Mikal Bridges with a no-show: 0 points 0/3fg, 1 rebound, 2 assists. -26 in critical game 3 loss to Atlanta
Just an awful performance, definitely an overpay! Not sure what the Knicks were thinking but something needs to change moving forward
Five
Genuinely, they might’ve gotten Giannis already if it wasn’t for this trade
Or Luka
Nah, they didn’t have AD so they weren’t going to get Luka. No amount of picks were landing Luka.
should’ve traded the 5 picks for ad and then for Luka lmao
the Knicks not having A D is kinda why they’re getting cooked rn
Welcome to our nightmare, we’ve been lamenting this all year. We mortgaged our entire future to win now and its not going to happen. Getting ready for another 10 to 15 years of LOL Knicks…
First
Round
Picks
And a swap!
This is what people thought we were doing yet the Knicks dont get half of the shit we do for Rudy
Goodbye.
Dicks!
Generations won’t ever believe the Knicks traded more for him than the Lakers did for Luka
Imagine making Sean Marks look like Danny Ainge
totally worth it for a ECF appearance so far though
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYe8B–jrbs&pp=ygUkbGVicm9uIG5vdCAxIG5vdCAyIG5vdCAzIG5vdCA0IG5vdCA1
Lakers in
Five dollar foot long 🥖
Dollar
Hawks in
More turnovers than points/rebounds/ assists combined
How in hell can you be -26 in a 1-point loss?? That seems like a fake stat but it’s real
Because we sat him and started coming back.
They have to bench that mofo. 0 points in a playoff game, lose your starting spot.
He sucked in game 2 as well, bricking two open 3s in the fourth that would have extended the lead.
I don’t know if the iron man nonsense got in his head, but he plays like he’s allergic to contact, and any defense of that trade (which made some sense at the time due to his cheap contract) is out the window.
Nova Knicks was a fun idea, but this team is cooked as currently constructed. Brunson is a cone, Brown can’t figure out how to involve KAT, and Bridges plays like he got zapped by the Monstars.
Id rather have Donte
Plus the winning shot
Even Tobias Harris hasn’t had a stinker this bad
You wanna rethink that assertion?
Tbh this isn’t a hill I’m willing to die on
the knicks were literally better off playing 4v5 and that’s not even a joke, the math checks out
Imagine being KAT at +22 and your team throws
how many picks again?
A fist full
Knuckle deep disaster
Love to see it
Five :)))))
CINCO
Damn this looks familiar
Every 10-15 years, Knicks do a “lolknicks” and people realize it 2-3 years later after the moment. Insanity
Fuck all of them picks
Wait like melo?!
All time bad trade if they lose the series bc of him 😭
it was a bad trade the second it happened.
Just like the Brown hiring as it was clearly not an upgrade.
It’s a slight upgrade. We actually play our bench now
No way you believe this you were in the conference finals last year
We’re down 1-2 in round 1. Series isn’t over yet
is that necessarily good?
Yeah you play your bench while desperately needing scoring in the playoffs 😂
https://www.reddit.com/r/NBAEastMemeWar/s/QHpYkkwFCV
Yeah I’m a Knicks fan and I’ve coped long enough but this is absolutely the end of any denial. Shit trade that we did for vibes.
Same brother, I’ve been a defender but it’ll take a lot to win me back on him by now
If? When*
Mavs traded Luka for 30 games of AD
They lost tonight and it wasn’t cause of bridges. They lost because they played the worst fourth quarter of NBA basketball I’ve ever seen in my life
Huh? They were down by 10+ and came back. Game 2 alone they played a worse 4Q.
Dummy
and they played 2 worst fourth quarters of nba basketball in a row. 14 pt lead loss or this is worst pick your poison
I mean seriously this is an absolute joke of a performance for a guy who was regarded so highly when he was first traded here. Just an absolute abysmal performance in the Game 3 loss
Just DNP him in a regular season game so he can stop worrying about his iron man streak and not run from contact
Nets fans who watching him the last year in Brooklyn all agreed (as did me) that he was mid yet the media and NBA fandom kept hyping him up for some reason. He’s gotten worse somehow and we were shocked we got that much back for him ].
Deuce McBride looked more comfortable in crunch time for them than Bridges did in games 1 or 2
McBride scares me more than anyone else on that Knicks team outside of Brunson. He just casually and confidently splashes down 3s in the blink of an eye. You don’t even see it coming until it’s too late
Just don’t ask him to dribble, or pass, or be aware of the shock clock.
He also fights like hell around screens, which you need when teams hunt for Brunson.
Bridges gives up on picks, which is part of the reason CJ’s been feasting.
