Change is hard. And it was a season of sudden changes for the Nets and Mikal Bridges.
The Nets went from January title talk to February rebuilding, all with two words no franchise wants to hear from a star: Trade me.
Bridges went from the desert to the East Coast, from a contender to a rebuild, from a complementary piece to having to carry an offense. And he did it overnight.
How successful the Nets’ transformation is will largely depend on how they help ease Bridges through his.
