Buckets Over Broadway · Aug 30, 2025
Knicks' path to unlocking Mikal Bridges has never been clearer
New York Knicks v Philadelphia 76ers | Mitchell Leff/GettyImagesThe New York Knicks are never going to get the best version of Mikal Bridges on either end of the floor unless they lighten his defensive workload. Fortunately, the solution to this issue boils down to three words: More Deuce McBride.
Bridges spent the vast majority of his time last season guarding at the point of attack. As Chris Herring of ESPN noted, he was at one point “facing 25 screens per outing, more than any player in the league's 13-year database.”
