Trading Mikal Bridges to Knicks sends Nets into rebuild. GM doesn't think it will be long one

FILE - Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges, left, scores past San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Austin, Texas, March 17, 2024. Bridges is being traded from the Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and other former Villanova teammates, a person with knowledge of the details said Tuesday, June 25.

FILE - Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges, left, scores past San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Austin, Texas, March 17, 2024. Bridges is being traded from the Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and other former Villanova teammates, a person with knowledge of the details said Tuesday, June 25. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)


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NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets traded away their best all-around player when they dealt Mikal Bridges to the Knicks. The first trade between the city rivals since 1983 sends the Nets into a rebuilding situation. But general manager Sean Marks doesn't think it needs to be a long one. The trade provided the Nets with five first-round draft picks. Four are next year in what's expected to be a strong 2025 class. So Marks says while dealing Bridges was a difficult decision, it gives the Nets their best hope for future success.

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