The Brooklyn executive surprised the forward with a Villanova reunion.
demonstrated on the road to national championships in 2016 and 2018—embodied by guards Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo and Josh Hart. Now,perfect at first glance, but on Monday Nets general manager Sean Marks denied Bridges asked out of Brooklyn.
" Leon talked for a couple days on this thing and it moved very, very quickly," Marks said. "You could tell how interested they were in adding Mikal to that group.""Leon and I talked for a couple of days on this thing and it moved very, very quickly...that's not in his character, that's not who he is."The Knicks went 50-32 in 2024, finishing with their best record since 2013.
"Mikal didn't know until I called him and told him," Marks said. "I think there's a report that Mikal wanted to leave. That could not be further from the truth. That's just not in Mikal's character; it's not who he is."Patrick Andres has been a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated since 2022. Before SI, his work appeared in The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword, and Diamond Digest.
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