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The Phoenix Suns are making a major offseason move by trading Grayson Allen and Royce O'Neale to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for power forward Miles Bridges.
News of the deal, which includes an exchange of draft picks, broke on June 28 and caused an immediate stir among NBA analysts and Suns fans.
The 6-7, 225-pound Bridges averaged 17.1 points and 5.8 rebounds a game last season for Charlotte. His season-high was 35 on Nov. 29, in a win over Toronto. For his career, Bridges has averaged 15.9 points and 6.1 rebounds a game.
But Bridges, 28, brings controversy. He was involved in a domestic violence incident in 2022 with the mother of his children, for which the NBA imposed a 30-game suspension without pay in April 2023. He was initially charged with three felonies related to the incident. He pleaded no contest to a felony charge of injuring a child's parent and was sentenced to three years of probation and no jail time. The other two felony charges were dropped.
The incident sparked a sharply divided reaction among Suns fans on social media, with many saying the Suns made a mistake by acquiring Bridges, given his past, while others noted his apology and suggested he has proved he deserved another chance in the league.
So what do you think? Let us know by responding to our informal survey below about the Bridges trade. The survey will remain open until Friday, July 3, at noon. The results will be reported on azcentral.com.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Tell us what you think about Phoenix Suns trade for Miles Bridges
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News of the deal, which includes an exchange of draft picks, broke on June 28 and caused an immediate stir among NBA analysts and Suns fans.
The 6-7, 225-pound Bridges averaged 17.1 points and 5.8 rebounds a game last season for Charlotte. His season-high was 35 on Nov. 29, in a win over Toronto. For his career, Bridges has averaged 15.9 points and 6.1 rebounds a game.
But Bridges, 28, brings controversy. He was involved in a domestic violence incident in 2022 with the mother of his children, for which the NBA imposed a 30-game suspension without pay in April 2023. He was initially charged with three felonies related to the incident. He pleaded no contest to a felony charge of injuring a child's parent and was sentenced to three years of probation and no jail time. The other two felony charges were dropped.
The incident sparked a sharply divided reaction among Suns fans on social media, with many saying the Suns made a mistake by acquiring Bridges, given his past, while others noted his apology and suggested he has proved he deserved another chance in the league.
So what do you think? Let us know by responding to our informal survey below about the Bridges trade. The survey will remain open until Friday, July 3, at noon. The results will be reported on azcentral.com.
Republic survey. What do you think about Suns trading for Miles Bridges?
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Tell us what you think about Phoenix Suns trade for Miles Bridges
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