Episode 147: The Mikal Bridges (Brooklyn Net) Interview
The Young Man and the Three
ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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In this episode, we welcome in OM3 correspondent and brand new Brooklyn Net, Mikal Bridges. But first, JJ and Tommy talk through Coach Of The Year and the give flowers to Boston Celtics coach, Joe Mazzulla. Then JJ addresses the comments from Dominique Wilkins and clears up any confusion on his feelings about Larry Bird, Bob Cousy and all the players that came before him. Then we get to Mikal's journey to becoming a Brooklyn Nets. Topics include: the moments after finding out about the trade, why he's going to miss Phoenix, why he thinks it actually makes sense that The Suns traded for Kevin Durant, what he's hoping to bring to The Brooklyn Nets, his big 45 point night, playing alongside Dorian Finney-Smith, how he's getting along with Jacque Vaughn and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the old man in a three add free on Amazon music download the app today |
| 0:06.9 | Welcome to the old men of three with JJ reddick and Tommy Alter brought you by three four two productions |
| 0:11.9 | This is episode 147 mckel bridges |
| 0:15.2 | Tommy our old friend mckel |
| 0:17.9 | Obviously got traded |
| 0:19.4 | prior to |
| 0:20.9 | All-star break right at the deadline |
| 0:22.9 | This was a great catch up. You know one of the things I always find with mckel first of all he's entertaining his shit |
| 0:29.6 | But there is a a level of |
| 0:34.1 | introspection there's a level of thought that he brings to every episode and |
| 0:40.3 | hearing him |
| 0:42.5 | Give his sort of first person account of |
| 0:46.6 | Not only the trade but the after effects of the trade |
| 0:50.0 | It's it's really fascinating to me |
| 0:53.5 | We're biased, but you can see why on a personal level |
| 0:57.0 | Sun's fans were bummed to see him and cam both the two of them go and why the net fans loved him already |
| 1:02.7 | I mean, he's been in New York for a week. I saw him on Super Bowl Sunday |
| 1:06.3 | He'd been there for two days and he's already I mean we're gonna get to the 45 point game |
| 1:10.7 | But just on a just sort of like emotional level the city of the city of Brooklyn already loves him |
| 1:15.9 | I think about heroes, you know, I think about heroes a lot. I do |
| 1:20.4 | Hopefully I'm a hero to my kids. I have my own personal heroes my father sports figures coaches whatever and |
| 1:27.1 | There's something about mckel his personality what he brings to a team his culture like to me is a hero |
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