{"id":173642,"date":"2025-09-22T09:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/173642\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:19:12","slug":"knicks-jalen-brunson-talks-about-the-postseason-grind-and-its-challenges-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/173642\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks&#8217; Jalen Brunson talks about the postseason grind and its challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> star Jalen Brunson has been open about the mindset required for the team to replicate last season\u2019s success. While the Knicks reached the Eastern Conference Finals before falling short against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/indiana-pacers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> last season, Brunson stressed that past achievements don\u2019t automatically carry over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best part about our team is the chemistry we\u2019ve built and the relationships we\u2019ve created,\u201d Brunson said. \u201cA lot of people help us on this journey, and to be able to be where we are now, it\u2019s nothing to be satisfied about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That chemistry has fueled New York\u2019s steady climb, but Brunson pointed out that satisfaction can be a dangerous thing. He explained that the team must avoid the trap of assuming progress is guaranteed just because of what they accomplished last season.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Brunson and the Knicks should focus on the process<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Brunson emphasized the importance of starting from zero and embracing the grind again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, we don\u2019t go into the season thinking we\u2019re just going to jump back into the Eastern Conference Finals,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to go through the process again, continue to get better, and fight to get over that hump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the New York Knicks&#8217; postseason run last season, Brunson put the team on his back, averaging 32.4 points, 7.5 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game. His scoring outbursts carried the Knicks through tough series, cementing his role as their undisputed leader. For Brunson, though, the numbers aren\u2019t enough; what matters is keeping the group focused and hungry.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks showed last year that they could battle through adversity, but Brunson\u2019s comments make it clear he sees no shortcuts to success. If the Knicks want to take the next step and fight for an NBA Finals berth, they will need the same resilience, discipline, and hunger that powered them into contention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson has been open about the mindset required for the team to replicate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-173642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}