Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart say they had been surprised when the Knicks traded for Mikal Bridges, bringing the Knicks’ complete variety of former Villanova gamers to 4.
Teaming up with Bridges was one thing Brunson and Hart had overtly joked about, however by no means thought would really occur.
“I by no means thought it might occur as a result of when was the final time the Nets had finished a commerce with the Knicks?” Brunson mentioned on The Roommates Present. “After we used to see one another after video games, everybody can be like, ‘Oh these guys are recruiting.’ I used to be like, properly, it’s by no means gonna occur.”
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That’s when Hart chimed in.
“You don’t actually suppose it’s gonna occur however you’re like, let me mess with Mikal as a result of that’s my man,” Hart mentioned. “Then Nets followers simply be saying random stuff on a regular basis, so it was poking enjoyable on the Nets a little bit.”
Together with fellow Knick Donte DiVincenzo, Brunson, Hart and Bridges gained the 2016 NCAA Nationwide Championship collectively.
Those self same guys (aside from Hart) gained one other nationwide title collectively in 2018.
The truth that all of them ended up on the identical NBA workforce is so loopy that even they will’t consider it.
With a view to purchase Bridges, the Knicks gave up Bojan Bogdanovic, Mamadi Diakite, Shake Milton, 4 unprotected first-round picks, an unprotected choose swap, a top-four protected first-round choose, and an unprotected second-round choose.
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