Kristian Winfield: Knicks’ Mike Brown delivering on one of owner James Dolan’s mandates

Ask, and you shall receive. The Knicks Kids are growing up in real-time under new head coach Mike Brown. It’s one of the mandates Knicks owner James Dolan said he set forth in a rare media appearance, this time with WFAN’s Craig Carton and Chris McGonigle on Jan. 5. Dolan explained why the development of young players was such a critical, make-or-break responsibility for a professional sports franchise. “Because of the way the sport’s evolving and how much more complicated it is, we’re very big on development because it’s not like the old days, the old Yankees, where you get Reggie Jackson and this guy, and this guy and put together a team. It’s almost impossible to do that in the NBA,” he...