Mike Brown is calm about sharing snaps between his co-stars

It’s hard to get a better distribution of shots. Tonight against the Rocketswhile Kevin Durant took a third of his team’s attempts, the Knicks’ starters spread the work around nicely: 5/11 to Mikal Bridges (11 points), 6/12 for Jalen Brunson (20), 10/15 pour Karl-Anthony Towns (25) and finally 8/16 for And the Anunobi (20).

Something that will excite Mike Brown after the loss conceded against the Pistonswith a distribution more typical of the Knicks: 20 shots for Brunson, 14 for “KAT” and 13 for Anunoby. Which corresponds to the average volume of these players during the season.

« If you watch us closely from the start of the preseason until now, our offense is different. And she’s different because she’s evolving to try to embrace not just Jalen, not just KAT, but all of our guys. Knowing that these two are our first and second scorers, the ones who shoot the most; try to arrange them in this order, then all the others, that’s the most important thing », releases Brown ahead of game won against Rockets.

Towns’ shooting volume has come under particular scrutiny this season. For the first time since his rookie season, the interior just missed the 20-point mark (19.9 vs. 24.4 last year). With a quota that has never been so low: 14 shots, compared to 17 the year before, with a decrease in skill percentage.

Cities in his role

« It’s probably where it should be, right? Maybe he should be the top scorer? I don’t know, but what is certain is that he is the second. That’s his role. He makes the second most shots, doesn’t he? Behind Jalen. (…) If the average shows that we take the second highest number of shots, then we are “number 2”. I’m watching KAT, and that’s her season so far », summarizes Brown.

The latter won’t care if one night Jalen Brunson ends up with 26 shots, Anunoby 15, and “KAT” just 9. As long as at the end of the day the average is what it should be or should be, I think that’s what the season is about. » Brown assesses, making sure he’s not done with his offensive adjustments.

« We have to continue to tinker and evolve as a group, and hopefully you can do that around key players knowing that, ‘Okay, if this isn’t working, I’ve got to go change it.’ », continues the coach who draws a parallel with the arrival of Kevin Durant in the Warriors, where he was an assistant, who imposed a redistribution of shooting cards between Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and others.

Brown finally believes that Towns has the most difficult task in the offense because he has to master both the center and the center. ” He’s doing great. And yes, we’ve simplified (the offense) a lot. We simplified it incredibly to try to fit it and everyone else in at the same time. », concludes the technician.