Miles Bridges Arrested: Felony Domestic Violence, Wife Speaks Pg.85

Post #1241 » by **BigSlam** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:57 pm

How Miles Bridges Put Himself in Perfect Position

https://www.si.com/nba/2022/02/25/charlotte-hornets-miles-bridges-daily-cover

Liver_Pooty · Post #1242 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:05 pm

BigSlam wrote:
How Miles Bridges Put Himself in Perfect Position

https://www.si.com/nba/2022/02/25/charlotte-hornets-miles-bridges-daily-cover

Great read.

Post #1243 » by **BigSlam** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:45 pm

Ask Bridges about his incredible foresight and he instead makes it clear he never meant to make this season some massive gamble on his talent. His desire to improve his game came more from wanting to make the playoffs than anything else. He says he may have even accepted Charlotte’s contract offer over the summer if not for his agents.

“If it wasn’t for them I probably would’ve taken the deal,” Bridges says. “They got more confidence in me than I have sometimes.”

Stupid agents.

(for us, not him).

Post #1244 » by **fatlever** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:33 pm

what number would his agents advised hi to sign if not the rumored 4/60? 4/80? 4/100? no number? we may never know

Post #1245 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:22 pm

Read on Twitter

Huh, wasn't aware this was a thing

Liver_Pooty · Post #1246 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:48 pm

yosemiteben wrote:

Read on Twitter

Huh, wasn't aware this was a thing

Was a rumor a while back that Kevin Knox absolutely cooked Miles in a 3 on 3 workout that essentially impressed the Knicks enough to take him over Miles, and it pissed him off. Thank God that happened.

LofJ · Post #1247 » by **LofJ** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:57 pm

Watch on YouTube

I like it.

dmutombo321 · Post #1248 » by **dmutombo321** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:07 am

Love Miles Bridges and the strides he's made as a player but he was a complete non-factor tonight Vs. ATL in the most important game of the year. His offensive limitations as a shot creator were exposed. This should dispel any notion that he's worth 30mil a year. He's a fringe all-star complementary piece, not a max level player or anywhere close to it

I hope we can can retain him and he's certainly due for a hefty raise. A deal similar to Rozier's would be fair. But if some team with cap space like Detroit offers him an absurd offersheet significantly in excess of that (and they may), then the FO should start to examine sign and trade options much as they did with devote and Kemba.

Otherwise, if you have bridges, rozier, and (soon) Ball eating up all your cap and that core is a perineal 7-10 seed treadmill.

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Roll Tide 09 · Post #1249 » by **Roll Tide 09** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:37 am

fatlever wrote:what number would his agents advised hi to sign if not the rumored 4/60? 4/80? 4/100? no number? we may never know

I think the 4/80 would be ideal for him.

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Liver_Pooty · Post #1250 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:39 am

May have cost himself some $$ hitting a girl with his mouthpiece after being ejected tonight.

amcoolio · Post #1251 » by **amcoolio** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 4:36 am

My guess is it ends up being 5/160

Post #1252 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 5:48 am

amcoolio wrote:My guess is it ends up being 5/160

I'm predicting we match a max/near max 4 year offer sheet.

dmutombo321 · Post #1253 » by **dmutombo321** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:07 pm

luciano-davidwesley wrote:
amcoolio wrote:My guess is it ends up being 5/160

I'm predicting we match a max/near max 4 year offer sheet.

I think so too. And if he is presented a max offersheet, hopefully they do the responsible thing and pivot towards a s&t to cut their losses and recoup some value for him instead of matching.

The looming Bridges FA situation is looking alot like Eddie Jones in 99-00. He was coming off a career year where he had averaged a career high 20ppg and Bob Bass knew going into the offseason that Jones was going to have multiple suitors willing to bid max and near max money for him. Bass also recognized that Jones, despite his improvement, was not a max level player. So instead of overpaying and hamstringing the teams cap, he did the responsible thing and flipped him to Miami with Mason for PJ Brown and Jamal Mashburn (who was a far cheaper role player who when given the opportunity, matched and in some ways even surpassed Jones' output).

