Jaden Akins

Wonderful job.

Or Jaden Akins.

Jaden Akins? I think it's Jaden Akins.

Yeah, I don't...

I don't know.

And Leon Rose, those are the exact players they're bringing into the fold right now.

Dink Pate, Jaden Akins, Dalton Connect.

I mean, I could go on and on.

New York clearly has a plan in place here.

Now, New York has all of their two-way spots filled with the players that they want.

They have Tyler Nickel, who's a rookie, Jaden Akins, who they absolutely believe in, and he's been impressing them internally, and now they have the wing they've always wanted, Dalton Connect.

If you remember, it wasn't even a few weeks ago where New York was looking to keep Bruce Brown and James Wiseman on this team.

In order to do that, they were looking to make a number of trades so they can free up even more cap space so they can be able to sign Bruce Brown.

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Remember Dink Pate? The reason he's back with Westchester? Building block for the future.

Dalton Connect, Jaden Akins, Tyler Nickel, Mohamed Diawara, Tyler Kolek.

It's the exact same thing.

You need to hear what he had to say.

Also, New York is impressed with newest Nick, Jaden Akins.

We're going to break down all of these latest reports today.

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Your bench is Landry Schammett, Miles Deuce McBride, Andre Drummond, Jose Alvarado, Jordan Clarkson, Muhammad Diawara, Tyler Kolick, James Wiseman, Bakom Dadie.

Your three two-way players are Kevin McCullers Jr., the rookie Tyler Nickel, and Jaden Akins.

So that is your squad.

going in to the opening night for the New York Knicks in 2026-2027.

I was thrilled he was back.

I think Tyler Nichols is going to be a great fit for this team.

The one guy I didn't love is Jaden Akins.

And I don't say that to be insulting.

You need guys to be able to spell one another.

Um, but what Terance Reed is going to bring to the fold is going to be important, and we haven't even gotten to the Jaden Akins part yet.

And we will see.

Again, um, I've said it on this show before, I think he's going to play this year.

Eubanks' just a little too small to be, uh, as impactful as you would want him to be.

Jaden Akins had some nice moments in- including, uh, handling pressure well.

Uh, just cannot really shoot.

All right, guys, that is it from this one for Locked On Knicks.