Miles Emmanuel Bridges Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association who is also an occasional rapper. He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans.
Miles Bridges: Suspended| Mouthpiece| Mouthguard
Suspended:
During the Hornets’ 132-103 loss against the host Atlanta Hawks in Eastern Conference play-in game, Bridges was ejected with 6:39 remaining in the fourth quarter after receiving two technical fouls.
As he made his way to the locker room, a nearby fan was loudly taunting him. Bridges flung his mouthpiece toward the fan, but it wound up hitting a girl two seats over. The girl told the Charlotte Observer she is 16 years old, though she declined to give her name.
Bridges was contrite when addressing the media later, and posted out a video of the incident from his own account asking to get in contact with the girl.
Mouthpiece:
With Atlanta up big in the second half and Charlotte’s season winding to its end, Bridges was whistled for a goaltending call on De’Andre Hunter midway through the fourth quarter and immediately went after game official James Williams, who called two quick technicals on the fourth-year player.
As Bridges left the court and headed to the Charlotte locker room, a Hawks fan yelled in his direction, leading him to turn around and throw his mouthpiece, which hit another fan who was standing nearby around her shoulder. The girl he hit is 16, she told the Charlotte Observer.
Mouthguard:
After being ejected midway through the fourth quarter after going after game official James Williams, Bridges left the court. A Hawks fan taunted him as he walked towards the tunnel that leads to the dressing room.
Bridges threw his mouth guard in frustration at the fan but missed. The mouth guard hit a female fan instead. The Charlotte Observer reported that the female is 16 years old.
“I was aiming for the guy that was screaming at me and it hit a little girl,” Bridges said. “So that’s definitely unacceptable on my part and I take full responsibility. … That’s out of character for me. You’ve been around me; I don’t act like that or ever flash out like that. So that was definitely wrong, a lot of emotions and hopefully I can get in contact with the young girl and sincerely apologize to her and do something nice for her, but that’s definitely on me.”