Hopefully this Hornets FO will be prepared to make the same difficult decision with Bridges if it becomes necessary instead of foolishly (over)paying "whatever it takes"

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amcoolio · Post #1254 » by **amcoolio** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:17 pm

I wouldn't doubt the front office getting scared and just giving him the money so he doesn't leave

I'd consider trading Miles for a Bam Adebayo level talent, but not Ayton or Gobert

We just gotta hope Miles keeps improving

Post #1255 » by **BigSlam** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:39 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:May have cost himself some $$ hitting a girl with his mouthpiece after being ejected tonight.

Good on him for owning it straight away and looking to make amends.

If the last thing Bridges does as a Hornet is beam some innocent chick in the stands with his mouthguard it will be a real shame.

Post #1256 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:00 pm

I am still very concerned about his defense. It's slightly better as a small forward than it was as a power forward, but he is still nowhere near becoming a plus Defender which is problematic especially when paired with lamelo. We are potentially building around 2 Young net negative defensive players. It can be done, but it is certainly going to be a challenge to put the right the defensive pieces next to these two players.

I could see us signing miles and then potentially moving him in a year or two to find a better fit next to lamelo. The highlight dunks are nice, but we will eventually need more grown ups next to lamelo to make this work.

That being said, we definitely have to resign him no matter the price. We can't lose him as an asset. I don't foresee his contract becoming a problem to trade in the future . If the front office was not prepared to pay him his market value then plans should have already been in place to trade him prior to this point. We made that mistake with Kemba and missed a golden opportunity to get something a better value for him before his contract expired. Luckily we were able to turn him into rozier at the last minute.

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dmutombo321 · Post #1257 » by **dmutombo321** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:33 pm

I couldn't disagree more about resigning bridges no matter the cost Fats. Or the belief that a maxed bridges could be easily traded a year from now.

My philosophy is that all players values are relative to their contacts.

If Hayward for example currently had two years remaining on his deal right now at 15-20 mil a year or thereabouts (what he would likely have commanded on the open market one year later had he not wisely opted out of his Boston deal in 2020 when teams were in a frenzy to overpay ), then there would be no shortage of trade suitors willing to take him right now. But at 30+ million and two years left, nobody is touching him short of going the Westbrook route.

We were unwise devote that much of our cap to hayward and will be similarly unwise to pay bridges 35m/year. Such a contact will not be easy to move after he signs it, imo. Think of Otto Porter a few years ago. Wizards matched a max offer sheet when he was coming off his rookie deal as well for fear of losing him. The contract was an overpay and became an immediate albatross bc while porter was a fine young talent, he was simply not a max player. Their net return for him two years later was a 2 month rental of bobby Portis and a second round pick at the expense of also undertaking the final 20mil of jabari parkers deal.

If a team with space like Detroit wants to pay miles $170m, now is the time for Charlotte to extract optimal value from him with a sign and trade before he inks such a deal. Take a lesser young player like a saddiq bey who shows some promise and preserve the cap space.

It's the prudent thing to do. We might take a step back for a year but as things stand now, a bridges/rozier/ball core may be good for annual 7-10 seed cameos but will never be capable of making a deep play off run.

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Post #1258 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:59 pm

dmutombo321 wrote:If a team with space like Detroit wants to pay miles $170m, now is the time for Charlotte to extract optimal value from him with a sign and trade before he inks such a deal. Take a lesser young player like a saddiq bey who shows some promise and preserve the cap space.

That's not how this works. You don't get optimal value in a S&T context.

KembaWalker · Post #1259 » by **KembaWalker** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 4:03 pm

I doubt Detroit would give up Bey in a Miles S+T but if they would it'd certainly be a conversation worth having. I dunno how much they value that home town guy stuff

Post #1260 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 4:10 pm

Perhaps saying at all cost was the wrong phrasing. I do not believe anyone is going to offer miles a Max contract. I still believe his market value is anywhere between 20 to 30 mil per season.

What is the max that a another team can offer him this Summer?

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