Wednesday Posted & Toasted Notes: Lotsa Brunson, soft deadlines, decisions and extensions

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Extenuating day of work at P&T with so much NBA content around this time of the year. Would you believe it? Me neither. Links and notes below.

Jalen Brunson told the New York Post that winning the NBA championship has not changed how he views himself. Read the interview in full; it’s well worth it, and JB discusses plenty of things, not to mention his mother, Sandra, makes a cameo too!

“It will be the same. It’s something that I get to walk around with and think about when I’m — when I need to give myself a little confidence, or whatever, just in certain situations. But my approach and everything has to be the same. Just because I’ve reached the mountaintop of winning an NBA championship doesn’t mean that it’s over with. I feel like there’s still a lot more to do and a lot more that I can prove. It’s 100 percent always going to be in the mind, I’m just not going to let it define me.”

Brunson also touched on his recovery from wrist surgery in a separate NYP piece, saying it’s tested his patience but remains something he attacks every day. The original recovery timetable put it around six to eight weeks, so Brunson should be on track to be ready around training camp.Regarding the ring-night matchup against the Sixers, Brunson expects “fireworks, for sure.”If the Knicks want to repeat, they may need more production from Mohamed Diawara, Tyler Kolek and Pacome Dadiet as their expensive veteran core becomes increasingly difficult to maintain, The Athletic’s James L. Edwards III wrote. JE3 ranked those three players in a “most likely to contribute next season” ranking. Can you guess who’s No. 1?Miles McBride is more than likely to enter the season without an extension, according to NYP’s Stefan Bondy. The reason? A “soft” (but very important) deadline has passed.The Knicks explored trades for several reserve big men…


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