Mikal Bridges To The Knicks For 4 FRPs ('25, '27, '29, '31), FRP Swap ('28), SRP ('25), MIL FRP ('25); Picks Swap w/HOU

[Hello Brooklyn]

Any chance Houston wants DFS for our pick in 27? Or is that a pipe dream? LOL.

dude i was thinking the same thing, just with cam johnson instead.

imagine getting Green and that 2027 pick back.... come on let's dream!!

I would give them both. **** it.

[Stannis]

Everyone is yelling "how can you trade him to a rival!".

But I thought the Nets were rebuilding? Seems like a no brainer trade, imho.

Were there any other teams willing to trade 5 first round picks for Bridges?

Rival or not rival, it really shouldn't make a difference. You should do what is best for YOUR team. PERIOD

[Stone]

No doubt Bridges is a going to be nice piece on the Knicks. But his stock dropped and by a decent amount. There were sites ranking him in the top 25 players at the start of last season to now around 50th.

Just pointing out that we got a very reasonable return on a guy who some rank around 50th.

https://nbarankings.theringer.com

[Mosdefinition]

Everyone is yelling "how can you trade him to a rival!".

But I thought the Nets were rebuilding? Seems like a no brainer trade, imho.

Were there any other teams willing to trade 5 first round picks for Bridges?

Rival or not rival, it really shouldn't make a difference. You should do what is best for YOUR team. PERIOD

We have seen twice what happens when you trade all your picks and have no protections On them

You weren't winning anything with bridges this is a win

[Papi_swav]

Well now we can finally control our own destiny. We can tank hard next year and pray we get the #1 pick but I'm not holding my breathe because for some reason the NBA doesn't want us to have the top pick. We didn't get it in our 12-70 season and haven't gotten it since, but for some reason when we don't own our pick we land at #3 lol this is bogus. i have a feeling even if we did that Jalen Green trade we still wouldn't of landed at #3 in this years draft.

So now it's time to gut the team. Get rid of Cam Johnson, DFS and Schroder. I would resign Claxton though, he's good for "the culture". We're not getting out of Ben Simmons so get that thought out of yall heads lol. 3 picks for next years supposedly "stacked class" is amazing. I just hope we hit on all our picks and land a legit star player, then we can sign some free agents to go along with him.

It's going to be a rough road but it had to be done, we needed a reset. Bridges wasn't going to lead us anywhere even if we did trade for Trae or Mitchell, which I HATED that idea but you guys were praying for it, we still wouldn't of gone anywhere. We was on a bad treadmill downward and Marks did what needed to be done. Now we can do this the right way.

[Shark]

Everyone is yelling "how can you trade him to a rival!".

But I thought the Nets were rebuilding? Seems like a no brainer trade, imho.

Were there any other teams willing to trade 5 first round picks for Bridges?

Rival or not rival, it really shouldn't make a difference. You should do what is best for YOUR team. PERIOD

Yeah, I honestly don't care that he was traded to the Knicks. If we were actually contending and made this trade, yeah, it'd be hard to stomach. But we aren't so it's no biggie. You guys are far and above the better team in NY.

[HotShots]

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[NetsWorld]

Everyone is yelling "how can you trade him to a rival!".

But I thought the Nets were rebuilding? Seems like a no brainer trade, imho.

Were there any other teams willing to trade 5 first round picks for Bridges?

Rival or not rival, it really shouldn't make a difference. You should do what is best for YOUR team. PERIOD

Agreed but the trade only happened because they were going to get their picks back from Houston. I am pretty sure Marks did it as a two for one type of deal. So essentially, the Suns picks for the Nets picks back from Houston were essential otherwise Houston would get a lottery pick from us.

[njnets62892]

All that draft capital for a role player. Woof.

[Netaman]

So not looking to be bad juju out there into the world, but it occurred to me listening to a bunch of these podcast reactions hearing about the Knicks cap situation going forward once they extend all these guys, if something were to ever happen to Brunson they are basically in a position of Bridges being their main guy almost as much as he was here. Brunson, with Thibs loading him up on 35 mpg, is basically the only thing standing in the way of the Nets getting a bunch of lotto picks.

I see 0 reason to bet against Brunson or on him regressing meaningfully but 7 years out is a pretty long time. We know firsthand how much can change in a few years, sometimes because of fluke injuries or random things out of anyone's control. Booker may have been a slightly bigger flight risk in PHO, but Nets got 1 extra distant unprotected pick and the next 2 years back.

