Trading for Mikal Bridges was a strange move for the Phoenix Suns, as we’ve talked about many times before. But one would think giving up so many assets for a player would mean having confidence that player is someone who helps the team or, with a young guy like Bridges, at least being willing to give him chances to play and become that guy.
But in the first game of the season, Bridges didn’t see the floor until there were 11.5 seconds left with the Suns up 21, and he didn’t even touch the ball. That’s unfair to Bridges in quite a few ways, most obviously the lack of playing time.