Jalen Brunson says NBA champions Knicks can't be satisfied ahead of new season

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-knicks/WCNO4nbt/"]Knicks[/a] captain and 2026 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player spoke Monday at the team media day before training camp began.[/p][p]"[b]Not being satisfied is the biggest takeaway moving forward[/b]," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brunson-jalen/YLRvL3v7/"]Brunson[/a] said. "We just have to find a way to turn the page and move on."[/p][p]It won't be easy after an off-season celebration like no other for a franchise that struggled for so long before returning to the top.[/p][p]"[b]Honoured and grateful for all the opportunities that have come about. It was the longest shortest summer ever but it was well worth it,[/b]" said Brunson, who hosted Saturday Night Live's season opener last weekend.[/p][p]"It's cool to feel the energy and it makes you want it even more."[/p][embed guid="b7ac53bb-66d3-4975-b7c8-cec505f08dc9" url="https://x.com/sny_knicks/status/2104577779970765223" social-type="twitter" /][p]Brunson, however, stressed that after ending the long Knicks title drought, this season will be a different quest.[/p][p]"Last year we took everything one day at a time," he said. "We know what it takes, going through the same mindset for this journey.[/p][p]"[b]It's a new journey. It's a different journey. The approach has to be the same if not better[/b]."[/p][p]Brunson averaged 28.4 points, 6.1 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals a game in the Knicks playoff run, capped by a 4-1 series victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-antonio-spurs/IwmkErSH/"]San Antonio[/a] in the finals.[/p][p]He expects fans will see early on if the Knicks still have what it takes to capture the crown.[/p][p]"[b]The first couple weeks of the season are going to show us who we are and where we are[/b]," Brunson said. "No matter what we're doing, playing great or playing bad, how are we going to be able to learn.[/p][p]"[b]We'll find a way. We'll hold each other accountable. We'll learn and we'll be better[/b]."[/p][p]Knicks big man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/towns-karl-anthony/8np46E9P/"]Karl-Anthony Towns[/a] has goals as the 2026-27 campaign begins next month.[/p][embed guid="18658eaf-fbd2-45e5-a635-0aa14b7c509e" url="https://x.com/sny_knicks/status/2104611455270023625" social-type="twitter" /][p]"Just get back to the drawing board, start at 0-0, be hungry, be willing to do whatever it takes again and to win it again," Towns said.[/p][p]"[b]To repeat, it's going to take an even greater sense of discipline and execution. We're going to have to be even better than what we showed in the playoffs[/b].[/p][p]"[b]All of us are aware of that. We're going to have to bring a whole 'nother level to the table if we expect to have a chance to repeat[/b]."[/p]