read that ship. I was unaware.

Like, where's all the other great brilliant investigative reporting? Oh, I heard the Wu Tang album because they called you and invited you over to listen to it.

Chris McMonigle (1:49)

Yeah, right.

Craig Carton (1:50)

Like, what are you doing?

Chris McMonigle (1:51)

Is he trying to pretend like he found it somewhere in like a back shelf of some Martin Screlli owned it.

Craig Carton (1:56)

OK, the farmer boy guy that went to prison for changing prices of drugs, whatever it was. And I'm not sure who else owned it. But that person said, do you want to hear it? I'll play it for you.

SPEAKER_2 (2:08)

Wow. Oh, wow.

Craig Carton (2:12)

It's like, oh, you win nothing.

Anyhow, I'm just excited. Perpetual smile on my face all day. Getting ready for tonight's Knick game. Here's Sebastian and Ron Conkama on the fan. Sebastian, good afternoon. How are you?

SPEAKER_2 (2:30)

What's up, guys? Happy opening day. That's right. I can't believe we're champions, man. I can't believe it.

Craig Carton (2:37)

Yeah, biggest opening night in 50 years.

SPEAKER_2 (2:40)

Yeah?

Yeah, sir. I wanted to ask you guys a question. So I see two happenings, two possibilities going on with this season. Either we run it back, we're great, there's no championship hangover, none of that, because we're ballers, and we run it back, and we do have a good season. Yeah. Or on the flip side, we have a championship hangover, and maybe at the trade deadline we're not that good, the record is below 500 or something.

Chris McMonigle (3:05)

It's impossible for that to happen. Yeah, that would be-

SPEAKER_2 (3:08)

Or not below 500, or maybe we're a little underwhelming, and front office hasn't extended cat yet, and they talk about-

Chris McMonigle (3:16)

I'm sorry, are you calling in today?

Craig Carton (3:18)

Yes, he is.

Chris McMonigle (3:19)

To, as we're about to crown them champions, and give them rings, and voice the banner, are you suggesting that we could be in a place where they trade cat at the deadline? Is that the call?

Craig Carton (3:31)

That's where he's at.

Chris McMonigle (3:32)

He wanted to ask if there's a place they could be halfway through the year at the deadline where moving cat would be possible?

Craig Carton (3:40)

Carl-Anthony Towns has signed this year, he's got an option next year, he's not going anywhere right now.

Chris McMonigle (3:44)

They just won the NBA Championship. They're not gonna be under 500, and that can't be a Nick fan. That cannot be a Nick fan calling right now saying, what happens if they're not good this year when you trade cat?

SPEAKER_2 (3:55)

Tonight's a celebration.

Craig Carton (3:57)

That's what tonight is. Tonight's a celebration.

Chris McMonigle (4:00)

Oh my God.

Craig Carton (4:01)

And here's the other good thing about tonight. While the Knicks are favored tonight against the Sixers by four and a half, the late night kick game tonight out of San Antonio is Oklahoma City against San Antonio, which I also like because after watching the Knicks raise the banner, get the rings and beat the Sixers just to kind of plant their flag that I don't care how the 50-year-old you bring in on to your roster. You still have Old Man and Bede and you have Old Man and LeBron and we're not that worried about you. I get to go from watching the Knicks win their opener against the Sixers to watching Oklahoma City go into San Antonio and get revenge for the Western Conference Finals last year and put Wembe back to his French love himself.