Mike Brown has the New York Knicks doing something fans could only fantasize about until now: winning a bunch of basketball games, and developing young talent at the same time.
This is not a drill. It is not a prank. You have not entered the Twilight Zone. Well, okay, maybe you have. I can’t be sure.
Regardless, this is actually happening. Brown is striking a balance between the known and the unknown, without sacrificing New York’s place in the standings.
Some of his reliance on the team’s youth is forced. He doesn’t start rookie Mohamed Diawara in Atlanta on Saturday night if Josh Hart doesn’t get injured, and if the Knicks aren’t woefully thin on reserve wings.