Back to the Charlotte Hornets Newsfeed

Adam Silver defends Miles Bridges' de facto 10-game suspension, says NBA had agreement for him to not play in 2022-23

Related Topics: Adam Silver

Warning: The following article contains graphic allegations of domestic violence.

Officially, Miles Bridges was suspended 30 games earlier this month after pleading no contest to a felony domestic violence charge.

Effectively, though, Bridges was only suspended 10 games, because while the NBA officially called it a 30-game suspension (and nearly every media outlet reported it as a 30-game suspension), he will only have to miss 10 games if he signs a contract with a team.

The league explained the unusually presented discipline by noting Bridges had missed the entire 2022-23 season after getting arrested the night before NBA free agency was slated to begin and apparently not finding any team to take him in for the rest of the season:

Following his arrest and plea, Mr.