Drake Powell didn’t arrive in Brooklyn with an offensive reputation. At North Carolina last season, the 6-5 wing was known almost exclusively for his defense, a high-motor stopper whose freshman minutes were tied to effort, not scoring. He knocked down the occasional mid-range jumper, hit 38.1% of his 3s on limited attempts, made simple reads and showed plenty of athletic juice as a cutter and transition finisher.

Even so, the Tar Heels didn’t ask him to create much for himself or others, which fed the scouting labels that cast him as a simple 3 and D wing. But 11 games into his rookie year, Powell has shown a more versatile and confident offensive game than the one he carried out of Chapel Hill.

In Monday’s 113-100 loss to the Knicks at Barclays Center, the 20-year-old matched his car

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