Hour 2: Knicks, Jadakiss & The List

Summary

Podcast Summary: Don, Hahn & Rosenberg — Hour 2: Knicks, Jadakiss & The List

Release Date: May 21, 2025

Hosts: Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg

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Introduction

In this episode of the Don, Hahn & Rosenberg podcast, the trio dives deep into the current NBA landscape, focusing on the New York Knicks' journey in the Eastern Conference Finals. Alongside spirited discussions about sports rivalries, parenting anecdotes, and a special segment on iconic ancillary TV characters, the hosts provide listeners with insightful commentary and entertaining banter.

Knicks vs. Pacers Rivalry

The conversation kicks off with an in-depth analysis of the Knicks' rivalry with the Indiana Pacers. The hosts reminisce about past encounters, highlighting key moments and players that have fueled the animosity between the two teams.

• Don Hahn ([00:43]): "The Celtics was so long ago when it was something and then it just hasn't played enough meaningful games against each other."

• Jadakiss ([10:15]): "But could the rivalry Knicks Pacers is as crazy as it is because it doesn't have that kind of a history."

They compare this rivalry to other major sports rivalries, discussing the factors that contribute to its intensity despite a relatively shorter history.

Listener Call-In: Jadakiss on Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals

A prominent feature of this episode is a call-in from Jadakiss, a passionate Knicks fan. Jadakiss shares his excitement and apprehensions about Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

• Jadakiss ([19:19]): "Here's New York, baby. New York versus the world. I'm ready. Game one, Eastern Conference finals. Let's get it popping."

He elaborates on his expectations, analyzing team dynamics and key players that could influence the outcome of the series.

• Jadakiss ([25:35]): "Cat has to have. They're going to try to push more guys on them. They've got to kill this whole series and OG is detrimental."

The hosts engage with Jadakiss, discussing strategic aspects of the game and the importance of focusing on one game at a time.

Parenting and Personal Anecdotes

Interspersed with sports talk, the hosts delve into personal stories about parenting, sharing both humorous and heartfelt moments.

• Peter Rosenberg ([05:00]): "There's a lack of stuff, sure. So it's just all you gotta do is make sure you're getting everywhere you need to get to. To clean up crevices."

• Jadakiss ([07:35]): "But with Declan, it's completely different experience."

These segments add a relatable and personal touch to the conversation, allowing listeners to connect with the hosts beyond the realm of sports.

The List: Top Five Greatest Ancillary TV Characters

One of the standout segments of this episode is "The List," where Jadakiss curates a top five list of the greatest ancillary characters from various TV shows. These are characters who, while not central to the storyline, left a significant impact on audiences.

1. Frasier Crane from Cheers ([30:05])

   • Jadakiss: "Frasier is a great character because he was really well known and obviously well known enough to get a spin-off show."

2. Maxwell Klinger from MASH* ([31:07])

   • Jadakiss: "He was always cross-dressing from the beginning and then he went into fatigues."

3. Newman from Seinfeld ([34:03])

   • Don Hahn: "Like 130 something."
   • Jadakiss: "44. That just shows you how impactful he was."

4. Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad ([34:42])

   • Jadakiss: "He ends up spinning that off into Better Call Saul, which was amazing."

5. Frank Costanza from Seinfeld ([35:13])

   • Jadakiss: "Every time you saw him on the screen, you knew something incredible was going to happen."

Honorable Mentions:

• Funkhouser from Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Mr. Jefferson from All in the Family
• Crusty the Clown from The Simpsons

The hosts debate the criteria for selecting ancillary characters, emphasizing their iconic status and the lasting impressions they've left on viewers.

Street Renaming and Fan Engagement

Shifting back to sports, the discussion touches upon the Knicks' influence in New York City, particularly focusing on the recent trend of renaming streets to honor players and personalities associated with the team.

• Don Hahn ([44:29]): "West 11th street is now Jalen Brunson Boulevard. Cornington West 32nd Street. That's literally right by Madison Square Garden."

The hosts express mixed feelings about this practice, with some finding it corny while others see it as a heartfelt tribute to the team's impact.

Promotional Segments and Advertisements

Throughout the episode, there are brief advertisements for sponsors such as BetterHelp, Abercrombie & Fitch, Chevy Silverado, and Mint Mobile. These segments are seamlessly integrated into the conversation but are omitted from this summary as per podcast guidelines.

Conclusion

The episode wraps up with the hosts reflecting on the Knicks' prospects in the upcoming games, the cultural significance of sports in their lives, and teasing future discussions. The blend of sports analysis, personal stories, and pop culture segments makes this episode both informative and entertaining for listeners.

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Notable Quotes:

• Jadakiss ([19:19]): "Here's New York, baby. New York versus the world. I'm ready. Game one, Eastern Conference finals. Let's get it popping."

• Peter Rosenberg ([05:00]): "There's a lack of stuff, sure. So it's just all you gotta do is make sure you're getting everywhere you need to get to. To clean up crevices."

• Jadakiss ([30:05]): "Frasier is a great character because he was really well known and obviously well known enough to get a spin-off show."

• Don Hahn ([44:29]): "West 11th street is now Jalen Brunson Boulevard. Cornington West 32nd Street. That's literally right by Madison Square Garden."

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This episode of Don, Hahn & Rosenberg offers a comprehensive look into the New York Knicks' current season, enriched with personal anecdotes and engaging discussions on television culture. Whether you're a die-hard sports fan or a lover of insightful conversations, this episode delivers on multiple fronts.

Transcript

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[Don Hahn]

This is the Don Hahn and Rosenberg Podcast.

[Jadakiss]

That sounds like heaven to me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Listen live weekday afternoon starting at 3.

[Don Hahn]

On 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app, and your smart speakers.

[Jadakiss]

401 in the big city. Don Hahn in Rosenberg, hang with you till 6 here on 880. Then it's Mets coverage and then we'll flip over to 1050 for the rest of the show. Taking you into Pat o' Keefe and his pregame coverage of Nick's Pacers in Madison Square Garden. So lot going on. Yankees and Rangers possibly tonight as well. We'll see what the weather's like. I've been watching the forecast because Marco's got a game and it looks like it just can be one of those misty cold. They're going to probably play through.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. So, like, bad enough to be miserable, but not bad enough that you can't play? Yeah, like, I mean, I don't know.

