Mike Brown keeping Knicks’ offense ‘real generic’ to test players in preseason

The champions lost their third straight preseason game Monday, 122-104 to the Timberwolves at Madison Square Garden, as Mike Brown said he’s challenging his players by coaching simple and predictable. “The truth of the matter is I’m kind of hamstringing our guys offensively,” the head coach said. “Real generic with what we’re running offensively because I want to see if they can execute when a team gets rhythm and they start denying or putting pressure on us because they know what’s coming. Can we execute our counters? Can we still get to our spots offensively and execute our actions?