{"id":703477,"date":"2026-04-07T14:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/703477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:55:22","slug":"ny-knicks-mike-brown-does-not-plan-on-making-starting-lineup-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/703477\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Knicks\u2019 Mike Brown does not plan on making starting lineup change"},"content":{"rendered":"

The playoffs are less than two weeks away, and it appears that the New York Knicks<\/a> are content with how their rotation currently stands. <\/p>\n

Knicks don\u2019t plan on changing starting lineup <\/p>\n

The Knicks have had a notable problem with their starting five this season. Prior to Monday\u2019s 108-105 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, New York\u2019s starting five of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, and Karl-Anthony Towns had a net rating of only +0.7.<\/p>\n

\"NBA:Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

That mark is certainly disappointing given the expectations the group has. New York is 51-28 on the season and third in the East, yet their starting lineup is performing subpar at best when on the floor together.<\/p>\n

The idea of mixing up the starting five has been a talking point for a while now, but no change seems imminent. Before Monday\u2019s game, head coach Mike Brown indicated that no lineup change is expected. <\/p>\n

Knicks will hope current starters figure it all out <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe in never, but right now, we\u2019ll stay that 5. That\u2019s how I foresee it,\u201d Brown said (h\/t James L. Edwards III of The Athletic<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"NBA:Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Stefan Bondy of the New York Post<\/a> added that there were conversations about possibly placing Landry Shamet into the starting five, though it is unclear who would have been demoted to the bench. Shamet has made a handful of starts this season and has performed well overall, making him a trustworthy option for Brown.<\/p>\n

Despite the problems the starters currently have, it would appear that they will simply hope that the group figures things out themselves. They have three more games to do so before the postseason. <\/p>\n

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\t\tDylan Backer is the Senior Content Producer for ESM. He is 23 years old and is from Royal Palm … More about Dylan Backer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The playoffs are less than two weeks away, and it appears that the New York Knicks are content…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,6,1136,191,3810,3806],"class_list":{"0":"post-703477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-knicks","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-knicks","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkknicks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116364008397421778","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}