Big Knick Energy Podcast S2E26 - w/ Carter Rodriguez

BKE Season 2 Episode 26 - Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks Playoff Preview Carter Rodriguez (@Carter_shade), co-host of the Chase Down Podcast (@ChaseDownPod), an official podcast of the Cleveland Cavaliers, joins Joe Yolk (@joeylandolfa) this week for an hour long preview of the Knicks vs Cavs 1st round series on April 15. Joe asks Carter a couple questions that were posed to him in the BKE/VSN Fan 2 Fan Twitter space on Thursday afternoon right before recording. They go over the reaction in full hindsight of a season of the Donovan Mitchell trade saga from last summer, and what Mitchell has meant to the city of Cleveland his first season. Does Carter have any regret seeing the player that Lauri Markkanen has become in Utah after the trade? Would the Cavs consider this season a disappointment if they fall to NY? Then they spend the better part of the next 50 minutes talking about all the ins and outs of the playoff matchup. Both Julius Randle’s and Isaac Okoro’s injuries Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson How much better Jalen Brunson has been for New York than expected and the challenges he can pose Cleveland, especially if Okoro is out or limited The matchups that will exist specifically which Evan Mobley versus whoever the Knicks close games with at the 4, assuming Randle misses at least a couple games Carter’s worry of New York’s expected rebounding advantage Darius Garland versus Immanuel Quickley & Quentin Grimes Will the Cavs try to “hide" Mitchell on RJ? The last couple things they talk about are how close both teams are to truly competing for a title and more specifically challenging the Bucks in the next round and in future years And lastly, they finish up with series predictions!!