The start of the season was a bit of a surprise to fans, with the Lakers, Nets and Bucks having poor records and being cut down by weak teams. There's one team that's now 4-1, second in the East, and one of them has won the Nets by 16 points, and guess which team it is? It is estimated that 90% of people can't guess that they are charlotte hornets.
This team is the Charlotte Hornets! The team's outstanding record is inseparable from the performance of every player, the most prominent of which is Miles Bridges, which is what fans call the bridge. In five games so far in the season, Bridges has scored a total of 131 points, second only to Kemba Walker (155 points) in the past five seasons in The Hornets' history.
Bridges scored just 13 points in his debut this season, and in the next four games, he had 30 points, 7 rebounds, 32 points and 9 rebounds, 25 points, 10 rebounds and 31 points and 6 rebounds. In these four games, he averaged 29.5 points and 8 boards per game, can shoot 3.5 three-pointers, and shoot 53% from the field, which is already the data of the league's top forwards.
Even counting the first game, he still averaged 26.2 points, 8 boards, 1.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game this season, shooting 52.7% from the field, 39.5% from three-point range and 90.9% from the free throw line. Bridges is still on a rookie contract ($15.72 million for four years) that expires in the summer of 2022 and is only $3.93 million in salary this season.
This offseason, the Hornets and Bridges discussed contract extensions, but the two sides could not reach an agreement. Perkins wrote: "Bridges turned down a $60 million contract extension, and if he can stay healthy and play like this, this guy can easily get $100 million!" He's making progress, and I'm bullish on this young man. ”
Although Boss Joe is ranked last among NBA bosses, he is not a stingy person. In the summer of 2020, the Hornets gave Hayward a four-year, $120 million contract, and this summer extended Rozier early for four years and $97 million, and signed Oubre for two years, $25 million. The Hornets' all-team salary is only $100 million, ranking 28th in the league.
It may be easy to get confused, but the Sun also has a Bridges, which is called Mikal Bridges, which fans call the Bridge; the Hornets is called Miles Bridges, which is the Little Bridge. This offseason, suns and bridge signed a four-year, $90 million contract extension.
Both the bridge and the small bridge are rookies of the class of 2018, and the height is also 1 meter 98, the bridge is the 10th pick in the first round, and the small bridge is the 12th pick in the first round. Many people will think of the Morris brothers, so are the bridges and bridges brothers? No, it's okay with these two people. The small bridge bounces well, likes to stage various dunks, and the bridge is more accurate in three points.
Kobashi is younger, born in 1998 and 2 years younger than Ohashi. In the 2020-21 season, Kobashi played in 66 games for the Hornets, averaging 12.7 points, 6 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.7 steals per game, shooting 50.3% from the field and 40% from three-point range. He has only scored 30+ twice in those 66 games, and has already made 3 30+ in 5 games this season.
If at the end of the season, Kobashi can still maintain the level of 20+ per game, even if the Hornets do not give, there are big contracts waiting for him, what do you think?