Signing Mikal Bridges to a four-year, $150 million extension clarified a lot about the New York Knicks’ future. Not everyone is a fan, though.
The Athletic’s John Hollinger just nominated the Bridges extension as one of the worst or most questionable moves of the offseason. Among his biggest qualms, he believes this was a “premature reaction to the Bird rights trap,” and that New York felt pressured by the “sunk cost of trading five first-round picks” to land the 29-year-old wing.
Hollinger’s concern holds merit. Bridges is coming off a largely unspectacular season, and the Knicks most definitely overpaid in the trade to get him.