

Dave Rothenberg
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@RothenbergESPN
6-10 weekday mornings on 880-ESPN W/Rick DiPietro. I love my teams! NYG, NYR, NYM, NYK and Georgetown hoops.





I don't understand what people find so complicated about why there are so many Knicks fans there. The Sixers are down 3-0, haven't been past the 2nd round this entire era. Because of secondary markets, even if you sold Sixers fans cheap tickets they'd resell them to Knicks fans at much higher prices. Knicks fans are more willing to spend money on the tickets than Sixers fans, which makes sense to me. Not defending the secondary market stuff, which is a whole other issue and has turned season ticket holders largely into ticket brokers to afford it. It just sort of is what it is. I don't blame Sixers fans, I don't think it makes you a bigger tougher fan to spend money on a product you don't believe it. I don't blame Sixers players for hating it.





How funny would it be if the Knicks genuinely lose in round 1?

For all Knicks and Giants fans. This is what I’m attempting: Knicks at 7pm - watch the first half or as close to it as possible. Then pause. Switch to NFL draft. Try to make it to pick 5. Then pause. At this point put the phone away. Use as much discipline as possible. I can do it. Back to the Knicks 3rd qt. Then pause. Back to draft. Fast forward all commercials and banter I don’t care about. Back to finish of the Knicks. Back to the rest of the 1st round. Put the phone away. You can do it.

The last time a veteran non-quarterback was traded for a Top 10 pick was 21 years ago—when the @Vikings traded Hall of Fame WR Randy Moss to the @Raiders for the seventh overall pick and a seventh rounder. Safe to say the @Giants did well with the return for Dexter Lawrence.

@RothenbergESPN There’s never been a move from one of the most embarrassing franchises in recent years your fat self hasn’t loved.


Programming Note: Season 2 of The Verdict on @VICE premieres tonight at 9 pm ET. Dave @RothenbergESPN and I are co-Executive Producers (also Joe Violone and Tom Farrell) with Chris Russo back @MadDogUnleashed as host. The Verdict tackles great sports debates: The schedule: March 24: Ruth vs. Ohtani March 31: Bo vs. Deion April 7: Ali vs. Tyson April 14: Tiger vs. Jack April 21: Federer vs. Nadal vs. Djokovic We have a who's who of experts expressing their opinions in their areas of expertise, including Bob Costas, Mary Carillo, David Cone, Boomer Esiason, Tim Kurkjian, Chris Berman, Ian O'Connor, Rich Eisen, Patrick McEnroe, Jimmy Roberts, Jon Wertheim, Ross Greenburg, Tim Smith, Hank Gola, Mark Kriegel, Gerry Cooney, Lou DiBella, Jane Levy, Teddy Atlas and others. We're all really proud of this series!