Prodigal Son: The Miles Bridges Thread

[JMAC3]

He is saying all the right things. I think he wants to play with Melo and he wants to get paid. Which is ideally what we want as well.

If he gets traded to a team like Utah or Phoenix then likely that leaves one less team in the bidding war for his services this summer... Charlotte. Who have 2nd most cap space and one of 5-6 teams that can even offer him 20+ million per year.

It is one of those things that you almost have to trust management on because if they don't plan on paying him anything then yeah trade him, but if you do want to keep him you are probably not getting enough in a trade from anyone to make it worth it. I will be disappointed if he is traded but I will just have to tell myself that means front office had already made up mind.

[wilson115]

He loses his Bird Rights if he gets traded.

Bridges loses his Bird rights if traded, but can still get paid, like really paid, if he goes to a team with big-time cap space like say the Pistons or Jazz.

Sources informed The Republic the Hornets want picks and the Suns gutted most of their draft future in acquiring Durant and Beal in blockbuster trades. Phoenix has second rounders, but that’s not ideal for Charlotte — right now.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2024/01/26/sources-phoenix-suns-are-interested-in-miles-bridges-here-are-the-trade-challenges/72361968007/

[JustBuzzin]

Watching Mikes closely this season and I don't think we should spend big money on him. A couple things have stuck out his basketball IQ is not very high, he will make some questionable passing decisions several times throughout the game. Second his athletic ability seems to have took a step back. This dude use to have a highlight dunks every game. He doesn't look as explosive as he once did.

If we can get a 1st for Miles we have to consider it.

[GoBobs]

Trade him for a 1st round pick if you can. If you want to resign in the offseason (preferably after trading him to a team that can't resign), use cap space to offer him the same deal PJ got.

But.... I highly doubt that we trade him for a 1st when he has a pending court date.

The only reason we need to keep his bird rights are if we want to do something like sign a bunch of other free agents and then resign him using the low cap hold on his bird rights. I don't know how legal that is to be honest.

[GoBobs]

Watching Mikes closely this season and I don't think we should spend big money on him. A couple things have stuck out his basketball IQ is not very high, he will make some questionable passing decisions several times throughout the game. Second his athletic ability seems to have took a step back. This dude use to have a highlight dunks every game. He doesn't look as explosive as he once did.

If we can get a 1st for Miles we have to consider it.

Not to mention that he has very selective effort on defense and boxing out

[JMAC3]

Watching Mikes closely this season and I don't think we should spend big money on him. A couple things have stuck out his basketball IQ is not very high, he will make some questionable passing decisions several times throughout the game. Second his athletic ability seems to have took a step back. This dude use to have a highlight dunks every game. He doesn't look as explosive as he once did.

If we can get a 1st for Miles we have to consider it.

I mean the guy didn't play basketball for over a year and he is putting up his most ppg, most rpg, most spg. Shooting the three ball pretty wall compared to his career averages. Probably pushes his average closer to 22 ppg with Melo passing and one less mouth to feed in Terry.

[JMAC3]

Watching Mikes closely this season and I don't think we should spend big money on him. A couple things have stuck out his basketball IQ is not very high, he will make some questionable passing decisions several times throughout the game. Second his athletic ability seems to have took a step back. This dude use to have a highlight dunks every game. He doesn't look as explosive as he once did.

If we can get a 1st for Miles we have to consider it.

I mean the guy didn't play basketball for over a year and he is putting up his most ppg, most rpg, most spg. Shooting the three ball pretty wall compared to his career averages. Probably pushes his average closer to 22 ppg with Melo passing and one less mouth to feed in Terry.

For instance, if he was putting up 14 ppg and 5 rpg at 8 million dollars that is probably still a guy teams are calling on and he has been a good deal better than that. If he looked that much worse then yeah give him to a contender for a few picks but he is putting up 15 point quarters. Shooting 68% at the rim on a high % of his shot portfolio (27%).

[Hornet Mania]

That's a stronger statement than I would have expected from Miles, particularly the 'the Hornets have been behind me' and 'I want to be here and that's never going to change' parts.

Of course he should feel some gratitude, imo, the team stuck by him when most would argue he didn't deserve it. I hope it's legit.

I don't see any point in trading him unless we get a haul (unlikely), we have no intention of re-signing him (also unlikely, or we would have torn the band-aid off last summer), or because we strongly believe the next trial is going to end his career (but in that case other teams probably have the same intel).

[Liver_Pooty]

source close to the situation described the Suns as feeling very confident they’d be able to get a deal for Miles Bridges across the finish line. Financially speaking, Bridges’ $7.9 million contract would be easy to match by sending Charlotte a combination of Nassir Little’s $6.3 million salary and a veteran minimum player like Chimezie Metu ($2.3 million), Yuta Watanabe ($2.3 million) or Bol Bol ($2.2 million). 18 mins ago – via gophnx.com


****, while we're at it just trade him for some chex mix

[SWedd523]

id rather just let him expire lol

[Benjamin Linus]

Bridges for Grayson Allen and the 21st pick works but still ain't enough

[Liver_Pooty]

id rather just let him expire lol

Only thing attainable Suns have that I'd want is Grayson Allen. Would be nice to have more elite shooting.

Article above talking about nassir little and Yuta. Lol **** out of here.

[Liver_Pooty]

Bridges for Grayson Allen and the 21st pick works but still ain't enough

I think thats a deal we would consider.

[Walt Cronkite]

Getting resources for him would be great because I expect the franchise to get nothing. So disappointing, so fun to watch a couple of seasons ago but I’m ready for him to be gone.

[Bassman]

Bridges for Grayson Allen and the 21st pick works but still ain't enough

I think thats a deal we would consider.

Indeed that trade is very doable depending on the pick conditions. Nas Little is a NON STARTER for me. He brings nothing but 3 more years of mediocrity.

[luciano-davidwesley]

source close to the situation described the Suns as feeling very confident they’d be able to get a deal for Miles Bridges across the finish line. Financially speaking, Bridges’ $7.9 million contract would be easy to match by sending Charlotte a combination of Nassir Little’s $6.3 million salary and a veteran minimum player like Chimezie Metu ($2.3 million), Yuta Watanabe ($2.3 million) or Bol Bol ($2.2 million). 18 mins ago – via gophnx.com


****, while we're at it just trade him for some chex mix

Haha Phoenix have nothing we'd want. They've got the sorriest future draft pick situation in the whole NBA.

Outside of Grayson Allen, Durant and Booker (maybe Nurkic too)they have nothing remotely interesting. Obviously Durant and Booker are going nowhere.

The only thing I can think of that works financially is Miles, Bouknight and Frank for Allen, Watanabe and Goodwin plus every second Phoenix own.

[luciano-davidwesley]

Bridges for Grayson Allen and the 21st pick works but still ain't enough

I think thats a deal we would consider.

I thought they couldn't deal firsts due to the Stepien rule?

[Liver_Pooty]

Bridges for Grayson Allen and the 21st pick works but still ain't enough

I think thats a deal we would consider.

I thought they couldn't deal firsts due to the Stepien rule?

Yeah true. It'd have to be Allen and some 2nds. Or a 2nd. The way Allen has shot the ball this season I'd probably pull the trigger.

[CuseMayne]

I personally want nothing to do with Grayson Allen's scumbag ass.

[Liver_Pooty]

I personally want nothing to do with Grayson Allen's scumbag ass.

Well at least he didn't beat his woman half to death.

He's also shooting 50 40 90 and leading the league with 48% shooting from deep.