“Miles Bridges JUST TOOK OUT ‘Forward for the Charlotte Hornets’ off his bio”: Borderline All-Star doesn’t seem happy with reports of his team unwilling to give him max contract

Akash Murty | 26/06/2022
“Miles Bridges JUST TOOK OUT ‘Forward for the Charlotte Hornets’ off his bio”: Borderline All-Star doesn't seem to be happy with the rumors of his team unwilling to give the max contract

The 6-foot-7 prolific forward of the Charlotte Hornets, Miles Bridges, might have already played his last season with the club.

The 12th pick of the 2018 Draft class Miles Bridges had his career year last season. The 24-year-old averaged 20.2 points, 7 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game and was a top contender for what could have been his first All-Star appearance.

Bridges is becoming a restricted free agent this off-season, but for some reason, Michael Jordan and Co are hesitant to match a max offer from another team which would be worth around $131 million for four years.

It is still a bargain keeping in mind that he will only be better with the confidence he would have gained by leading his team alongside first-time All-Star LaMelo Ball to a much better record than last season.

But as it turns out, the Hornets, after finishing yet another season crashing out of the Play-ins, are not too excited to include him in the club’s future plans. It obviously must have been a shocker to the forward, who was willing to take a pay cut after his career year to stay with his ball club.

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Miles Bridges removes “Charlotte Hornets forward” from his Twitter handle

As soon as the rumours came up about Bridges not getting a max extension at Charlotte, the former Michigan State forward has removed “Forward for the Charlotte Hornets” from his Twitter handle.

That gives plenty of hope to the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers, who have come up as the clubs willing to have the power forward as they develop their young core of stars assembled in the last year or so.

Though it’s not clear which players these franchises would be willing to give up to attain the services of Miles, they would surely go up and running in the direction they want to, if they do get him. Their fans are already excited.

 

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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