“When I took the job, I thought about it,” Brown said …

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And while everybody watches the two titans out West slug it out for the right to host the Knicks in the 2026 NBA Finals, Brown can think about what being the first Knicks coach to hoist the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy since Red Holzman in 1973 would mean. He can think about it. He probably won’t, though. Not yet. “When I took the job, I thought about it,” Brown said during a Zoom conference call with reporters on Sunday. “But going through this process, one of the things that I’m trying really hard to do — and trying really hard to make sure our team does from the top down — is to stay present. And what I mean by that is, we don’t wanna get ahead of ourselves, because as soon as we start getting ahead of ourselves, that’s when disaster always occurs, it seems. And so for us, starting with me, making sure everybody in the organization understands it’s about the next game — and, really, it’s about the next possession.”

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