Kurt Rambis has the New York Knicks scrimmaging more since he replaced Derek Fisher as head coach.

“Even though we got some older veteran ball players on our team, this is a relatively new team,” Rambis said on Thursday. “I use the word immature but I don’t mean not having the maturity as individuals but just the growth process and how long these guys have been together and know how to work off of each other and help each other.

“They are not connected that way yet. You don’t get enough of it just by playing games, we got to be out there on the court so that they can actually work on timing and talk about timing and hey this is what I was thinking, what were you thinking on that play so they get better communication so they have an understanding out there. So that is something that I am trying to get time out there on the court so that growth process can speed up a little bit.”