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No Knicks basketball on Sunday; what did you expect on the day we all have for resting and disconnecting? (As if I ever do lol)
However, New York folks keep logging practices and sending quotes out to the world for us to enjoy.
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Here’s the latest from Tarrytown before Monday’s clash against the LaMelo-Ant Wolves.
On receiving an invitation from former Giants head coach Tom Coughlin:
“When he asked me to come by the event, I actually called my dad. I said, ‘Hey dad, I just spoke with Tom Coughlin and going to go do this and this,’ and my dad got excited, too.
“I’ve always been a fan of his from afar. … What he did was really, as a coach, was remarkable. And that’s what I knew him as back then. To go through a year at 9-7 [in 2011] and [10-6 in 2007], to me that’s what a season is about. You figure stuff out over the course of the year. You may not be in first place all the time, but you’re preparing for the postseason. And both those teams, in my opinion, they did it textbook.
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“They took their lumps, they figured out how to get through the challenges and adversity throughout the course of the year and when it was time to go for it, they did it.”
On the differences between his personality and Tom Coughlin’s:
“His presence and demeanor were almost the opposite [of me]. I’m a little goofy, he’s more serious, he’s not goofy at all. And you can feel his presence.”
On Bruce Brown’s performance at camp and the effort he’s shown while competing for a roster spot:
“He’s been doing a nice job. He was with the group [against the Wizards on Thursday] — him, Jaden [Akins], Tyler Nickel, James Wiseman and [Pacôme Dadiet]. Those guys made a couple of mistakes, but man, they played hard. And I’m not just saying hard defensively. Even offensively, getting to their spots in transition, moving the basketball, touching the paint.
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“And then defensively, speaking on Bruce, he was great on the ball. … Watching him still do those things, knowing that he’s fighting for a spot, with the success he’d had in a year, he’s still embracing his journey, is a lot of fun to see because he’s going about it the…
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