Mikal Bridges grew up in Philadelphia as a diehard 76ers fan. He’ll go back Saturday, leading his new team and trying to take down his childhood one.
He’ll go back Saturday, leading his new team and trying to take down his childhood one., Bridges will have a host of family and friends on hand at Wells Fargo Center.
That fandom essentially ended when the 76ers — for whom his mother, Tyneeha, worked as VP of Human Resources at the time — traded him to Phoenix just 15 minutes after drafting him. Now Bridges is grown, taking the lessons he learned from Chris Paul and Devin Booker en route to the NBA Finals with the Suns in 2021, and applying them with the Nets.
Bridges averaged a career-high 14.2 points for the Suns last season, and 17.2 up through the point in February at which he was traded for Kevin Durant. But he has gone to another level since joining the Nets, pouring in 26.1 points per game on stellar .475/.376/.894 shooting.
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