New York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges will always have a hating community on the other side of New York City in the Brooklyn Nets. No matter how his tenure with the Knicks goes, there will always be people criticizing the Knicks for giving up a heap of first-round picks to reunite the forward with his former college teammates.

Mikal Bridges spent much of this Knicks season before the holidays — too much, probably — as the “but.” As in, yes, the new-look Knicks are shaping up to be a legit contender with an unreal

Mikal Bridges got off to a bit of a slow start in his Knicks career, but the star forward has been making his mark both on and off the court during the holiday season.