Knicks Guard Addresses Mikal Bridges Trade

New York Knicks teammates Donte DiVincenzo and Mikal Bridges have crossed paths many times during their basketball journeys.

DiVincenzo and Bridges were teammates together at Villanova and both of them won the 2016 and 2018 NCAA championships together. In the 2018 NBA Draft, Bridges went No. 10 overall while DiVincenzo was taken at No. 18.

Three years later, Bridges' Phoenix Suns and DiVincenzo's Milwaukee Bucks met in the 2021 NBA Finals, where the latter won a championship. DiVincenzo signed with the Knicks last summer, and now things are full circle with Bridges coming in via trade from the Brooklyn Nets.

"It's not even believable, to be honest with you," DiVincenzo said via CBS 6 Albany reporter Sam Israel. "It's not a situation where we tried to go out and do it, we talked about it. It's never been like that. Everybody kinda just went along with their own path and ended up back with each other.

"So, we're here to try to win as many games as possible."

Having the pair of them back together at Madison Square Garden will keep the Knicks' chemistry among some of the best in the NBA. It's very rare for collegiate teammates to have the opportunity to play alongside each other in the pros, but Bridges and DiVincenzo, along with Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, will get that opportunity.

But the 'Nova Knicks don't just want to play together again, but they also want to do what they did in college: win together. If they can execute the plan that they are building this offseason, they will certainly have a chance to do just that.

Bridges and DiVincenzo are taking a few months off before training camp begins for the Knicks in late September and early October.