The New York Knicks seemed to Villanova College for inspiration because it put its group collectively for this 12 months, and issues have paid off in an enormous manner. The group has made strikes over the past two seasons to amass Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Donte DiVincenzo — all of whom had been members of the 2016 Wildcats group that gained a nationwide title — and consequently, New York is 42-28 and has reputable aspirations of successful the Japanese Convention.
Whereas that is occurring, Mikal Bridges is over in Brooklyn on a Nets group that isn’t doing particularly effectively. The Nets are 26-45 and would want an all-time miracle to make the postseason. Bridges, who was a member of the 2018 Villanova championship squad alongside Brunson and DiVincenzo, has had a strong season, however it simply hasn’t labored with him because the No. 1 choice in Brooklyn. And over in Manhattan, Hart can’t assist however examine this to a meme from SpongeBob SquarePants.
“It’s like that SpongeBob meme when Squidward is looking the window and he sees SpongeBob and Patrick having enjoyable,” Hart stated, based on Kristian Winfield of the New York Every day Information. “[Mikal] is Squidward.”
It’s an unbelievable line by Hart, largely as a result of everybody is aware of precisely what he’s speaking about and it sums up how issues are moving into New York fairly effectively. However who is aware of? Perhaps there’s some path that results in Bridges ending up on the Knicks that turns the entire Villanova guys into a unique, extra optimistic SpongeBob meme.
