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Q. What’s your mind-set now?

A. It’s all on me right now. If I don’t succeed, it’s my fault. It’s not on anybody else. Coach is going to give me an opportunity to show what I can do and if I don’t capitalize on it, it’s nobody’s fault but mine.

A. It gets a little frustrating, but it’s part of the game, injuries and things like that. I just turned 21. This will be my third year, so I have a lot of time to mature. I’m still growing and maturing. The sky’s the limit.

Q. Why do you feel like the Knicks and Mike D’Antoni are a good fit?

A. He allows his players to play. In Golden State, it was kind of like a situation where he wanted me to rebound and that’s it, don’t do nothing else. Here, it’s more God has given me the natural ability to handle the ball a little bit. You can move like a guard, you can guard guys, you’re able to be put in different positions and I think I’ll be allowed to do that here.

Q. Are the styles between Nelson and D’Antoni similar?

A. There’s some of it similar. Both systems you get up and down and stuff. But I think in this system you’re a little more free to do the things you’re good at.

Q. How do you envision playing with Stoudemire in the post?

A. That’s going to be great. There’s a lot of highlights and stuff like that. Amar’e is a very dominant player, a great player. He’s going to take a lot of attention off me. That alone is going to make me a better player.

Q. Have you talked with Stoudemire and point guard Raymond Felton about changing the culture here?

A. Everybody’s on the same page. The two guys that I came in with, Amar’e and Raymond, I worked out with them a little bit in Vegas. I honestly feel like everybody that’s on this team right now wants to get better, wants to work hard and win games, point blank.

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