Miles Bridges subbed out with around five minutes to go in the third quarter, sitting on 26 points. By my count, he took two shots after that point as the Hornets lost in overtime, 110-112. Is this what the young people call “tanking”? I doubt it. For one thing, the Hornets, even with their crazily-constructed…
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Miles Bridges 20 Points Full Highlights (12/8/2019)
Attention James Borrego: stop playing Miles Bridges in garbage time. I’ve noticed this happening multiples times now. Just because other teams do it (mainly just the Hawks with Trae Young, and he paid the price by getting kneed in the mouth by Bridges with two minutes to go) doesn’t mean that it’s cool or acceptable…
Read MoreMiles Bridges Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2019)
We’re pretty far into the season already! How time flies. Just a few weeks ago, I was thinking this about the Hornets: “They’re totally building around Miles Bridges, aren’t they?” But that was a few weeks ago, and I’m not thinking such things anymore. In my defense, it totally seemed, before the games actually started,…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 18 Points Full Highlights (11/7/2019)
It doesn’t seem like a good look for the Hornets to leave their best player, or at least the player who is the biggest part of their future (Miles Bridges), on the court during the very end of a blowout loss. In this era of “load management” and “managing loads”, wouldn’t you want your important…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 18 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2019)
Miles Bridges is currently leading his team in minutes per game at 34.1. I’m not sure what to make of that information. I mean, he’s just Miles Bridges. He’s not a particularly good scorer at this point in his career and he’s averaging more turnovers than assists. Does his status as minutes leader on the…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 23 Points Full Highlights (10/27/2019)
As far as I can tell, the Hornets are building around Miles Bridges. I might be overstating things, but he is their main attraction at this point (don’t believe all the misdirection around Terry Rozier, they know he sucks just as well as everyone else). I openly wondered in my last description for him what…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 17 Points Full Highlights (10/25/2019)
While I was thinking about what to write for this description, it occurred to me that I don’t have a clear idea of what Hornets fans want the end result of Miles Bridges’ development to be. Do they even know? Does the front office even know? Are they just giving Bridges minutes with the willingness…
Read MoreMiles Bridges All 71 Dunks Full Highlights (2018-19 Season Dunkilation)
Standing outside the door of the Hornets’ practice facility, Miles Bridges took a moment to compose himself. He was just returning from a two-month sojourn to the mountainous regions of western North Carolina, where he had reconnected with his inner self, attained a higher spiritual awareness, and, yes, worked on his game. Limiting himself to…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 18 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (4/10/2019)
What went wrong for the Hornets this year? It’s not like they don’t have talent. I’ve been thinking about it hard and have come up with a concise list of problems that they had. And once I’m done sharing it with you, I’m going to forget this season by them ever happened. Except for that…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 17 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (3/29/2019)
We are still waiting for the real breakout game from Miles Bridges. 17 points doesn’t seem like a lot for him, because he’s developed a reputation (at least in my eyes) as an extremely solid rookie contributor for a playoff-esque-ish-like team. But can you believe it’s his second highest point total of the season? And…
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