New York Knicks acquire Mikal Bridges in ‘crazy’ trade with Brooklyn Nets

• Knicks send five first-round picks to crosstown rivals
• Bridges re-unites with college teammate Jalen Brunson

Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates, two people with knowledge of the details said on Tuesday.

The first trade between the New York rivals since 1983 will put Bridges in the lineup alongside Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo, players who helped the Wildcats win two NCAA championships and were the core of a Knicks lineup that reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals last season.