Deuce McBride | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | March 23rd, 2024

Deuce McBride | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | March 23rd, 2024

Think you s total of five minutes over the last three games what uh honestly it’s mental uh just telling myself to keep pushing through give everything I got in order to get the win when you were out of the rotation ear the season a lot of people

Say you can’t get in game shape without actually playing games how do you how did you build your condition during those times to make practice harder than you know the games doing whatever I can running uh treadmill bike um and making a game like in practice as much as I can

Were you looking over to tibs or anybody to see if you were going to come out today or did you expect to go the whole distance I’m trying not to look over I want I want to stay in I want to stay in so I noticed that like like eight

Minutes left back in minutes Mar come in for you it could come in for Burks and like that Golden State game it comes in for you you’re standing to be on theint your back is literally turned bench like is that actually conscious like I’m not even looking uh a little bit

Maybe you talk about mental was it hard earlier in the year when you’re not playing how far what do you do mentally to say it doesn’t matter I’m going to keep myself ready that’s got to be mall right yeah definitely had you know some Downs when you’re not playing and you

Want to do anything to help the team win it’s tough but you know you just you know stay true uh you know look to the Lord and just do whatever ever I can to get myself ready I remember like it was probably the first time you and Jaylen played together in like consequential

Minutes this year we were talking after the game when you guys like ran into each other on that roll you were talking about how you just hadn’t really played together can you can you take us through the process of like building uncore chemistry with him and kind of how it

Got to this this this point just more minutes honestly um you know he’s high IQ I’m high IQ so I knew it was going to click at one point just the more we play together the more used uh used to it we were going to get how much of that is

Like playing together away from games like in practice and that kind of stuff and just actually the minutes on the court I mean I’m asking a lot of questions too to him um you know he’s he’s great at what he does and he’s a great leader so you know I’m asking

Questions and you know he’s pointing Us in the right direction when OG went down the first time Tom started precious right and and this time around he he gives you the nod just what was that conversation like what did he tell you that you bring to the starting lineup

That would kind of give the team a boost I think just uh matchup wise um I’m able to guard uh some of the better guards um and be disruptive I think also offensively I we just keep it spaced a lot more so I think those are kind of

The things before you came back into the rotation you were consistently saying like I know what I can do I just want to get the minutes is any part of this satisfying now that you have the minutes and you’re doing you’re producing uh I would say so yeah uh obviously I like

Playing more than than not um but you know it’s nice to see my work paying off do you see yourself as the x of this team uh I wouldn’t say so um I think any given night any of us can can have a big

Big time impact on the game um so I just try to do whatever I can Tom mentioned you guys he credited you with mention T this today like after the big road game and or road trip and having this win and you mentioned that as well with your 48

Minutes like how has that kind of developed over time and how have you navigated that for yourself man started when I you know child how I was raised my parents just always telling me be mentally strong um you’re a leader out there people are looking to you so you

Know if you crack then it kind of goes in line so I just want to be strong as I can and continue to do what I do when you’re playing these minutes 44 47 48 what do you do on the days where you’re not playing rest rest complete

Rest last one last one uh how do you push yourself though when you’re not in the rotation you’re saying you’re going as hard as you would in a game or harder how do you is it a mental game to to push yourself to that level when you’re

Not I think it honestly starts just my love for the game um I love playing I love practicing and I think if you don’t have joy doing what you do then you know you’re not going to want to push those limits higher so I just love playing thanks

Deuce McBride speaks to the media after Knicks’ win over the Brooklyn Nets.

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