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Kevin Durant urged the Knicks and Jalen Brunson to make the most of the organization\u2019s historic championship win while they still can.<\/p>

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The Rockets star addressed the Knicks during an interview with Wall Street Journal Live in Cannes earlier this week \u2014 and the advice he would give Brunson in the face of new advertising and promotional opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would tell him to strike while the iron\u2019s hot,\u201d Durant said during the panel alongside Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman and OBB and Bolded founder and CEO Michael D. Ratner. \u201cThis is a time that I don\u2019t think New Yorkers or the Knicks are gonna get back. You gotta take advantage of this time right now, you don\u2019t know if this will come around [again].<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been 53 years. It could be another 53-year wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durant, 37, famously spurned the Knicks to sign with the crosstown Brooklyn Nets in free agency back in 2019, claiming \u201cthe cool thing right now is not the Knicks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former MVP and two-time NBA champion later added that he \u201cdidn\u2019t want to be the savior of the Knicks or New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

After three-and-a-half seasons in Brooklyn, Durant was traded to the Suns in February 2023, the same season Brunson debuted with the Knicks.<\/p>\n

Durant has since joined his third team in four seasons, while the Brunson-led Knicks have become an Eastern Conference powerhouse \u2014 culminating this past season with an NBA championship.<\/p>\n

Since the win, Brunson has become one of the most sought-after athletes, with his nearly $1,000 photo op at Fanatics Fest next month selling out, along with his trading card seeing a 1A-fueled surge.<\/p>

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Brunson himself has suggested he wants to nab a guest star role\u00a0on \u201cLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d alongside his friend Mariska Hargitay.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would say take all opportunities and listen to them and see which ones you love,\u201d Durant added. \u201cI think Jalen has done such a great job of being him every single day and stepping up. His identity is just about grinding from the bottom and being somebody in New York City who made history in New York City. <\/p>\n

\u201cRight now is an important time for him and the Knicks and I feel like he\u2019s gonna take full advantage of it.\u201d<\/p>

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