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Mikal Bridges says his favorite player growing up was Kevin Durant, the guy who was just traded from the Nets to the Suns for the same Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, and four unprotected first-round picks.

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Brooklyn Nets trade deadline acquisition Mikal Bridges provided an uncomfortable answer when asked who his favorite athlete growing up was.

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"Kevin Durant," Bridges replied after a moment, chuckling.

Yeah, the star forward who was just traded from the Nets to the Phoenix Suns for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, and four unprotected first-round picks.

"It's KD," Bridges noted. "I get it. I 100 percent get it. That's just how it is. I would rather say I'd rather be happy that I got traded for KD than probably like somebody else who I didn't think would be good or something like that. So just being a realist at the end of the day.

"You're getting Kevin Durant, bro. Maybe I would have probably made that trade too."

Bridges, 26, has played three games with the Nets so far and has already scored a career-high 45 points.

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