Mikal Bridges is an American professional basketball player who is playing his fourth playoff season as of May 2025. He plays as a shooting guard and small forward for the New York Knicks in the NBA and is playing in the 2024-25 NBA Playoffs as of May 19, 2025. Bridges attended Villanova University and played for the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team during his collegiate career. In 2018, he was named the Big East tournament MVP and the Julius Erving Award.
Bridges played a total of 76 games during his two seasons in college, starting 73 of them. He scored a total of 1,057 points, grabbed 376 rebound, and made 148 assists, as per his college roster. He was honored as the All-NCAA Final Four Team, the Third Team All-American by Associated Press, and the First Team Philadelphia Big Five in the 2017-18 season.
What are Mikal Bridges trades?
Here are the trades of Mikal Bridges as of May 2025:
Philadelphia 76ers to Phoenix Suns
In the 2018 NBA Draft, Mikal Bridges was selected as the 10th overall pick in the first round of that draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, but he was immediately traded to the Phoenix Suns. He was traded to the Suns in exchange for Zhaire Smith and a 2021 first-round pick, as per ESPN. Bridges joined the Suns before the 2018 NBA Summer League. He played in 82 games in the 2018-19 NBA regular season, where he scored 684 points, made 173 assists, and 264 rebounds. Bridges scored a total of 4,448 points, grabbed 1,455 rebounds, and made 840 assists in 365 NBA regular-season games during his time with the Suns.
Phoenix Suns To Brooklyn Nets
After playing for five years with the Suns, in February 2023, he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets. He was traded in exchange for Kevin Durant and T. .J. Warren along with Jae Crowder, Cameron Johnson, four unprotected first-round picks, and a 2028 first-round pick, as per the official website of the NBA. During his two years with the Nets, Bridges played in 109 NBA regular-season games, where he averaged 21.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game.
Brooklyn Nets to New York Knicks
Bridges was traded to the New York Knicks on July 6, 2024, along with Keita Bates-Diop and two other players. They were traded in exchange for Bojan Bogdanovic, Shake Milton, Mamadi Diakite, four unprotected first-round picks, and one protected pick, as per the official website of the NBA. Bridges has played a total of 82 NBA regular games, scoring 1,444 points and making 306 assists in the 2024-25 regular season, as of May 19, 2025, as per Sports Reference.
FAQs on Mikal Bridges
A. Mikal Bridges is 28 years old as of May 2025.
A. Mikal Bridges is American.
A. Mikal Bridges has a four-year $90,900,000 contract with the New York Knicks as of May 2025.
A. Mikal Bridges played for Villanova University.
A. Mikal Bridges is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall.