[Sharcm1]

Without the Houston trade the Knicks trade is horrible. With the Houston trade the Knicks trade is great. Because you can’t tank without your own picks

[Rich Rane]

Without the Houston trade the Knicks trade is horrible. With the Houston trade the Knicks trade is great. Because you can’t tank without your own picks

Pretty sure it's been reported that the Nets don't make the Knicks trade without the Houston trade.

[Paradise]

The idea of him going there is disgustingly awful but I am extremely happy to properly tank and get a shot at some elite talent next year with Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Boogie Fland and Melo’s son.

Also, it was painfully obvious he mentally checked out and wanted to be here but not in this **** situation.

We need to trade into the top 15 tonight and get a few more picks. I would like to hit at least 18 picks by tonight.

[Keith Van Horn]

The idea of him going there is disgustingly awful but I am extremely happy to properly tank and get a shot at some elite talent next year with Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Boogie Fland and Melo’s son.

Also, it was painfully obvious he mentally checked out and wanted to be here but not in this **** situation.

We need to trade into the top 15 tonight and get a few more picks. I would like to hit at least 18 picks by tonight.

yo, it's been a while!

[3pt_chucker]

Incredible! I had almost lost all faith that the Nets would accept that the writing on the wall that this current facade that a full rebuild was the best path, especially when 2025 is looking to be a generational draft.

Marks pulled off quite a heist and I'm all the way back in.

Only critique of this trade is that I would hope to have some sort of young prospect but the pick haul makes that a moot point.

Full A grade on this trade.

[TheNetsFan]

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I'm curious to know what 5 picks were offered at the deadline. We know the 2031 couldn't have been traded at the deadline, so at a minimum that had to be replaced with a lesser pick. The Nets wound up extracting the Knicks' 5 most valuable FRPs. If they were trying to push '24 picks or the heavily protected Washington & Detroit picks, then the Nets made out much better waiting.

Ultimately, my guess is that Marks was willing to pull the trigger sooner, but the Rockets deal had to be in place first.

[Netaman]

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I'm curious to know what 5 picks were offered at the deadline. We know the 2031 couldn't have been traded at the deadline, so at a minimum that had to be replaced with a lesser pick. The Nets wound up extracting the Knicks' 5 most valuable FRPs. If they were trying to push '24 picks or the heavily protected Washington & Detroit picks, then the Nets made out much better waiting.

Ultimately, my guess is that Marks was willing to pull the trigger sooner, but the Rockets deal had to be in place first.

I think the 2031 pick wouldn't have been tradeable at deadline too? So it probably would have involved one of their '24 picks instead, and imo clearly the 2024 draft has ended up being treated as weak as it was reported ahead of time.

I believe Windhorst said the Rockets actually approached the Nets about the pick return for Phoenix picks at the deadline, so I think a lot of this was kick started in those conversations, maybe the Knicks package was slightly weaker, and maybe Marks wanted to play out the Mitchell situation before throwing in the towel on the Bridges era?

[Keith Van Horn]

Other than The Lowe Post, do you guys have any other podcasts or articles that speak on this trade? I want to hear/read more of a discussion.

[Netaman]

Other than The Lowe Post, do you guys have any other podcasts or articles that speak on this trade? I want to hear/read more of a discussion.

The Windhorst one was the best so far I think he's the most connected -
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mikal-bridges-trade-reaction-nova-knicks-united/id293376147?i=1000660289432

This one was ok with Begley, he's local and has some good connections to knicks/nets -
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bleav-in-nets/id1553181595?i=1000660452741

[Minnamaker]

Having thought about this trade for a couple of days, I am still hyped it happened (together with the rockets trade). I understand chemistry and Bridges being on a great contract, but I can't believe we got 5 1st round picks for him. As a neutral fan, the Knicks are probably fun to watch, playing hard with solid defense, but in no way I see them getting over the hump with this trade. I might be wrong, but I think they are stuck in mediocracy with no way to improve (massive overpay for OG as well). The east is to weak for them not to be top 3 in the regular season. Thib's Teams have a history of playing hard every game and thus overachieving in the regular season. They were a second round exit this season, Bridges is just not enough.
For us, that means probably low first round picks until they realize and blow it up, which could take a while. The picks gonna look great in 4-5 years though.

The only downside to this is realizing, that even a role player who would habe probably gotten a massive overpay as franchise player wanted out. Other than that, I am super happy about the future of the Nets.

I think Marks still looks at a short rebuild, i wonder if it'll work this way. If I understand correctly, we have 3 first round picks next draft, Simmons is going to be off the books and about every free agent deal we made has the least amount of salary next season (for example Claxton and cam Johnson have their lowest salary year next season). We probably tank hard next season and are looking to draft heavy AND sign a big free agent next off-season. Even if that does not work, the future still looks great as we control our and most of the Knicks picks.