[Jadakiss]

What it's like up at Fenway. I'm sure whatever.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They know it's bomby.

[Jadakiss]

No, it doesn't. Temperature doesn't matter as much as the rain right now tonight in the city.

[Don Hahn]

We're looking at, like, low 50s.

[Jadakiss]

Right.

[Don Hahn]

So I hope you brought it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Tell me Noah. Eagle's older than five years old. They just cut away from. He cannot be an adult. He's not allowed to drive.

[Jadakiss]

I was. I was talking to. I am when I saw him during the picture.

[Don Hahn]

He's a mini me.

[Jadakiss]

He really is like, you guys. You got to be so proud of your son. And he's, you know, and he. He said, I am, but he's such a. He's such a good kid. I'm just so happy. Like, that's what he's proudest of, is that he became like just a phenomenal human being.

[Don Hahn]

Raised him right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Doesn't it make you just make you angry that your parents just did absolutely nothing to put us in a good spot? I mean, I'm sorry, respectfully. I mean, they worked hard, but I mean, dad, you couldn't have gotten A job. I'd want to follow in your footsteps.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, wow. I see what you're saying.

[Jadakiss]

Well, your dad had a really cool job.

[Peter Rosenberg]

My dad. Well, my dad had a lot of cool jobs.

[Jadakiss]

He didn't suggest a chance to win. That's all.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He wrote a lot of places. Yeah, I mean, listen, my dad did important work. Important work. If you were to ask him now, he would say it was a complete waste of time. The world is much worse than when he started. And he'd take, if he could do it all back and just make money, he would have done that. But it was noble. It was noble. It was noble.

[Jadakiss]

But I think. Did I become electrician? No, but I think I got my work ethic from my dad and I'm sure you did as well. I'm sure they pulled for better, for worse. Oh, not good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, no, no, I got, I'm like my dad, I think, a pretty good work ethic. It's like, I know it's a good, it's a good work ethic. It's a good work.

[Jadakiss]

My dad wasn't a radio guy, but I think, you know what he was able to do with all the multiple jobs. I mean he, he worked for PSE and G, he cut lawns, he drove the Zambonia. Fritz Dietzel.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But the thing is to make sure.

[Jadakiss]

We didn't want for anything. And I think that work ethic is something that I, that's why I, that's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Why I have more resentment to my parents. I think we were generally, we were like one generation ahead of you in what was happening. My grandfather, my grandparents did the more blue collar hand stuff. My dad went to college, became a writer. You know what I mean? What he should have done was been a broadcaster then. I'm not saying like for example, Noah Eagle would have made it no matter what. He's a great talent. But when your dad is in the business, it's like these wrestlers I see the second and third generation wrestlers, it's just built into them.

[Don Hahn]

They do it different, by the way, professional athletes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh yeah. That's what they are.

[Don Hahn]

Second generation athletes that you see there in every sport now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's what I mean.

[Don Hahn]

It's the exact same secondary and they're all just already ready for it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They know there's something that's built into your ability to do it and you didn't teach yourself because it's so crazy. Like Randy Orton, for example, he's now 45 years old. Randy Orton, since the second he got to WWE at 20. Looked like, he was like. Had been doing it forever. You know why? Because his dad was Cowboy Bob Orton. And so when they were playing around in the bed and roughhousing as a kid, you're literally learning it.

[Jadakiss]

Well, what do you. What do you joke about? Like, when you get, like. Like, I got a son, right? So the Nancy old joke, like, we're both sitting on the couch and, like, the identical positions, right? Like, doing the same stuff, like the Forrest Gump thing. Because that's my son. He's got my DNA. So if I was. If I'm a professional baseball player and I was really good, then there's a very good chance. Not definite, but at least the tools are there, whether he puts the work in or whatever. But I would think that you got somewhat of a head start. By the way, speaking of the same genes as a guy that created something.

[Peter Rosenberg]

By the way, speaking of the tools being there, and this is taking things to a completely different direction. Interesting Laurento subconscious.

[Don Hahn]

What usage of tool are we doing here?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, the real one. The other day, we were hanging out with our friends who have a beautiful little baby boy who's two months younger than Maya, their third child. And we went to the zoo, and we both had to change the kids at our little picnic table where we were sitting there and eating, and they changed their boy. Atlas and I, we changed Maya. And it's so funny, before we had our kid. Now, you guys aren't the best to talk to about this because you both have both, so you may not understand fully what I mean here, because I only have one. Before we had Maya, I was uncomfortable with the whole female parts cleaning, what it's all gonna be. I was like, I'm a boy. I don't know what to do. But then we had Maya, and now it's what I know. And the lack of anything makes it kind of easy. There's a lack of stuff, sure. So it's just all you gotta do is make sure you're getting everywhere you need to get to. To clean up crevices. It's all crevices. It's all legs and lines. And you just gotta get in there, make sure it's clean. Boom, you're done. I'm gonna tell you something, and it's a shocking take. When I saw what's going on here with the baby male parts, I was revolted and very happy to have a girl. I was like, I don't. I'm not interested in that. I.

[Don Hahn]

It's kind of gross when it's your child I get.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Of course.

[Don Hahn]

Everything changes. I promise you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But if you. Now, see, that's what I'm saying. You guys aren't.

[Don Hahn]

It actually becomes funny getting.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You mean getting urine in your face.

[Don Hahn]

Well, the sprinkler. Yeah. That's the first I'm.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sprinkler.

[Don Hahn]

Sprinkler teaches you then to just make sure there's a chores.

[Jadakiss]

But I get what he's saying does bother you?

[Don Hahn]

Did ever bother you?

[Jadakiss]

Never bothered.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He started exactly the same time.

[Jadakiss]

But I'm gonna tell you. I'm gonna tell you. I forget what age it was. Like, it still doesn't bother me now. Marco, seven. But if there's any kind of maintenance that needs to be done. Again, he's my son. No issues.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Jadakiss]

But with Declan, it's. It's completely different experience.

[Don Hahn]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Because you have to help Declan sometimes too. Well, but at.

[Jadakiss]

When Declan was like five, there was a certain age where. Where no problem with when they're babies and you change in diapers. I changed Declan's diapers, but I forget what age it was. They get to a point where it's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like, this is really awkward.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. Like, when he's 14, he's not mine. Like, you know.

