Knicks Bulletin: ‘I have some buddies that are monks’

Just one more sleep, and the lights will shine bright.

Just one more day for the Knicks to finally grace the NBA Finals stage once again.

We’ve been waiting for 27 years. We can make it there.

On the pressure of coaching in the Finals:

“You have to have some sort of fight in you. It doesn’t matter where you are. There’s pressure when you’re sitting in the seat. And it’s warranted because of what we get paid.”

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On his prior Finals experience making it easier for him to navigate:

“Just the magnitude of it, being through it. This is my seventh time now being in the Finals. It won’t be overwhelming.”

On Mitchell Robinson’s status before Game 1:

“I’m just waiting on the medical staff. He just did individual work today. I’m waiting on the medical staff to let me know what the next step is.”

On getting ready for a hostile road environment in Game 1 at San Antonio:

“[We need to be] aware that we’re going into an environment where the opposing team is going to generate a lot of energy. Our crowd is one of the best, if not the best in the league, and the energy that we get from playing here at Madison Square Garden is unbelievable. There are probably other buildings where, in their players’ minds, they give them that same energy. So, knowing that it’s going to be hostile, we don’t have the energy of the crowd to help us get over the hump. So we have to come out, not coming out jumping on them, but we have to come out with a purpose, not just physically but mentally as well, so that we don’t fall behind big, because the crowd will really feed into that.”

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On defending Wembanyama’s size and skill:

“You just hope [with] a guy like that, you can find ways to make him work. You pray. I have some buddies that are monks — I can’t go to them because he’s got that part of the religion all wrapped up.”

On keeping Wembanyama guessing offensively:

“At his size and his talent and his ability, you’ve got to hope he misses some, but you’ve got to keep mixing things up so you can keep him trying to guess. He’s got a great feel, so it’s going to be hard, but…

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