The preseason finale on Thursday night was supposed to be about the starters finally playing real minutes together. Then Andre Drummond came off the bench and put up 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in 15 minutes on 6 of 7 shooting, and the backup center became the story of the night. Zoom out and the whole preseason reads the same way. Drummond finished it with 26 rebounds and 9 assists in about 59 total minutes. That works out to roughly 16 rebounds and 5 assists per 36

Nobody is going to remember the score Tuesday night in Toronto. The Knicks lost 148-98 with every starter in street clothes, and the game was a tryout from the opening tip. But one decision got a lot easier while it was happening. James Wiseman started at center. Not Drew Eubanks. Not Tony Bradley. Wiseman. Against Toronto's real starting five, with no Drummond behind him, he went 18 points and 10 rebounds on 7-for-8 shooting in 24 minutes, made all four of his free throws, a

The Knicks released a statement this morning. Not about a trade. Not about an injury. A statement to announce they are pausing all contract extension negotiations until later in the season. Read that again. They put out a statement to tell everyone they are doing nothing. Here is why it happened. This is the next line in the sand with Karl-Anthony Towns, who told Stefan Bondy the odds of an extension before the season do not look good. The gap between what KAT wants and what