[Jadakiss]

You know, he's not my. It's not. It's so. It's different. And now it's just like, now it's uncomfortable. It's kind of weird. But it'll never be weird. Well, Mark, I guess at some point.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, it would be if it kept going.

[Jadakiss]

If he's 24, you're like, let me. Let me see what's going.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, but I just think it was underrated because as a man, you're built in to think.

[Jadakiss]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You're built in to think the V is going to be grosser or weirder for you to deal with than the P. But in now, starting with V, when I saw P, I was like.

[Jadakiss]

But the maintenance is way more important for.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Way more important.

[Jadakiss]

Her.

[Don Hahn]

Yes.

[Jadakiss]

You just. You got to go front to back.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You got. Oh, wait a minute.

[Jadakiss]

Because you got to make sure those crevices are clean.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You got to get.

[Jadakiss]

You don't want infection.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No. It's got to watch out for.

[Jadakiss]

You can go, you know, seven days. You got nothing to worry about. Just, you know, they're dirty, but you got to be. Just be careful. All right? Listen, leave the real.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What's your order of kids genders again?

[Don Hahn]

Girl, boy, girl, girl.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But you're probably. Your boy was so long ago. You. Do you remember going from girl to boy and then Being. Oh, whoa.

[Don Hahn]

Well, they were close.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They were pretty close.

[Don Hahn]

Very close. So they were in diapers at the same time. Irish twins. So it's like, you know, like it was, it was, it's all a blur now. Experience quite a blur. But you know Zach, like a boy, I don't know. And he was always like tough and like, you know, rambunctious. So a lot of times I go, he got a little too messy for wipes. Just throw him in the tub and just hose him down.

[Jadakiss]

Yeah, right.

[Don Hahn]

It just was easy. And he would laugh like he didn't care.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But you just see it and remember.

[Don Hahn]

You don't do that with a girl, but just spray him off. Like.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I haven't even gotten to solids yet though, so what do I even know yet?

[Don Hahn]

Oh, you can't wait for that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I know I can wait. She told us, you know, our doctor at the last appointment said, hey, you can start, you know, introducing some food now. And then Natalie was doing some of her own research and she was like, ah, seems like people seem to wait a bit longer than where we're at. And I was like, well, then let's wait.

[Jadakiss]

You don't want.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Listen, we know she's a Rosenberg. She's going to love food. We're not to worry about it. She's going to enjoy it when the time comes.

[Jadakiss]

It's not adorable anymore.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, let's. Let's go ahead and stay with the milk for a little while.

[Don Hahn]

What are we going to pay off.

[Jadakiss]

The Knicks and Pacers? Is that the biggest rival? I guess it depends on who you talk to now. You get old school guys like Spike, maybe Celtics are still something. That.

[Don Hahn]

Celtics was so long ago when it was something and then it just. They haven't played enough meaningful games against each other and they haven't been good at the same time.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, but what about all the.

[Don Hahn]

In the 90s, the Celtics were terrible.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What about the great moments between Derek Harper and John Bagley?

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, there you go.

[Jadakiss]

Well, listen, you could be a certain age and go back to Knicks, Lakers. It just, it's not a thing anymore.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, again, but that's. You're talking about 50 years ago.

[Jadakiss]

The Knicks don't have like the Yankees have the Red Sox and there might be. Listen, the Astros kind of climb in and then, you know, the Mets a little bit now it's Astros are Pacers.

[Don Hahn]

The Astros are the Pacers of the Yankees.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Except that. Except the Yankees never win. But the problem with that rivalry is the Yankees never win.

[Jadakiss]

But could.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's when It'll become a rivalry. They have to beat them in a big spot.

[Don Hahn]

By the way, the Knicks haven't beaten the Pacers. Let's see, last year, 13, 2000. All else.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So the one was the last. So what was last? 99 was the last time they got 95.

[Don Hahn]

They lost 94. They want.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So it's. They're two and four.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You really want to get this one.

[Don Hahn]

That's as close to Astros. Even though you have beaten them. But it's been. It's been literally a quarter century.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But you got to get this one.

[Jadakiss]

But I. But is it possible Knicks Pacers is as crazy as it is because it doesn't have that kind of a history. If you're a Nick Yankee fan, you might put the Pacers to the level of the Red Sox if you're a certain age. But because who else have you played this often?

[Don Hahn]

I guess because four.

[Jadakiss]

This is the fourth time you get to play in the conference final. So you played Miami.

[Don Hahn]

Reggie in that history. Feels a lot more like that Astros team. You just hated him.

[Jadakiss]

I know.

[Don Hahn]

You know, there was just something but that.

[Jadakiss]

But that's a. That's a new vintage. But like Reggie's got to be up there as the most hated. Is there anybody else Nick fans hate more than Reggie Miller? Red Sox is more than, like I said, Jordan. Probably.

[Don Hahn]

But he didn't hate Jordan. I'm telling you, you didn't hate Jordan.

[Jadakiss]

You might be right.

[Don Hahn]

Feared him. You didn't hate him. You hated Pippen. That's why you loved beating him in 94 when there was no Jordan. Because you love showing him. You can't do it without your guy.

[Jadakiss]

You're right.

[Don Hahn]

That was different.

[Jadakiss]

TNT hired Jordan to do analysis on this series. I don't think nobody can't be. In a way.

[Don Hahn]

No. They'd love it.

[Jadakiss]

It's Reggie.

[Don Hahn]

It's Reggie.

[Jadakiss]

So now I might have to take the. Take the L on that one.

[Don Hahn]

I'm going to say that the Red Sox Yankees equivalent to. Feels a little more like Miami Knicks. The Heat. Knicks thing. Now think about it. The last time they played him, they lost. It was Jimmy Butler. Before that they lost with LeBron and Wade in 2012. Remember, Jeremy Lynn didn't play. Pat Riley is sort of like the Babe Ruth thing. Babe Ruth left. He didn't win. Pat Riley left. Like, you know, you were. You were an elite. Like that was Camelot when he was here. So there's. There's a lot think I feel like that's more of the of the similarity that, that you just. And Miami has, has had a good run after the fact. But you used to own them. So you know, it's weird.

[Jadakiss]

You know the thing, a lot of.

[Don Hahn]

Angry history with them too. 97, the fight and all that stuff. And you know the rules. Like there's just a lot more when it comes to, you know, beating them in 99 was, was, you know, they were the top seed and you knock them out. There's just a lot of that animosity kind of feel to that, you know.

