The Los Angeles Clippers are among the teams that have Charlotte Hornets free agent Miles Bridges on their radar, per Broderick Turner of the LA Times.
Bridges is an unrestricted free agent.
Los Angeles is losing star forward Paul George to the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency and is aiming to try to plug that hole. Bridges is undoubtedly among the more dynamic free agents left on the market, though he comes with some baggage.
Interestingly, the Clippers recently agreed to a two-year deal with guard Kevin Porter Jr., who also has a history of recent domestic issues.
“It would probably take a sign-and-trade deal in which the Clippers to send a draft pick to Charlotte for Bridges, who averaged 21 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists while shooting 46.2% from the field last season for the Hornets,” Turner wrote. “Names that have come up for a possible deal are Norman Powell, who makes $19.2 million, and Terance Mann, who makes $11.5 million.”
He averaged 21.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 0.9 steals in 69 games, shooting 462% from the floor and 34.9% on 3-pointers. He made $7.9 million after re-signing with Charlotte last summer.
The 12th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, Bridges carries career averages of 14.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
Bridges, 26, was suspended for the first 10 games of this past season after an investigation into a domestic violence incident — which caused him to miss all of 2022-23. There had been some separate allegations after that, resulting in Bridges turning himself into police.
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