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Q: If you guys make the playoffs, you’re not in yet ...


A: We’re gonna make the playoffs.


Q: You might have the Heat in the first round.


A: That’s fine. I think we can take the Heat. ... We can take anybody in
this league. I don’t feel like there’s anybody that’s a million times
better than us. Now it just comes down to when it comes down to when it comes
down to those last couple of possessions, can we pull it out?



Q: Why do you think you’re made for the New York market?


A: When I got drafted to New York. I just went back and watched all the old
New York tapes, like when the Knicks were like at their peak. ... Bad boys,
hard fouls, talkin’ trash ... just that old gritty basketball. And I’ve
always liked ’90s basketball more than basketball now.I feel like now it’s
real watered down, and you get techs for looking at people. ... When I was
growing up, when I used to watch Jordan, when he dunked on somebody, there
was a lot going on after that play. ... Ewing used to dunk on people, used to
look at ’em crazy, he’d stick his tongue out, then he’d run down the court
like this (arms extended) ... so when I was growing up in my backyard, that’
s how we played. If I went to the basket hard and hit a layup and you fell, I
was in your face about it. ... So I think just my passion for it, I’m gonna
entertain the crowd — I’m gonna do that — and then, I’m gonna play both
sides of the ball hard. I can have a bad game, I can have a good game, but I
don’t ever want anybody to be able to say, “He didn’t play hard today.”


Q; Would you have loved to play on those teams?


A: Just to play in that era with that type of aggression — I feel like I
wouldn’t get a foul. It was like blatant fouls, but because of what was at
stake, and like the crowd was crazy, it was like the type of energy that was
in there, if you were a ref and you called that foul, the fans probably
woulda threw stuff on the court, like, “That’s not a foul!”



Q: When you watch John Starks play, do you see yourself?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tEELp8kr_n4

A: He’s got a highlight video, and it’s the Anthony Hamilton “Comin’ From
Where I’m From.” I watch it before every game. Kinda like gets me in my
mood.


Q: You’ve met Starks.


A: Yeah that’s my dude. That’s mt guy. The thing was with Starks, with me
being a Bulls fan growing up — Reggie Miller and them tried, but it was like
I think Jordan really had a problem with Starks. Starks would really get into
you, really get in your face, and I’m the same way. I have respect for
everybody in the league. ... There are certain guys that are obviously a lot
more talented than myself and a lot of the other players in the league but
.. once you gotta play against me, all that’s out the window. And I feel
like Starks [had] that same mindset.


Q: You retweeted a “Natural Born Killers” poster of you and Carmelo Anthony
that had someone sent you.


A: As far as just learning, and seeing the game from a different perspective,
Melo’s always just been in my ear all year, just trying to help me, ’cause
he says a lot of times that I act like he acted, and he’s like, “I’m
trying to help you grow up quicker, if I can advance you a couple of years
and we can get a championship together.” He doesn’t expect me to be as
professional as him and Amar’e [Stoudemire] are ... but he’s like, “the
sooner you figure it out, the more rings you’re gonna get,” if you can get
one, ’cause it’s damn near impossible in this league.



Q: Are you a Natural Born Killer on the court?


A: I think so (smile). Think I got some ice in my veins.



Q: You never feel pressure?


A: I invite it. I feel like it makes me play better. For me, the problem I’
ve always had is during a game [if] we’re blowing somebody out ... I’m
terrible. If we’re up 15, I’m fine, but it’s like if we get up by 30 and
the other team gets sloppy, it’s like somehow it makes me sloppy. I need
that pressure. I need to feel like somebody’s like on my back. That brings
the best out of me.


Q: Being a rookie, are some of the veterans around the league offended by ...


A: Sometimes I think so. I think a lot of ’em try to hush me. But, I just
keep coming. You might score on me, but only thing it does is it [ticks] me
off even more and makes me go harder the next time.


Q: What are some of the things you hear from some of the veterans?




Q: Who did he say that to?


A: He was saying it like out loud, and then he looked at Melo, it was like, “
Who is he talkin’ to? He can’t talk to me ...” He was like baffled, like,
“Is he really talking?” And then I remember KG saying, “I smell blood, I’
m feeling like a shark today,” or something like that, whatever.


Q: Did you say something to him?


