Schiffer: Why would Nets trade Mikal Bridges now after turning down four picks?!?

Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty ImagesAlex Schiffer is adamant that the Nets are not interested in trading Mikal Bridges. In a column analyzing fans favorite off-season trades, The Athletic writer said the much discussed scenario where Bridges would go to Portland for the No. 3 pick in the Draft, Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe is not realistic.

League and team sources, who are not permitted to speak publicly about trades, have previously told The Athletic the Nets aren’t interested in trading Mikal Bridges, the prized return in the Kevin Durant trade. They already turned down four first-round picks from the Memphis Grizzlies at the trade deadline for him, so why would this deal…