With the arrival of Mikal Bridges at the Knicks, the contingent of New York players from the Villanova faculty increases to 4. An absolutely rare situation, because it is an extremely rare fact in the NBA. The Big Apple now lives a little to the rhythm of the university with the symbol of V.
We checked our big statistics binders, you know, the ones that collect dust and that we only bring out in the event of fact-checking of slightly new information. After checking, an NBA team which has four players (Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Donte DiVincenzo and therefore Mikal Bridges) has already arrived: last season… at the Knicks, with Ryan Arcidiacono.
The Knicks succeeded.
They brought together the 4 best friends from college at Villanova.
Brunson, Bridges, Hart et DiVincenzo.
It is enormous ! pic.twitter.com/2YjzIZeUlv
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) June 26, 2024
We have to go back to the Grizzlies of 2020 and the trio Tyus Jones, Grayson Allen, Justice Winslow (who played at Duke) then to 1997 with the trio Walter McCarty, Ron Mercer, Antoine Walker with the Celtics (all from Kentucky). For a case of 4 players, after scouring the specialized sites, it appears that only one team in the history of the NBA has had – at the same time – four players from the same university roster: the Knicks of last season , with Ryan Arcidiacono, also from Villanova. The statistic is crazy… but what should we deduce from it?
Mikal Bridges joining the rest of the Villanova Knicks pic.twitter.com/VHj5EDRGML
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 26, 2024
First, that the players of the 2015 generation of Villanova have made the transition to the NBA rather well. To the point of being gathered by a single team. Does this really factor into the strategic choices of the franchises? It would be rather imprudent to say yes, because it is the sporting ambition that guides the recruitment. Besides, if that were the case, we would have had many more cases of multiple college teammates together later in the NBA. No, it is indeed a remarkable coincidence, magnificent even.
Villanova squad is officially reunited and Josh Hart is HYPE 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/NryAYdmyT8
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 26, 2024
Source : Fox Sports, Basketballreference
2024-06-26 07:28:00
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