The Camden Connection | From a Shoe Store to a Knicks Championship

How exactly did Leon Rose and World Wide Wes turn their connections into a Knicks championship? Can they keep this delicate tightrope act together to run it back?
Yaron Weitzman joins the Illuminati to discuss his New York Magazine story on the unlikely friendships behind New York’s rise, from a Camden shoe store to the franchise-changing bet on Jalen Brunson.
The difficult decisions to fire Tom Thibodeau and trade Donte DiVincenzo tested the Knicks’ family-business approach, while Karl-Anthony Towns’ stalled extension talks and James Dolan's looming specter haunt the beginning of the season.

00:00 Inside the Knicks’ power structure
01:57 World Wide Wes’ shoe-store origins
05:30 Why the Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau
09:07 The franchise-changing bet on Jalen Brunson
12:22 Why Leon Rose & Wes stay in the shadows
15:42 Winning despite James Dolan
19:18 Trading Family: DiVincenzo, Quickley & tough decisions
24:38 What World Wide Wes actually does
28:38 KAT’s stalled extension talks
31:24 The Second Apron & keeping champions together

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