Mikal Bridges has way bigger upside than you think

It’s not often you see a prospect come around that not only has sky-high defensive upside, but sharpshooting equity. Package that into his 6’7” frame with an eye-popping 7’2” wingspan and Mikal Bridges is the quintessential modern day wing every NBA team covets nowadays.

Possessing a quick-twitch release, including his shot release being one of the most unguardable from high angles I’ve seen from someone in awhile (think Paul George or Kevin Durant when even bigger defenders can’t bother them with close contact), Bridges will immediately step into his catch-and-shoot weapon role under head coach Igor Kokoskov. And from the minutes we saw out of Bridges during Las Vegas Summer League, he…