Mikal Bridges

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Basketball player
Mikal Bridges
Bridges in February 2017
Player information
birthday August 30, 1996 (24 years and 2 days)
place of birth Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States
size 201 cm
position Small forward
college Villanova
NBA draft 2018 , 10th pick , Philadelphia 76ers
Club information
society Phoenix Suns
league NBA
Clubs as active
Since 02018 United StatesUnited States Phoenix Suns

Mikal Bridges (born August 30, 1996 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American basketball player .

career

Bridges played basketball as a student at Great Valley High School in Malvern near Philadelphia . In his first season at Villanova University Bridges took part in the practice operation, but has not yet played a game for the university team. In the following years he developed steadily and became a top performer, among other things, thanks to his hit safety when throwing from distance and as a persistent defender. In the 2015/16 game year, when he won the championship title in the first division of the NCAA for the first time with Villanova , he mostly contributed to the triumph coming from the bench. At the beginning of the 2016/17 game year he was regularly in the starting line-up, in the 2017/18 season Bridges was one of the main people responsible for his team to win the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship again. During the 2017/18 season, he hit 43.5 percent of his three-point throws (104 of 239), excelled as a good defender and, with an average of 17.7 points, was Villanova's second best scorer.

In April 2018, he announced that he would be leaving Villanova University, switching to the professional camp and enrolling for the NBA draft process . The NBA team from his hometown, the Philadelphia 76ers , secured the rights to Bridges in the draft. He was the tenth player to be called up in the process in June 2018. However, the 76ers Bridges gave up to the Phoenix Suns that same evening and received Zhaire Smith in return .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For Villanova's Mikal Bridges, there's more to success than talent . In: Philly.com . ( philly.com [accessed June 20, 2018]).
  2. ↑ VILLANOVA.COM Mikal Bridges Bio :: Villanova University Official Athletic Site Villanova University Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball . ( villanova.com [accessed June 20, 2018]).
  3. ↑ https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2018-04-01/for-villanovas-bridges-its-more-about-winning-than-stats
  4. ↑ 2018 NBA Draft: Villanova's Mikal Bridges, a possible lottery pick, is leaving school early for the draft . In: CBSSports.com . ( cbssports.com [accessed June 20, 2018]).
  5. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nova/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/seasonstats.pdf
  6. ↑ Nova All-American Bridges to enter NBA draft . In: ESPN.com . ( espn.com [accessed June 20, 2018]).
  7. ↑ http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/mikal-bridges-nba-draft-philadelphia-76ers-sixers-villanova-20180621.html
  8. ↑ NBA Draft results: 76ers trade Mikal Bridges to Suns for Zhaire Smith, future first-round pick . In: CBSSports.com . ( cbssports.com [accessed June 22, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Bridges, Mikal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania