Miles Bridges was sanctioned with 82 games in the NBA and three years of probation for assaulting the mother of his children in front of the minors
“This year I’ve made it a priority to go to therapy and become the best person I can be, someone my family and everyone here can be proud of,” the forward confessed.
Hornets forward, Miles Bridges, who was sanctioned with 82 games in the NBA and three years of probation for assaulting the mother of his childrenhas appeared for the first time in public since this terrible event occurred.
The forward broke the silence after the Hornets have offered him a contract $7.9 million to rejoin the team. Hornets general manager mitch kupchaksaid that the decision to give him another chance was first endorsed by Michael Jordan, Gabe Plotkin and Rick Shnall, club owners.
kupchak justified the forward reintegration of the Hornets saying their decision was based on independent investigations of the NBA and the Los Angeles Police Department, as well as the personal relationship he has had with Bridges for more than four years.
In the appearance, the 25-year-old player said the following: “I want to apologize for the pain and embarrassment I caused everyone, especially my family.” “This year I have made it a priority to go to therapy and become the best person I can be, someone my family and everyone here can be proud of.“, confessed the forward.
Bridges is aware that this decision is not going to be well received by many fans in the city of Charlotte but has promised that he wants to become more active in the community from the city of the North Carolina team and wanted to add that “Not many people have it, and I want to use this second chance to show everyone that I’m the same guy you drafted five years ago.”.