Knicks Coach Mike Brown Declares Early-Season Funk a Championship Tradition
- Who
- Mike Brown, Knicks head coach, via Steve Popper column
- What
- Refuses to bench Mikal Bridges despite poor start, citing precedent from a Knicks championship run
- When
- November 5, 2026
- Where
- New York
Newsday columnist Steve Popper reports that Knicks head coach Mike Brown has dismissed the idea of benching guard Mikal Bridges despite what he acknowledges is an early-season funk. Brown stated his belief that Bridges will recover as he did during what Brown characterized as the Knicks' championship run. The Knicks' last NBA championship was in 1973.
There is a particular comfort in coaching a team whose championship history predates the invention of the three-point line by a decade.
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