The Brooklyn Nets are not interested in trading Mikal Bridges, per @TheAthletic
The Brooklyn Nets are not interested in trading Mikal Bridges, per @TheAthletic pic.twitter.com/0V8ymc7Xw7
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 20, 2023
by nrf25
@Brooklyn Nets
18 Comments
We’ll yeah, would be real awkward to rename the Brooklyn Bridge to another name…
Finally, some sense to stop these “let’s restart the tank for a lower floor version of bridges and the 3rd!”
“Think of the pick, it might be MJ!”
Good.
None of the trade scenarios reported made sense anyways
Hopefully this will stop the 8-10 threads popping up daily in Blazers sub about getting him.
Neither Dame or Mikal are going to be traded.
People here are not realistic about what it would take to get Dame from PDX. I am seeing trade offers that don’t include the late PHX picks or Claxton for him. It’s like Suns fans thinking they could get KD with Ayton and not Mikal cause he asked out.
As for Mikal trade, personally I would trade him for right offer as I think he is worse over a full season than the number this year but I understand why Nets won’t trade him. They want to at least put out a decent product even if it’s a play in team.
In 27 games Mikal gave us 26/5/3 on 60% TS. Zach Lavine in 2021 averaged 27/5/5 on 64% TS. So those numbers ain’t totally crazy. Mikal is a better defender but worse playmaker. ideally Mikal is your 2a/2b so even if you get Dame you need someone else better than Cam J imo. If Mikal is by far your 2nd best player you are not winning imo. Harden for his warts is still more impactful than Mikal.
I get the trade ideas in theory – the Nets aren’t viewed as contenders now that KD, Kyrie and Harden are all gone and the Nets don’t have many of their own picks going forward. So using Bridges to get some younger talent and the third overall pick might be appealing, but not having our own picks makes it difficult to do any sort of rebuild. This should still be a playoff team and selling Bridges would be a mistake
Hopefully we’re just playing hardball. If we could get Shaedon we better do the trade
Trade with Blazers if Scoot at 3 and Shaedon Sharpe and pick 23 and I consider it. Doesn’t mean I agree to the trade.
First I see what offers Nets have for Dinwiddie, DFS and Royce.
Of course they are not interested but if a deal “you can’t refuse” is offered you think about it. Everyone has a price. Also sometimes desperate teams make desperate offers. If Dame wants Mikal it wouldn’t surprise me that they make a serious offer. Also the Nets have other pieces that a team competing for a championship would covet. There could be an opportunity for Nets to acquire all kinds of young talent and picks. They wouldn’t have to “tank” or wait to get them. They would arrive in trades now. Imagining having many high level prospects on your team, cap space and loads of picks on hand. Claxton, Cam Thomas, Simons, Shaedon Sharp, Day’Ron Sharpe, Kuminga, Duke, Scoot Henderson, Leonard Miller and Dereck Lively AND still have a potential healthy Ben Simmons. With our roster, the deals to acquire these players aren’t all that unrealistic if Portland is desperate. This doesn’t even include what you may be able to get for a signed and traded Cam Johnson. Come on guys, you’d have to seriously give this scenario a hard look. I would really enjoy rooting for this type of a team.
Nets should emulate the heat model with Bridges as our Jimmy Butler
I mean I like him, but this is the highest his trade value probably ever will be. He’s reaching his peak, no injuries and on a reasonable contract.
I’m not in favor of trading him but the logic is certainly there.
That’s convenient. I am also not interested in trading Mikal Bridges.
Let’s fucking go. Let’s show some commitment to building a winning team. Between the nets, sixers, and Celtics it’s pretty evident that you don’t magically win just by moving pieces around. The heat are proving just having a winning culture and a true leader is better than pieced together talent.
You don’t build that culture by trading half your roster every year.
Means nothing to me as they said the same about KD. I think all this messaging is to just drive up the price. They’re asking for an offer they cannot refuse.
Draft picks are valuable until they’re not. How old are Ayton, Bagley, Barrett & Wiseman? And Ayton & Barrett may still have a chance at being good but neither have a ton of trade value at the moment. Even tanking with the new odds isn’t sustainable. The Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets may be in the finals. Create a culture and build around the right pieces.
People always acting like they’ll be happier with a worse team. Nets syndrome
Good!