BREAKING: Phoenix Suns Trade For Miles Bridges In Exchange For Grayson Allen Royce O’Neale & A Pick!
Phoenix Suns shake up their roster by acquiring Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges in exchange for Grayson Allen, Royce O’neale, and an unprotected 2033 first-round pick. Can Bridges elevate the Suns’ lineup, or does this controversial move threaten team chemistry and defensive grit?
Benjamin Garcia scrutinizes the trade from all angles, questioning Bridges’ fit alongside Devin Booker, Jalen Green, and Dillon Brooks, as well as the Suns’ loss of key three-point shooting and locker room leadership. The episode dives into the basketball implications, including concerns about defense, size, and long-term culture, while not shying away from the off-court controversy surrounding Bridges’ past legal issues. Is Phoenix positioning for an even bigger move, or risking it all on shaky ground?
00:00 Suns Trade For Miles Bridges
06:10 Miles Bridges The Player
08:00 Discussing Miles Bridges’ defense skills
11:02 Suns’ three-point shooting struggles
15:00 Miles Bridges The Person
18:23 Discussing Suns’ Player Chemistry Concerns
23:00 Are Suns Done Now?
25:31 Phoenix Suns trade speculations
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3rd Straight Week Without A Mailbag Monday, sorry about that fellas this news obviously got in the way.
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great trade for the suns
Charlotte fans are pissed It's funny that Suns fans are too
Getting your basketball analysis and opinions from this guy has got to be a really sad world. He called us stupid for saying the Bradley Beal trade was bad btw.
Ben your not a good Christian what ever happened to forgiveness and young people make mistakes in life give him the opportunity to change…
They really wished they could get back Mikal Bridges, but this the best they could do, still an M. BRIDGES
You lost your mind.
115 rating is not a bad defensive player. It’s average. He takes plays off on a bad team. Had issues. Maybe he needed a change of scenery? Clearly he got the talent. Time will tell.
Miles Bridges is objectively better player than Gracen Allen if for no other reason than he plays most of the time.
Gracen Allen and Ryoce O’Neal were expendable.
Miles Bridges + Dillon Brooks are going to play like 2 attack dogs, that’s the vision. Not hard to see.
All this said he is a total human trash piece of shit that I wish we didn’t trade for. But I’m not delusional about it.
Over pay
Ben; I agree with u about this trade and still wanting Dean Wade, but my biggest question to you is this; what do u think if we still traded Miles Bridges for draft capital or other players??? On the plus side though we did get a 2027 second rd pick and a 2029 first rd pick
I’m confused by people saying we have opened up first round picks. How so? Don’t we still have the same number of tradable first round picks just one of them is less valuable now?
MILES BRIGES 29 POINTS IN THE POST SEASON FYM LIKE BRO UR GONNNA BE BITING UR TOINGE WHEN WE WIN 50 WINS COME BEN
Flex is your daddy
Ben why would the suns trade for milse if he wouldnt fit the team the brian gregory and his team know what he brngs and know that they found a sysytem where theyu can have miles brigdes affect the suns winning so stop assuming until we seee him play in october
I was a big Bridges fan before he became a wife beater. I am not a fan of cheering for a team that has a wife beater on the team. I believe in second chances but hearing what he did was horrible. I don't know if I can celebrate his success on the court. They also gave up way too much. The 2033 first round being unprotected is insane.
Honestly – disgusted with the suns doing this. This guy is a clown, and if i said what I really think about him YouTube would probably ban me from commenting. I don’t care about the basketball side of things, although I don’t think it fits that well either, it’s very disappointing that the club we support wants to support a man who beat his girlfriend black and blue. Disgusting human, disgusting move from the suns.
For those not understanding, now our young guys get more mins and can develope, we open up a roster spot, we get bigger and have another weapon and guy to get dunks and hype up the team and the crowd, we also save money. Its a win win as long as bridges stays out of trouble. Not a fan of the person but like the trade.
The things he did was 3 -4 years ago if he’s still in the NBA DONT YOU THINK HE PAID HIS DUES the media keeps bringing up what he did cause it’s something for you to talk about
I honestly didn't even wanna watch this cuz I already knew what Ben was gonna repeat over and over….
"As a father and a husband…." We get it bro, you don't like him. This is about basketball and as a player this is a great pickup. Suns are gonna be some dawgs. Not to mention the cap relief next year if they choose to let him walk. Get rid of Grayson (who couldn't stay healthy) and Royce who became useless.
The reality is most NBA players are shitty human beings we pay tens of millions to play a game, so if you're judging everyone off character then you may as well abolish the league entirely and find another profession
Win trade for me
Long Time Avid Hornets fan, Ur take on this is so hilariously true😂😅 GL Suns,
My feeling on bridges is " Dont let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya "
Hornets will be terrible next year. Not sure what they think they have with that young talent. It ain’t the Spurs.
Dean Wade is trash
Grayson, when available, was amazing but since he got paid , he's been out with lower body issues
O Neal , to inconsistent
You get a one yr flyer , yeah the unprotected first hurts but the upside is worth it
Need to stop trading draft picks
We got better I love it ! Plus opened up a roster spot, I haven’t seen bridges found guilty of anything, you don’t want book you don’t want green you don’t want Dunn you didn’t want Williams , you don’t want nobody , you hate the 2 dollar menu, you hate the valley suns name, you hate everything , you like Mikey from those life cereal commercials lol
5:45 good point on the hard nose identity, but the fit is amazing on offense lol. the missing piece offensively was a lob threat and defensively was rebounding. And with the 2 sg backcourt, Oso coming off the bench, and Brooks best used at the 3, you needed playmaking at the 4.
Suns must have a lot of confidence in their coaching staff in fixing bad habits and shutting out distractions/keeping players focused.
Otherwise the suns solutions were always in house with their young guys, they just don’t have the time or flexibility to do anything else.
I forgot he went 2 Michigan st
When was the last time Michigan st won anything
I wish r owner went 2 Kentucky Duke or ucla a real blue blood Michigan st is not a blue blood
I am shocked izzo ain't r coach
I will fly to PHX for opening night to boo this man
That's y we suck and will never win 🏆
BRO THE MILES BRIDGES HATE IS CRAZY LOL ..SUNS BEEN TRYING TO GET HIM…RELAX
Expiring contract, opened up 1st rounders, PLUS.. if any of you actually watch/know ball, we had a worse net rating when both Allen/Oneal are on the floor, or even when one of them was on the floor. We just got better, enough said.
"Dean Wade" btw 😂😂😂 Us Suns fans deserve better coverage, somehow gets worse over time.
4 of the starting 5 need the ball on their hands. Not a good move unless PHX is still gonna make a few more moves
Miles Bridges averaged more points last year per game than Grayson and Royce combined…COMBINED!