This is the best comparison yet...Bowen doesn't work...he was more stout and dirty. Bridges and Tayshaun are definitely the best body comparison - freakishly long arms and thin.
It completely depends on where those picks sit. Nets already traded some of those picks away they could use as swaps as I understand it. If so, the Suns are not trading 4 firsts and doing 3 swaps. The trade likely would include some pick/player combo.
I think you mean a poor man's Tayshaun Prince? Bridges isn't at Prince's level yet.
Bridges was just recognized as a top 40 player, and got 2nd place in defensive player of the year voting. (something Prince never accomplished)
During the five years 2004-09, Prince averaged 14.1p/5.1r/2.9a, during an era where scoring was considerably less than it is now, and he didn't miss a single game. Bridges put up comparable numbers last year, but that's the first time he's done it, and he's behind on the calendar. If he puts up four more years that were at least as good as last year, we can talk.
Prince was not the 4th or 5th option on that offense. He was a featured player in their offense. Stats don't tell the entire story. The fact that Bridges puts up the number he does without regularly getting offensive plays called for him says a ton.
Scoring may have been less, but Bridges is already shooting at a much more efficient rate than Prince during those years.
Hey - Bridges is an ironman too!
Nope, two years in a row.
I'm confident that Bridges will have the better career, and is already at near peak Prince level at worst.
Amazing how closely they resemble each other.Agreed.
Tayshaun Prince is probably the closest comparison for Mikal Bridges through 4 seasons.
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That comparison in time says otherwise. He fouls at a greater rate but his eFG% is vastly superior.
We do you know Mikal would never quit on his team during a playoff game so he’s got Pip in that regard…
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We'll see if their patience pays off. I think if we're surprised one way or another on the return for KD, it'll be at how little we're giving up.-Windhorst: Nets not aggressive in seeking trade partners for Kevin Durant
The Nets are in waiting, watching and listening mode, but not apparently in talking mode. That’s become increasingly evident and Brian Windhorst, in his latest appearance on ESPN’s Get Up, spoke...
"What I will say is nobody knows what Kevin Durant is thinking right now. His communication with teammates and others in the league has been sparse. I don't even think the Nets have a 100 percent understanding of why Kevin asked for a trade. He spoke to the owner in Joe Tsai and gave a reason, but I'm not sure the Nets are 100 percent on the understanding of it.
"I think the next step in this, barring a team's change of heart to meet the Nets' price, which I don't see at this point on the calendar, I think we're going to have to wait to hear from Kevin Durant about how open he is to running it back with the Nets. And here we go as everybody breaks for summer, sitting and waiting for that to happen."
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So KD met with the owner once to explain that he wants out then went excommunicado…
He is probably getting pressure from the Union to keep it private. The owners are going to push for major consequences for asking for trades in the next agreement.
Yep. His silence takes a huge amount off pressure of the Nets. The only way this happens in short order is if KD says "I am not playing for the Nets this year". If not? I expect KD to start the season with them. Even if he says it in private? The team will leak it out so they don't look like the bad guy to the fans. I don't think you can keep something like that private.
He’s not close to the offensive player Sean Ellliot was.
Just speculating but I think he wanted to do it in a way that didn’t embarrass the Nets. I believe they leaked it to Shams a few weeks back. We know KD is sensitive how he’s viewed but to get your way it has to be ugly. The last time I can remember a star player getting traded that wasn’t made a public situation beforehand was Deron Williams 10 years ago.
