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Miles Bridges Rumors
NBA stars Miles Bridges and Monte Morris will head to The Vehicle City for a Jr. NBA All Star Weekend! The event put on by the Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village will take place on Saturday, June 21 from 12:00 to 1:30 PM at the Insight Health and Fitness Center located at 4500 S. Saginaw in Flint.
Miles Bridges on the negative accusations: I don't wanna be falsely accused of anything, I just want to be a father to my children
With all of that behind him, Bridges went to social media on Tuesday to talk about his reputation and what he can do to change it. “In y'all eyes I'm always gone be the bad guy,” Bridges said. “But I'm genuinely asking what should I do? I don't wanna be falsely accused of anything again. I just want to be a father to my children and the mother of my kids won't let me.”
At the forefront of the charge is Miles Bridges. The Hornets’ longest-tenured player suggested the day after Charlotte wrapped up its 19-63 season in April he not only planned on staying in the Carolinas much more than he typically does to work out to get in better shape heading into his seventh year, but also intended on being at the forefront of organizing voluntary sessions with his teammates — similar to what Terry Rozier did during his tenure with the Hornets. “I love that Miles wants to spearhead that,” Lee said. “I think a big part of any type of culture or organization is your best players kind of driving things forward. And him being the leader and wanting to make sure he puts all the guys together in order to work and in order to grow and to learn from one another, I think it’s really important."
Charlotte Hornets PR: .@hornets forward Miles Bridges has been upgraded and is available to play tonight against MEM
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Charlotte Hornets PR: INJURY UPDATE: Nick Smith (L Ankle) is now listed as questionable. Miles Bridges & Taj Gibson have been added to injury report and are both questionable (Illness).
That’s what makes performances like the one the Hornets turned in Thursday night against the New York Knicks noteworthy. All they can do is play spoiler, making life miserable for opponents who assume the Eastern Conference’s second-worst team (record-wise) has packed it in and is merely going through the proverbial motions while awaiting the season’s conclusion. “It just gives us confidence,” Miles Bridges told The Observer after the Hornets’ thorough 115-98 victory over the Knicks. “It gives us confidence knowing we can play how we want to when we are semi-healthy. Just imagine when we are fully healthy. “As long as we keep building good habits, building winning habits, I think we’ll be good for next year.”
The players are fully aware, too. There was one particular possession against the Knicks, where LaMelo Ball and Bridges got crossed up when switching defensively. Immediately after the whistle was blown, the two spoke about the mishap, gesturing in a way so each knew what to do if that situation arose again. Wandering minds, albeit even for a brief second, haven’t been much of a problem lately. “We’ve definitely been focusing on possession by possession,” Bridges said, “on offense trying to find a mismatch, on defense talking more, and just focusing on the details.”
Rod Boone: Final: #Hornets 115, #Knicks 98 LaMelo 25 pts, 8 asts, 5 rebs Mark Williams 19 pts, 14 rebs Miles Bridges 15 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts Nick Smith Jr. 13 pts, 4 rebs, 3 asts
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Rod Boone: LaMelo and Miles Bridges (illness) are probable for tomorrow's game against the Knicks. Moussa Diabate (right knee) listed as questionable.
Rod Boone: Josh Green (Illness) has been downgraded to out tonight vs. Minnesota. The bug that got Jusuf Nurkic, Taj Gibson and Miles Bridges has now got Green, too.
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