Miles certainly has some growing up to do that’s for sure. No matter how this comes out.
I’m glad he turned himself in. Leaving the scene might have been a good thing at the time, none of us know the circumstances of the situation. It doesn’t look good for sure though.
Most likely though I doubt his career is over - I wouldn’t be surprised to see some sort of discipline from someone though - whether it’s the NBA or the Hornets themselves if the details that are made public warrant it.
I feel like the organization needs to send a message to these guys with this stupid shit going on that enough is enough and it’s time to be a professional. Cliff can help with that but it’s almost like they need a damn life coach or something.
Now over the last 3 months he’s been involved in 3 separate incidents, the mouth guard, the lean, now this - is he stupid or what? Or perhaps starting to believe his own hype.
I fear he’ll end up signing the qualifying offer and in 12 months time, when his various misdemeanours (and worse, potentially) are no longer fresh in people’s minds, we’ll be back at the table bidding against other teams … this time, without the protection of him being restricted.
Miles just funked us all in the @ss. Thanks for nothing kid!
Oh and yeah what he did was horrible and just another brick in his stupid wall - if true. He needs to be in a small market if this is what he gets into during his free time. Looks to me now like we should have NOT passed on Duren to make Detroit happy. He just screwed the entire organization. Instead of fighting this, he needs to pay the woman off and NEVER come into contact with her again.
We need to pull the offer and add a ton of disincentives to protect ourselves from future idiocy.
If you truly care for Miles like the organization says they do then they aren’t just going to cut him loose. It’s obvious he needs some guidance, and if these guys stuck by Malik and his troubles I expect they’ll do the same with Miles.
I disagree, you can care for someone and not continue the relationship without change. The organization can offer him help and guidance and at the same time say we will not pay you millions of dollars to play basketball.
To me, the drug tweet was more than enough to not pay him. He is clearly not focused on his profession. At best, I would offer him unpaid leave and paid therapy from the organization. No way I offer him a guaranteed contract. None.
It’s the totality of the the summer. I am not committing to him financially in a basketball sense.
I am not saying anything about guilt or innocence. I am confident in saying he is not mature enough to handle the responsibility of a 4 or 5 year 90+ million dollar contract that (as an organization) I can’t get out of easily.
I am speaking purely on a business/basketball sense. Not on a personal morality sense of miles. I know nothing about him personally outside of what he willingly shares to the public.
But initial reaction: fuck you miles. You don’t hit women. Take your fake leadership somewhere else.
Aside from the woman that is the victim of a 6’7 coward, for this to happen a 24 hours before the biggest day of his life…the immaturity is staggering.
I don’t want him anywhere near Lamelo moving forward. That’s not the influence I want for a “leader” to surround Lamelo.
This entire off season is a clown show just like this organization. Fuck you miles.