The New York Knicks have not gotten off to the start to the season they had hoped for coming in as the defending champions. The team is currently 6-5 and still searching for consistency. To make matters worse, Knicks wing Mikal Bridges has been not been playing up to his standards. The nine-year veteran is averaging career-lows, and it’s gotten to the point where former NBA player Jeff Teague believes the Knicks need to try and move on.

“I’ve never seen nobody go from this to this, and still a starter … Have y’all ever seen that drastic of a drop off?” Teague quipped during a recent segment of ‘520 In The Morning.’ “I’m just saying, it’s Game 11, right?”

Mikal Bridges has appeared in all 11 games for the Knicks so far this season at a little over 24 minutes per game. He’s been averaging 5.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists with splits of 32.9 percent shooting from the field, 26.5 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 100 percent shooting from the free-throw line.

His points, field goal percentage and 3-point percentage are all current career-lows. Last season, Bridges started off slowly as well and took flak for it, but his play picked up as the season went on. It carried over into the playoffs as well with the Knicks winning the title.

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Part of the reason why his play is under such a microscope is because the Knicks gave up quite a bit to get him, and then they gave him a lucrative contract extension. In the trade with the Nets, the Knicks surrendered four unprotected first round picks, a first round pick swap, a protected first round pick and a second round pick.

The organization then gave him a four-year contract extension worth around $150 million after Bridges’ first season with the team. He still one more year remaining after this season, before coming up on a player option for the 2028-29 season.