The New York Knicks have a Jalen Brunson problem. It’s not a secret issue so much as an accepted dilemma, something for which you sign on when making him your franchise cornerstone: His defense is always going to be a major weak link.
Covering up for it is difficult, and in the Knicks’ case, essential, non-negotiable, paramount. Right now, they’re not doing a good enough job of it.
Fortunately, they have a potential solution staring them right in the face: starting Deuce McBride.
Deuce McBride can help insulate Jalen Brunson
It doesn’t matter how much Brunson tries on the less-glamorous end.