Knicks fail first take a look at to implement Mike Brown’s imaginative and prescient

LAS VEGAS — Mike Brown didn’t reveal a lot in his introductory information convention, however he notably talked about his need for a speedy offense.

And he additionally relayed that to the teaching employees.

“We’ve communicated foundationally on what we need to do on either side of the ball. An enormous a part of it — and he talked about it with you guys in his presser — is simply enjoying quick,” Jordan Brink, the Knicks summer season league coach, mentioned.

As Brink famous, Friday evening’s 104-86 loss to the Pistons rapidly grew to become a foul instance of Brown’s imaginative and prescient.

They began poorly — failing to care for the ball — and by no means recovered.

With Brown and the entrance workplace sitting courtside in Vegas, Tyler Kolek, the second-year level guard, struggled with 10 factors and 5 turnovers.

The shaky efficiency, permeating via New York’s roster, may be simply tossed away as only a meaninglessly sloppy opener.

Nevertheless it additionally wasn’t fairly.

“I believed it took us some time to get adjusted to the sport,” Brink, an assistant underneath Tom Thibodeau final season, mentioned. “And we performed quick and performed with tempo all week in apply. After which the primary 5 minutes at this time, we didn’t actually have that. In order that was the largest factor from an offensive standpoint of how we wished to play. I don’t assume we did a very good job of executing that.”

Success in summer season league carries no big-picture significance, particularly since zero gamers on New York’s roster undertaking as main contributors to the rotation.

Nonetheless, at the least three gamers — Kolek, Ariel Hukporti and Pacôme Dadiet — are assured roster spots.

One other roster spot and three two-way contracts are additionally up for grabs.

And so they all struggled Friday. The Knicks shot a mixed 40 p.c from the sphere and 22 p.c (6-for-27) on treys.

It’s powerful to play quick whereas committing 16 turnovers in 40-minutes.

“(Enjoying quick) doesn’t simply imply up and down. It doesn’t simply imply we obtained to get out in transition,” Brink mentioned. “The quick half is all of our stuff in our actions. So we get the ball up the ground fast, and if we don’t have something, we’re on to the following motion rapidly. So quick is actually simply decision-making.”

The excellent news is there are 4 extra video games in Vegas to provide a greater model of Brown’s excellent offense.

Kolek is trying ahead to a different probability to show Brown’s philosophies.

“He hasn’t addressed the entire group. He simply obtained right here final week,” Kolek mentioned. “However from what the coaches have been emphasizing in summer season league, and I’m positive what he’s relayed to them, it’s simply play sooner, get the ball out, we need to dash up the ground, transfer the ball.”