{"id":14055,"date":"2024-06-26T10:38:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=14055"},"modified":"2024-06-26T10:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:38:49","slug":"new-york-knicks-acquire-mikal-bridges-from-the-brooklyn-nets-in-rare-nba-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/new-york-knicks-acquire-mikal-bridges-from-the-brooklyn-nets-in-rare-nba-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Knicks Acquire Bridges from Nets in Rare NBA Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mikal-bridges-and-bojan-bogdanovic.jpg\" alt=\"Mikal Bridges and Bojan Bogdanovic\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14057\" title=\"New York Knicks Acquire Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets in Rare NBA Trade\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The New York Knicks have acquired Brooklyn Nets\u2019 forward Mikal Bridges in a surprising trade. <\/li>\n<li>The 27-year-old has two seasons and $48.2 million left on his contract.<\/li>\n<li>Bojan Bogdanovic will be transferred to the Nets which will also get the Knicks&#8217; first-round picks in 2025, 2027, 2029, and 2031.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to sources that have remained anonymous until the deal is officially announced, the <strong>New York Knicks<\/strong> have big plans to win <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/basketball\/nba\">NBA&#8217;s Eastern Conference League<\/a> this upcoming season thanks to a rare and surprising trade inked with the <strong>Brooklyn Nets<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The Knicks will allegedly acquire forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikal_bridges\">Mikal Bridges<\/a><\/strong> from the Nets for <strong>Bojan Bogdanovic<\/strong>. The dramatic deal, which is the first one involving the two franchises since 1983, also involves four unprotected first-round picks, a 2025 protected first-round pick, two second-round picks, and a pick swap. <\/p>\n<p>The Nets will also get the Knicks&#8217; first-round picks in the upcoming years (2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031).<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xGllppRd3MQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bridges Played in Every Game <\/h2>\n<p>The 27-year-old is one of the best two-way players of the game, <em>averaging 19.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, as well as 3.6 assists and 1.0 steals<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Bridges, who <strong>still has two seasons and $48.2 million on his contract<\/strong>, shot 43.6% from the field, 81.4% on free throws, and 37.2% on 3-pointers for the Nets in the 2023-2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>He also never skipped a single game in his entire six-year career. He played in 83 games in 2022-2023 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/kevin-durant-is-confident-phoenix-suns-has-what-it-takes-to-win-an-nba-championship\/\">Phoenix traded him to the Nets for Kevin Durant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The player will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2025-2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Knicks lost seven games to Indiana in the Eastern Conference semifinals<\/strong> as they were but were hampered by a series of key player injuries. <\/p>\n<p>The list includes <em>OG Anunoby, Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson and Bogdanovic<\/em>. <em>Jalen Brunson<\/em> also had to abruptly exit Game 7 because he fractured his hand.<\/p>\n<h2>Big Sacrifices for Bridges <\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Knicks gave up four unprotected first-round picks along with other important assets<\/strong> for the stunning trade, in an attempt to improve and compete with Boston for the East title. <\/p>\n<p>The franchise still has some work to do with its roster. <strong>OG Anunoby and Isaiah Hartenstein are free agents<\/strong> and re-signing might not be possible. <\/p>\n<p>The Nets are still trying to recover from the Kevin Durant-James Harden-Kyrie Irving era that wasn\u2019t able to generate any significant results while attempting to get quality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/legal-us-online-betting-sites\">NBA draft picks<\/a> that would help them rebuild. <\/p>\n<p>The Nets also agreed to a draft-picking deal with Houston. The former will get a 2025 pick swap as well as a 2026 first-round pick from Houston. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The New York Knicks have acquired Brooklyn Nets\u2019 forward Mikal Bridges in a surprising trade. The 27-year-old has two seasons and $48.2 million left on his contract. Bojan Bogdanovic will be transferred to the Nets which will also get the Knicks&#8217; first-round picks in 2025, 2027, 2029, and 2031. 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