Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | January 1st, 2024

Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | January 1st, 2024

So how’ you think the new guy fit in uh great uh he was he was great on both sides of the ball so um give him a lot of credit um I think for everyone all of them um it’s only going to get going to

Only going to go up from here I mean there’s a lot uh terminology and basetball stuff that we can obviously teach him but I mean he he has all the tools that’s what I was is how impressive is it to do that without a practice just kind of hit the ground

Running I mean yeah uh tib just loves his players who you know obviously play hard and all that stuff and so uh he brings that naturally and um pre brings that naturally as well so um I mean when you’re playing as hard as you can for

Your teammates and I mean all the other stuff I mean is minimal so there were a number of plays where OG cuts off the ball and he gets around for a dunk or he attacks close out finds somebody else those all looked very natural what what

Is it about him what is it about your guys offense the way it ran today allowed it to so natural when obviously it’s the first time any of that ever happened I mean I I remember coming off coming on to the court and he was just

Like I don’t really know what I’m doing so I’m just going to keep cutting I was like okay yeah keep doing it so um like I said he plays uh just naturally just plays hard and know on both sides of the ball so um when he sees something he

Just attacks it and um that’s just who he is that’s probably a pretty good uh mentality though right I don’t know what I’m going to doing so I’m going to C as I don’t know what I’m doing so I’m just going to out of the way yeah he’s just

He’s going to know find ways to impact the game and that’s just way he’s on his whole career you you had a career high assist yesterday today what was uh what was going for you did you feel like that I mean yeah I mean it’s occurred to um

Guys are knocking down shots but I just I saw how the defense was playing they collapsed a little bit and I was just able to find guys in the right response and then they were knocking them down so just it’s all it’s all of my teammates

And had nothing nothing to do with me so with with RJ gone and and with with with quick gone those are those are two guys who took on a pretty big bulk of ball handling creation all that for you guys do you feel like you kind of have to

Shoulder a little bit more just because the way the roster is a little bit different right now um I mean we’ll see going forward today felt uh a little weird um just obviously not having those guys here and uh having any other guys here now so um I think as we go forward

It’s going to take a little bit of adjusting but um as long as everyone has the right mindset and we’ll be all right called OG kind of like a perfect fit for what you guys are trying to do offensively just what do you think about

OG’s fit and what makes him such a comp for yeah uh uh he plays really hard on both sides of the ball and so um he’s uh I guess you can say a perfect fit but I I think he’s only going to get better with the more he knows the things

That we do and uh the more he understands within our now terminology on both sides of the ball and stuff like that so um he can be very special here is terminology the biggest hurdle or even there’s other things he has to adjust to to be able to get on the same

Page as everybody else um I think terminology and chemistry there’s a lot of things that can um be a factor in it but uh he’ll be okay you know his up inall movement cutting um like I like I uh did say A og came to me and says I don’t really know

What I’m doing so I’m just going to keep cutting so but yeah so um I guess you can say yes but I mean it’s um it’s going to be a a progression as we go forward and but obviously it was a great first day for him and um I think it’s

Only going to up from here what do you think of those minutes with the second unit it’s a different rotation for you um I’m whatever is whatever is needed of me um I don’t really care what the situation is who I’m playing with I mean

The guys I’m on the court with I’m going to go out there and uh play as hard as I can from do what I got to do did you uh did you know that the rotation was going to be shaking up for you excuse me did

You know tibs was going to shake up your rotation yeah possibly he said he said he was thinking about it so I it was a possibility thanks J thank you yes

Jalen Brunson speaks to the media after the New York Knicks 112-106 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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