DO NOT FORGET Stephen A.’s motivation speech about the Knicks vs. Cavaliers | First Take

I did it despite the

motivation

of my

speech

. I predicted the Cavs would win game two. I said I'm not going to disrespect Donovan Mitchell like that. I understand Cleveland will come, they won't get swept. I knew this was going to happen. I knew it. Darius Garland, a stud who I thought Nick should have drafted instead of R.J Barrett because of the way I raised hell about it, didn't listen. I tell you they should have listened to me. I'm trying to tell you that right now. They should have drafted Garland. We need all these changes that they had to make, but that's neither here nor there.

Last night he lost 32. This is what caught my attention. The three New York Knicks guards want to combine 9 of 32 from the field. -13 from three-point territory. I think you'll have to find more time quickly with Brunson. I don't think so, because of exactly what you said about RJ Barry. Now I understand that Cleveland has some ties, particularly with their

first

line. but not with the guards and then with Gareth with Garland with Donovan Mitchell you can quickly put her in a Bronson there, he will put Grimes there if necessary for crying out loud while Caris pries him up, do something they got you randomly.

Make sure everyone is stepping up a little bit more than what you do, but you've got to have Shooters out there, there's no doubt about it, but at the end of the day what I'm telling you is this, when I think about the New York Knicks, you've got to get physical. you have to attack inside you have to make sure that Mobley or Island you have to help with whatever you can to

take

one of them out of the game. I think that will help you immensely. You will make it, of course, you have to make it. better perimeter shooting and you have to do whatever it

take

s even if it means making him smaller but RJ Barrett you may have to sit him down he may need to sit down for this series every series is not for everyone there are some series of the great ones, the really good ones, they could play in any series, but they are all of those, there are others, you just don't have that type of game and you evaluated RJ perfectly for this series, he doesn't need to be watching the court.

He's not cut out for this series, he just doesn't have that kind of game. I still didn't see you on Saturday night. You look at the Strawberry Shortcake man in that red suit telling me that orange flowers have orange and blue skies. Were you excited Nicks could sweep the Cats series Oh, you were, so yeah, what's changed? I didn't see the game in Cleveland. I just finished saying there is nothing. I predicted they were going to lose this game last night. They lost even though I tried. to motivate the balance, but I was hoping the New York Knicks would come back to the Garden, you can't do your business right, so I can win both games, they could win at six, no, no, no, no, they could win it.

This is also a seven, wouldn't you believe it, but I think it's also a seven-game series. What is the big surprise? No, I was talking about Clippers Sons. No, you thought the Cavs had the Knicks' number on there. I still think it can work. seven yeah, I think the Cavs have figured something out I think they've figured something out here I think it's cool, what would you predict? You're here to predict five six or seven, I'll go six six, you think what you know it was thinking seven stay with your kids I was thinking seven with the Knicks I could go to six games they could win both for these games at the Garden no, They won't, they could win and if they both win, there are no games, they will win both games.

I could see they're going to lose game five you want to lose game six I'm still alive it was a bad night it's a bad night one game I sent myself a bag of racks you're not listening I said there's nothing to do worried about the orange and baby blue skies we come come to the garden now they come to the garden this is not Cleveland this is not Cleveland this is new it's a different song in the last 100 years it's by LeBron I don't see LeBron Do you see LeBron walking through that door in Cleveland?

I don't see you walking through that door Cleveland I think he's in Los Angeles last time I checked he's in Los Angeles. He's not walking through that door. for Cleveland even though Donovan Mitchell is that guy that should have been Nick, but that's a different topic for another day, eventually enough the New York Knicks will find a way to get Tom Thibodeau, who should have done it, By the way, don't have Julius Randle. in the game late with that nonsense Thomas almost hurt him What the hell is wrong Tom shy let him sit down okay let's talk about some of those problems his only problems we never heard that same thing but they'll be fine New York Knicks will have to do it I promise you this, Cleveland won't win on Friday, you can cancel it.

I have heard this, yes, wait until you wake up, you thought that above all, what wait until they reach the garden. Get motivated they haven't seen anything like that baby I'm trying to tell you 10 o'clock 56 50 calves that crowd is going to get so tight at 10 o'clock what's wrong with you that's so tight what's wrong with you because New York teams lose at home in the body postseason guy who's been in New York forever doing radio with his own damn channel you don't go to the outfield on game night that's fine, it's been decades you understand you understand that people were walking there like crazy when they won a game against the Atlanta Hawks two years ago years this is a better team it's a better environment we need some of them under the doors hoping to know we have to win this series New York Knicks got this, got this I'm trying to tell you right now Friday night, Friday, I'm just going one game at a time, Friday night, Cleveland, no chance, I promise you they're going down on Friday night, right?

You're not going to walk into the outfield on Friday night and win that game they did. For this, they created for this. You understand. Thank you for watching ESPN on YouTube to stream live. Sports and premium content. Subscribe to ESPN Plus.