New York Knicks Mike Vaccaro There is no measuring this version of Mikal Bridges’ Knicks value By Mike Vaccaro Published May 8, 2026, 11:26 p.m. ET Knicks guard Mikal Bridges (25) puts up a shot in front of Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George (8) in the fourth quarter. Jason Szenes for the New York Post PHILADELPHIA — So, about those draft picks …
“We were playing desperate,” Mikal Bridges said.
Desperate? Bridges knows desperate. Fifteen days earlier, Bridges suffered through one of the worst nights a good player has ever scuffled through. He played 21 minutes that night in Atlanta and these were the grisly numbers: four turnovers, one rebound, three shots. And zero points.