Mikal Bridges finds solace in front of a television screen: a game controller gripped by his gangly fingers, a headset sitting on his waves and his best friend in the NBA in his ear. For months, Bridges and Knicks teammate Cam Payne had been playing the recently resurrected College Football 25.

The New York Knicks are reaping the benefits of a blockbuster trade they made last summer to acquire Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets. Sure, it took five fi