The Price of 5 Picks: Mikal Bridges carries Knicks price tag he never asked for

The Price of 5 Picks: Mikal Bridges carries Knicks price tag he never asked for

Kevin Durant. James Harden. Paul George. Rudy Gobert. Mikal Bridges. Desmond Bane. Full stop. Those are the players in recent memory who’ve commanded the kind of draft capital that reshapes franchises — the sort of seismic move that mortgages a future and, in return, attaches expectations normally reserved for franchise-carrying superstars. It’s pressure Bridges understands well after the Knicks sent five first-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets t…