Follow usThe Brooklyn Nets had a massive overhaul of the organization’s roster, trading their best basketballer, Mikal Bridges, to the NY Knicks and agreeing a deal with the Rockets to return the team’s 1st-round selections lost in the James Harden exchange.
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After finishing in places between postseason and the draft lottery since Durant and Irving left, Brooklyn changed the narrative and now have 16 1st-round selections through 2031, featuring 4 picks in the next year’s draft.
Brooklyn was receiving offers from several franchises for Mikal, but his desire to compete with his 3 ex-Villanova teammates in an organization with chances to win the title – and New York’s confidence that he could be their player for a long time – made the Knicks trade their draft selections in a huge deal.
Brooklyn GM Sean Marks and New York resident Leon Rose escalated talks swiftly, and the trade happened within hours after that.
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