Brian Koppelman

Every single person involved with the Knicks has just done an incredible job.

And Jalen Brunson's the truth.

Well, in the beginning, I didn't know, right?

And you know what happened is, I mean, you were involved in part of what made me be a believer was I ended up taking a walk with Wes and we called you.

And you were like,

This guy, these guys, they mean it.

And Wes, as you know, is, look, Leon's obviously a visionary with figuring out how to put this team together, but Wes is this incredible connector of people and built this belief system.

So I think Wes was going to find all these people who are like lifelong Knicks fans and

and trying to convert them into becoming believers.

We have the right vision in place.

He would convey that they really cared so much, like about turning this around.

And they kind of put their own net, like they would say-

like, like judge us based on how we do, you know, so many people in those roles want to run from responsibility.

And I felt right from the beginning that, that those guys were saying, no, we know what we're saying we can do and we're going to do it.

But I can't, I don't, I look, there's a lot of, um,

Anyone who's a sports fan of a team that has lost for a really long time or not lived up to the promises knows that it starts to feel a little bit like

Post-traumatic stress.

And you just are so accustomed to getting disappointed and hurt.

And it is such a joy.

So like, for instance, the Jalen Brunson move.