Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart say they have been shocked when the Knicks traded for Mikal Bridges, bringing the Knicks’ complete variety of former Villanova gamers to 4.
Teaming up with Bridges was one thing Brunson and Hart had overtly joked about, however by no means thought would truly occur.
“I never thought it would happen because when was the last time the Nets had done a trade with the Knicks?” Brunson mentioned on The Roommates Show. “When we used to see each other after games, everyone would be like, ‘Oh these guys are recruiting.’ I was like, well, it’s never gonna happen.”
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That’s when Hart chimed in.
“You don’t really think it’s gonna happen but you’re like, let me mess with Mikal because that’s my guy,” Hart mentioned. “Then Nets fans just be saying random stuff all the time, so it was poking fun at the Nets a little.”
Along with fellow Knick Donte DiVincenzo, Brunson, Hart and Bridges gained the 2016 NCAA National Championship collectively.
Those identical guys (aside from Hart) gained one other nationwide title collectively in 2018.
The proven fact that all of them ended up on the identical NBA group is so loopy that even they’ll’t imagine it.
In order to accumulate Bridges, the Knicks gave up Bojan Bogdanovic, Mamadi Diakite, Shake Milton, 4 unprotected first-round picks, an unprotected decide swap, a top-four protected first-round decide, and an unprotected second-round decide.
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