Brooklyn Nets Plan to Build Around Mikal Bridges for the Future

Mikal Bridges was a revelation for the Brooklyn Nets last year after being traded in the blockbuster deal that landed Kevin Durant with the Phoenix Suns. In Phoenix, Bridges’ role was completely different. He was a role player who was primarily tasked with guarding the opposition’s best perimeter player. With the Nets, Bridges has opened […]

Mathew Huff  •  03 Jan 2024
Mikal Bridges Unhappy With Limited Playing Time Against Bucks

Mikal Bridges is one of the toughest players in the NBA. He is also an up and coming star on the rise. Ever since the trade from the Phoenix Suns last season, Bridges has shouldered a bigger role and has excelled so far as the first option for the young Brooklyn Nets. However, the small […]

Mathew Huff  •  28 Dec 2023
Mikal Bridges Shares Insight on Nets’ Offseason

Mikal Bridges recently shared his thoughts on the Brooklyn Nets’ offseason. The promising small forward believes the Nets will move into this coming season with basically the current roster. This is what he had to say: “Yeah, pretty much, I think so. And I’m pretty excited about it,” Bridges told The Post. “I mean, I […]

Mathew Huff  •  24 Jul 2023
League sources report that Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges is a player ‘they’re going to build around’

The 2022-23 season was full of ups and downs for the Brooklyn Nets. Their head coach was fired after seven games and Jacque Vaughn took over. He led the Nets to an 18-2 record at one point during the season. Then Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were traded. In return for Durant, the Nets got […]

Zach Wolpin  •  21 Jun 2023
Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges is the first player since Josh Smith in 2014-15 to play 83 games in a season

Over the last two-to-three seasons, the Brooklyn Nets struggled to have their best players on the court at the same time. That all changed this season when the Nets acquired Mikal Bridges from the Phoenix Suns at the trade deadline. He’s played in all 27 games since coming to the Nets and is making NBA […]

Zach Wolpin  •  10 Apr 2023
Mikal Bridges and Anthony Davis were named Players of the Week, taking home the Week 24 honor

Both the Brooklyn Nets and LA Lakers are near the middle of their respective conferences as the playoffs approach. The Nets are sixth in the East with four games left and the Lakers are seventh with four games left on their schedule as well. Mikal Bridges for Brooklyn and Anthony Davis for the Lakers were […]

Zach Wolpin  •  04 Apr 2023
Mikal Bridges reaching new heights with the Brooklyn Nets, he’s tallied back-to-back 30+ point games for the first time in his career

When the Brooklyn Nets traded Kevin Durant to the suns, many questioned who would be the Nets’ go-to player on offense. Durant accounted for nearly 30 points per game for Brooklyn, but the Nets did get a few players back in the trade package. One of them being Mikal Bridges who has taken his game […]

Zach Wolpin  •  06 Mar 2023
Mikal Bridges’ Career-High 45-Point Night Sets An NBA Record For Most Individuals To Have 45 Points By A Single Team

A new era is underway in Brooklyn after the trades of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. The team has four new starters now and they’re trying to build chemistry as quickly as they can. One of those new players is Mikal Bridges who carried the Nets last night with a career-high 45 points and a […]

Zach Wolpin  •  16 Feb 2023
An Unnamed Team Reportedly Offered The Nets Four First-Round Draft Picks For Mikal Bridges

Shocking the NBA world yesterday were the Phoenix Suns and the Brooklyn Nets with their blockbuster trade. It sent 13-time all-star Kevin Durant to Phoenix in exchange for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and four first-round picks. With plenty of time still left on the trade market when this deal happened, an unnamed team […]

Zach Wolpin  •  10 Feb 2023