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Every Knick came out of the last game okay and practiced, "a pretty good practice," Mike Brown said. Karl-Anthony Towns will pop out for jumpers a lot and has the green light to trail. Andre Drummond is told to keep rolling to the rim and shoot 3s only when wide open.
Andre Drummond's job for the Knicks, per Mike Brown: screen and roll on offense, protect the rim by going straight up on defense. "We need Andre to screen and roll and put pressure on our opponents," Brown said, adding that Drummond did both well.
Andre Drummond had three blocks against Minnesota as the Knicks' backup center, but Mike Brown cared more about his voice on defense: "the blocks are great, you know, but I'm not a huge shot-blocking guy. His communication right now is unbelievable."
Andre Drummond is a far better passer than Josh Hart expected, and the Knicks have to find him more on rolls to the rim, Hart said: "When he rolls, he commands attention and sometimes he's able to get deep seals and we missed him a couple of times" in the last Wizards game.
Brown wants more Karl-Anthony Towns at the elbow and more pick-and-roll for OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges, but warned what worked in the playoffs "may not work during the regular season." He floated Andre Drummond as an elbow passer too: "Maybe Andre is too. I don't know."
With Mitchell Robinson gone, Andre Drummond is the backup center, but Mike Brown said: "We're not expecting Andre to come in and be Mitch... everybody else has to step up and box out a little bit harder." Brown added OG Anunoby may play center more than last year.