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Mikal is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mikal Bridges's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
As a senior at Great Valley High School, Malvern (PA), he averaged 18.5 points per game and 7.2 rebounds.
On June 21, 2018, Bridges was selected with the tenth overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2018 NBA draft. Besides being a Philadelphia-area player (and the first of four Villanova players drafted this year), Bridges’ mother, Tyneeha Rivers, is the Vice President of Human Resources for Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, which hires for the 76ers. Soon afterward, he was traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for draft rights to Zhaire Smith (16th pick) and a future first round pick. Bridges would then join the Phoenix Suns’ 2018 NBA Summer League squad alongside #1 pick Deandre Ayton and the rest of the team’s younger players on July 1, 2018. He would sign his proper, rookie-scaled contract with the Suns five days later. In his Summer League debut, Bridges recorded 14 points on nearly perfect shooting (including 4/5 from the three-point line) and 3 rebounds in a 92–85 win over the Dallas Mavericks. On October 6, it was announced that Bridges would miss the remainder of the preseason with an elbow injury.
As a junior Bridges averaged 17.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game on 51 percent shooting, including 43.5 percent on 3-pointers. He received the Julius Erving Award for best small forward. On April 10, 2018, Bridges announced his intention to forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility and declare for the 2018 NBA Draft, where he was the 10th selection in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers. He was later traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for the 16th pick, Zhaire Smith, and an unprotected 2021 first round pick.