Mikal Bridges and Cameron Johnson, two of the players the Nets acquired in the Kevin Durant blockbuster with the Suns last season, will play in Phoenix against their former team on Wednesday.
Bridges is looking forward to it.
“Yeah, excited. Just a lot of years there, a lot of friends there. A lot of fans through the whole journey. It’s going to be exciting,” Bridges told Brian Lewis of the New York Post. “Obviously I’m not excited right now to talk about it, but when it comes, I will. But just get ready, main focus is to go out there and get a win.”
Johnson echoed those comments.
“I’m excited. It’s appreciation you gain for a city and for the fans when you play there for a while,” he said. “And as crazy as it is, you don’t know. That last game I played there, I didn’t know it’d be my last game in a Suns uniform. So it’ll be fun.”
We have more from the Atlantic Division:
- Knicks guard Quentin Grimes was moved to the second unit and he’s thriving off the bench. In the last two games, he has averaged 16 points on 10.5 shot attempts. “I’m just out there playing free, really,” he told Zach Braziller of the New York Post. “Everybody sees it, just from me going out there, playing with guys trying to get me open shots. It’s easy and fun playing out with the second unit for sure.”
- Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley is listed as questionable with knee inflammation for Wednesday’s game vs. Utah, Stefan Bondy of the New York Post tweets. He didn’t play against Toronto on Monday.
- Justise Winslow, who is trying to work his way back into the league, debuted for the Raptors’ G League affiliate, Raptors 905, on Tuesday, NBA G League tweets. He scored 13 points in 16 minutes. Winslow was waived by Toronto during training camp.
Interesting, when u play with ball-dominant stars u look like a different player. You don’t get the ball I guess. But on the 2nd unit everyone’s passing, etc. Grimes killed my Celtics in a game or two last year. Maybe Knicks stars were out? Go Celtics!
Grimes is too passive with starting 5. It’s like he doesn’t want to make a mistake. So he looks to pass. Is too quick to give up possession. Grimes has to be more aggressive. Get his, take players off the dribble. Has to loosen up more.
He’s shown that on second unit. He’s more confident and loose with them. Just keep playing. Knicks need his shooting on starting team. But he needs to be more a playmaker also. It’s all about sharing the ball ……
Considering all the stuff Knicks have gone thru (Players). It’s their team D that has let down against good teams. Knicks 0-5 against Celtics and Bucks.
Instead of DeRozan. What about Quickley, McBride, Sims, Grimes and Barrett with some 1st to the Nets for M Bridges. Then trade Evan F with 2nds for something