Knicks Bulletin: ‘Build that little big-headed a statue, bro’

The Knicks have scheduled their parade for Thursday at 10 a.m.

Mikal Bridges might not make it there.

See for yourself.

On the Knicks’ championship journey:

“This stuff is harder than what you think, and … you have to have great assistants. You have to have great players. But I was gassed. I’ll never forget, in 2003, as an assistant (with the Spurs), and when we won the championship (against the New Jersey Nets) … I was on the other bench when the buzzer went off, (and) I was sitting on my chair. All I did was lean back in my chair and I sat there, I felt like, for 10 minutes. It was probably 30 seconds, but I just wanted to breathe. I wanted to breathe. And that’s what I wanted to do today. It was surreal. I was tired, and then I went to find my family. I went to find (his partner) Ro, my grandson, my son Elijah, my step-kid, my mom, my sisters, I went to find my family and enjoy it with them.”

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On the Knicks’ coaching search:

“No. I mean, I’ve been around a long time. This business is just as crazy as any other business. I’m pretty good at trying to control what I can control. I had zero control over who else was interviewing, who was denied permission. I had zero control over that. I just did the best I could in the interview process. I went about my business and waited until it was either going to progress or end . . . I just let it unfold the way it unfolded.”

On James Dolan’s speech:

“It’s a pretty serious mood going into the playoffs. When he said that, I was like, ‘Mike, hold yourself together. Do not fall out. Focus on his words. Focus on his words. Try to keep this as serious as you can. And let’s see how it plays out with the players.’ But there was no way that I could get that done.”

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On Dolan’s impact:

“His speech was effective ’cause it was powerful. It was impactful, and it added to what messaging we’ve been giving our guys from Day 1, from the Opening Night dinner going into training camp, it added to it.

“And it added to it on another level because now you have the top guy, the ultimate leader, the guy that owns the team, that…

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