'He's the iron man of the NBA,' said Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie, who spoke with reverence for his new teammate's accomplishment.īridges' streak of consistency is even more impressive given it comes during a five-year NBA career in which he hasn't missed a game.
It is an exceedingly rare accomplishment given the fact each team has only 82 games scheduled in a season, and doing so would require a player to be traded midseason to a team that has played one fewer game than his previous team. NEW YORK - Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges is on the verge of completing a statistically perfect season that makes analytics pushers shudder and teammates smile all at once.īridges, who started the 2022-23 NBA season with the Phoenix Suns before a midseason trade to the Nets, is on track to play 83 games this regular season, which would make him the first player to do so since Josh Smith in 2014-15 (Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets). Nets' Mikal Bridges on pace for 83 games, and GM says it's 'refreshing' You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