A: I just dunked it on him and got a tech.


Q: You’ve guarded Derrick Rose ... Dwayne Wade ...


A: A little bit.


Q: And Kobe Bryant. Which one was the toughest?


A: I think it’s between Kobe and Rose. I think with D-Wade having [Chris]
Bosh and LeBron [James] with him, he can pick his spots a little bit more,
and the tough thing about him is he’s gonna get out in transition, it’s a
totally different cover. He’s not gonna play around with the ball or
anything like that. He’s gonna make a move, if he don’t have it, he gets
off it, and they sorta just get theirs within playing off of each other. With
Derrick Rose and Kobe, it’s like you know they have the ball, you know it’s
a clearout, and you just gotta stop ’em, so it’s harder. It’s way worse on
your body guarding D-Rose, because it’s gonna be a ton of ball screens, he’
s extremely fast, and he’s just gonna run all game. Kobe, it’s just
unbelievable footwork the whole game. The best footwork I’ve ever guarded.



Q: Did Kobe say anything to you?


A: I think in the fourth quarter when we played ’em here, he was, “All
right, that’s enough rook,” and he just went off.



Q: What do you like to say on the court to get in guys’ heads?


A: I’d rather hold that back (smile). It’s really not for the newspapers or
for TV.



Q: Do you have a game plan though?


A: To tell you the truth, I don’t really know what I’m gonna say. ... Maybe
I was growing up watching you play and you did something that just made me
mad back then? I might say, “You made me lose a bet when I was in seventh
grade. I still don’t like you!”


Q: Why do you like defense so much?


A: When I was coming up, I’m the best player on this team. Whoever the best
player on that team, even if he’s got three or four inches on me, I gotta
guard him, just because that’s what the people came to see.


Q: Would you like to guard LeBron?


A: I could care less. Whoever Coach Woody [Mike Woodson] wants me to guard, I
’m guarding.


Q: Well could you ...?


A: I would love to guard LeBron.


Q: Why?


A: ’Cause I’ve seen him go off on people, and I just want to know if I
could stop him. I like taking that challenge. A lot of people don’t like
taking that challenge. A lot of people don’t want to be on that island at
the end of the game, clock winding down. ... They don’t like being on that
side of the ball at that moment. I don’t have a problem with it.


Q: But he’s 6-8, right?


A: That’s fine. I’m 6-6.


Q: What drives you?


A: Ever since I was little, I wanted to win the NBA championship. I saw how
good Michael Jordan and them felt when they won it ... had the cigars with
their fathers. ... I’ve always dreamed of that.


Q: What do you think New York City would be like if the Knicks won a
championship?


A: Man ... that’d probably be the only time that I would say I’ll be in
love with New York more than Chicago.


Q: Linsanity ... and when can we expect Shumpsanity?


A: I don’t know if there’s gonna be any Shumpsanity going on (smile), but
Linsanity, that was an incredible experience. It was actually a humbling
experience, because when you saw how Jeremy took it, it was like they played
him all day on “SportsCenter,” and if he came in, he made us turn it off.
He was trying to like block it out. He was like so selfless. He did not want
us to feel like he was caught up in that. He was like! “Let’s just win, I
don’t care.” He tried to duck and dodge the media even though he couldn’t
(chuckle). We tried to go to the movies on the road — we all had to wear
hoodies, we couldn’t give it up where we were at. If somebody saw Landry,
they knew Jeremy was close around. Landry got spotted at the theater,
everybody goes crazy. I walk in late, everybody’s just starting to put the
pieces together so they followed me to the theater to see what theater we’re
in. It was ridiculous, we had to leave the movie early.


Q: Describe Coach Woodson.


A: Me and him have a relationship where we know it’s nothing personal. He’s
gonna come at me crazy, and at times he comes so crazy that I might respond
back, but it’s only gonna make me go two times harder the next play.


Q: Would this team like to see him back next season?


A: Love to see him back.


Q: Message to Knicks fans?


A: Just thank you. When I got drafted, I got booed, but the cool thing about
New York is like the level off honesty that they give you. I’ve had, I don’
t know how many fans come to me and say, “Man, I’m so sorry for booing you.
I love the way you play. I love how hard to play. I love what you bring to
New York. I hope you’re a Knick for life.”



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