[Jadakiss]

But you know, it's weird.

[Don Hahn]

Pacers feels more like Astros. You just want to spit in the ground.

[Jadakiss]

You know the thing you have in common though is that there's no Astro fans. You have to deal with this like with the Red Sox. They're Red Sox fans in New York, right? And for the Knicks there was probably when especially when LeBron was there, there were Heat fans in New York.

[Don Hahn]

Oh absolutely. But when the Knicks go to Miami, but when the Knicks go to Miami there's a lot of Nick fans in the building. When the Yankees play in Fenway, there's a lot of Yankee fans there.

[Jadakiss]

There's a lot of Red Sox fans that come to the Yankees Stadium too.

[Don Hahn]

So that's, I think that's not going to.

[Jadakiss]

You don't think there'd be too many Pacer fans in the building tonight? I mean I'm sure there'll be a few.

[Don Hahn]

There's always going to be some. But no, no, no, it won't be like that.

[Jadakiss]

But it's interesting. This is, this is right there I.

[Don Hahn]

Think and think about this. So this is the fourth time they will meet right in the conference finals. That is tied for the most in since they went to a conference format in 1971. So you had Spurs, Lakers, you had Nuggets, Lakers, Celtics, Heat and Celtics. One more and I can't think of it. There's another one. But that's, that's the four like this. So they're the four. There's three others. Yeah, but that's, that's what you're getting right now is you're talking about historic meetings in the final four between these two four franchises not to beg. And that makes it. I think that makes it a real rivalry.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nick's Bowles is kind of dead post Jordan. It's just one sided and it was too one sided.

[Don Hahn]

It was just Jordan Long.

[Jadakiss]

Not one Bull fan had any kind of feelings about the Knicks, right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, you have, they hated New York. You have the Stark stunk the Knicks beat him once you have, you have this like couple of moments.

[Don Hahn]

94 without Jordan.

[Jadakiss]

It's kind of like Red Sox kind of like. You know why like the Yankee Red Sox rivalry never made any sense to me other than the fact that they were division rivals because it was so one sided until recently. Yeah. And the Yankees were always going to get the best of the Red Sox. I understood the Red Sox hating the Yankees, but the vice versa.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, that's why, that's why when you really think about the Red Sox Yankees rivalry, honestly, it only got amazing when the Red Sox were getting close. Right. Like in 03. They were right there. Reverse the curse. Like it was, it was on and then they got it and then it was. And then it was fun all the way up through like 2010. And now it's been reverse where the Red Sox have owned the division so much and the Yankees have been. It's just now the Yankees and now they're bad. Well, the Red Sox are up and down every year, which doesn't help, but it's just, it's felt dead again.

[Jadakiss]

And hockey, like, I'm sorry, Rangers, Islanders is always going to be a thing. But they haven't played in the playoffs since 94. It just, you have to.

[Don Hahn]

It doesn't feel the same, Don.

[Jadakiss]

See in the NBA, football's different because.

[Don Hahn]

You have Rangers, Devils, the Devils seem to own them.

[Jadakiss]

And you can't. To me in basketball and hockey it has to come from the postseason.

[Don Hahn]

I agree. I agree.

[Jadakiss]

And, and that's where the animosity. Bill has been way more of a thing. The Rangers island, you can't. And in 94 was. It was a four game sweep. It wasn't even competitive. But you go back to the 80s, what was it? Oh well, 79. Right.

[Don Hahn]

Heartbreaker. Well, 75 starting. 75.

[Jadakiss]

Well you go back to. Yeah, 75. But just in the, in the, in the close proximity.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Jadakiss]

Of Rangers, Islanders. 79, 81, 82, 84, 84.

[Don Hahn]

Ken Morrow. Oh yeah, those were over.

[Jadakiss]

And those are bad. Ranger teams just weren't going to be the Island.

[Don Hahn]

And then 90. Right. Was that ugly one.

[Jadakiss]

Oh, that was bad.

[Don Hahn]

Pat LaFonte. Yeah, that was, that was the dirty hit. But that, that, that. It got real bloody.

[Jadakiss]

But 94 was just a walkover. Right on Hex Stall just. It was a not good. So it's been a long time. I'd love to get Rangers Islanders again. How cool would that be? Oh my God.

[Don Hahn]

But it's gotta be where they're both good. Like that's what? Because it can't be like 94 90. It's not even worth talking about when one team's so much better.

[Jadakiss]

Real quick, real quick, what do you think about them getting permission to talk to Shanahan, the Islanders? You think that does anything? Doesn't have a ton of experience. Wasn't like he had a tremendous amount of success in Toronto, but it looks like. Hire him as the president and then have a general manager.

[Don Hahn]

Just give me a guy who's gonna set a standard, right?

[Jadakiss]

Shanti was great.

[Don Hahn]

And then you got a guy. Well. And you think about it. Talk about a guy that's got a standard, right? A way to play, an identity, and.

[Jadakiss]

Look at the places that he played. I mean, some of Lou had to run off him in New Jersey playing in Detroit.

[Don Hahn]

Of course. No, I like it. I like it for. If this is about. We gotta find a guy who's gonna create an identity for the franchise and a style of play. I. I'm all for it.

[Jadakiss]

Let's go to Joey. Staten Island. You're on ESPN New York. What's up, Joey?

[Caller]

Yeah, how's it going?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, so I'm an OKC fan. I actually heard what Han said before about Hartenstein leaving for the Thunder. It was about the money. No, it's about better team championship.

[Caller]

All these Knick fans think that you.

[Jadakiss]

Could win the finals if you play okc. It's not going past five games. That's how much better OKC is than.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The rest of the field. Boston was injured. It took six games to beat the Pistons.

[Caller]

And the Knicks run seven guys.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thunder have 10, 11 deep.

[Don Hahn]

Thanks.

[Jadakiss]

What do we.

[Don Hahn]

Thanks. Thanks, Joey. What are you contributing today, Joey?

[Jadakiss]

So what are we supposed to do? Just say why even bother with.

[Don Hahn]

Don't even play.

[Peter Rosenberg]

By the way, you know what?

[Don Hahn]

Hand them. You know what they do today when Shay Gilgis Alexander gets the MVP trophy, Hand in the Larry o' Brien too. And let's just call this. Let's save us all.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what? I'm. Yeah, two things.

