Why did Knicks fix a system that wasn't broken?

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Let’s start with this: It’s too early in the season to panic.

It’s five games in. The Knicks have played one game — the last one — with a complete roster. They’re at home for the next seven games. All reasons not to worry.

But . . .

I was speaking with a former NBA player as the Knicks made their way through their road trip and he watched them and said, “Something doesn’t look right. I could understand changing coaches if they wanted to, but why would they change the entire system that worked?”

And he wasn’t the only one, the only scout or broadcaster or observer, who wondered aloud, will this work?

The Knicks have brought in Mike Brown, and you can debate whether Brown or Tom Thibodeau is the better coach. Both have won multiple Coach of the Year awards and led teams de