Miles High: The Miles Bridges Thread

[Liver_Pooty]

I think it's imminent Miles returns.

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Miles and Melo still have some maturing to do.

Miles puts out his rap song with more explicit lyrics than NBA Youngboy. Cmon man choose better music to put out. Not a good look for a guy who's still trying to fix his image.

I hope Miller rubs off on these dudes. They are both talented, but man that IQ stuff they seem to lack off the court.

A lot of nba players rap. Miles did that before he gave his fiance the stone cold stunner. Rapping has nothing to do with anything.

[JMAC3]

Would say Miles is borderline one of the most underrated players in the league at this point.

Legit people think he is a reserve level player, not even starting worthy lol.
He only scores because the Hornets are the worst team.
They would be better without him completely, replace him with Precious Achiuwa and we would be better is what a good portion of hornets fans think.

[Rich4114]

Would say Miles is borderline one of the most underrated players in the league at this point.

Legit people think he is a reserve level player, not even starting worthy lol.
He only scores because the Hornets are the worst team.
They would be better without him completely, replace him with Precious Achiuwa and we would be better is what a good portion of hornets fans think.

It’s obviously heavily influenced by his incident two summers ago which none of us know the specific details of to begin with. If you’re just looking at it from a basketball perspective, he’s easily a $20m/yr guy who will end up around $25 or higher because he’s kinda good. He’s not a superstar but as a third option? That’s not really easy to come by. It’ll all go away (mostly) once he’s resigned.

By the way, the real Mitch F up here many don’t talk about was not resigning him the summer he became extension eligible since he was willing to take something insanely low like $14m/yr but Mitch didn’t want to lock him up too soon. He’s always wanted to be in Charlotte and they could’ve had him for about $10m less than what he’ll end up getting. At least the cap is going up so it won’t matter as much.

[EmpireFalls]

Would say Miles is borderline one of the most underrated players in the league at this point.

Legit people think he is a reserve level player, not even starting worthy lol.
He only scores because the Hornets are the worst team.
They would be better without him completely, replace him with Precious Achiuwa and we would be better is what a good portion of hornets fans think.

I thought he was one of the 6 or 7 best forwards in basketball back in 2022.

Now, he has fallen off quite a bit. The guy from 21-22 was an absolute monster. This guy is more about getting his stats, doesn't pressure the rim much, defense is optional.

[Rich4114]

Would say Miles is borderline one of the most underrated players in the league at this point.

Legit people think he is a reserve level player, not even starting worthy lol.
He only scores because the Hornets are the worst team.
They would be better without him completely, replace him with Precious Achiuwa and we would be better is what a good portion of hornets fans think.

I thought he was one of the 6 or 7 best forwards in basketball back in 2022.

Now, he has fallen off quite a bit. The guy from 21-22 was an absolute monster. This guy is more about getting his stats, doesn't pressure the rim much, defense is optional.

His efficiency was trash this season but I attribute that to Steve Clifford and not having a functional offense more than his skill set just regressing after one year.

[Chapelchilla]

I figure he was rusty last year AND he did not want to get hurt before he got a decent contract. Had to play it safe as he was making peanuts and had not got paid the whole year before either. I am fine with him returning, he is still a solid NBA starter if we have a PG, coach and center to work with him.

[JMAC3]

Someone has to be the scape goat... he clearly has to be labeled a non-impact guy because he couldn't win with Ish Smith, Nick Richards and Bryce McGowens.... apparently we can't just say that we tanked the season due to injuries and trades and call it a wash. Somebody must be crucified for this teams record.

[LofJ]

Someone has to be the scape goat... he clearly has to be labeled a non-impact guy because he couldn't win with Ish Smith, Nick Richards and Bryce McGowens.... apparently we can't just say that we tanked the season due to injuries and trades and call it a wash. Somebody must be crucified for this teams record.

It's not a coincidence that everyone's 3 point percentage nosedived when we went from Borrego to Clifford. Some of that is definitely attributable to LaMelo missing most of that time, but Clifford undoubtedly didn't help things.

That said Miles and to a much lesser extent LaMelo and Mark definitely bear some responsibility for the team's record. If Miles hadn't done what he did and LaMelo/Mark were healthy this team would have won a lot more games over the last two years. Although we thankfully got blessed with Miller after last year's utter fiasco, definitely a major silver lining there.

[Rich4114]

I’d 1000% blame Clifford and injuries for our terrible offensive efficiency before Miles. Miles was one of the only reasons we even scored.

Also the top reason for Miles being low efficiency this past season IMO was Nick Richards. Just watch how he gets in the way, clogs the paint and gives up winnable possessions.

I’d like Miles back.

[bravor]

Kinda reminds me the Jailblazers era. Lots of hope and excuses untill moving on and only a crazy amount of bad luck torpedoed their speedy rebuild (even though Oden's knees were shot by the training staff and added weight more than anything).

It's never too late to move on, till it's too late.

[KembaWalker]

It’s not that complicated, it never is. Miles Bridges as your best player is not an “impact player” obviously. Miles Bridges as your 3rd best player is pretty good. Miles Bridges as your 4th best player is probably ideal. Same way Terry Rozier and Kelly Oubre are impact players on other teams now, they need to be like 3 spots down on the pecking order from where they are for us.

