Knicks’ Mikal Bridges struggling to reclaim Villanova shooting form
NY Post
WASHINGTON — After a brutal shooting performance — and a difficult preseason overall from beyond the arc — Mikal Bridges acknowledged he tinkered with his shooting form in an effort to reclaim his comfort of Villanova.
“Ever since I got into the league, been trying to fix it back to when I was in college,” Bridges said. “So it’s been seven years of just every day.”
Bridges has an unconventional hitch to his form, a habit he said he picked up after going pro in 2018. However, he clearly altered it again before this season and it was ineffective in preseason.
During Friday’s preseason finale defeat against the Wizards, Bridges missed all 10 of his 3-point attempts — leaving him with a paltry 11 percent conversion rate in four appearances.
“When I came out of college, I kind of tweaked it a little bit. And then my second year in the league, I had the hitch, and tried to build back from that ever since,” said Bridges, who, despite the shooting form issues out of college, is a 38 percent career shooter in the NBA. “So just trying to get it right. Pretty much it.”
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