Mike Brown spoke at Tarrytown on Sunday's off day, and the Knicks' contract limbo got a lot more airtime than the invitation from Tom Coughlin that opened his Q&A, Posting and Toasting reports. Brown said he phoned his dad after the former Giants coach asked him to an event, and he praised Coughlin's 9-7 and 10-6 title teams as the textbook version of a season, which is a tidy thing to say about a team that shouldn't peak in October. On the extension talks being pushed back, the mood was shrugging, with some days it's on his mind and some it isn't, "We're humans," and a plea to ignore random sources on Twitter. Josh Hart came up on staying professional, and the line to remember is "We're gonna have each other's back, regardless." Brown also gave Bruce Brown a camp compliment for defending on the ball while fighting for a roster spot, and admitted Andre Drummond is a better passer than he expected and that a three-point shooting game he didn't see coming last year left him asking where it came from.