Mikal Bridges is headed to Manhattan to affix his former teammates.
The Brooklyn Nets struck a deal to commerce Bridges to the New York Knicks on Tuesday evening, based on ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. In change, the Nets will obtain Bojan Bogdanovic and a slew of future draft capital — together with 4 unprotected first-round picks.
The Knicks are sending 4 unprotected picks (2025, 2027, 2029, 2031) a 2025 protected Milwaukee first, a 2028 unprotected choose swap and a 2025 second-round choose for Mikal Bridges and a 2026 second-round choose, sources inform ESPN. https://t.co/E4pTq3wCMP
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 26, 2024
The deal will reunite Bridges, a former Villanova star, with different former Wildcats Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo.
That is loopy lol
— Mikal Bridges (@mikal_bridges) June 26, 2024
The Nets will obtain an unprotected first spherical choose in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031, based on Wojnarowski. They’re going to additionally obtain a protected first spherical choose from the Milwaukee Bucks in 2025, a second-round choose in 2025 and a protected choose swap in 2028.
Bridges averaged 19.6 factors and 4.5 rebounds final yr with the Nets, his first full season with the workforce after they landed him in a take care of the Phoenix Suns earlier than the deadline in 2023. He has two years left on his four-year, $90.9 million deal.
Bagdanović, 35, was traded to the Knicks earlier this yr from the Detroit Pistons and was crucial of their playoff run — which was minimize quick within the Japanese Convention semifinals for a second straight season. He averaged 10.4 factors and two rebounds in 29 video games off the bench with the franchise.
Nets commerce picks with Rockets, who reportedly need Kevin Durant
The Nets weren’t finished there.
Shortly after that deal was reported, the Nets struck a deal to restructure a number of draft picks with the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks.
Extra in deal: Houston acquires 2029 extra favorable of Dallas and Phoenix first-round choose and acquires proper to swap Houston first-round choose for much less favorable Dallas first and Phoenix first, per sources. https://t.co/jUR0f5lSjM
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 26, 2024
In response to Wojnarowski, that deal was finished as a result of the Rockets wish to make a transfer to land Suns star Kevin Durant in a future commerce. Whereas the Suns have not stated they’re keen to deal Durant, who will enter his 18th yr within the league this fall, the Rockets now have the picks to tug such a deal off.
If that may’t occur, the Rockets are “decided” to make use of the Suns picks to be aggressive elsewhere. The Rockets are reportedly “in search of a significant improve now.”
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