“It’s tough when you guard really unbelievable players, because they don’t have one thing,” Bridges said. “If you take that away, they’re gonna go the other way and do a different thing. It’s just always being locked in and just staying down.” Bridges is learning when he can be more physical during a game, and when that approach will come with a risk of being called for a touch foul. Kokoskov wants to see Bridges improve as a rebounder (he enters Monday averaging 2.8 per game). And whether Bridges realizes it, the Suns’ training staff is tracking the physical and mental toll of all first-year players flirting with hitting the rookie wall as the season passes the halfway point.
