In a mega-Las Vegas episode, Zach talks to Ian Begley of SNY about the Knicks offseason and outlook, crashes Larry Nance Jr. (34:20) to talk Pelicans and Zion, and then visits with the NBA's Evan Wasch (1:07:18) to discuss the new play-in tournament and the craziest ideas the league office has ever discussed.

Begley

No need to rush things (5:38)

The big swings the Knicks could take (9:33)

Knicks monitoring Embiid (16:05)

Trading Obi Toppin and where we are on Randle (20:41)

Immanuel Quickley extension coming (25:55)

Knicks are in a good place (31:47)

Nance

Loves seeing the success of former Laker teammates (36:24)

clapping back at media report about Zion’s work ethic (38:07)

Not crazy to say that Zion is a top 5 offensive player in the league when healthy (43:04)

lot of buzz around Trey Murphy (46:32)

on his journeyman career (49:21)

on how he traded houses with Josh Hart (54:18)

stories from the cast of characters on his team as a rookie (57:15)

Wasch

Details of In-Season Tournament (1:09:31)

Tournament nights (1:11:58)

Any thought to including G League or International teams? (1:15:05)

Figuring out compensation for winning team (1:18:39)

Rules, gameplay, and structure questions (1:24:06)

Out of the box ideas that have been discussed at the league office (1:27:58)

How tanking has been disincentivized (1:31:47)

How far are we going to go with automated officiating (1:35:34)

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