The New York Knicks defeated the Charlotte Hornets on the road, 99-98, on Friday afternoon. The game was much closer than Knicks fans would have liked it to be,

The struggles for Mikal Bridges have gotten to the point that New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau kept him on the bench for the final eight minutes

Moving Bridges to the bench as a sixth-man type wouldn't be the greatest look for a team that gave five first-round picks up for him, but our analysis says it would reset the starting lineup and provide the bench with a proven scorer.