Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart reflected on the New York Knicks finally acquiring their college teammate Mikal Bridges from the rival Brooklyn Nets. Brunson kept it real and said that he never expected the Nets to agree to a trade that saw Mikal end up with the Knicks.
Jalen Brunson: “I never thought it would happen because when was the last time the Nets had done a trade with the Knicks?”
Josh Hart: “1983.”
Jalen Brunson: “When we used to see each other after games, everyone would be like, ‘Oh these guys are recruiting.’ I was like, well, it’s never gonna happen.”
Josh Hart: “You don’t really think it’s gonna happen but you’re like, let me mess with Mikal because that’s my guy. Then Nets fans just be saying random stuff all the time, so it was poking fun at the Nets a little.”
Fans who follow the players on social media know that Hart and Brunson, along with Donte DiVincenzo, share a close bond with Bridges due to them winning an NCAA title together on the Villanova Wildcats. While fans did feel tampering was heavily at play with how Hart in particular would openly mock the Nets, the Knicks paid a hefty price to get the deal done.
Bridges averaged 19.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.6 assists last season and will hope to have an instant winning impact on his new franchise.
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