Mikal Bridges

Mikal Bridges

Bridges in April 2024
No. 1 – New York Knicks
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(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 (2015–2018)
NBA draft	2018: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2023	Phoenix Suns
2023–2024	Brooklyn Nets
2024–present	New York Knicks
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;^[1] born August 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks 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.