{"id":880094,"date":"2026-11-09T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/880094\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:30:18","slug":"knicks-have-a-reason-to-keep-trusting-miles-mcbride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/880094\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks have a reason to keep trusting Miles McBride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miles McBride scored five points in Cleveland, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/category\/new-york-knicks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks<\/a> should not judge his role by the scoring column alone. Their guard rotation needs players who can hold up defensively while Jalen Brunson rests or shares the floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McBride played 15 minutes and 50 seconds in Saturday\u2019s 109-97 win. New York was plus-14 in his minutes, and he made one of three attempts from three-point range, the <a aria-describedby=\"tpd-new-tab-hint\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/knicks\/game\/0022600191-knicks-vs-cavaliers-cleveland-oh-11-07-2026\/box-score\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBA box score<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p>What the Knicks need from McBride<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-describedby=\"tpd-new-tab-hint\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/1630540\/miles-mcbride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McBride<\/a> gives New York a guard it can deploy against opposing ball handlers without demanding a large share of the offense. In Cleveland, Donovan Mitchell still scored 37 points, a reminder that a win and one player\u2019s plus-minus do not mean the defense solved a star on its own.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/november-daily-mcbride-body-reuters.jpg\" alt=\"Knicks story: Miles McBride pictured. Oct 30, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; New York Knicks guard Miles McBride (2) controls the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers during the second quarter at Xfinity Mobile Arena.\" class=\"wp-image-431247\"  \/>Oct 30, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; New York Knicks guard Miles McBride (2) controls the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers during the second quarter at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would preserve McBride\u2019s minutes while varying his partners. Playing him alongside a creator can let him defend and space the floor; pairing him with another reserve ball handler can change who initiates the offense. The choice depends on shooting and matchup, not a fixed formula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York can lean more heavily on Tyler Kolek\u2019s passing instead. Kolek recorded five assists in his own 13:42 against Cleveland, though he also had two turnovers and missed both field-goal attempts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither a plus-14 nor a single quiet scoring night settles the rotation. McBride\u2019s strongest case is the combination of defensive assignment flexibility and enough shooting to keep opposing defenses honest.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1384.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miles McBride scored five points in Cleveland, but the Knicks should not judge his role by the scoring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,6,1136,191,3810,3806],"class_list":["post-880094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-knicks","tag-basketball","tag-knicks","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkknicks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117587203087737179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880094","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=880094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}