Miles Bridges is an athletic 6-foot-7 forward for the Charlotte Hornets, drafted 12th overall in 2018 out of Michigan State. A high-flying scorer and rebounder who won the 2020 Rising Stars MVP, he has developed into the Hornets' primary frontcourt scorer — averaging around 20 points a game — on a multi-year contract.
Model lines Bridges at 17.2 pts (range 14.5–19.9) vs a 17 line — a lean to clear it (53%).
Model favors Brooklyn Nets (55%), projected 112–113, ~225 total at 96.8 pace.
An explosive, high-flying forward — athletic scoring and rebounding for the Hornets.
Big Ten Freshman of the Year at Michigan State, Bridges was drafted 12th in 2018 and traded to Charlotte.
He won the 2020 Rising Stars MVP as a high-flying athlete.
He became Charlotte's primary frontcourt scorer, averaging around 20 a game.
A career-high 46-point game showed his scoring ceiling.
An explosive, high-flying forward — athletic scoring and rebounding for the Hornets.
Miles Bridges was born in Flint, Michigan into a basketball family and was Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a consensus second-team All-American at Michigan State before the Clippers drafted him 12th in 2018 and traded him to Charlotte on draft night.
An explosive, high-flying combo forward, he won the 2020 Rising Stars MVP and developed into the Hornets' primary frontcourt scorer — averaging around 20 points a game with strong rebounding — and signed a three-year, roughly $75 million contract, including a career-high 46-point game.
Sources: Wikipedia, NBA.com, Basketball-Reference, ESPN.
Bridges hails from Flint, Michigan, the son of a two-time state-champion father, and produces rap music under the name 'RTB MB' off the court. In 2022 he was involved in a domestic-violence legal matter, pleading no contest to a felony charge and receiving probation, and served a 30-game NBA suspension in 2023 following the league's investigation — documented events reported here factually and without further detail.
His on-court identity is athletic, explosive scoring — a combo forward who finishes at the rim, dunks in transition, rebounds well for his size, and has expanded his shot creation, all reflected in a ~20-point scoring average. His three-point efficiency fluctuates, but his athleticism and rebounding give Charlotte a productive frontcourt scorer.
An explosive, athletic scoring forward — rim finishing, transition dunks, and rebounding.
Athletic frontcourt scoring
Bridges's value is explosive, athletic scoring — a combo forward who finishes at the rim, dunks in transition, rebounds well for his size, and has expanded his shot creation to a ~20-point average, capped by a 46-point game. That athletic scoring and rebounding make him Charlotte's primary frontcourt option.
Efficiency the variable
The variable is three-point efficiency, which has fluctuated (career around 34%) and dips with higher usage. But his athleticism, rebounding, and scoring give him a stable, productive role on a multi-year contract; improving his outside consistency would raise his ceiling as a two-way frontcourt scorer for the Hornets.
Per game
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77 | 31.0 | 17.1 | 5.8 | 3.2 | .460 | .333 |
Source: Basketball-Reference.
Where he sits in history
Hardware
An athletic, explosive frontcourt scorer — a primary scoring option for the Hornets.
Bridges is a core, high-usage scorer on a multi-year deal — an explosive forward who finishes, dunks, rebounds, and scores around 20 a game. His ceiling depends on improved outside-shooting consistency and durability; his athleticism and rebounding give him a stable, productive role.
Contract
An explosive, athletic frontcourt scorer and rebounder — Charlotte's primary frontcourt scoring option, with outside-shooting consistency the key to a higher ceiling.
Explosive, athletic scoring and rebounding — a high-flying combo forward and 2020 Rising Stars MVP who is Charlotte's primary frontcourt scorer at around 20 points a game.
Michigan State, where he was Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a consensus second-team All-American.
The Clippers drafted him 12th in 2018 and traded him to Charlotte on draft night.