Phoenix is sending Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and five draft picks to Brooklyn for Kevin Durant and TJ Warren, sources confirm to The Republic.
While Paul, Booker and Ayton were the main cogs of those teams, Bridges and Johnson were valuable pieces too. The Suns went into this season looking to expand their roles to handling the ball more.
While Johnson became a starter in his fourth NBA season this year, Bridges has shown more elements to his game this season.Already one of the game’s best defensive players as he finished runner-up in last season’s NBA Defensive Player of the year voting, Bridges is averaging a career-best 17.2 points this season.
“He’s a great example for a lot of young guys, our guys and a lot of young guys in the league to one, have the temperament and the patience to play the way he does and develop and let the game come to him,” Casey continued. “He wasn’t trying to force it a couple of years ago or three years ago. He developed that, they were patient with him as an organization and now look at him. To me, he’s an All-Star.
He played with Booker on the U.S. Olympic team that won gold in 2021 in Toyko as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the Olympics in 2020.A three-time Olympic gold medalist , Durant was on the 2012 gold medal team with Paul. Williams was an assistant on the 2016 gold medal team.
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