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Mikal Bridges Reacts to Kevin Durant to Phoenix Suns Trade

The Phoenix Suns included Mikal Bridges in their Kevin Durant trade with the Brooklyn Nets

Joey Linn

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The Phoenix Suns made a blockbuster move to acquire Kevin Durant from the Brooklyn Nets late on Wednesday night, and it included Mikal Bridges. The versatile forward will be headed to Brooklyn in the deal, and shared his immediate reaction on Twitter when the news dropped:

Bridges was a key piece to what the Phoenix Suns had built over the last few seasons, but will obviously have to understand why he was included in this deal for Kevin Durant. Many felt that Durant would not be available after Kyrie Irving was traded, as the Nets indicated they were going to re-tool around him, but he will now be heading to the Suns.

Kyrie Irving also reacted to the move after his first game with the Dallas Mavericks, which was a win over the LA Clippers, saying he is happy Durant got out of Brooklyn.

"It's not the first time we'll have competition as brothers," Irving said of the Durant trade. "I'm just praying for his happiness and praying for his well-being. We had a lot of conversations throughout the year about what our futures were gonna look like. There was still a level of uncertainty. But we just cared about seeing each other in places that we could thrive... I'm glad he got out of there."

The Western Conference is now stacked with Irving on the Mavericks and Durant on the Suns.

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Joey Linn
JOEY LINN

Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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