Miles Bridges to have 'significant role' right away following suspension
Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford says high-flying forward Miles Bridges will “have a significant role right away” when he returns to the team on Friday following the completion of his 30-game suspension for domestic violence charges in Nov. 2022. “I think he’ll be ready to play. He’s in practice every day. So he’s been well organized when he’s there,” Clifford said ahead of tipoff against the Knicks on Sunday. “He’s in really good shape. He’s worked hard. I’ll be honest, we’ve been playing every other day.”
Source: Kristian Winfield @ New York Daily News
Source: Kristian Winfield @ New York Daily News
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Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Developing: #Hornets Miles Bridges to have ‘significant role right away’ after serving 30-game suspension for domestic violence charges, says head coach Steve Clifford. #NBA
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Developing: #Hornets Miles Bridges to have ‘significant role right away’ after serving 30-game suspension for domestic violence charges, says head coach Steve Clifford. #NBA
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Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Steve Clifford says he expects Miles Bridges to play for the Hornets when he returns to the team on Friday: “He’ll have a significant role right away.” – 10:39 AM
Steve Clifford says he expects Miles Bridges to play for the Hornets when he returns to the team on Friday: “He’ll have a significant role right away.” – 10:39 AM
Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
Tonight’s Hornets-Wizards game is the second consecutive game in which the Wizards have no injured players listed on the injury report. For Charlotte, guard Terry Rozier (groin strain) remains out. Also still out: James Bouknight, Miles Bridges, Cody Martin and Frank Ntilikina. – 12:05 PM
Tonight’s Hornets-Wizards game is the second consecutive game in which the Wizards have no injured players listed on the injury report. For Charlotte, guard Terry Rozier (groin strain) remains out. Also still out: James Bouknight, Miles Bridges, Cody Martin and Frank Ntilikina. – 12:05 PM
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Clifford said he hasn’t given much thought to how he’ll manage Bridges’ minutes in his first game of the season. “That’s under worry about tomorrow’s problems tomorrow,” he said. “Right now our problems are: we don’t run back on defense, we don’t block out all the time, so I’ve been spending all my time on that. “But he [Bridges] will have a significant role right away.” -via New York Daily News / November 12, 2023
What are expectations for the Hornets this season? Steve Clifford: I think our goal here, if you talk to our guys, is we want to be a playoff team regardless of how we get there, and particularly when we get Miles back. I think, again, we will have depth. We have a lot of different ways that we can play. We have a versatile roster, and the whole thing to me is how we grow together. We may not be a top-six team right here today, but we have guys that are working. We’ve made good strides here in these two weeks since practice has started, and we need to continue to practice and work that way. -via HoopsHype / October 18, 2023
Miles Bridges turned himself in to authorities in a neighboring county on criminal charges in Charlotte, officials said Friday. The 25-year-old Charlotte Hornets forward — with an active warrant in Mecklenburg County for violation of his ex-girlfriend’s domestic violence protection order — turned himself in at the Lincoln County Detention Center, the sheriff’s office said. Also Friday, an arrest warrant newly made public reveals what police were told in January, when a warrant was issued for Bridges’ arrest in Charlotte. -via Charlotte Observer / October 13, 2023