[Don Hahn]

One, by the way, a Staten island. And he had a New York accent. He's not faking it, right? That's a New York accent. That's clearly guy from Staten Island. I'm a big Thunder fan.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But real quick, are you really talk to me as if you also can't talk about. No matter how talented they are. Don't talk to me about a guaranteed championship with a team who's never done it. No, please do.

[Don Hahn]

Please do. We got Joey on record. He's on record.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hold on. I'm going to clean everything up and get this going the right direction. We need to go. I have a special guest on the line. We're trying to get the mood right for game one at the Garden. For God's sake. Can't have this fixture at Madison Square Garden. A proud New Yorker, a man who during the pandemic, brought the Garden back to life himself and gave New York a W when the Knicks weren't even playing. Ladies and gentlemen, Yonkers own Jadakiss joining us on the show. For God's sake.

[Caller]

Hey, what's up, guys?

[Don Hahn]

There he is.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Jadik.

[Don Hahn]

This is the energy I need today.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This is what we needed. Jada, we can't have OKC people on the phone right now. How are you feeling right now heading into game one? What's your. What's your feeling on this right now?

[Caller]

I'm feeling great. My nerves is sort of like when you're waiting for your region score to graduate or your SATs to get into college. But yeah, here's New York, baby. New York versus the world. I'm ready. Game one, Eastern Conference finals. Let's get it popping.

[Don Hahn]

I need to. I need to ask you about the Go New York song that Don has a hard time with. Peter just can't stand the original version we play all the time. Because it's the original version. It's the one that everybody remembers. We all grew up on it, but it's been redone several times, yet we always go back to the old one. I need to know how you truly feel about the original anthem.

[Caller]

It sort of gets on my nerves, but I rather. I like the original one more than all of the remakes. You know what I mean?

[Jadakiss]

It just takes you back, right?

[Caller]

Yeah, it takes me back. And. And it makes you feel good to be doing what we're doing today. When you think about all the years and hearing that song, going through the trauma and. You know what I mean? So when you get. At least we can celebrate it. If it gets on your nerves a little bit, it still feels good that it, you know, it finally worked after.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All of these years.

[Don Hahn]

It hits different now that it's not like Enes cantor at center while you're hearing that song.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Respectfully, that is canter.

[Jadakiss]

So what's your gut tell you? You feel good about this matchup?

[Caller]

I'm very scared. You know, Rick Carlisle is a good coach. Indiana's young. I think they going to try to run us. So Tibbs going to have to use a couple more Subs than he. That he probably wants to use or he ever uses. But I think we. Great catch. You know what I mean? We took him seven games last year with some guys I can't even repeat besides Jock Harden Depot. But this year we, we, we, we. We fairly healthy besides Jalen rolling his ankle every game. But I think we. I think we got a good chance. I like our chances. Everybody talking about eight more games. I don't know about all that. Take it one series at a time. One game at a time. You know, New York tends to get out of. We can go up three points or get a one game lead and everybody think we. We having a parade. We gotta, we gotta do celebrate, but just a little less. No, let's not. You know, one at a time, one at a time.

[Don Hahn]

You're not all about what's happening on 7th Avenue after some of these games. A lot of criticism of New York.

[Caller]

I love it. I love it. We always.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We.

[Caller]

We did. Everybody, Everybody's gunning for it. So we. Damned if we do, damned if we don't. I love, I love 7th. The 7th Avenue uproar. But on a serious note, we got to take it. You know, let's be. Let's take this one at a time. I hope Spike don't start having a personal argument with Halliburton.

[Don Hahn]

You guys got to strap him down.

[Caller]

Yeah, we gotta, we gotta come with a whole new approach about this series and just try to do the right thing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

By the way, if you, if you notice the. The ease with which Jada talks about these things, Jada does have the new, hottest sports and culture podcast, Joe and Jada Fat Joe and Jadakiss new podcast. That's everywhere right now. Um, I was joking about it today earlier, Jada. Cause I'm like, I'm seeing the clips moving around and I'm like, oh, they're giving these guys topics to talk about now. You guys gotta weigh in on the cultural stuff that's going on. Is it hard for you at all? Because I know you, you love to have a conversation, but you're also a mind your business kind of guy. But when you, when you're doing a podcast, it's tough.

[Caller]

I thought you was the smartest person in the world. You even smarter. You know that, Peter, I have the hardest time telling them. Nah, I can't say that. Maybe Joe might want to say that. I'm not saying that on this.

[Jadakiss]

You know.

[Caller]

You know, I definitely critique the itinerary. I make sure I try to keep my relationships and my Rapport in line. I'm also still an active artist that's in the process of recording new music. So I definitely very cautious about that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You already know that it's a challenge now. You have a long history with basketball. I mean, everyone always talks about, you know, sports and music, sports and music, blah, blah, blah. But you've been doing this. You did the, you did the AI commercial back in the day. What is your. And now your courtside very often at these games. Prior to this season, did you have a greatest in person NBA moment?

[Caller]

No, I was a great personal greatest favorite moment for me. It just really. I really probably have more or equivalent to NBA and NFL friends as I do in the industry. I hang out more with. With ball players than I do with rappers. But yeah, just kicking it one time wasn't even basketball. It was a, it was a, it was a boxing event. But I was able to be backstage and, and get some real informative knowledge from Magic Johnson for about two hours just on life and business and investment. So I think that was a. He told me when I was ready. I mean, he gonna take my portfolio to the moon.

[Don Hahn]

I mean, he's only a billionaire you might want, right? He's only a billionaire.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

He's trying to figure out what he did. Right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. Get yourself a Pepsi plant. You know, who better to be there.

[Caller]

With, with than Magic, you know what I mean? On a business tip, he's. He has the stories, he kind of knows what he's doing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, it's been working out. All right, last one for you, Jada. Game on tonight, msg. Well, first of all, are you going? Are you watching home tonight?

[Caller]

Definitely. I'm going, baby. I'll be on the floor tonight. You see, you know, I can't miss. I gotta, I gotta bring that energy like I did for game one of the Pistons. And you know what I mean? In my mind, I helped him navigate through the series. So I'm just trying to repeat the process.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, so who, who besides Jalen Brunson? Because we all know Jalen Brunson is so critical to this team. Who is that next, Nick? Who you think's performance will dictate whether or not they win this series?

