<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - 'All the sacrifice was worth it': Jayson Tatum on winning first NBA Championship"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The <a target="_blank" href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/basketball/nba/teams/new-york-knicks/18/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">New York Knicks</a> see an opportunity to win the Eastern Conference.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">They have reached a deal with the <a target="_blank" href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/basketball/nba/teams/brooklyn-nets/17/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Brooklyn Nets</a> to acquire forward Mikal Bridges for Bojan Bodganovic, four unprotected first-round picks, a 2025 protected first-round pick, a pick swap and two second-round picks, a person familiar with the trade confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The person requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly until the deal is announced.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Nets get the Knicks' first-round picks in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Bridges is one of the game’s top two-way players and one of the most reliable. He averaged 19.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.0 steals and shot 43.6% from the field, 37.2% on 3-pointers and 81.4% on free throws for the Nets in 2023-24.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:440px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/06/26/USAT/74213740007-usatsi-22675123.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" data-gl-srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/06/26/USAT/74213740007-usatsi-22675123.jpg?width=1320&height=880&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="The Nets are trading Mikal Bridges to the Knicks."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The 27-year-old Bridges has played in every game possible in his six-year career, and even played in 83 games in 2022-23 after <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2023/02/08/suns-acquiring-kevin-durant-blockbuster-trade-nets/11218042002/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">being traded to the Nets by Phoenix in the Kevin Durant trade</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Bridges has two seasons and $48.2 million left on his contract. He will be an unrestricted free agent after the 2025-26 season.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2024/05/19/indiana-pacers-beat-new-york-knicks-game-7-eastern-semifinals/73763516007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">The Knicks lost to Indiana in seven games</a> in the Eastern Conference semifinals but were hampered by injuries to key players including Julius Randle, Bogdanovic, OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson. Star <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2024/05/19/new-york-knicks-jalen-brunson-fractures-hand-indiana-pacers/73763748007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Jalen Brunson was even knocked out of the Game 7 defeat</a> with a fractured hand.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Knicks also continue to assemble former Villanova players. With the addition of Bridges, the Knicks will have four players...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2024/06/25/knicks-nets-mikal-bridges-trade/74213665007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
