Knicks head coach Mike Brown received his first technical foul of the season in Wednesday’s three-point home loss to Oklahoma City, writes Kristian Winfield of The New York Daily News. Brown was upset about a non-call with 2:02 remaining in the first quarter, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander cut past OG Anunoby and Jalen Brunson tried to take a charge (YouTube link).
“You guys saw the play. SGA had two fouls, and Jalen was there, and he ran him over,” Brown said after the loss. “I just don’t understand why that was a no-call, but that should have been his third [foul], the bucket shouldn’t have counted, and we should have gone the other way with the basketball.
“So to see that knowing Jalen is standing there and putting his body on the line, and our guys are fighting our asses off and to try to win the ball game, it didn’t sit well with me.”
For what it’s worth, the official Twitter count of NBA referees explained why the play was not called a charge (Twitter link), stating that Brunson didn’t give Gilgeous-Alexander enough space to avoid contact after receiving a pass outside of the lower defensive box.
According to Vincent Goodwill of ESPN, Brown didn’t use the non-call as an excuse for why the Knicks lost the game. For his part, Brunson said he appreciated his coach having his back.
“I’m going to have his back every single night. He has ours,” Brunson said. “Regardless what he does or techs he gets, I’m going to have his back.”
Here’s more on the Knicks:
- As Brown planned, all five starters are playing fewer minutes per game in 2025/26, per Jared Schwartz of The New York Post. None of those five have seen his minutes cut back as drastically as Josh Hart, who led the league with 37.6 minutes per game in ’24/25 and is averaging 30.2 MPG in ’25/26. “It takes a little bit of an adjustment,” Hart said. “I think it also depends on how I’m playing. Games last year, the year before, if there was an 82-game season, you’re bound to have bad games. I think some of those bad games, I shouldn’t [have] played as much. You could’ve went to Landry [Shamet], or more minutes for Cam [Payne], something like that. So this year, it takes a little bit getting used to but you’ve got guys like Landry playing extremely well this season, obviously Deuce [Miles McBride] was playing well before he got hurt, we’ve got Jose [Alvarado]. I’m cool with it. As long as we win, I’m cool with it.”
- It has been an up-and-down season for Mikal Bridges, who has had some big individual games (like Sunday’s victory over San Antonio) mixed in with some forgettable performances (like Wednesday’s loss to Oklahoma City). As James L. Edwards III of The Athletic writes, Bridges has very solid counting stats, but for better or worse, the veteran wing is often judged for the opportunity cost it took to acquire him.
- Ian Begley of SNY.tv (Twitter video link) recently provided an update on McBride, who is recovering from surgery for a core muscle injury (sports hernia). “I still think there’s positivity there, things have been going well,” Begley said. “I don’t think there’s any reason to fret or worry about Miles McBride not being back and ready to go for the postseason. That’s the trajectory that I’ve heard about and talked to people about, and I haven’t heard anything different than that.”
I see the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson as the best closer in the game. But that said he does three things which bother me. Jumps into his opponent on his threes, throws his head back while driving to the hoop and sneakily takes charges. Refs cut him slack on all three since he’s so slick in each.
It’s called positioning and IQ player. Harden and Luka have been doi g it for yrs. SGA does it all the time. If you leave your feet with Brunson. You are meat.
Jalen Brown Literally uses his arm to create space. And he’s twice the size of Jalen. You have to adjust to players like Brunson. He is crafty.
All of the things you mention are ridiculously overblown. Brunson gets like 5.8 FTA/game on over 20 FGA a game. People complain about the flopping but A) he doesn’t do it that much, and B) it must not work much because he doesn’t get a good whistle. For comparison, Jerami Grant gets more FTA/game than Brunson and he only shoots 13.1 FGA/game (seven fewer than Brunson) and is the second option on his team.
Brunson isn’t even in the top 20 in FTA/game and gets the same amount as dudes like Norman Powell, Jalen Duren, and Stephon Castle. The flopping narrative is bunk.
Brown is starting to bother me. He didn’t even know who Landry was or what Hart did. On this team. I don’t get what’s going on with Clarkson right now. Bridges is having a bad year. That’s mostly on Brown. Time to man up. Celtics take 2nd seed. Thats a reflection of Brown failure …..
You can also see KAT with no joy playing for Brown. He seemed like he had so much more energy playing for Thibs last year.
Trying to draw a charge from Free Throw Merchant is a losing battle.
You don’t know whats going on with Clarkson? Change your name since you don’t know
Bro, all you do is spew stupid stuff, explain how Bridges is having a bad year shooting 50/38% for 16/4/4 and a career high in steals?
Stop posting already
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March 6, 2026
Bro, all you do is spew stupid stuff, explain how Bridges is having a bad year shooting 50/38% for 16/4/4 and a career high in steals?
Stop posting already
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Bridges is FOURTH leading scorer on Knicks. He is 62 in NBA. Vucevic scores more than him. Celtics Pritchard and White score more than he does. You have to be the #1 clown from the 7th planet.we didn’t give up five picks for this. He avg 17 a gm last yr. He took three more shots a game last yr. His best yr he avg 26 a game. Only thing he should steal is your brain. You got no usefor it. His year is bad. Yet NOT as BAD as your knowledge………
LEARN the GAME you NON ……..
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Bill Simmons] Mikal Bridges will be traded from the Nets to …
In June 2024, the New York Knicks acquired Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a massive package: Bojan Bogdanović, four unprotected first-round picks (2025, 2027, 2029, 2031), a protected 2025 first-round pick via Milwaukee, a 2028 unprotected pick swap, and a 2025 second-round pick.
Just shut up bro- you think you’re smart but you’re not. He’s literally that 4th option on the team so what more can you possibly want? Not to mention his durability and defense. Again, you’re spewing trash
You can debate how many picks went for him but you have no idea about the strategy that was used to build this specific team. If you think this team would be as good as it is now if we held onto those picks, you know less than believed
Get a real thought. I doubt you know anything about building. If I wanted to hear from a 👐 I’d flatulate.
If you knew about building you wouldn’t be talking about how many picks went for Bridges. And you definitely would know 16/4/4 with a steal and a half per game is excellent coming from a teams 4th option. So yea, stop posting
Those stars are worse than last yrs clown. Knicks record is worse than last yrs. What part of that don’t you understand child. We didn’t give up picks for him to get worse. You aren’t building if you are worse than last yr. Bridges is suppose to be a star on this team. Better tgan his Nets days.
Im sorry- its difficult to debate people that don’t have a clue what they’re talking about. Bridges is supposed to be a star as a forth option player? Brunson is the main scorer followed by Towns and Anunoby but he should be a star? Does his salary as compared to the 3 ahead of him suggest “star”? How many possible games did we lose more than last year so far? Matter of fact, does that matter right now or does the playoffs matter more?
I told you already, change your name because you don’t know anything about the team
I have forgotten more ball than you will ever know. I’m talking to a clown from 7th planet. You think its a debate. 🤮Go get a clue.
Everyone that posts here knows you’re the one from the 7th planet. 🤣🤣🤣
Tell me about Bridges again —— now go find knowledge.
Hahaha he had arguably the worst game of his Knicks career and thats all you got? Lucky fans have sense and wont judge a player off of one game. 16/4/4 50/35+%
First off you obviously don’t know anything about me. Cause I am the guy who wanted Bridges. He just has not played up to my standards. And so far is down from last yr. I’m not a hater. As a Knick fan. We need more from Bridges. The yr is almost over. Time for talk is over. Just play and show me.