[Caller]

Cat. Cat has to have. They're going to try to push more guys on them. They're going to try to run different bodies on him. He. He can't go. He can't have a good game one a decent game. You gotta, you gotta kill this whole series and OG is detrimental. Then when they have good games I think that opens up bridges, you know what I mean? And like, we. And Tibbs is definitely going to have to go a little deeper into the bench just to give some. Carlisle is going to try to run us up and down the damn city.

[Don Hahn]

I'm going to make a prediction. I think we're going to see a little more Landry Shambit in this series. You haven't seen him at all, right? In the Celtics, you didn't see him at all. He did play a little bit in the Detroit series, but that got a little too rough for him. I think this is the series for him. He can knock down threes, he can run, he can defend. I think if you're looking for an extra, that might be one of the extras you see out there.

[Caller]

We need to get that intel tibs right now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yo, Jada, Jada, have fun and thank you for answering the call when I reach out. Appreciate you, bro.

[Caller]

Thank you, guys. Appreciate you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, enjoy. Love you too, man. You're the man. You could, you could hear, like, for a hardcore fan, he had a little bit of legit.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Attention.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. But that's how everybody feels right now. Before a series starts, a little bit of like, all right, we had a couple of days where we can enjoy it and now it's the.

[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don Hahn]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Don Hahn]

Catch this show on demand whenever you want.

[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Jadakiss]

Just made the list, buddy.

[Don Hahn]

This is the list with Don Hahn and Rosenberg.

[Jadakiss]

It's now time for the list which is brought to you by bet365 so Norm from Cheers passed away. George Rent went at the age of 76. So I started talk thinking about like ancillary characters. Now Norm was not an ancillary character. He was in all 266 episodes of Cheers.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You looked it up every episode.

[Jadakiss]

He was in every episode.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wow.

[Jadakiss]

Cliff was too. So he was a main character. But I got to thinking, what are the top five greatest ancillary characters?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, you didn't get to think. We asked you and then said you should make a list of it.

[Jadakiss]

Well, don't take away the fun. Well, I don't think ancillary was ever said.

[Peter Rosenberg]

People know. Yeah, ancillary.

[Don Hahn]

Define ancillary.

[Jadakiss]

Ancillary means that they're not necessarily in every episode though.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He was.

[Don Hahn]

Oh my God.

[Jadakiss]

So.

[Don Hahn]

So he doesn't count.

[Jadakiss]

I will tell you, all of the characters that I have here were not in every episode of the sitcoms they were in. They have to be iconic but not a central character. As a matter of fact, the show would probably, probably still exist without them. But even though they were kind of walk on roles or just occasionally on, were still epic and are still a major function of the show. Okay, so at five I've got Frasier Crane from Cheers in 202 of the 266 episodes. And of course spun off into one of the great sitcoms of all time. Fraser.

[Don Hahn]

Frasier.

[Jadakiss]

So I've got Frasier Crane at number five now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm happy about that.

[Don Hahn]

Could you argue that he was in every episode once he was introduced as a character?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't think he's.

[Don Hahn]

He wasn't an original character.

[Jadakiss]

No, he wasn't an original character, but I don't remember him being in every show. And if he did, it was kind of like he popped in. There were some episodes that revolved around him, but not many.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Frasier is a great.

[Don Hahn]

It's a good one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's a really good one because he was really well known and obviously well known enough to get a spin off show that was, yes, practically as big as the show he came from. And I'm happy because I know this character because I'm worried on this list there'll be a few.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, again, you will know.

[Jadakiss]

At least this is the one you may not know.

[Don Hahn]

Okay, Number four.

[Jadakiss]

Maxwell Klinger from mash, of course.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Heard the name or the dress.

[Jadakiss]

You know, now he became, I know the name in the ep, he became a main player, but was not in every episode in the, in the heyday of, of mash. But he was an iconic character. He was one of the most iconic shows of all time.

[Don Hahn]

The early episode, I think the first season he was in fatigues and then after that he was always cross dressed.

[Jadakiss]

And then. No, he was always cross dressing from the beginning and then he went into fatigues.

[Don Hahn]

But I thought the first, the first season he hadn't gone there yet.

[Jadakiss]

The first season were some of the best episodes. One of my favorite episodes is really early on where MacArthur is supposed to make an appearance at the MASH unit. And it turns out that they get all ready and all he did was just drive through.

[Don Hahn]

Right. They're all lined up. Right.

[Jadakiss]

But as, as he's leaving, they actually get somebody that plays MacArthur. Yeah, he dresses up as the, as the Statue of Liberty and he.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And MacArthur salutes as he goes.

[Jadakiss]

They were so afraid that he was gonna embarrass like a sparkler.

[Peter Rosenberg]

My favorite thing about MASH is, is that everyone I've ever talked to has the same experience. If you're at a certain age, a few years older than me, like probably five or six, seven years old, like close to your guys age, you love the show. You got it. You understood if you were just younger. Everyone on my morning show feels the same way. What's that you'd hear the song, and then you'd see the images. And because we didn't understand it, we were too young to have context for it. You immediately changed the channel. We didn't understand it was comm. I didn't even understand it was comedy.

[Don Hahn]

Because the song was sad.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The song was sad. So you'd go, oh, I just watched too close for comfort. I don't want to watch this. And you turn the channel. So much so that this morning we were talking about it came up on Whitish Wednesday. We were discussing it, and I made the reference, and I said, blah, blah, about the Vietnam War. My producer was like, no, it was the Korean War. Exactly. We didn't. I didn't even know what war it.

[Jadakiss]

Was, but I was on during the Vietnam War. So a lot of. Exactly. Which makes it confusing were pretty much the same. But I get that. Number three, Newman from Seinfeld.

[Don Hahn]

Hello, Newman.

[Jadakiss]

Now, of the 271 Seinfeld episodes, how many do you think Newman was in?

[Don Hahn]

271. I want to go half.

[Jadakiss]

Okay. Peter.

[Peter Rosenberg]

271. No, less than that. I, I. My guess would be he's in a hundred episodes less than I was.

[Don Hahn]

Like 130 something.

[Jadakiss]

44. 44. That. That just shows you how impactful he was. I mean, Newman. Everybody knows Newman.

