Miles Bridges ☆

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• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host analysis: Bridges and Jalen Green are players on the margins who can raise the Suns' floor. Only Booker can raise the ceiling.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Analysis · Oct 16

  Roster context: the Suns acquired Miles Bridges, Jalen Green and Luke Kennard this offseason. The host considers these moves marginal.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host describes Royce O'Neal and 'Grace Nowen' (unidentified; transcription unclear) as taken out of the roster, saying both are past their best days. Miles Bridges came in at the cost of a pick.

• Podcast NBA GM survey (reported), via Locked On Suns · Relayed report · Oct 16

  GM survey (as relayed by the host): Charlotte was third for best offseason with 7% of the vote. The host ties this to Charlotte getting the Suns' unprotected 2033 pick in the Miles Bridges trade.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Opinion · Oct 16

  Host opinion: he has no problem with trading the pick, only with who it went for. He thinks the Suns could have gotten something better.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host analysis on fit: the starting lineup lacks three-point shooting, and he says Bridges does not shoot threes particularly well.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host says the Suns value Bridges as a rim player: pick-and-roll, catching lobs and backdoor cuts. He thinks Bridges will need to do a lot of that to justify the pick.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host analysis: he calls Bridges one of the Suns' best offensive pieces. Unless Bridges becomes their second- or third-best player, he will struggle to live up to the trade compensation.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Analysis · Oct 15

  Host lists the playable wings as Brooks (heard as "Dylan Brooks"; likely Dillon Brooks) and Miles Bridges, and says the third may be Ryan Dunn.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Analysis · Oct 15

  Host says the Suns traded for Miles Bridges because they wanted another player to apply rim pressure. He first misspoke and said Ryan Dunn, then corrected himself.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Analysis · Oct 15

  Host speculates that Dunn might be the one to supply rim pressure when Jalen Green and Miles Bridges are on the bench.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Opinion · Oct 14

  A host says Miles Bridges is not going to rise to another tier, and that Bridges and Jalen Green may become more efficient but will not lift the team on their own.

• Podcast Phoenix Suns (reported), via Locked On Suns · Relayed report · Oct 14

  Garcia says the Suns told him the Bridges addition is meant to take the ball out of Booker's hands a little and ease his scoring pressure.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Opinion · Oct 14

  Garcia believes Brooks (heard as "Dylan Brooks") benefits most from Bridges. In his view Bridges pushes Brooks down the offensive pecking order, to something like Booker, Bridges, Green, and then Brooks.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Opinion · Oct 14

  Garcia doesn't love Brooks (heard as "Brooks") as a ball handler. He thinks Bridges is better suited to initiating the offense.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Report · Oct 14

  An unidentified speaker says resting Bridges and Booker (in what seems to be preseason) gave Brooks (heard as "Dylan Brooks") more chances to shoot. He took a lot of shots and did not shoot them especially well.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Opinion · Oct 14

  Silly thinks Bridges could mentor Ryan Dunn and help him grow offensively. He says Dunn's defense is good enough to keep him on the court if he can create a little offense for himself.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Analysis · Oct 14

  Silly reads the Miles Bridges deal as a sign that Rasheer Fleming (heard as "Rashear") is not ready yet. He calls this his interpretation.

• Podcast unnamed sources (reported), via Locked On Suns · Relayed report · Oct 13

  Garcia says he was told one reason the Suns brought in Miles Bridges is that they want more ball handlers and want the ball out of Devin Booker's hands.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Analysis · Oct 13

  Voida names the first unit as including Miles Bridges, Devin Booker, Jalen Green and Brooks (heard as "Dylan Brooks"; likely Dillon Brooks). He says their combined career three-point percentage is 34.7%, below last year's 36% league average.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Report · Oct 13

  Garcia says Miles Bridges got injured in the second preseason game and played only eight minutes. No details on the injury were given.

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Opinion · Oct 13

  Garcia says Bridges has had good moments but some concerning ones. He hasn't shot well, though Garcia thought he was fine in the opening Pistons game.

• Podcast Locked On Suns host · Opinion · Oct 13

  Voida likes Bridges' aggression: putting the ball on the floor, attacking, and getting putback dunks in the first preseason game. He says Bridges looked like a modern power forward in limited minutes.

• X Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) · Report · Oct 12

  Suns coach Jordan Ott said Miles Bridges' right ankle is recovering well, but wouldn't say Bridges will play in Wednesday's preseason game at San Antonio. Bridges sat out Saturday's home game vs. Spurs after injuring it against the Bulls. #Suns

• Podcast Benjamin Garcia, Locked On Suns · Report · Oct 11

  Miles Bridges (heard as 'Myles Bridges' and 'miles bridge') did not play. The host says he has already tweaked an ankle.

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