Mikal Bridges on Nets future, being a leader & NBA Finals, LA, Celtics, Jokic, Butler

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🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.com YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find A new bridge in Brooklyn, NBA star Mikal Bridges landed with the Nets after a blockbuster trade and finished season with most points of his career and being named to the 2023 All Defense 1st team..the newest New Yorker is sitting down with Ryan, Channing and Fred to talk about his future in the NBA, leadership qualities he’s learned, the NBA finals and who he sees winning it all as well as what makes some of basketball’s best players so tough to shut down! The NBA Finals are heating up and playing in both conferences, Mikal shares his thoughts on what teams he thinks has the edge and who will be left standing at the end. He dives into what makes Jokic so hard to contain and how Jimmy Butler evolved into a new role and it’s working for him and he’s just flat out going off! But despite those two dynamic players, Mikal is leaning towards Boston to finish it out (if they can stop bullshitting and letting teams stick around) or it could end up the Lakers despite being down 2 games heading back home. Breaking down the trade that sent him to Brooklyn, Mikal has adapted a positive mentality of making the most of every opportunity and although was disappointed at first to leave behind what they were building with his Suns’ teammates, he’s wholeheartedly welcomed the NY spotlight and looking to next season to build upon what he was able to get a taste of the last couple months with the Nets. Becoming a better leader and working at his game everyday, Mikal says he took parts of what he’s learned playing with all the talent he’s been surrounded with and from afar, watching Stef Curry’s leadership capabilities and how he works with his teammates and earns their respect is something he continues to strive for. Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Mikal was a hometown favorite with a stand out run at Villanova before being drafted by Sixers and immediately traded to Phoenix. He credits his humble mentality and living each day with gratitude to his mother who he says “does not play around” and has always kept him on the straight and narrow path! Ryan talks about Ja Morant’s current situation and how Mikal has worked to be on a different path and how vital your surroundings are and you are only as strong as the company you keep! Tap in every Tuesday at noon Eastern for our premiere episode of the Pivot. Special NFL seasonal drops on Friday afternoons at 3:30 pm. We are your one-stop platform for all your sports and entertainment content. Stay tuned for updates on an upcoming Pivot special episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	McCale sitting over the next day all the way on the ground. Hey, I got a day to sit off the
0:05.0	joint, you know, to give my feet on the ground.
0:10.5	New York is wild. Miami wild too. Yeah, Miami still late. We played and we stayed
0:15.5	tonight. That was a spot where like you look outside and it's just bright. You're like,
0:20.0	oh my god, like, damn, I don't even know who's this late.
0:23.4	But you can make up for it. We used to see AI in the club 3 a.m.
0:28.1	Like walk it through the problem now. Yeah, the game is a new game, right?
0:32.5	Right. You see that? You got to shoot it around with him.
0:34.9	With the big three, they had a whole section in every club with banners up and shit.
0:39.0	Oh, yeah. Give me a sit there. I want a big talk.
0:41.4	Walk here. You got to move. Yeah. Oh, yeah, especially because they were OG.
0:44.8	So you know, they they they they can know how to get ready for a game like that.
0:49.2	Yeah, they even before that when Shaq was there.
0:52.7	Cause I got there in the five. So that was the diamonds on the highway.
0:55.8	And they won a temperature. Yeah, bro, that's amazing to me.
0:58.6	Like I couldn't imagine. I know you can because you play football like that.
1:02.4	But the being in the streets and then trying to play a game, you got to tighten up.
1:09.3	You was good at that. Not now, buddy. Yeah.
1:11.8	Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm the hell no.
1:14.4	What you got to do? You got four red bulls or red line cup of coffee.
1:18.7	Just you just psych yourself out couple of biker. No, I need, I can do anything else.
1:22.7	But that night before I need to be a man. I might see you at dinner.
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