Miles High: The Miles Bridges Thread

[JDR720]

why not throw a few picks in for garland. let lamelo play 2 guard. garland melo miller grant mark williams is a playoff team

I would do Miles + Mann for Garland + Dean Wade or Okoro.

[LofJ]

Now Woj is saying we made an offer and are negotiating:

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[JustBuzzin]

Miles just take the offer bro. You're lucky to even still be in the league let alone making millions. We did you a favor by sticking with you. Now it's your turn to return the favor.

[Liver_Pooty]

I bet we are trying to protect ourselves with the amount of years guaranteed.

[Bassman]

Really, Woj’s comment just confirms what we’ve expected (Hornets have made an offer at some point) and what the front office has said (they would like to have Miles back). I’m sure the offer is below what they want. Klutch has approached other teams to gauge interest around the $ and years they want.

So interest by Clippers, perhaps Cleveland…sure, but who knows how strong their contract offer might be? Doesn’t seem there are a ton of teams lining up.

Still, here are several posts from media about Miles, so maybe the pots are getting warm on the stove now.

[fatlever]

my offer
4/100
team option after every year lol

[Snidely FC]

he looks so chubby in that Woj post

subtract $10M

[luciano-davidwesley]

So it sounds like we want to only offer 2-3 guaranteed years and they want 4-5 guaranteed years. The $ per year are probably not the issue just the length of the contract at this point.

[Heelsfan119]

If he returns next year, I hope he comes back in better shape. Last year, he looked a little heavy. I think it hurt his explosiveness.

[yosemiteben]

Full quote:

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[JDR720]

TLDR: Other teams want him, but they don't have cap space. To get him, they have to sign & trade for him.

To me, we're in a pretty good position. We have the leverage, he can either take the offer we've given. Or we more or less hold him hostage until another team gives us something for him.

[Bassman]

TLDR: Other teams want him, but they don't have cap space. To get him, they have to sign & trade for him.

To me, we're in a pretty good position. We have the leverage, he can either take the offer we've given. Or we more or less hold him hostage until another team gives us something for him.

OR…he decides to take a big haircut (AGAIN) and sign a 1 year gamble with a team he wants more than us. I would imagine any initial offers we’ve received for a S&T are woefully inadequate. Clippers would seem to be the most in need of Miles, but their trash means nothing to me and they have few picks to deal.

[Liver_Pooty]

TLDR: Other teams want him, but they don't have cap space. To get him, they have to sign & trade for him.

To me, we're in a pretty good position. We have the leverage, he can either take the offer we've given. Or we more or less hold him hostage until another team gives us something for him.

OR…he decides to take a big haircut (AGAIN) and sign a 1 year gamble with a team he wants more than us. I would imagine any initial offers we’ve received for a S&T are woefully inadequate. Clippers would seem to be the most in need of Miles, but their trash means nothing to me and they have few picks to deal.

He wants long term stability. That's why they're arguing about years. Taking another 1 year gamble is a massive risk.

[MasterIchiro]

We seem to be handling this with composure.

1) Made an offer
2) Expressed interest in keeping him
3) Encouraged him to explore the market, assuring him we could work out sign-and-trades should he find an offer above ours from teams needing us for cap space.

We definitely aren't alienating him nor discarding him like his detractors.

[countryboi]

come on Miles, lets land this plane.. everyone would like to get the chance to move on

[Rich4114]

This just sounds like it's going to be a lengthily negotiation and I can't blame Peterson and co. for taking that approach. They seem to be holding firm on a commitment and Miles wants more security than that. Very similar to PJ even though Miles is a UFA

[Rays Pompadour]

I don't want Miles Bridges on the Hornets. Been clear on that from the get-go.

But I still think he and Charlotte will find a way to agree on a contract...likely with a large number the first year followed by declining salary in subsequent years. Length of contract will be an issues as well. The Hornets will want protection past the third year and Bridges will want control over the 4th year. I think they'll get it done.

A sign-and-trade is hard enough without trying to make something work for a sub-All Star level player with a risky past. I don't think Bridges' agents have that much magic in them.

[EmpireFalls]

I don't want Miles Bridges on the Hornets. Been clear on that from the get-go.

But I still think he and Charlotte will find a way to agree on a contract...likely with a large number the first year followed by declining salary in subsequent years. Length of contract will be an issues as well. The Hornets will want protection past the third year and Bridges will want control over the 4th year. I think they'll get it done.

A sign-and-trade is hard enough without trying to make something work for a sub-All Star level player with a risky past. I don't think Bridges' agents have that much magic in them.

We (I say we, the Charlotte Hornets organization, with the fullest awareness that we're talking about hedge fund billionaire bros who are not our friends) are in the stronger negotiating position here.

Bridges not only has cratered his reputation with his domestic violence, he is clearly not viewed as a priority around the league on-court. Let's be honest, if he was really producing at the All-Star level he was in 21-22, there would be teams lined up around the block for him. But he isn't, he was empty calories last year, and he brings significant PR vulnerabilities to the franchise bringing him in.

But ultimately it comes down to this: there is no offer that a team can put out there that will truly blow ours out of the water. And I think Miles and Klutch are realizing that. Every team wants him at less money than we want him at. I'm not ruling out a desperate S&T from another team looking to upgrade, because that's how contracts happen in the NBA, quickly and desperately, but that's what it would be. Desperate and out of the blue.

[GiggitySmalls]

As talented as miles is, even if is game is kind of empty calories, as one poster said, should show you nobody wants the image that comes with a player like him. Even at his talent level, you still risk pissing off the fanbase of whatever team would have him. There's a lot to be said by that. As a kid who witnessed the kind of stuff bridges did, I fully understand why there are those who can never forgive him. When you see your mother being hurt by your father or any man like that is truly next level stuff that you never fully get over. It can honestly shape your views as a child. It that damn important. Yes, miles is loaded with talent, but it comes with a ton of baggage that alot of owners and fans simply want no part of.

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[Hornet Mania]

Klutch has badly mismanaged Bridges' free agency and I won't be surprised if he dumps the agency at the end of all this.

Anyone surveying the market in advance should have realized a few key points:

-The available cap would quickly dry up, especially if PG13 opted out, so a big deal it had to happen within 48 hours.
-The price of Hornet alumni is deflated, 20ppg scorers included, just ask Kelly Oubre.
-A bunch of teams would be out on Miles from the get-go due to DV charges and the **** storm that would bring them.

Given all the above Klutch needed to strike fast and quickly assess how many suitors Miles realistically had to choose from. Slow playing it let all the money dry up and gave Charlotte every advantage. Especially since Miles is not a normal FA, he is one who has been playing for peanuts relative to what he expected in 23-24, and he surely wanted the most money and years possible to actually get a payday before exiting his prime.

I don't know if Miles was not a priority for Klutch, or they misread the market badly, or if the vibes are so bad Miles never had a chance, but whatever the case he's absolutely screwed now.