User:GhostRiver/bridges

Early life and high school career
Bridges was born on August 30, 1996, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although he maintained a relationship with his father Jack, Tyneeha Rivers raised Bridges as a single mother. After living in the Overbrook neighborhood and in Southwest Philadelphia as a child, Bridges moved to Malvern, Pennsylvania, when he was in middle school.

College career

 * 2015-16
 * 2016-17
 * 2017-18

Draft
On April 10, 2018, Bridges announced that he would forfeit his final season of college basketball eligibility in favor of entering the 2018 NBA Draft. Analysts anticipated that Bridges would be a lottery pick, with mock drafts predicting that he would be taken between ninth and eleventh overall.

Phoenix Suns (2018–2023)

 * 2018–19
 * 2019–20
 * 2020–21

Bridges made his postseason debut on May 23, 2021, when the Suns faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs.


 * 2021–22

Bridges and the Suns entered the 2022 NBA playoffs as the top-seeded team in the Western Conference, and they faced the eighth-seed New Orleans Pelicans in the first round.


 * 2022–23

Brooklyn Nets (2023–present)
On February 9, 2023, Bridges and Cameron Johnson were traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Kevin Durant and T. J. Warren. The following week, Bridges scored a career-high 45 points in Brooklyn's 116–105 win over the Miami Heat, also contributing eight rebounds, five assists, two steals, and two blocks.


 * 2022–23
 * 2023–24

Personal life
Outside of basketball, Bridges is a fan of his hometown sports teams, the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball and the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. When the Phillies came to Phoenix on August 30, 2022, Bridges's 26th birthday, the Arizona Diamondbacks declared "Mikal Bridges Appreciation Day" at Chase Field. In the National Football League, Bridges supports the Los Angeles Rams over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Bridges is second cousins with fellow professional basketball player Tyrone Garland, which he did not learn until he was in high school.