Jalen Brunson returned from his first career All-Star appearance with the goal of helping the Knicks get healthy and recapture their stride over the final 27 regular-season games.
“I think we can get better than what we were,” Brunson said after practice on Wednesday. “We had a great [14-2] record in January, but we obviously ended terribly in the middle of February [with five losses in six games before the All-Star break].”
“However, we still have a lot of room for improvement. We’re doing well, but there’s still room for improvement. So much to accomplish.”
Jalen Brunson believes the Knicks have a lot to work on in the second half of the season.
Jalen Brunson believes the Knicks have a lot to work on in the second half of the season. Jeenah Moon for The New York Post
Injury reinforcements look to be on the way, with Donte DiVincenzo (hamstring) removed from the team’s official injury report, and Isaiah Hartenstein (Achilles) and Bojan Bogdanovic (calf) both classified as probable for Thursday’s game after practicing for the second consecutive day.
Tom Thibodeau stated, “Yeah, they went again, so we’ll see where they are on Thursday.” “It’s a good sign they felt good, they did a good job today.”
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According to Thibodeau, center Mitchell Robinson is no longer wearing a walking boot after undergoing ankle surgery in December.”Okay, out of the boot. So that’s the next phase,” Thibodeau explained. “We’re doing a little more, but he can’t run or jump yet. But that’s coming.
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“So you have to do it step by step. He’s doing cardio, biking, and swimming. He can shoot, but he cannot jump.”
When asked about his coolest moment from All-Star weekend, Brunson replied, “The one thing that stood out was running into [actor] Bill Murray.” I didn’t recognize Bill Murray at first, and I was like, ‘Oh snap, that’s Bill Murray.’ That was very cool. We had a pleasant little talk.
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