Mohamed Diawara’s confidence is growing. So is the Knicks’ in their rookie

Jalen Brunson saw it playing pickup basketball before the preseason. Josh Hart realized it during training camp. So did Mike Brown. His rookie forward selected 51st overall in the 2025 NBA Draft showed flashes of the player he’s slowly become in his first season in New York back in September. “In training camp we were like, ‘this kid might have something,’ because he showed flashes,” Brown said after the Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics, 111-89, for their ninth win in their last 10 games on Sunday, a game the freshman forward earned his first Defensive Player of the Game honor of the season. “And then as time went on it’s like, ‘OK, we’ve got to start trying to throw him out there with his...