Miles Bridges Puns

> Leading scorers in the clutch:

> Joel Embiid - 66

> Jayson Tatum - 57

> D’Angelo Russell - 51

> Zach LaVine - 50

> Anthony Davis - 47

> Kevin Durant - 44

> DeMar DeRozan - 41

> Chris Paul - 40

> Miles Bridges - 40

> Reggie Jackson - 40

> Russell Westbrook - 40

Total minutes played for each of these players:

embiid - 558 minutes

tatum - 979 minutes

d'lo - 721 minutes

lavine - 948 minutes

AD - 896 minutes

durant - 912 minutes

derozan - 846 minutes

CP3 - 808 minutes

bridges - 1036 minutes

reggie jackson - 902 minutes

westbrook - 1007 minutes

source: https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1470441663478878214?t=kpcSwDU2U3fFvJHLR1xqDQ&s=09

edit: by popular demand, I'm adding clutch minutes played several clutch stats

embiid: 54 minutes, 64 points, 4 assists, 5 turnovers, 63.3% ts

tatum: 74 minutes, 57 points, 4 assists, 7 turnovers, 55.6% ts

d'lo: 53 minutes, 51 points, 6 assists, 2 turnovers, 62.1% ts

lavine: 44 minutes, 50 points, 1 assist, 0 turnovers, 69.1% ts

AD: 72 minutes, 47 points, 8 assists, 1 turnover, 65.8% ts

durant: 43 minutes, 44 points, 7 assists, 2 turnovers, 55.4% ts

derozan: 42 minutes, 41 points, 7 assists, 1 turnover, 77.2% ts

CP3: 34 minutes, 40 points, 13 assists, 3 turnovers, 77.5% ts

miles bridges: 69 minutes, 40 points, 4 assists, 3 turnovers, 53.3% ts

reggie jackson: 42 minutes, 40 points, 6 assists, 3 turnovers, 67.0% ts

westbrook: 76 minutes, 40 points, 15 assists, 12 turnovers, 54.5% ts

Clutch minutes are defined in this case by "LAST 5 MIN | +/- 5 PTS" (nba.com's formatting). Clutch stats can be found on an nba.com's player's stats page, clicking "profile" and changing it to "splits", clicking "general splits" and changing it to "clutch splits", and clicking "per game" and changing it to "totals".

The Charlotte Hornets, down Lamelo Ball and Terry Rozier to COVID protocols, beat the Atlanta Hawks 130-127 behind their two left-handed wings.

Miles Bridges: 32/4/4, 11/15 FG, 4/6 3FG, 3 steals

Kelly Oubre: 28/3/2, 11/17 FG, 6/10 3FG

Obviously I’m not implying he’s better than any of these guys because that’s asinine. More so just trying to illustrate the impressive leap he’s taken this season. I keep asking myself if this level of play is sustainable from him and he keeps proving that it is.

Source: https://statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-30-points-games-this-season

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Full stats for Miles Bridges through the first 9 games of the season: 24.1 pts, 8 rebs, 3.2 ast, 1.8 stl and 1 blk on 48/34/88 shooting splits.

Full stats for Miles Bridges through the rest of the season: 17.8 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast, 0.9 stl, 0.9 blk on 46/29/71 shooting splits.

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Source: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bridgmi02/gamelog/2022

I guess we can add Mr. Bridges to the list of anti-vaxx players. Not sure if Miles had already expressed his opinion on the matter prior to. Or maybe he’s more about Wiggins exercising his freedom to choose

Surprisingly to me, a lot of support for Wiggins in IG comments.

Poster

Tweet

>Also imma jump everytime down 3 in an overtime game or anytime the game on the line!! Helluva play!!

>Jaylen Brown on his poster on Miles Bridges: "I knew if I tried to lay it up, he was going to send it back. So, I went up with bad intentions."

The right attitude to have from the Eastern Conference player of the week.

⬆️ if your players are feeling 🔥🔥🔥 tonight!

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🍻 Cheers, hoopdx

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlotte-hornets/article256980137.html

I was (still am! just stopping for food with an entire caravan of Michigan fans) on my way to Indy when we came across a Michigan flag hung over a bridge in Ohio. Whoever did that, you’re a fucking legend. Wish I could’ve snapped a picture! Go Blue and BEAT IOWA!

20.4/7.3/3.2 shooting 46.7%. Is he this years Julius Randle? Does he make it? Who else is in the running for MIP?

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Miles (23 years old)

20.4/7.4/3.3/1.3/0.9 in 36 minutes on 45/33/77 shooting and nasty dunks. Is with Melo and Hayward but is capable of being a top option on the team

Mikal (25 years old)

12.9/4/1.9/1.4/0.6 in 34 minutes on 54/39/84 shooting with the defensive and shooting edge. On a team with CP3/Booker/Ayton so he slots more in as a perfect role player position

It depends on the teams needs but I’d probably take Mikal because he can cover holes for other players with his shooting and defense. You wouldn’t have to build around him as a main guy and could be useful on a lot of teams. I’d pick miles if I was a lower team in the league because he can carry more of a load and give you fun crazy moments and dunks

Thoughts?

According to Spotrac, we currently have the 3rd cheapest team in the NBA:

That figure doesn't account for the fact that we are currently in the running for a playoff spot, which means we should be spending more than teams like the Pistons, Rockets, or Spurs. Currently, the only playoff hopeful spending less than us are the Grizzlies. The average cost of a playoff team (or team in the play-in) is $147,618,040.30. That's $30,713,935.30 more than we are currently spending. That means that we could pay Miles Bridges ~$35 Million Dollars this year and still only be paying as much as your average playoff team.

Are people worried about our cap hit in 2022? Because we still have the 9th cheapest team in the league in 2022:

This is his contract year and the hornets lowballed him earlier in the offseason and now he has been playing spectacularly. I think he's that missing wing we need to take this team to another level. We should throw a max at him. The hornets will likely match but it's worth a shot.

>"When he was in negotiations for his extensions a couple of weeks ago, I'm told the Hornets' baseline offer was four years, $60 million," said Brian Windhorst. "Which is $15 million per year. If you look at what Mikal Bridges, which we've compared him to during his career, got... which some people in the league feel is an overpay."

>"I think he would have gotten it from somebody next summer," said Tim MacMahon.

>"Obviously once that deal is signed, [Miles] cannot sign for $30 million less. We can debate on where they were."

Source: https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/264574/Hornets-Offered-Four-Year-$60M-Extension-To-Miles-Bridges

Both are great players and Miles is making a case for MIP while Mikal is a solidified elite 3nD guy. Excluding suns and Hornets fans, who would you rather have on your team?

And for the suns and hornets fans, would you ever swap one brother for the other?

I think MB has all the skills to be a great NBA 3. He can shoot threes, dribble, facilitate and play perimeter defense. He’s only getting better at those skills, too. Plus, his size (which is a liability at 4) would suddenly become a huge boon at three, where he would be able to overpower generally weaker players.

Paired with, idk, PJ and Myles Turner (two bigs who can stretch the floor), we’d pretty quickly become a unique shoot and slam offensive threat (which we mostly already are) and get pretty damn big and quick on D. I know GH exists, and as long as he’s on our team he should play because overpaid or not he is a hooper, but I think this could be a great look in a word after Hayward.