Should Knicks Fans Be Concerned About Mikal Bridges?
Are Mikal Bridges’ early struggles something Knicks fans should worry about, or is it just part of adjusting to a new role?
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I’m worried . Offensively and defensively he’s been terrible. Not giving up on him .
Nah, just bench him! They need his defense will be applicable In the playoffs
No
Dolan is in his absolute right to Fire Leon Rose for trading for Bridges. 5 draft choices could have gotten you two good players instead of one horrible one. It’s Obvious THIBS has no answers how to get this team winning
Because he was never that good and we have to admit the mistake and get him out of here right now
20 games is good sample size to bench him and Jacob Toppin can not be any worse
Im concerned. But i still believe in him finding his spots on offense. And meshing on defense. I trust his body of work over 19 games.
I also truly think hes a 3, not a volume shooting 2. I say start cam and bring hart of the bench, and bring bridges mintues down by 7 minutes for more hart and Deuce. Its an adjustment but he will fit in with time.
I think we went overboard with the trades.
Lmao all these comments are Hilarious. The pressure is getting to him but he'll be completely fine. Everyone needs to relax and give him time to settle in. He's way too good of a player for him to to not bounce back.
Him not being able to play 1-0n-1 defense has nothing to do with scheme or being in a new role. He is getting cooked by everyone he's guarding. Team defense takes a while, but 1-on-1 defense travels easily. Josh and OG came during the middle of the season (NO training camp) and brought their defense with them.
There might be an injury or something physical, because he's having a hard time moving his legs. Or being the man in BK might have gotten to his ego, as he stopped playing defense his last year in BK. He has to understand that he's not the man anymore… he's a role player (does some creation) who's here to play defense and MAKE threes. If can't do either, then he needs to be coming off the bench, since Deuce is doing those things better.
I believe in Mikel. I see his face reaction after every failure. He know how he should be and disappointed from himself as fans are, or even more…
But he must be in focus and start with the simple things and from the beginning.
I remembered one couch told me- there’s no good or bad days in defense..
Les Go KnicksNova!
LIFT HIM UP. Dumb ass so called Knicks fans yall said the same thing about hartenstein then it took a little bit of time he started to play better. Yall were -ick riding harvesting. All I'm trying to say is bridges give him time STOP WITH THE STUPIDDDDDDD COMMENTS
Mikal we believe in you! ❤
MGTOW
Tired of hearing that its still early shit
He has been declining in play past 2 years. Might be mental or something. Its still early.
Looks like he's making them turnovers on purpose
Seems like a confidence issue, when he gets cozy watch out…
Bridges is shooting 38/124 from 3…
This team needs an offensive coach, feels like all they run is give it to KAT or Brunson.
Two things:
Mikel bridges is lanky, therefore he is not as able to cover people as well in parimerer.
It’s hard playing in NYC.
Dante took time also loook at his game log.
Mikel here is the 4th option.
This is a classic case of blame the player when the coaching is not efficient. If the Knicks had a free flowing, everybody touch the ball–on every night, and feed who's hot mentality, like Boston or Golden State or Houston, nobody would be singling out MB. Right now, they playing a two-man game, which is cool. But if they doing that, can't blame MB stats for dropping or being what others expect nightly. Throughout the season, particulry the first 10+ games, MB was cooking WHEN he was fed the ball. In the paint and in the corner. His drawback is defensively, he hasn''t shown up yet. Also, on this past roadtrip, the Knicks clearly let him get off in Utah and OG in Denver. The problem is, MB was off in Utah, but OG came through on his shots in Denver. This needs to do a better job of distributing plays and touches on most nights, not just once or twice a month.
Not worth 5 draft picks. They wouldn’t give 5 picks for Donovan. WTF?
Looks like he having trouble handling Knicks pressure
No reason to play him 35+ a night until he starts to produce which I believe he will after a decent amount of bench games
Not worried, he’ll figure it out
Although all Knicks fans love Josh Hart and he has done extremely well for Knicks, majority of fans don’t agree with his take that Mikal Bridges comes around and they win a championship the 5 first round picks can be forgotten. no way! Clearly the games and every Knicks fan is watching, Mikal is not play all star level! How come divo, Josh and OG can make impact immediately??? Meanwhile Knicks chokehold themselves with 5 first round pick for some dude who is non all star, can’t shoot, stands around do nothing, can’t play defense and is a HUGE non existent factor on this team. Don’t see the Knicks winning it this year with Bridges or next few years. There are so many teams that are better than Knicks. Bridges needs to be his own man to thrive not mixed up with Knicks rotation
We need to be concerned about him and others being worn out . Reduce the minutes of the starters , even before anyone comes back . The one chance Hakaporti had to show what he can do if given minutes , he got 4 blocks and was a defensive presence . Dadiet played good defence . Use them .
Shut up dude, he will be alright, you people are heartless, for real, 18 damn games, give him a chance, wth!
No not yet damn ….you wonder why players dont wanna play for the knicks….its a new team a new role an for w.e reason its a new shot give him an the team some more time smh
3:00 he was not running the offense in Brooklyn. This is the problem with this fanbase. Yall don’t watch other teams. The offense ran thru Ben Simmons and cam Thomas. Bridges was the 2nd scoring option and had the ball 3rd most. They weren’t throwing the ball to him tell him get us something. That got exposed early on. Why do yall think nets fans were trashing him all yr? The dude isn’t that good and the Knicks paid top dollar for damaged goods. He’ll have a great game here or there but he’s a role player. He’s played a ton of minutes as well and has more rust than the average 28 yr old
I personally would like to see him being more agressive, less fadeaways and more driving to the paint or cutting more. His lack of getting to the free throw line is a little concerning as well. I think he will adapt over time. Once we get more guys back, Mitch and Precious he will play less minutes and fall back into a more regular rotation.
Thanks for the 5 picks. Dude was dump truck since last December. He not gonna adjust
This guy is in trouble. He is in a contract year. This does not bode well for him.
We should start Deuce tbh
Mikal Bridges is That Guy. He can get it done. Never doubt The Bridge. Never jump off the Bridge. Knick Nation, look at the mess in Minnesota, Philly, those teams that don't know how to mesh talent. Bridges is an Iron Man. Never misses a game. So he will be able to learn, to adjust to improve. Knicks are so damn lucky to have The Bridge.
18 games. 18 , 20 games and we're talking. Shut up. All you naysayers, shut up. Let this beautiful talented Knicks team gel, for all our sakes. LGK !!!
Will Bridges turn his season around? I think so. Will he ever be worth the 5 1sr round picks, plus a pick swap, the Knicks gave up for him? IMO, no. I love what Leon Rose has done for this team, but he's painted the organization into a corner by giving up so much for a good, not great player in Bridges. The team still needs improving, specifically the bench, and now the Knicks are limited in who they can and can't trade for. The Briges trade was a mistake
He just needs more practice and watch films..
We have to win to make it to April, yall make too many excuses. Knick front office bought him on layaway? He is to produce now and in the playoffs.
He made a terrible choice by changing shooting form and not playing defense..putting him on the bench
🔸️ I think MB needs time. Give him till next season! 🔹️
My first time hearing about this guy was ppl saying he is an elite perimeter defense player and elite 3D. After watching a few games of his, I can tell this guy has a soft mentality, not good for an athlete.
Being a Knick fan is like being a cowboy fan lol y’all put all that faith into the team for what? Lmao 🤣