Knicks Bulletin: ‘The humble warrior’

We’ve reached a point where you can say the Cavs and the Pistons are doing this on purpose to prevent Knicks fans from enjoying New York basketball.

But hey, seven games on their legs? Can’t complain!

We’re the latest four days and a few hours from the ECF Game 1 tip-off. Finally.

On OG Anunoby returning as a full participant in practice:

“He practiced today in full. Everything we did today, he did. Anytime anybody is able to do anything like that, it’s always encouraging.”

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On leaving the final decision about Anunoby’s availability to the medical staff:

“At the end of the day, I’m a wait and let the medical group tell me each day what he can do. We’ll see if they tell me something different tomorrow. But it’s definitely encouraging to see somebody be able to go out there and practice a full practice like OG did.”

On maintaining consistency after a long layoff:

“If we expect to be who we think we’re capable of being, we’ll find a way to stay consistent with what we’re doing. Whether it’s the energy level, the effort level, or embracing/focusing on the details that we have to be able to understand in order to go out and get a win.”

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On ignoring outside noise and focusing on a championship goal:

“I don’t look at it like that. I literally do this to try to compete to try to win a championship. That’s what my focus is throughout the course of the year. Throughout the course of the year, there’s going to be noise out there. When [ex-San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich] was at his height, people talked about him. When [Golden State Warriors head coach] Steve Kerr was at his height, people talked about him. People can talk about Mike Brown for sure, but it’s my job to ignore the noise. It’s easy to do that because the pressure that I put on myself and the team puts on itself to be great or try to be the best team in the league, doesn’t even match up to what everyone else says.”

On weighing player suggestions before making adjustments:

“You can’t act upon everything. Because if you act upon everything, you’re going to be driving yourself…

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