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Believe it or not, the NBA Draft is just two days away.
Perks of winning the championship, I guess.
Here’s the latest from across Knicks nation.
On the issues with Atlanta in the first round of the playoffs:
“They came out hot. They came out and played. There is a lot of pressure for New York. No matter what people say or how people feel, as players you feel it a little bit. So Atlanta was hooping and they were doing a great job. We were in a close game with Atlanta, we should not be. And they had nothing to lose. We had everything else to lose.”
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On the pressure the Knicks felt:
“So, we are in a close game like, we got to close this out. We got to figure it out. It was so staggering that we were trying to figure it out that we were putting so much pressure on ourselves.”
On the meeting that changed the Hawks series:
“And then it was time when we had a meeting and it was like, OG Pat Ewing talked to us like, listen, we have been here before, let us do this. And after that, we just woke up and we never looked back.”
On teams elevating their play against the Knicks:
“When you play the Knicks, everybody plays good. Role players, the stars, it is just like, we play the Knicks, now we are turning up.”
On nearly quitting basketball for baseball:
“I remember telling my dad one time, ‘I really want to quit basketball and play baseball.’ That was the Dominican in me for sure, Howard, I’m not going to lie to you.”
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On wanting to be a Yankees player:
“I just wanted to play nothing but baseball, I wanted to be a Yankee. It was something completely different to not have been the best at something, and to continue to have to prove to people that I could be as good or even better than who they say is the best.”
On his love for baseball:
“I was just able to go out there and have a bunch of fun and the pure joy of the sport.”
On returning to basketball:
“I will never forget, my childhood friends called me and they were saying there was an AAU basketball tournament to play, and they really missed playing basketball with me. And [they asked] if I would just join that weekend to play…
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