Frank Isola: One of the reasons Mikal Bridges’ name has surfaced in trade discussions, according to several team executives. Mitchell Robinson is another player being discussed. Stefan Bondy: Mikal Bridges is now eligible to sign an extension. The max is 4 years, $156 million.
Source: x.com
Source: x.com
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Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Turning Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, 4 first-round picks and a swap into Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and a late lotto pick in a middling draft in the span of just 28 months is franchise detonation levels of asset mismanagement. – 12:49 PM
Turning Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, 4 first-round picks and a swap into Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and a late lotto pick in a middling draft in the span of just 28 months is franchise detonation levels of asset mismanagement. – 12:49 PM
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Yossi Gozlan: Early 2023: The Suns have Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Chris Paul, Deandre Ayton, and all their own picks. 2025: The Suns have Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, no starting-level center, few picks, and Bradley Beal. -via x.com / June 22, 2025
The Grizzlies — from Mikal Bridges to OG Anunoby to Orlando’s own Franz Wagner — have made several aggressive trade pursuits of their own laden with draft capital in recent years, league sources say. -via marcstein.substack.com / June 16, 2025
Sam Amick: With Thibs, though—man, sometimes it just feels like the obvious thing gets overlooked. They just did something they haven’t done in a quarter century. That probably means he should continue doing the job. To my knowledge, there wasn’t a player revolt. There wasn’t disharmony in the locker room. Of course, there was some discussion—mostly led by Mikal Bridges—about playing time at times, but still. It’s crazy. They got to the conference finals. This is a franchise that’s been in the dumps for a long time. They’ve had a few good years, but still—it’s a little nuts. One of the more wild firings we’ve seen in a while.” -via YouTube / June 5, 2025
Brian Windhorst: I definitely think he’s got interest in the Knicks. He has interest in the Knicks going back six, seven years when he was a free agent in 2019. He chose the Nets, but he’s got interest in the Knicks. The reality is this: You’re either trading an in-your-prime All-NBA player under long-term controlled contract in Karl Towns or to make the math work and make it a legal trade, you’re probably trading three rotation players, two high-level rotation players like an OG Anunoby and a Mitchell Robinson, something like that. And so the Knicks are already short on the rotation players. -via YouTube / June 13, 2025
Fred Katz: Mitchell Robinson was dejected at his locker after the loss unlike I’ve seen him before. Took this one hard. “I don’t even got words, to be honest,” he said. “Should’ve kept my energy up.” Robinson was very self critical. “I feel like I didn’t play to my full potential,” he said. -via Twitter @FredKatz / June 1, 2025
Now they enter the offseason with Anunoby, Brunson and Hart signed through 2028 and Towns and Miles “Deuce” McBride signed through 2027. Bridges and Robinson are entering the final years of their contracts. It’s too early for them to lock in any major decisions about the roster, though Bridges’ next deal will be a story of the summer. He becomes eligible for a four-year, $156 million extension before next season. -via New York Times / June 1, 2025