In this episode, Jon is joined by FORMER friend of the pod turned national NBA writer Fred Katz of The Athletic. 04:22 - "The Knicks are struggling in weird, confusing ways" 10:15 - What to make of Mikal Bridges' struggles on the defensive end 15:52 - Why their starting five NEEDS to be awesome TOGETHER for the Knicks to succeed 23:48 - What has to happen for the Knicks look their best on defense? 34:09 - Credit to Cam Payne for Wednesday's comeback/building of chemistry/not wanting to "toe-step" 37:51 - What happens first: A) they play better as is B) they change the scheme C) they change the starting 5? 45:32 - Past Knicks who struggled when they first got here & eventually thrived after time under Thibs (aka Macri porn) 52:33 - Questions from KFS Newsletter subscribers! Watch the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel! FOLLOW MACRI - @JCMacriNBA FOLLOW FRED - @FredKatz FOLLOW GMAC - @AndrewJClaudio_ CHECK OUT THE KFS MERCH STORE! FOR AN AD-FREE, UNINTERUPTED VERSION OF THIS EPISODE, SIGN UP FOR THE MELO TIER ON PATREON! READ: Wemby, young Spurs step into professor Chris Paul’s classroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices