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Is Miles Bridges Living Up To His Contract? | Hornets’ Weekend Turning Point | Stat Draft Update



Is Miles Bridges Living Up To His Contract? | Hornets’ Weekend Turning Point | Stat Draft Update

This episode of Locked On Hornets takes a deep dive into the team’s recent challenges, beginning with a rough weekend recap, including losses to the 76ers and Wizards. Hosts Doug Branson and Walker Mehl debate whether Miles Bridges is living up to his contract, with stats suggesting a steep decline in efficiency this season. The duo also highlights LaMelo Ball’s injury management and its implications on the Hornets’ competitiveness, noting how a lack of consistent shooting and offensive flow hampers the team’s ability to compete even when fully staffed.

The conversation then shifts to the Hornets’ broader struggles, touching on how injuries and stagnation have turned yet another season into one of unmet expectations. Could the upcoming trade deadline hold the key to retooling the roster? Finally, we revisit our preseason stat draft predictions, examining how their picks have fared so far and what the numbers reveal about the team’s progress—or lack thereof.

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19 Comments

  1. Miles Bridges fits with Lamelo Ball like Amare Stoudamire did with Steve Nash. He cannot run an Offense, but he can be effective with a facilitator.

  2. Should say is Charles Lee living up to his contract these line up are so ass every time we get close to winning coach takes out the guys doing something can miles be better yes but a lot of the blame has to fall on the coach

  3. "Today on lockedonhornets, we decided to pick on MILES BRIDGES, because we are tired of picking on Micic and Mark Willaims!"

  4. Fully agree with Doug that we still don’t know how good/bad our starting 5 is due to all the injuries during the last 3 seasons. Hopefully we can have a stretch of games to see how Mark, Miles, Brandon and Lamelo gel. It’s been very frustrating especially this season with coach Lee’s first season and dealing with the injuries. Hopefully we can play well tonight against a good Rockets team 🏀

  5. The Tre Mann and Grant Williams injuries together were pretty devastating offensively because if you get those guys coming off the bench, things don't stall like this.

  6. Fwiw, the Celtics struggled in the first half of their first season with Udoka as coach and they had a much more talented roster. Not making excuses for them but maybe it just takes time with this style of play? just a thought

  7. The reason we cant steal a game is because charles lee think we are boston, making us shoot three like we ve got the same amount of talent. No backup plan everygame.

  8. Health is the problem. We yet to see our starting 5 play together. No reason not to be competitive with a healthy Lamelo, Brandon, Miles and Mark.

  9. Trade Bridges for Cam Johnson
    Trade Micic, Cody Martin,Taj Gidson to Denver
    Trade Josh Green for Robert Williams
    LaMelo, B Mill, Cam, Grant, Robert Williams is a playoff hope

  10. No one on this team should be untouchable.
    The players aren't even bad, they just all suck together.

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