From @ricbucher w/us on @foxsportsradio - 'My worry about the Knicks? They're a bulldog that has the chew toy in its teeth and aren't gonna let go. Which is fantastic. But sometimes that can backfire on you. There's times where Thibs has to make an adjustment (and he doesn't).'

The Suns need to break up their Big 3 and trade Devin Booker.

Ric Bucher explains:

.T.J. Houshmandzadeh: 'If Erik Spoelstra is the coach of the Lakers, do they lose that series 3-1?'

Ric Bucher: 'No.'

Agree?

TJ put up the same fight his Lakers did -- valiant but, ultimately, futile.

Suns are not in as bad of shape as most are making them out to be. But they do have to make some changes and it starts with their core. As explained 👇

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Fred Vinson is the Pels' shooting coach. As good as they come. Imagine if Zion developed that. (shudder)

.Ric Bucher: All of the pressure is on Luka to win Game 5 tonight.

'If they don't win Game 5, I'm not sure they win this series.'

.Ric Bucher believes LeBron & Bronny James will both be on the Lakers next season 👀

'He wants to be the first father/son combo in the NBA.”

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.Ric Bucher: The Lakers' greatest issue is that they were relying on a 39-year-old LeBron James to be their closer.

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.@CutOnDime25 was shining on set today and made Ric Bucher bring out his sunglasses! 😂💎

Thank you for being my accountant and providing that receipt 👊🏼🙏🏼💪🏼

For sure. Thought they would be a top 2-3 team in the West in the regular season. Wouldn't have bet on a deep playoff run, but would've expected them to win a round matched up with one of those lower seed teams -- instead of being a lower-seed team.

C Block should be particularly spicy.

'I said this last week... He's either going to become MJ-lite or Domonique.'

— Colin Cowherd and Ric Bucher discuss Anthony Edwards' ceiling

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Not an ideal time for AD to bring this up. Did a nice job offensively, but his defensive effort from the jump vs. Nuggets in Game 1 was underwhelming. (Granted, it is a regular-season award.)