Brooklyn Nets' Mikal Bridges now laughing over Phoenix Suns' trade for Kevin Durant
The question asked to the Brooklyn Nets' Mikal Bridges in a recent video was simple: "Favorite athlete growing up?"
The answer, however, took on new meaning after Bridges' trade to the Phoenix Suns earlier this month.
"Kevin Durant," Bridges replied after a moment, chuckling.
Mikal Bridges favorite athlete growing up was Kevin Durant.
(via @BrooklynNets, h/t @notorioustei)
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Why the laughs?
Bridges was part of the package Phoenix sent to Brooklyn in exchange for Durant at the NBA trade deadline.
Bridges probably never imagined being traded for Kevin Durant as he was growing up.
But he understands it.
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After the trade, which also sent Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and four unprotected first-round picks to Brooklyn for Durant and T.J. Warren, Bridges told reporters that he wasn't shocked by the move.
"It's KD," Bridges said. "I get it. I 100 percent get it. That's just how it is. I would rather say I'd rather be happy that I got traded for KD than probably like somebody else who I didn't think would be good or something like that. So just being a realist at the end of the day.
"Obviously, I'm going to miss everyone there, miss my home, miss all my friends that's back there, but I get it. You're getting Kevin Durant, bro. Maybe I would have probably made that trade too."
Bridges is even laughing about it now, too.
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