I just came here to laugh at this BS again
HAHAHAHA
SupremeCommander wrote:I just came here to laugh at this BS againHAHAHAHA
You can laugh. I never bought in on Bridges. Yes we won a championship. But he is the weak link. If Thibs can be fired after going to the ECF, Bridges can be upgraded.
Trivia: which player tonight that shot more than once had the worst shooting percentage on either team?
Hint: he had the worst +/- for the Knicks
Before tonight Bridges averaging 7 PPG.
amazingly, tonight that number went down
I don't know what the his defensive stats are but the "eye ball" test tells me that he is an above average defender on our team and IS needed. Unfortunately, for 37 mil a year, we need more from him offensively. Both he and Hart are offensive liabilities and can no longer be played together, IMO. One of them has to come off the bench and I vote that person to be Bridges.
Its obvious that Bridges is not a catch and shoot player. Let him run with the second unit (away from Brunson) and run some actual plays for him and see if that helps him get his mojo back.
Swishfm3 wrote:I don't know what the his defensive stats are but the "eye ball" test tells me that he is an above average defender on our team and IS needed. Unfortunately, for 37 mil a year, we need more from him offensively. Both he and Hart are offensive liabilities and can no longer be played together, IMO. One of them has to come off the bench and I vote that person to be Bridges.
Its obvious that Bridges is not a catch and shoot player. Let him run with the second unit (away from Brunson) and run some actual plays for him and see if that helps him get his mojo back.
You're right that the offense has moved away from utilizing Bridges much or relying on him at all. He probably would score more playing with Kolek.
As a 4th or 5th scoring option, Bridges role is largely not measurable by offensive stats any longer. He is mostly on the floor for his defense which is probably considered good enough by the coaches though his current workload is in decline in recent games.
Bridges has been a big game player in the playoffs in the past. He is not someone we can expect too much scoring from in the regular season the way things are trending.
He can be more aggressive on offense in half court sets if he wants to be, but he mostly thrives in a full court attack. He is usually a good fast break scorer at least.
His forte in the past has been mid-range elbow shots off the dribble, but he is either not initiating enough for himself or he's not getting the ball in stride where he likes it, so maybe playing more with Kolek can revive Bridges' mid-range game. He is one of the best mid-range shooters out there when he is on.
But since our offense fits the modern style of taking 3's or going inside, his style of offense may be the odd man out. Brunson shoots bunnies all the time, but he generates those for himself and Mikal is not that guy.
BlueKnickers wrote:Swishfm3 wrote:I don't know what the his defensive stats are but the "eye ball" test tells me that he is an above average defender on our team and IS needed. Unfortunately, for 37 mil a year, we need more from him offensively. Both he and Hart are offensive liabilities and can no longer be played together, IMO. One of them has to come off the bench and I vote that person to be Bridges.
Its obvious that Bridges is not a catch and shoot player. Let him run with the second unit (away from Brunson) and run some actual plays for him and see if that helps him get his mojo back.
You're right that the offense has moved away from utilizing Bridges much or relying on him at all. He probably would score more playing with Kolek.
As a 4th or 5th scoring option, Bridges role is largely not measurable by offensive stats any longer. He is mostly on the floor for his defense which is probably considered good enough by the coaches though his current workload is in decline in recent games.
Bridges has been a big game player in the playoffs in the past. He is not someone we can expect too much scoring from in the regular season the way things are trending.
He can be more aggressive on offense in half court sets if he wants to be, but he mostly thrives in a full court attack. He is usually a good fast break scorer at least.
His forte in the past has been mid-range elbow shots off the dribble, but he is either not initiating enough for himself or he's not getting the ball in stride where he likes it, so maybe playing more with Kolek can revive Bridges' mid-range game. He is one of the best mid-range shooters out there when he is on.
But since our offense fits the modern style of taking 3's or going inside, his style of offense may be the odd man out. Brunson shoots bunnies all the time, but he generates those for himself and Mikal is not that guy.
which is a shame and I wish the front office had the foresight to see this before handing him such a big contract. Its going to be difficult to move away from his contract without attaching picks and receiving someone else's "problem"
Swishfm3 wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:Swishfm3 wrote:I don't know what the his defensive stats are but the "eye ball" test tells me that he is an above average defender on our team and IS needed. Unfortunately, for 37 mil a year, we need more from him offensively. Both he and Hart are offensive liabilities and can no longer be played together, IMO. One of them has to come off the bench and I vote that person to be Bridges.
Its obvious that Bridges is not a catch and shoot player. Let him run with the second unit (away from Brunson) and run some actual plays for him and see if that helps him get his mojo back.
You're right that the offense has moved away from utilizing Bridges much or relying on him at all. He probably would score more playing with Kolek.
As a 4th or 5th scoring option, Bridges role is largely not measurable by offensive stats any longer. He is mostly on the floor for his defense which is probably considered good enough by the coaches though his current workload is in decline in recent games.
Bridges has been a big game player in the playoffs in the past. He is not someone we can expect too much scoring from in the regular season the way things are trending.
He can be more aggressive on offense in half court sets if he wants to be, but he mostly thrives in a full court attack. He is usually a good fast break scorer at least.
His forte in the past has been mid-range elbow shots off the dribble, but he is either not initiating enough for himself or he's not getting the ball in stride where he likes it, so maybe playing more with Kolek can revive Bridges' mid-range game. He is one of the best mid-range shooters out there when he is on.
But since our offense fits the modern style of taking 3's or going inside, his style of offense may be the odd man out. Brunson shoots bunnies all the time, but he generates those for himself and Mikal is not that guy.
which is a shame and I wish the front office had the foresight to see this before handing him such a big contract. Its going to be difficult to move away from his contract without attaching picks and receiving someone else's "problem"
I doubt they would move him TBH even if the FO now views him as a sunk cost. He can still play with his teammates in whatever the context may be.
I think Brown is simultaneously ramping up Mo and testing Mikal's ambitions. If Bridges just goes along with the reduced minutes or even coming off the bench without a greater effort to be impactful on offense, then Brown will have the choice made for him in a way.
The reason it seems to be playing out like this is Bridges can exert himself and be more impactful, but the coach is not going to lecture a veteran on effort. He's going to make his rotation choices based on what players give him which is the new party line we're hearing from the players.
IOW, the team's culture is being tweaked to allow players to assert themselves. If Mo can continue to validate his value on the court, he will continue to get some of Mikal's minutes.
Also, Brown is good at using the regular season to get players ready for the playoffs. He's going to take advantage of any slacking off by a player like Bridges to groom Diawara and Knecht and that's good too.
