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Crazy fact I found out today: It’s been six years since COVID-19 began.
Now for the shocking news, it turns out it’s actually been eight years since the last time the Knicks played basketball. Would you believe that!?
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Here’s the latest from Tarrytown.
On OG Anunoby’s limited participation in practice on Wednesday:
“(The medical staff) told me what he can do today, and then they’ll tell me what he can do [on Friday], so I don’t know what he’ll be able to do for Game 1. He practiced today, some aspects of it. Some parts of practice. When we went live, he did not go live. Anytime anyone is able to do stuff, you get encouraged.”
On how Anunoby looked during his on-court work:
“The stuff that he went through, he looked fine.”
On balancing preparation, rest and scouting during the layoff:
“You try to get the input of everybody in the different departments, try to do the best you can to keep it competitive while keeping guys sharp while giving them a break as well. That’s what we’re trying to do. We’re trying to mix it up with some live stuff, some shooting stuff while watching some film. Not trying to do the same thing every day. Touching base on both opponents to a certain degree, but making sure it doesn’t get overwhelming. It’s a fine balance.”
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On limiting live work this time of year:
“You don’t want to have too many days of live [work]. The last thing you want this time of year is an injury so we mixed in some live today. Not sure if we’ll do it again. Maybe we’ll do it one more day. That would be on feel and based off of whether we play sooner or later.”
On the value of versatility in the postseason:
“You need versatility especially come playoff time. Every step you go the teams are better. They are better on both sides of the ball so it becomes more challenging. But it can be challenging in different ways. To have guys you can move around to help you out is definitely huge.”
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On empowering Karl-Anthony Towns and leveraging playmaking bigs:
“It’s my job as a head coach, as well as [our] assistants, to try to put guys in position to…
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