The 2019-20 season was not an ideal second season for New York Knicks guard Kevin Knox. After having some promising games in his rookie season with the Knicks, including an Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December 2018 and a 31-point performance later on that season. But with turmoil engulfing the Knicks for much of the season, including the firing of David Fizdale, Knox wasn’t exactly in a position to thrive. But even though he has had a tough season, he still remembers a conversation that he had with LeBron James when Fizdale was still the Knicks coach during the season, which was transcribed by SNY’s Ian Begley.
“One of the biggest things that he said was really just staying locked in throughout the whole season, through ups and downs. Social media is going to try to bring you down. There’s going to be times when they’re going to hype you up. He was just telling me to stay level-headed,” Knox said in a Q&A on Twitter for the league’s “NBA Together” program during the coronavirus crisis. “Because there are times when he doesn’t have great games. He was telling me that he’s not really worried about what people are saying. He’s just getting back into the lab, back into the gym, putting more work in.”
After a sophomore slump of a season, as well as during the current pandemic when everybody is stuck inside, the advice from LeBron remains as relevant as ever.
