SNY names Anunoby, Diawara and Kolek as the three Knicks most likely to see their roles grow, and the case for Anunoby starts with a playoff jump from 16.7 points a night in the regular season to over 20, second only to Jalen Brunson. Mike Brown has floated more pick-and-rolls for him plus minutes at small-ball center, which tracks given the Knicks' newfound dearth at the position. Diawara, the 6-foot-9 sophomore who never cracked the rotation for the title run, gets a real shot because the roster has no veteran at his spot and a guard-heavy lineup badly wants frontcourt bodies. Kolek's case is the Brunson-next-to-another-ball-handler formula, which he ran in the NBA Cup final before Jose Alvarado arrived and ran again in that Game 4 Finals comeback, and his team option for 2027-28 makes this an audition year. SNY's pitch for Brown: spend the regular season experimenting and shielding the starters, so minutes for the new guys may not even require an injury.