“There’s certain players that have talent that can’t play in New York. I feel like I’ve been under the bright lights all my life. I was under the brightest lights of them all last year; I took every criticism. … I was an 18-year-old that went overseas and averaged nine points a game. The average 18-year-old that averages nine points a game and people are critiquing (them), they might fold. “With the Knicks, they know I’m a competitor, they know I’m willing to get better and I think they know I can handle the bright lights of New York City. “A lot of it is just a mindset. You have to have that mindset if you want to play for New York City. You can’t come in there being soft, you can’t come in there wanting anything handed to you. And that’s never how I’ve had it. Obviously, I’m going to have some ups and downs and learn and be a rookie and make some mistakes. But the mindset is you’ve got to go to New York and want to be hungry and a winner.”