Basketball Intelligence for 6/26/24
Mikal Bridges, the NBA Draft, the Rockets, and more!
THE TRADES
Trade Grades: Mikal Bridges/Almost Everything The Knicks Have/Houston Rockets Stuff, Too
Mike Shearer,
Bridges’ time in Brooklyn helped him develop skills that will work better in a secondary role, too. He got far more reps as a ballhandler and pick-and-roll orchestrator, where he posted roughly league-average marks as both a finisher and passer (per Synergy).
Average isn’t what you want from your best offensive player (and his passing never took off the way I hoped it would), but his efficiency should scale up as his usage scales down.
NBA trade grades: Bridges to the Knicks, and something cooking in Houston
Kevin Pelton, ESPN+
Mikal Bridges trade grades: Did Knicks, Nets and Rockets all win?
Zach Harper, The Athletic
Lowe: How many picks?! What to make of this monster Knicks-Nets megatrade for Mikal Bridges
Zach Lowe, ESPN+
Inside the Mikal Bridges trade: What it means for the Knicks and the league at large
Jake Fischer, Yahoo Sports
Tanks Again: Nets On Bridges To Nowhere
I just don’t get this. It’s so easy for folks to overreact to underachieving campaigns with a “just blow it all up” mindset. Do you know the last time an NBA Champion was built after bottoming out? The 2007 Spurs, who lucked into a pair of transformational No. 1 overall picks a decade earlier. And that was well before the league altered the lottery odds starting in 2019 so that more teams now have an equal chance at the top pick.
Mikal Bridges trade breakdown, and why two players not in the draft loom over the event
John Hollinger, The Athletic
Trade Aftermath
Jonathan Macri,
Nets trade Mikal Bridges to Knicks, per sources: Why he’s the star New York needs
Fred Katz/Shams Charania, The Athletic
NBA DRAFT
NBA Draft: 5 electric storylines to watch
Krysten Peek, Yahoo Sports
FINAL 2024 NBA Mock Draft V.8
Staff,
What Does History Tell Us About Your Team's Draft Pick?
Aaron Runk,