If Jalen Brunson says the Knicks need some time to get accustomed to a new head coach and new system, you probably should give him the benefit of the doubt.

Knicks coach Mike Brown told reporters after Sunday night’s win over the Bulls why offseason signing Guerschon Yabusele hasn’t played much.

A lot has had to go wrong for the New York Knicks for them to have won as many games as they've lost through the first two weeks of this NBA season. Their bench

Since the start of this season, New Yorkers and analysts have made an interesting observation. While the Knicks struggle to adapt to the post-Thibodeau era, Mikal Bridges is the kind of guy Mike Brown needs.

Mike Brown was hired to fix these things. We're still very early in the season, but the returns thus far have been promising. Through three games, 11 different Knicks had played at least 28 total minutes.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/knicks/onsi as Knicks Fans Are Comparing Mike Brown and Tom Thibodeau. The New York Knicks fanbase is split after the team's slow start. Some fans defend fired coach Tom Thibodeau while others believe Mike Brown deserves more time to prove himself with this roster.

Monday was the second leg of the first Knicks back-to-back of the season, after they beat the Bulls at home on Sunday. Clearly, Robinson is not ready to handle workloads on consecutive days. That means seven games into the season, Robinson has played just 33 minutes combined.

"A lot more player movement, ball movement," Knicks guard Miles McBride said of Brown's offense on Media Day. "Last year, at times, we got stagnant and we depended on a lot of isolation shots, which is tough down the stretch. This year, it's going to be a little more freedom with the movement and a lot of guys cutting, guys getting active."

It was a far cry from last season, when Tom Thibodeau’s Knicks led the NBA in starter minutes, and thus ranked dead last in bench minutes.

In the previous two seasons under coach Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks didn’t absorb a three-game losing streak until after Christmas.

Knicks’ head coach Mike Brown speaks on team’s bench struggles originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The New York Knicks have limped out to a 2-3 record to start the season, and their lack of bench production has been a major reason as to why.