Mikal Bridges brought them up unprompted.

The question Tuesday was about his confidence in the future of the Brooklyn Nets, and somehow the New York Knicks infiltrated the answer.

“I know people might want to think about different situations and teams. Obviously, I’ve got my boys over there in New York, so everybody goes with that. ….”

The rest of Bridges’ answer was about how he wasn’t a quitter, about wanting to stick with the Nets despite all the losing and turnover in Brooklyn these days. The stuff you’d expect.