The Brooklyn Nets are trying to move on from the superstar era while still being a team that can compete for the playoffs and possibly more. To do that, the Nets will need players like Mikal Bridges to continue to improve if Brooklyn is going to sniff the playoffs in the Eastern Conference.
Last season, despite the challenges that came with trading away Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving at the February trade deadline, the Nets managed to make it to the playoffs as the sixth seed. Players like Bridges, Cam Johnson, and Nic Claxton were able to be good enough to keep the team afloat to make it to the postseason without having to go through the play-in tournament.
With the offseason upon us, and with Bridges and Johnson currently playing for Team USA, it’s time to ponder another mock trade. In this mock deal proposed by Desmond Novack of Daily Knicks, Brooklyn would trade Bridges for a good, young player from the New York Knicks: