When Mike Brown spoke of the Knicks being a work in progress, he wasn’t just speaking in cliches.

After an impressive opening night victory over the Cavaliers, Brown shuffled the starting lineup for Friday night's game against the Celtics at Madison Square Garden. One game after insisting that he wanted to keep Karl-Anthony Towns at power forward, he shifted him back to center and gave Deuce McBride a start alongside Towns, Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby.

And this came on a night when Josh Hart surprisingly was activated after being sidelined for nearly a month since suffering lumbar spasms seven minutes into the first preseason game. Still, even though Hart started until the final games of the 2024-25 postseason, Brown inserted McBride, going with the lineup that finished

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