Knicks Bulletin: ‘Hope has been brought back to the city’

Remember those long breaks between the second and third rounds, then the Conference Finals and the Finals?

Having an extra day of rest between Games 2 and 3 felt like twice as long to me. Thank God we’re back at it.

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Here’s another humongous Bulletin ahead of Game 3, covering everything that went down on practice day at MSG on Sunday.

On adjusting to Karl-Anthony Towns and finding common ground:

“It is supposed to be like this. I came (to New York) with a great plan. Maybe the plan doesn’t work. Who adjusts: Him or me? Me. I adjust. (But) the adjustment’s not enough. Every once in a while, we’re not on the same page. We talk about it. We talk about it. I adjust again. A little bit better. He’s feeling good. We talk about it. We talk — maybe we take a couple of steps backwards because what I did, he doesn’t like, which is fine. It’s my job as a coach to fit whatever scheme we have on both sides of the floor to all of our players. And if you’re a great player, I’ve got to make a little bit more adjustments, or I’ve got to give a little bit more than you do. We finally got to a point where he was comfortable, (where) I was comfortable, Jalen (Brunson) was comfortable, OG (Anunoby) was comfortable, Mikal (Bridges) was comfortable. And to me, that’s what the regular season is about. The regular season is about finding your way so you can prepare for this time of the year … So, when we get here, anything we run into, we’ve already conquered during the regular season, and we’ll know how to handle it.”

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On Gregg Popovich’s influence on his career:

“It was huge. Pop — I talk about MSG being iconic, New York City being iconic — Pop is iconic, especially here in San Antonio. When you talk about the game of basketball, he’s iconic to everybody that enjoys the game of basketball.”

On what he learned from Popovich beyond basketball:

“The neat part about him is it’s not just about the X’s and O’s that you learn. You know you can never be him, but you learn people skills. You learn how to connect, not just the 15 or 18 players, you learn how to connect…

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