Portland will need a full season of Jusuf Nurkic and a huge leap on defense to make the playoffs — and keep their team together.
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Mikal Bridges averaged 26.1 points per game with the Brooklyn Nets last season following his trade from the Phoenix Suns. Over the first 34 games of his first full season with the Nets, Bridges’ scoring has dropped to 20.9 while his True Shooting Percentage also fell from .607 to .568.
Bridges is clearly one of the NBA’s best two-way wings, but he most likely will not be the primary scorer on a true contender. Despite a recalibration of his role, the Nets continue to see Bridges as a player to build around.
“I believe Brooklyn’s intent remains to build and add talent around Mikal Bridges,” wrote Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday.
Last February, the Nets were reportedly offered four future first round picks in exchange for Bridges.
The Knicks are the worst team in the NBA and just traded the face of the franchise, but New York received some good news on Wednesday when the NBA announced that Kevin Knox will replace injured Los Angeles Laker Lonzo Ball in the Rising Stars game. The 19-year-old rookie, who was originally snubbed and
Atlanta Hawks general manager Wes Wilcox has apologized for making a joke a fan believed was racially insensitive. Wilcox, who is white, made a reference to his mixed-race marriage and family while speaking to season-ticket holders in December. Wilcox issued a statement, obtained Friday by Sports Betting News, after the fan, Clarenton Crawford, was upset by the joke.
