Ahead of his first meeting of the season against his old team, Knicks star Mikal Bridges said he’s grateful for his time with the Brooklyn Nets — a pivotal chapter in the journey that ultimately brought him to Madison Square Garden.

“I’m just appreciative of wherever I came from. [Brooklyn was] just one stepping stone where I was at before I was here. So just appreciative,” Bridges said after practice in Tarrytown on Saturday. “I think every time I play Brooklyn, I just think about how my life changed when I got there — when I got traded from Phoenix to there, just how my life changed from that situation. I had a great time [with the Nets].”

Bridges arrived in Brooklyn as part of the blockbuster Kevin Durant trade to the Phoenix Suns — a deal that ended the Nets’ short-lived championsh

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