Change is hard. And it was a season of sudden changes for the Nets and Mikal Bridges.

The Nets went from January title talk to February rebuilding, all with two words no franchise wants to hear from a star: Trade me.

Bridges went from the desert to the East Coast, from a contender to a rebuild, from a complementary piece to having to carry an offense. And he did it overnight.

How successful the Nets’ transformation is will largely depend on how they help ease Bridges through his.