At least he gets to keep his cool and totally not meaningless iron man streak alive though! /s
No issues with him on defense unless he is matched up with someone bigger, which is a problem with Brunson on the team. But with someone that small, having a guy who can only do one thing, shoot threes, is a problem.
McBride plays without fear it seems
it’s a meme now but I still remain baffled that the Knicks weren’t crushed by the media at the time for trading 5 first round picks for Mikal Bridges
They were tho, it was an overpay since day 1. But since Mikal was coming off of a great season, it felt like a good move
His contract those first two years was also super team friendly, which was a big deal for a team trying to avoid any apron issues.
Problem is he’s since signed a bigger contract that he’s under performing on, in part due to getting even less physical, which was comically bad to begin with.
He wasn’t even coming off a great season! That’s the crazy part. His one full season in Brooklyn he averaged 17 on a shitty team on very average shooting splits.
‘Great season’, bro wasn’t even an all star in the east.
Everyone hates the Nets, that’s why
Any reasonable analyst thought it was an absurd trade lol.
We absolutely were. Shitting on the Knicks is the medias top past time
We got a big time Villanova tax
Bro they could’ve used the picks they traded for him to get Giannis. This is a fireable offense, Jesus
Yeah but Dolan is the real problem and he won’t fire himself.
They don’t run anything for him lol the Knicks don’t even know he’s on the roster
Run anything for him? Lol why would they when his only offensive play is a fading mid range that mostly result in misses
True but that mf long and can be used to pressure the defence for kick outs at least. He can be used like andrew wiggins imo, but spo ain’t coaching the Knicks
Correct! Mike Brown has utilized everybody incorrectly and it doesn’t help that Kat seems to be non confrontational. He needs to demand the ball instead of sitting baseline waiting for somthing to happen
Wiggins is by far a better slasher and finisher
Of course he’s gonna miss he never touches the ball
I mean 0/3 tonight. 3⁄10 game 2. 5⁄9 game 1. He touches the ball, he may not be the primary option but he hasn’t done much to warrant 3rd, 4th, or 5th option this season
That fucking middy drives me nuts. I can feel my blood pressure go up when I see him do it.
He’s allergic to literally any contact
Perfect attendance merchant
He shouldn’t even get a participation trophy.
Mike Brown was brought in to revamp the offense, and they just play Brunson Ball still. No Towns or Bridges
Because he doesn’t deserve plays run for him
But his streak is alive!
Yeah. End the fucking streak. You get nothing when you play like that.
Bench his bitch add
is he really getting paid 35 million annually for the next 4 YEARS
Him getting taken by an expansion team that just needs to hit the salary floor and have someone to play every game is our best bet.
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of those contracts in the league. If I was the exapansion, I would much rather take a Demar/Lavine or even possibly Fox. If I’m gonna be shit and tank, at least it’d be entertaining.
CARDIO MIKAL
Don’t worry Knick fans are gonna defend him next season when no one fucking wants him and he scores 30 against the worst team in the league. fucking kill me bro
Anything to up the trade value
He’ll play 82 games though because he’s never aggressive.
I think this is probably the end of defending him unless he goes on an absolute tear for the rest of the playoffs (and they’re not 1 and done).
He was never worth 5 first rounders, but he’s been even more disappointing than the grounded expectations that people had.
The Knicks gonna end up rebuilding the Nets franchise with those picks in the future smh.
That Nolan kid the nets got looks decent and he was a Knicks pick the Nets got
It’s not even about last year. We still have 2027 unprotected, 2028 swap, 2029, 2031 both unprotected.
We thought that 2031 would be a great pick. But who knew 2028 and 2029 would be even better lmaoooo
Most Knick fans already think we lost the trade because of the picks we made last year, despite having picks of theirs that go all the way to 2031
The Knicks are missing a rookie 6’3 point guard who shoots 38/32/79 splits?
better than a $35m dude that does not score and sits on the bench.
That trade package legit couldve gotten them Giannis. What a massive unforced error by the Knicks just because of what college he went to
Holy moly I’m cuminnnnng
But but the Nova boys though
I fucken hate this guy
Nolan Traore and four more dudes send their regards
He trash
what not playing the celtics does to a mofo
Meet Iron man
“all in” Knicks
The Knicks rushed with their roster construction and now they’re not contenders. Rough to see since I like Brunson
chill i dont like when we as rival fans make these comments cuz we all know that giannis trade coming and then shit gets scary
I’ll keep it a buck I have the Pacers flair because I was hopped on the bandwagon when I saw Hali go on that playoff run last year, that was one of the best things I’ve ever seen
anyways, how are they gonna get Giannis? With what picks and players?
bro if you still have the flair after we won 19 games you’re basically an honorary pacers fan haha. as for giannis i just have a bad feeling its gonna happen even if the logistics dont make sense. more unlikely trades have happened in the nba
MVP while on bench
I thought they had cardio machines at their facility?