We just need better players and they need to be playing in the games

[Rich4114]

It’s not that complicated, it never is. Miles Bridges as your best player is not an “impact player” obviously. Miles Bridges as your 3rd best player is pretty good. Miles Bridges as your 4th best player is probably ideal. Same way Terry Rozier and Kelly Oubre are impact players on other teams now, they need to be like 3 spots down on the pecking order from where they are for us.

We just need better players and they need to be playing in the games

That’s exactly why bringing him back makes sense. He’ll end up being our third best maybe fourth best player on most nights and occasionally our best or second best. You need players like that and we have approximately zero after LaMelo/Miller and maybe Mark.

[JMAC3]

It’s not that complicated, it never is. Miles Bridges as your best player is not an “impact player” obviously. Miles Bridges as your 3rd best player is pretty good. Miles Bridges as your 4th best player is probably ideal. Same way Terry Rozier and Kelly Oubre are impact players on other teams now, they need to be like 3 spots down on the pecking order from where they are for us.

We just need better players and they need to be playing in the games

That’s exactly why bringing him back makes sense. He’ll end up being our third best maybe fourth best player on most nights and occasionally our best or second best. You need players like that and we have approximately zero after LaMelo/Miller and maybe Mark.

Yes I agree hard with this... if you look at Celtics that is what makes them so good because any night it could be Tatum, Brown, Holiday, Porzingis or White that beats you. Whereas with Thunder it is almost always Shai, with Mavs it is always Luka/Kyrie...

For as good as PJ has been on Mavs, imagine if the Mavs also had Bridges as a real 3rd option right now. They would be so much more dynamic with him over Derrick Jones Jr.

[JustBuzzin]

Hornets IG just posted him and Melo.

Not a big deal, but it does seem like it's trending towards him returning.

[Rich4114]

Hornets IG just posted him and Melo.

Not a big deal, but it does seem like it's trending towards him returning.

It really seems most likely just when you look at the big picture of everything. The decision to not move him last deadline kind of sealed the deal.

[fatlever]

I don't think Miles and lamelo practicing together really means a whole lot. They are buddies they are both in Charlotte for the summer obviously. Miles is still under contract with the Hornets until the end of the month so it makes sense he's practicing at the facility if he's in town. Resigning miles is going to come down to money and nothing else. He's going to the highest bidder. I believe him when he says he would like to stay in Charlotte. But if Detroit offers more money he's going to detroit.

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[JMAC3]

I don't think Miles and lamelo practicing together really means a whole lot. They are buddies they are both in Charlotte for the summer obviously. Miles is still under contract with the Hornets until the end of the month so it makes sense he's practicing at the facility if he's in town. Resigning miles is going to come down to money and nothing else. He's going to the highest bidder. I believe him when he says he would like to stay in Charlotte. But if Detroit offers more money he's going to detroit.

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I mean is this not the case with 90% of NBA deals? I feel like it is once in a blue moon we hear about guys turning down bigger contracts to stay with their team...

Bruce Brown literally last year took the bag instead of signing cheap with Denver, is he a POS like Miles is getting portrayed?

[Rich4114]

I don't think Detroit will want to over-pay for Miles and I think he'd give the Hornets right of first refusal if they do make an offer. Or they both have a number in mind and they get a deal done early before it matters. Miles was willing to take less than market value in the past to be here and that was before the incident.

[fatlever]

I don't think Miles and lamelo practicing together really means a whole lot. They are buddies they are both in Charlotte for the summer obviously. Miles is still under contract with the Hornets until the end of the month so it makes sense he's practicing at the facility if he's in town. Resigning miles is going to come down to money and nothing else. He's going to the highest bidder. I believe him when he says he would like to stay in Charlotte. But if Detroit offers more money he's going to detroit.

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I mean is this not the case with 90% of NBA deals? I feel like it is once in a blue moon we hear about guys turning down bigger contracts to stay with their team...

Bruce Brown literally last year took the bag instead of signing cheap with Denver, is he a POS like Miles is getting portrayed?

lol, aren't we saying the same thing?
miles and melo practicing means nothing. miles, like most guys looking for their big deal, are gonna go for the biggest offer. he's klutch. he's not giving charlotte a discount. if detroit wants to give him 30+, he'll be in detroit.

[JMAC3]

I don't think Miles and lamelo practicing together really means a whole lot. They are buddies they are both in Charlotte for the summer obviously. Miles is still under contract with the Hornets until the end of the month so it makes sense he's practicing at the facility if he's in town. Resigning miles is going to come down to money and nothing else. He's going to the highest bidder. I believe him when he says he would like to stay in Charlotte. But if Detroit offers more money he's going to detroit.

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I mean is this not the case with 90% of NBA deals? I feel like it is once in a blue moon we hear about guys turning down bigger contracts to stay with their team...

Bruce Brown literally last year took the bag instead of signing cheap with Denver, is he a POS like Miles is getting portrayed?

lol, aren't we saying the same thing?
miles and melo practicing means nothing. miles, like most guys looking for their big deal, are gonna go for the biggest offer. he's klutch. he's not giving charlotte a discount. if detroit wants to give him 30+, he'll be in detroit.

Just seems like we are making it out to be his situation is somehow different and for that reason we should just count on him leaving... when the majority of the time the smart money is betting on the guy to stay with the same team 70% of the time.