[Don Hahn]

No, like, he was always just 41. Even if it was a scene for 10 seconds, it always felt like.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This is a great list, if nothing else. Just for the information about how many episodes people did.

[Jadakiss]

Fantastic.

[Don Hahn]

All right.

[Jadakiss]

No, number two.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Here we go.

[Jadakiss]

We go. A little serious now. Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, I mean, that's a. That's a. That's a. He's not every episode, though.

[Jadakiss]

First couple of seasons, I didn't think he appeared till season three.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sorry. That's right. But then after that, then he was.

[Jadakiss]

Pretty consistent after that. So maybe a little strong to say ancillary character, but not how it started.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's true.

[Jadakiss]

And then he ends up spin that off into a just, you know, Better Call Saul.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right.

[Jadakiss]

Which was amazing.

[Don Hahn]

Good one. Very.

[Jadakiss]

And number one, this is big.

[Don Hahn]

Let's see.

[Jadakiss]

Frank Costanza from Seinfeld.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Frank Stanza.

[Jadakiss]

How many episodes do you think he was in?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Frank Castanza.

[Don Hahn]

I mean, if you think about the great moments in the show's history, he's in. He's in.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, again, he might. He might be, and he might be in less.

[Don Hahn]

Why'd you trade Jay Bu. You know, one of the. One of the great.

[Jadakiss]

Call me back.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Here.

[Jadakiss]

George is dead. Call Me back.

[Peter Rosenberg]

My. My guess would be, though, he could have been in. In 50 episodes, too.

[Jadakiss]

Or less 26.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, my. I was. I'm gutless. I wanted to guess 30, but I was scared.

[Jadakiss]

Probably come up with a top 10 moments, which means he probably had an impact in every episode he was in.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, yeah. Every time you saw him on the screen, you, knew something incredible was going to happen.

[Jadakiss]

We're gonna be at the shuffleboard court, and then it's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So that's what anyone else you thought about.

[Jadakiss]

I thought funkhouser from curb thought about that as an honorary mention. Come on. He wasn't in every episode, but he. You know I'm talking about when I say it, right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, of course. Funkhouser's big.

[Jadakiss]

Another one. Another one that I went through and not a ton of episodes. I. I don't. I don't have the numbers, but very few episodes, but still very impactful. And they spun him off. Matter of fact, the family. But Mr. Jefferson in all in the family. The neighbor he was. And then all the things that they got into. And then they made the jeffersons and all that.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Jadakiss]

So that's a good one. So those are a couple. The couple.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. They make a great point. Anthony and Jacob mentioned that the Simpsons have a lot of really famous.

[Jadakiss]

I didn't know what to do with the Simpsons because it's a cartoon, you know, so it's more of the voice. There are a lot of characters, like.

[Don Hahn]

I suggest you could do the same thing South.

[Jadakiss]

Well, that's all. Tons of them.

[Don Hahn]

Right.

[Jadakiss]

But, you know, when you. When you go to icon. Here's what I thought about as an. As a honorary mention for the simpsons. And I kind of got shot down by our little coffee clutch, Even though the coffee machine doesn't work. Just a class. I think the most iconic of the ancillary characters in the Simpsons is. Is crusty the clown.

[Don Hahn]

Strong take?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, it probably is, though. Crusty has full episodes.

[Jadakiss]

Mr. Burns is a major character. Right.

[Don Hahn]

I thought about not in every episode, but.

[Jadakiss]

Mr.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But Mr. Burns is in every episode. Certainly neither sideshow bob. Right.

[Don Hahn]

But they have another one that you could consider, too, because, man, that's a really. Crusty the clown.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I love what you've done. I'm proud of what you've done, and I want more of it.

[Don Hahn]

I like this list.

[Jadakiss]

My favorite line from the simpsons. I don't know what mother said it, but let's not talk s e x in front of the c h I l d e r n sex cauldron. I thought they closed that place down. The Simpsons got out of hand. I think it got it. I, I, when it came out in, in both, 89, 90, whatever. I was a die hard. Watched every song and then it got away from me. Well, there's like 5,600 episodes. I don't think I've watched it in, like, two decades.

[Don Hahn]

Where would you put in that era, Beavis and Butthead?

[Jadakiss]

Oh, Beavis and Butthead. When it first came out.

[Don Hahn]

When it first came out, that was you. You were like, laughing start to finish over the dumbest things, but they were, like, ironically dumb. Like, there was a lot of things about it that were funny, but that also got to a point where it just. Okay, this, that kind of felt. Same joke every time.

[Jadakiss]

What came First, Mystery Science 3000 or Beavis and Butthead? Because it's essentially the same.

[Don Hahn]

Mystery Science. Because that's what they were. They were mocking.

[Jadakiss]

That's what was looking at the old, you know, because it started out when I first was just looking at, like, old, you know, Twisted Sister videos. And like, they took that whole idea. Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

And turned it into watching videos and the two of them. And then it just spurred. It turned into, hey, let's get them out of the theater and let's see what they do in real life. It was fun.

[Jadakiss]

Oh, we worked at Sportsville. We had all the games on the satellite, but there's always one TV that had MTV on when they had videos. But then, oh, the mtz we would watch, you know, the, the first Real World was Must see.

[Don Hahn]

Yes.

[Jadakiss]

And then Beavis and Butthead. You had to watch that.

[Don Hahn]

So.

[Jadakiss]

So that's what I have. That's my top five.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I love what you've done.

[Jadakiss]

Fraser Crane from Cheers, Max Klinger from Nash, Newman from Seinfeld, Saul in Breaking Bad, and Frank Estanzen Seinfeld. I'm sure a lot of people have something to say and definitely tweet at me on Legreca or the show. Or call 1-800-919-3776. That was the list brought to you by BET365. Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at BET3. 6, 5. All right, lots to do here. This episode is brought to you by State Farm. Knowing you could be saving money for the things you really want is a great feeling.

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[Don Hahn]

So I give you a little Yankee update here.

[Jadakiss]

Please.

[Don Hahn]

Aaron Boone on the forecast tonight. He called it quote crappy. Okay, yeah, but said that expect to be playing through some wet all night is the exact quote you said wetty.

[Jadakiss]

It'll be rainy wetty and crappy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Rainy, crappy wedding.

[Don Hahn]

Playing through some wet all night doesn't actually sound all right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what? Just chill out.