Wtf happened to him? The downfall is crazy
5FRPs
In what world was bridges worth 5 FRP ? Didn’t make sense back then & is completely insane in hindsight. Wtf were the Knicks FO thinking.
The gift that keeps on giving
It’d be crazy if his iron man streak ends because he becomes unplayable.
as a nets fan this is great news
Bro is such a fraud
That’s some juicy slander.
What’s worse, this trade or Shai plus picks for pg13?
At least PG13 played like an MVP caliber player at some point in his career, Mikal was never even an all star when they traded for him
This by far. PG was at least good.
I want Donte back
I’m fairly certain they traded for bridges before getting kat. I personally thought they were a better team with randle.
Same here. It all fell apart when Hartenstein left and they needed a center
Kat and OG got let down by the Villanova 3
Knico
People were so high on Bridges because he was on a bad Nets team and was scoring a lot. Such a huge overpay, just as bad as the Luka/AD trade.
Gabe Vincent stat line oooof
I’m gonna jump off the Empire State Building
I truly believe this is a worse trade than Luka to Lakers. There was a small amount of logic in getting AD with Kyrie, plus the Mavs immediately could rebuild with Flagg anyways. Knicks have no future if they aren’t competing. Idiotic. They must’ve let hardcore fans or arrogant media people convince them a role player was worth 5 picks.
Never a good look when your points, assists, and rebounds add up to less than the number of first round picks you got traded for
This motherfucker always looks like a modern reggie miller/rip hamilton against us, hitting the most bullshit back breaking leaning fallaways but he goes and does these no shows against everyone else it seems.
Fuck Bridges.. Tunnels are better!
Sheesh this looks bad for him
Genuinely non-existent
Real Suns fans have been trying to tell yall for awhile now. This is the most overrated player in the NBA
DEFINITELY worth 11 1st round picks smh.
I’ve gotta let this organization go. I just GOTTA.
dude never miss a cardio day!
Is that good
Not a moment in time perspective
Felt he was honestly a Top 5 worst contract starting next year
Felt past 2-3 months he’s barely been in Top 300 best players in NBA, but that felt absurd in reflection for some reason
Say what you will about him, but a lot of the Knicks success last year was because of his last second defensive stops and baskets. He’s still a winning-type of player, but had a bad game. Not sure he was ever worth what was given up for him, but I argue the coaching should also be at fault here. The coaching all game wasn’t good.
Bad game is a understatement 0 points is crazy . Gabe Vincent type game 4 turnovers as well
The owner is most at fault in New York.
Celtics merchant
They could have had Giannis all time fumble
the worst trade leon rose has ever made. just a total disaster. i hate him.
He couldve done that shit he did on the last game of the season check in for 30 sec and check out lol 0 points is nasty
Those are Prime Tobias numbers
had this guy on my fantasy team. started the first half of the season good and then he turned into booty cheeks. dunno if it’s on him or the knicks or both.
His durability is his biggest asset
I truly hate this man
And people have the audacity to egg on the Magic for taking Bane.
This guy LAYS eggs
(I still love you Mikal come back)
See, 0 points is in the range of outcomes for bridges. Even in a playoff game. lol
He had zero points!?
Must have not had his Chipotle today
Bridges gonna get Toppd like Tobias got paninid with a bum patch.
Nothing new there, except that he only took like 3 shots.
I’m more disappointed in Hart. Dude does it all but couldn’t get it going.
That trade was awful the moment it happened. How many Knicks fans still coping?
Josh Hart wasn’t any better.
Mikal Bridges…Head case
Bench his ass give him a DNP Milk Duds decision - that durability streak is his only goal as witness him playing 23 seconds at the end of the season
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Nets fans who watched him the last year in Brooklyn all agreed (as did me) that he was mid yet the media and NBA fandom kept hyping him up for some reason. He’s gotten worse somehow and we were shocked we got that much back for him ].
5 firsts and a swap btw
IM AT FULL MAST!!!!!
Literally the worst trade in NBA history.
Bridges takes less contact than I do at the YMCA.
I’m an accountant who’s had spine surgery.
We’ll take him back for nothing
Good night of cardio
I love Mikal but this is just vibe.
That’ll be 5 draft picks.
Thank you very much.
Very disappointing. He had the ball in his his hands with a chance to win game two.
Bulls gonna trade Patrick Williams for him 😭😭😭
LOL good news, my Alexa told me the Knicks won and I was sad.
GM daddy brunson 👋👋
I remember last year people were predicting this fraud to be an All-Star. Absolute joke.
Bridges and Bane cost nearly double digit first round picks to be trash
At least Bane is quite useful in Orlando