I was so tired yesterday that I put the Knicks on and legitimately enjoyed watching them play a no-contest game against the Wiz Kiz with no stress baked into the affair.<\/p>\n
Now, for the drama and the nerves, here comes the NBA trade deadl\u2014actually, scratch that. The Knicks ain\u2019t trading for Giannis, fam.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a bunch of quotes and a Guerschon revelation.<\/p>\n
On ball movement and decision-making:<\/p>\n
\u201cGuys are trying to share the basketball. And we only had eight turnovers. So you\u2019re not only sharing the basketball, but sharing it the right way. Guys are trying to play for one another with the correct spacing and making the correct decisions. It\u2019s a lot of fun to see when guys get rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n
On locking in against Washington:<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously Washington is a young team and the direction they\u2019re going is what most young teams do at this time of the year. So we went out there and locked in and did the little things the right way. It was impressive to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
On evaluating Landry Shamet before taking the job:<\/p>\n
\u201cI watched tape before I got the job. I was a fan of his. I saw the things that he did out there last year and I was like, \u2018Wow. This guy can be really good on both ends of the floor.\u2019 And that was something I came in saying early in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n
On following trade deadline chaos:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be for sure tuned in. It\u2019s great entertainment for me. I can\u2019t wait for Thursday. It\u2019s fun entertainment because you\u2019re always going to see what\u2019s happening, what\u2019s going on. Be messy. Talk about random trades that are just pointless behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the players-only meeting false narrative:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked but it wasn\u2019t like, some thing. That got dragged. We didn\u2019t have a players-only meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n
On setting the tone early against Washington:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came out with that third-quarter intensity in the first quarter and it allowed us to dictate the game. That\u2019s what\u2019s asked of us and that\u2019s something we wanted to accomplish. So today is a good day where you actually do what you say.\u201d<\/p>\n
On being named an All-Star reserve:<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know and it was special. This one a real special one. I think this is one I\u2019ll cherish.\u201d<\/p>\n
On handling highs and lows in his career:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of the journey. There\u2019s highs and lows in this thing. You can\u2019t get caught up on either end of that spectrum. Just take care of your work every day, try to be a good teammate and the rest will take care of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the so-called players-only meeting:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just me voicing my opinion after the game against Dallas. It wasn\u2019t me calling a team meeting. We meet after games. I said something before coach walked in. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
On taking charges on a steady basis:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve always done. I think it not only does a lot for your team, it\u2019s a turnover, you get the ball, it can be a momentum swing for you. It\u2019s an offensive foul, you get the ball back, it could be big for your team.\u201d<\/p>\n
On starting strong against the Wizards:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to start off strong and just play hard. They\u2019re young and they can get out strong and fast and we just had to play our way.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the improved defensive cohesion:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think just everybody is on the same page being together, being on one string and stepping up for each other is great to see. When you go back and watch the film you see everyone trying to make the right play and help each other out.\u201d<\/p>\n
On trade rumors and overseas interest:<\/p>\n
\u201cI ain\u2019t closing no door on nothing. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. I don\u2019t know what tomorrow\u2019s going to be. Nothing has been discussed or signed. I\u2019m a Knicks player at the end of the day. But there\u2019s been teams calling. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I was so tired yesterday that I put the Knicks on and legitimately enjoyed watching them play a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,2964,6,1136,191,3810,3806],"class_list":{"0":"post-582381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-knicks","10":"tag-knicks-news","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-knicks","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkknicks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116013804162873237","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}