The New York Knicks are signing forward Mikal Bridges to a four-year extension worth $150 million, his agents told ESPN's Shams Charania.
The new deal, which includes a trade kicker, prevents Bridges from becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer. However, it will allow him to test free agency as soon as 2029, when he'll decide on a player option for the extension's final season.
Bridges, 28, averaged 17.6 points, 3.7 assists, and 3.2 rebounds in his first year in New York while starting every game for a fifth straight season. At 37 minutes per contest, he was second on the Knicks only to fellow Villanova alum Josh Hart (37.6) for the most average minutes. He led the entire NBA in total game time last season, however, playing 3,036 minutes to Hart's second-ranked 2,897.