Jalen Brunson Says Knicks 'Have a Long Way to Go to Be Back to Where We Want Be'

The New York Knicks were on the brink of reaching the NBA Finals a year ago, but star point guard Jalen Brunson knows it won't be easy to repeat that success this year.

On his podcast, the Roommates Show, Brunson explained why the Knicks "have a long way to go."

"I think we have a long way to go to be back to where we want to be. And I actually like that because it's like a new focus for us," Brunson said (21:28 mark). "We're not jumping back into where we were last year, it's like a whole new journey. It's really easy to be like, 'Alright, let's get back to the conference finals. That's our goal.' No, our goal is to get better every single day. Especially with this new regime, these new schemes, this new everything. It's like a whole reset."

The Knicks will enter a new era this season under head coach Mike Brown, who replaced Tom Thibodeau after his firing in June. While the coaching staff and some of the schemes have changed, the roster is mostly the same.

New York has all of its starters from a year ago and many of its role players as well. Chemistry-wise, the Knicks should be fine.

But even with an unchanged roster, there are bound to be different obstacles thrown at the Knicks throughout the year, like injuries and trades, which will give them plenty to navigate as they try to get to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.