The Knicks haven’t entered a season with this kind of excitement since the days of the Yankees Core Four dynasty.

They begin a new year with NBA Finals expectations, anointed as one of the favorites in the Eastern Conference. A core that reached the Eastern Conference finals is back, bolstered by an improved bench featuring Jordan Clarkson and Guerschon Yabusele.

But to captain Jalen Brunson, that’s just noise. It is irrelevant to what this group wants to accomplish. He’s doing his best to avoid the hype.

“I disregard it, because it doesn’t mean s–t,” the star point guard said Monday after practice. “It doesn’t mean anything. It’s not for me to worry about. My worry is practice, my worry is film, my worry is getting better every single day. I don’t have time to think about what people s

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