For Mikal Bridges, NBA draft week brings back mixed memories. In 2018, the 76ers selected Bridges with the 10th pick. For Bridges, a Philadelphia native who played college ball at Villanova, it was a lifelong dream … right up until the 76ers completed a draft day trade that shipped him off to Phoenix.
“It was just wild,” recalls Bridges. “Phoenix [was] probably one of the last teams that I thought I was going to go to. I didn’t talk to anybody and I didn’t know nobody, honestly, there besides probably [Devin] Booker, because we were in the same high school class. But I didn’t know the coach, the GM, none of them. So it was really surprising to me at the moment. It was tough to begin that way. But then once I knew what they gave up and what they were trying to build over there, it kind of made me feel good about it.”
Bridges, who was traded to Brooklyn last February, is back in New York this week working with eBay at its first “Collectors Camp,” a first-of-its-kind training camp created for sports fans who want to take their collections to the next level. The first event will take place at The Post in Brooklyn on Wednesday and will feature a series of intense training events for card enthusiasts who want to build world-class collections.
