Miles Bridges Extension is Massive Win for Charlotte Hornets Front Office

Miles Bridges Extension is Massive Win for Charlotte Hornets Front Office

the Moment of Truth For Miles Bridges and the Charlotte Hornets arrived and the Hornets got their man miles signs an extension to remain in Charlotte and putting all the predictable outside noise aside for a moment all the outrage that came from this it’s a massive win for new GM Jeff Peterson it’s a massive win for Hornets basketball and for that front office because this is the reality of the situation they extended miles Bridges at below his expected market value that’s hard to do when you’re the Hornets and you’re not in terms of on the court achievement no organization in the NBA has achieved less than Charlotte has that’s hard to do ESPN’s Bobby marks had him at between 27 to $29 million average annual value for his salary given he’s a clutch client with Rich Paul and Company and we’re again talking about the Hornets he could have demanded around $30 million a year take it or leave it instead Jeff Peterson and Charlotte got miles to agree to a three-year $75 million extension that is $25 million a year for those who are mathematically challenged I went to East Carolina after all just a burden that we have to deal with $25 million a year Eric Collins your reaction to that contract it’s important that Charlotte didn’t lose him even if he’s not a long-term answer on the team and three years would suggest that he isn’t exactly a long-term answer he will be up again when he’s 29 probably that was his choice so he could sign one more large contract you’d think before he exits his prime but he was a budding Allstar before his offc court issues he was the leading scorer of this team he was and the team was pretty good before all this crap happened and James bergo was let go he’s entering his prime LeBron was once tweeting about him all the time they would have received SC wraps in exchange for Miles Bridges if it was a sign in trade or of course if they let him walk you would have gotten nothing in return remember back in March or February whenever the trade deadline was they could not have moved him because he decided he wasn’t going to wave his no trade clause who’s to say that he wouldn’t wave it assuming he has a no trade clause again when next march rolls around and Charlotte gets a lot more in exchange for Miles Bridges then than they would have had in a sign in trade or even if they moved him at the deadline earlier this year it also was a huge win underrated move for Charlotte this weekend very young team they add Reggie Jackson so you have some experience in that room but from the Dallas Mavericks fresh off the NBA Finals you get Josh Green who’s 23 probably going to be inserted into the starting lineup a lot of good the Hornets continuing this run of Competency that we had not seen in a very long time but we knew what the reaction would be if they extended miles and we saw a lot of it oh how can you enable somebody who is accused of doing what he did you’re enabling abuse and yada yada yada he’s such a bad guy maybe maybe all that’s right maybe it is however we have to be adults about this his offc court problem should not factor into the basketball calculus for Charlotte the folks who should consider whether or not my bridges should be playing basketball are in the NBA office in New York City that’s Adam Silver’s call that’s the League’s call if the league says he can play Charlotte is not in a position to be self-righteous you’re not good enough as an organization to discard potential All-Star Talent when you can almost certainly not replicate it on your roster the reality is if Charlotte didn’t sign miles Bridges somebody was going to so if he was going to play and help somebody win basketball games why not have him help you win basketball games also he served his punishment he lost almost two seasons and then you had the official punishment of eight or 10 games that he had this isn’t me diminishing all the accusations of what he was accused doing he’s probably a bad guy I’m not a fan of Miles Bridges the person probably a bad dude but he’s a really good basketball player and he can help you and he’s if he’s gonna play somewhere you got to be an adult about this and say all right well it’s good that he’s extended on our team for now might not be a long-term piece on this team but somebody we could easily flip at the deadline and get a lot more than we could get at right now or even earlier this year and who knows maybe the Hornets could be better sooner than a lot of people think if Brandon Miller takes a next step and lamelo Ball’s healthy and Miles bridges does turn into an NBA All-Star getting that at below market value a huge win for the Charwood Hornets

Josh reacts to the Charlotte Hornets bringing back Miles Bridges and why, despite some fans being upset about the move, this is a massive win for the Hornets front office.

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