(1996-08-30) August 30, 1996 (age 27) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight
209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school
Great Valley (Malvern, Pennsylvania)
College
Villanova (2014–2018)
NBA draft
2018: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career
2018–present
Career history
2018–2023
Phoenix Suns
2023–present
Brooklyn Nets
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Defensive First Team (2022)
2× NCAA champion (2016, 2018)
Third-team All-American – AP, SN, NABC (2018)
Julius Erving Award (2018)
First-team All-Big East (2018)
Second-team All-Big East (2017)
Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2017)
Big East tournament MVP (2018)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Mikal Bridges (/mɪˈkɛl/mih-KEL; born August 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats, winning national championships in 2016 and 2018. Bridges was selected with the tenth overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2018 NBA draft before being traded to the Phoenix Suns on draft night, where he was a part of the team that reached the 2021 NBA Finals. Nicknamed “the Warden”, Bridges holds the active record for the most consecutive games played, having not missed a game in his NBA career since being drafted.
MikalBridges (/mɪˈkɛl/ mih-KEL; born August 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball...
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professional ballers in the Philippines over the past decade." NBA players MikalBridges, Tyrese Haliburton and Zach LaVine frequently use the ball fake on the...
a quartet with their young core of Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton and MikalBridges. In 2023, the Suns acquired 13-time All-Star and two-time NBA champion...
long and capable of defending multiple positions include Haliburton, MikalBridges, Josh Hart, Cameron Johnson and Austin Reaves. Reaves committed to the...
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to foul trouble, and made a chase-down block of a layup attempt by MikalBridges that was reminiscent of "The Block" by LeBron James on Andre Iguodala...
the Miami Heat's 2021 first-round pick, to the Philadelphia 76ers for MikalBridges. On July 2, he signed with the 76ers. Head coach Brett Brown compared...
acquired MikalBridges February 6, 2019: Philadelphia 76ers to Los Angeles Clippers LA Clippers acquired Landry Shamet, Wilson Chandler, Mike Muscala,...
February 9, 2023, the Suns traded Johnson to the Brooklyn Nets, along with MikalBridges, Jae Crowder, four unprotected first-round picks, and a 2028 first-round...
of actor Beau Bridges and Julie Bridges. He is the nephew of Jeff Bridges and the grandson of Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Bridges. Bridges' maternal grandfather...
(2022). Bridges was born on December 4, 1949, in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson;...