[Don Hahn]

He said tomorrow. Tomorrow's forecast is. I don't know what you guys are talking about. Also ugly. But the Rangers don't come back to New York, as you mentioned, Don. So they're just going to have to, as Boonie said, play through some wet tonight.

[Peter Rosenberg]

For the record, I just want to be the one who has to say what needs to be said. No one cares.

[Jadakiss]

How about the unhappy?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Can we all say it for one night, just for tonight? SpongeBob for tonight. And I'm not. Listen, baseball's going to be played tonight. And if Lindor goes. I'm sorry. And If Soto goes 4 for 4 and hits three home runs, we got to talk about it tomorrow. Yeah, but this city right now is on tilt because of the New York Knickerbockers, and that's indoors, for God's sake.

[Don Hahn]

They put a roof on that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Not only is that indoors, the Watch Party's indoors in Radio City. It sold out, like, 10 minutes. They did $10 tickets.

[Don Hahn]

How about that?

[Peter Rosenberg]

For charity? And it sold out immediately. DJ Juanito tried to buy a ticket. It was immediately gone, but. Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

So the Watch Party, what does that see?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Close to five? No, it's gonna be. By the way, it will visually look awesome. Of course, what I was thinking about was, too, if they continue to do that, if they decide to run with the Radio City thing, I wonder what hour they open it for people. Because, like, it wouldn't be. I wonder if we could do it on stage in there. Do the show on stage inside Radio.

[Don Hahn]

City like a pre. Like little. Like, let's get you set up.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And maybe. Maybe we're alone, open for the game. And maybe we're alone from three. And by the way, we're talking out loud about plans. I didn't bring up off the air. Who cares? Just as likely to get it done from three to five. Let's say we're doing the show and no one's there. Who cares? It just sounds like a show.

[Don Hahn]

But as people.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The doors open, the people are coming in. Get a guest in at 6 o' clock.

[Don Hahn]

Come on now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Could be pretty good, right? If only I knew anyone who had polls with msg who could. Who could we talk to?

[Don Hahn]

Who knows people over there?

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's. That's the question.

[Don Hahn]

My. Let me check my phone.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Check your phone.

[Don Hahn]

I think I know somebody that might know someone.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The funny thing is we all know people who know someone. The question is, can we still get it done? We don't know.

[Don Hahn]

Who are these people and can we get a spot?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Can we bother them right now? Right.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, can I also bring this up, too? Speaking of the Knicks and how did you put it Again, it is tilt.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. So the city's on tilt.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. So what they've done around the city, I don't know if you guys saw this, is they have renamed a lot of the streets in the city.

[Jadakiss]

That's corny.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Everything that happens is corny.

[Don Hahn]

West 11th street is now Jalen Brunson Boulevard. Cornington West 32nd Street. That's literally right by Madison Square Garden. 2 Penn Plaza, Carl Anthony, Towns Square. Towns Square. You get that?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, you know What? Okay, okay.

[Don Hahn]

7Th and West 25th. Mikhail Bridges Block, West 3rd. Josh Hart Street.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Show me something name. Name the Brooklyn Bridge after Mikhail West.

[Don Hahn]

Now, are you noticing, by the way, that the street number is matching the jersey number of the players?

[Peter Rosenberg]

They won't do this for judgy one day.

[Don Hahn]

So in the Village, West 8th is OG Anunoby Alley. You like this?

[Jadakiss]

No, I think it's corny.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Don hates it.

[Jadakiss]

Peter.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think Peter's. I'm not very in either. But we need to do. Come up with. We need you to come up with a segment, though. Or Don just calls stuff corny. Like something horny or corny. Well, can we do that? Can we do horny or corny?

[Don Hahn]

I think horny or corny works.

[Jadakiss]

Sure, why not?

[Don Hahn]

We get a sponsor.

[Jadakiss]

I can't imagine there's something that horny or corny.

[Don Hahn]

Blue Chew.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right by Blue Chew. And we just asked Don, does this thing make you horny or is it corny? How about Monday Movement? And Don says, is it horny or corny?

[Jadakiss]

I'm not being anti. I just. I always hate the honorary naming of streets. Show me something name. Abby be Brunson forever.

[Don Hahn]

Like in the Bronx. You see the Bronx, they have, like a walk of fame. Now our guy, he was here wrestling Bronx guy, Damian Priest. He has a street named after him permanently. Yes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That show, like around the stadium. Yeah, it was a real thing.

[Don Hahn]

It's great.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He had a week, by the way. Priest, the Knicks. He went to the game, saw the. Saw them win the Subway Series. I saw him hanging out with fellow Puerto Rican, a man who he once had a great wrestling match with. Bad Bunny. He had a week last week. No, Priest had a week last week.

[Don Hahn]

There he goes. Look at him. He's shining. Love it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I love to see it.

[Don Hahn]

First of all, starts with us.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It did.

[Don Hahn]

Starts with us.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And by the way, I love his story because Priest is like, probably shouldn't. This isn't really built into his character. But he's like 40, 41 years old. He didn't get there as a baby.

[Jadakiss]

He blew up his spot.

[Don Hahn]

Does not look at all he grinded.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He when I, when I first realized, when he came up to me one day backstage and was like, hey, you know, we were first meeting, he goes, I listen to you all the time. And I was like, really? He's like, yeah, man. When I was an independent wrestler, I was a bartender in the city and I was listening to the Michael K Show on my way into my shift.

[Jadakiss]

At Bora Cosmic Sat in Philly. Yeah, that was, that was cool.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And now here he is, man, made it.

[Don Hahn]

He's over.

[Jadakiss]

We're way older. 1-800-919-3776. Some surprises coming up, right, Alan?

[Don Hahn]

Well, like I said, you never know. He's gonna never know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And it's also fully promoted on this, fully promoted on social media.

[Jadakiss]

So it just shows you how one hand doesn't know what the other hand's doing. But I thought we were going surprise. We're gonna continue with the surprise for the people that aren't.

[Peter Rosenberg]

If you're just listening, it's a surprise.

[Jadakiss]

Or maybe can't read or can't see pictures on 880. ESPN New York and ESPN Orac, whatever.

[Don Hahn]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast. I don't want to know how the sausage is made, man. I just want to know. It's good. Hear more of Don Allen and Peter weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app, and your smart speakers.