On Wednesday night, Mikal Bridges played his 570th consecutive game, extending one of the NBA’s great ironman streaks as he suited up for the New York Knicks. In the modern age of the NBA, this is truly one of the greatest accomplishments imaginable.
Bridges' games played streak stands as the fourth-longest of its kind in NBA history. Mikal is now playing in his eighth season as a professional, and he's reached exactly 82 games played in four of them. Obviously, the current season is still ongoing. As for the other three, he played in every game for the Phoenix Suns in 2019-20 and 2020-21 in COVID-shortened seasons, and in 2022-23 he actually played in 83 games after being traded midseason.