Hornets extend qualifying offer to Miles Bridges, who faces suspension
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Warning: The following article contains graphic descriptions of alleged domestic violence.
The Charlotte Hornets announced on Wednesday that they have extended qualifying offers to Miles Bridges, Theo Maledon and PJ Washington, keeping all three off the unrestricted free-agent market.
The move makes each of them restricted free agents and ensures that the Hornets have the right to match qualifying offers from other teams. Bridges missed all of last season following a domestic violence arrest on June 27, 2022, the eve of last summer’s NBA free agency.
Prior to his arrest, Bridges was expected to receive a lucrative offer from the Hornets on the heels of a breakout 2021-22 campaign. Instead, he sat the entire 2022-23 season having never received an offer at the conclusion of his rookie contract. In January, the Hornets denied a report that they were negotiating a new deal with Bridges after violent details of the alleged attack emerged. Six months later, it appears that the Hornets view him as a potential part of their future plans.
Following his arrest, Bridges’ wife Mychelle Johnson posted graphic images on social media of injuries she says she sustained in an attack. She wrote that she was left with “a fracture[d] nose, wrist, torn eardrum, torn muscles in my neck from being choked until I went to sleep and a severe concussion.” The post included a medical report stating that Johnson was the “adult victim of physical abuse by a male partner.”
“I’ve allowed someone to destroy my home, abuse me in every way possible and traumatize our kids for life,” Johnson wrote. “I have nothing to prove to the world, but I won’t allow anyone who could do something so horrible to have no remorse and paint a picture of something I’m not. I won’t allow the people around him to continue to silence me and continue to lie to protect this person.”
The post has since been deleted.
Bridges was…
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