“Don’t get it twisted, I’m really excited to be here.” Those were the last words from Mikal Bridges in his introductory press conference in Brooklyn, shared with Cam Johnson.
There have been quotes swirling from the pair of 26-year-old wings about the emotional good-bye they had to say to the Suns. How each of the two would miss their friends, their homes, and the lives they had built in the only post-college life they had ever known in Phoenix. Bridges even said, just before Brooklyn’s Saturday night game, that the final gathering with he, Johnson, and their now-ex-teammates had a “Last Supper-type vibe.