GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Some of the players were old, though the New York Knicks say their team is young in its development.

So they feel they need time, not an overhaul, to get further next season.

“We’re just fine. I love our team just the way it is,” point guard Raymond Felton said Monday. “When you start making too many changes, you can’t build on something. If you’re going to be successful, you’re going to be good, a team has to be a team, has to be together for a while. This is our first year together.”

Most of the ones who spoke Monday considered it a good one, though Iman Shumpert said not reaching the Eastern Conference finals made it a failure. To have done that, the Knicks would’ve needed to win Saturday at Indiana, then win a Game 7 that would’ve been played Monday at Madison Square Garden.

Instead, they were holding exit meetings at their training center, believing they’re not far from being at the level of the Pacers or even Miami Heat, who open the East finals on Wednesday.

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