- The Nets will reportedly get five first-round picks and a future pick swap.
- Bridges to reunite with four of his former Villanova Wildcat teammates at MSG
The NBA offseason accelerated Tuesday night with a report that the Brooklyn Nets agreed to trade star forward Mikal Bridges across the East River to the rival New York Knicks.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski The Knicks are reporting that they will send four of their own unprotected first-round picks (2025, 2027, 2029, 2031) to the Nets, as well as a 2025 protected first-round pick from the Milwaukee Bucks, a swap of unprotected 2028 picks and a 2025 second-round pick. Finally, the Nets will reacquire Bojan Bogdanovic, the veteran Croatian forward who began his NBA career in Brooklyn back in 2014.
The trade reunites Bridges with former Villanova teammates Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo. The Wildcat quartet won the school’s second national championship together under coach Jay Wright in 2016. Brunson, DiVincenzo and Bridges won another national title together in 2018 after Hart turned pro.
Bridges reacted to the news on X: “This is crazy lol.”
Neither Nets nor Knicks spokespersons have responded to DailyMail.com’s requests for confirmation.
The Nets have agreed to trade Mikal Bridges across the East River to the rival New York Knicks.
The reported trade appears to spell the end of OG Anunoby’s brief stint in New York following his decision to opt out of his contract and test the free agent market.
The Knicks acquired Anunoby from Toronto before the 2024 trade deadline, but he battled injuries in just 23 games with New York while appearing in just 9 of 13 postseason appearances.