College basketball players like Miles Bridges only come along once in a great while. Most kids as talented as he would probably never even throw on a college jersey if given the option to go straight to the NBA from high school.
But thanks to the NBA’s age limit, Bridges ended up coming to MSU and as soon as he slipped into the green and white he became one of the best and most passionate basketball players Tom Izzo had ever coached.
Statistically, Bridges was the best freshman Michigan State had seen since Magic Johnson. He finished the 2017 season leading all conference freshmen in scoring (16.