Mikal Bridges RUMORS & NEWS

Fadeaway World "Mikal Bridges played under Monty Williams for three and a half seasons on the Phoenix Suns and gained a ton of respect for him in that time. Bridges, who was traded to the Brooklyn Nets as part of the package for Kevin Durant, saw his old head coach get fired after the..." May 22

Real GM Basketball "The Portland Trail Blazers are determining what the third overall pick plus Anfernee Simons can return them on the trade market as they attempt to improve their roster around Damian Lillard and one player who is not available is Mikal Bridges. Alex Schiffer of The Athletic..." May 21

New York Post "With great scoring comes great expectations. Mikal Bridges’ ascension to an elite scorer, averaging 26 points-per-game after his in-season trade to the Nets, made him a focal point of the first-round playoff series. That also left him to fall on his sword Saturday..." April 24

ESPN "It's a little after 1 o'clock in the morning on Thursday, Feb. 9, and Mikal Bridges, the talented swingman from the Phoenix Suns, is awake inside the Four Seasons hotel in Atlanta. The trade deadline is 14 hours away. For months, Bridges has known that if the..." April 20

CBS Sports "Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges made history on Sunday when he appeared in his 83rd game of the season. Whether it should count considering he only played four seconds with the express purpose of keeping his games-played streak alive is a worthy question, but in any case he..." April 10

New York Post "Mikal Bridges outplayed Utah All-Star Lauri Markkanen, the betting favorite for the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Bridges had 30 points and seven rebounds, including 11 of 13 from the free-throw line. The attempts were a career-high for Bridges, and he credited watching Chris Paul..." April 05

NBA Analysis "Soon enough, the NBA playoffs will be underway. Fans could not be more excited. The stakes don’t get any higher. This is the portion of the season that the rest of the year has been leading up to.  It’s also an opportunity to see the best players in the..." April 05

Clutch Points "Mikal Bridges stepped into a situation unlike any he had experienced during his NBA career when he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets. With two generational scorers in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving out the door, the 26-year-old was tasked with shouldering a heavy offensive burden for a..." April 05

Hoops Rumors "Lakers big man Anthony Davis and Nets wing Mikal Bridges have been named the NBA’s players of the week, the league announced (via Twitter). Davis, the Western Conference’s winner, averaged 38.7 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.0 steal and 2.0..." April 04

ESPN "Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges is on the verge of completing a statistically perfect season that makes analytics pushers shudder and teammates smile all at once. Bridges, who started the 2022-23 NBA season with the Phoenix Suns before a..." April 01

The Athletic "Mikal Bridges was frazzled. It was Feb. 9, and the Brooklyn Nets were minutes away from hosting the Chicago Bulls. Bridges was trying to make his way to the court. “I got to get out there,” Bridges said. “I got to get out..." March 28

Yahoo! Sports "When the smoke cleared after the 2023 NBA trade deadline, and the post-mortem reporting started to trickle out, it sounded like the Nets might’ve been nuts. You’re telling me a team offered Brooklyn four first-round picks for Mikal..." March 23

New York Post "Nets coach Jacque Vaughn doesn’t anticipate that Mikal Bridges will score 45 points every game. His shot-attempt numbers have increased since he was acquired from Phoenix, including 24 in his 45-point outburst Feb. 15 against Miami, but that’s not necessarily what Vaughn..." February 23

NBA Analysis "Sometimes, two fates become inseparably linked. Some NBA franchises are inalterably tied to each other as well. We’ve all heard stories of twins who were separated at birth. One way or another, they often find each other. Their fates are linked.  Often,..." February 13

Hoops Rumors "The Grizzlies are the mystery team that was willing to put four future first-round picks in a trade offer for forward Mikal Bridges, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. ESPN’s Zach Lowe said on his Lowe Post podcast after Thursday’s trade..." February 11

Real GM Basketball "The Brooklyn Nets received considerable trade interest in Mikal Bridges after acquiring him as part of the Kevin Durant trade, but decided to keep him at the deadline. Bridges is on the first year of a four-year, $90 million extension he signed with the Phoenix Suns before the 21-22..." February 10

The Big Lead "Mikal Bridges was one of the key pieces of the blockbuster trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns. On Thursday night, he was interviewed at Barclays Center as his new team, the Brooklyn Nets, took on the Chicago Bulls. He introduced himself as a Net by..." February 10

ESPN "After three-plus tumultuous years and a second trade request in eight months, the Brooklyn Nets traded All-NBA forward Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns for a package that includes dynamic forward Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and four..." February 09

Clutch Points "After a very hot start to the 2022-23 campaign, the Memphis Grizzlies have cooled off in recent weeks. The team owns a 2-8 record over its last ten games and is now just two games ahead of the Sacramento Kings for the two-seed in the Western Conference. And so the Grizzlies..." February 09

Fadeaway World "Mikal Bridges was beloved in Phoenix but it doesn't look like many Suns fans will be crying over his departure given he was traded for Kevin Durant.  The Suns have sent a host of picks and players to the Brooklyn Nets for Durant and Bridges is one of them. One of..." February 09

AZ Central "Mikal Bridges watched Donovan Mitchell go bonkers in scoring a career-high 71 points in leading Cleveland to an overtime win Monday night over Chicago. So, he reached out to Mitchell on Instagram to get a couple of things straight before they face each Wednesday night at Rocket..." January 04