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Hornets’ Miles Bridges denied entry to Canada, league source confirms

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was denied access to Canada ahead of Monday night’s game against the Toronto Raptors, WCNC Charlotte’s Nick Carboni confirmed. 

The incident was first reported by WFNZ’s Kyle Bailey. Bridges’ denial appears to be related to his arrest for domestic violence. Any person with a felony conviction on their criminal record may be deemed “criminally inadmissible to Canada,” according to the country’s government. 

The Hornets are currently working on getting Bridges cleared for Monday’s game against the Raptors. Bridges made his NBA return in November, playing his first game in over 580 days.

He missed all of the 2022-23 season and the first 10 games of this season for his June 2022 arrest for felony domestic violence. He was arrested again in Lincoln County for violating a protection order and child abuse. He was released on a $1,000 bond at the time. 

Bridges received a warm welcome from the Spectrum Center crowd when we was subbed in about five minutes into tonight’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Congrats to the Warriors and Thank You to Lebron James

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The season is over, and the team with the most wins during the year was crowned the champion of basketball, the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors led by this year’s MVP, Steph Curry, beat Lebron and the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2.

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Congrats to the Warriors, but a big Thank You to Lebron James.

Lebron has now played in 5 straight finals. Losing 3 and winning 2, and for his career he is 2-4 in NBA Finals.

But the moxy and ability of the games current greatest player, made this a series. It made the NBA interesting. Lebron has made the NBA interesting since the Lakers won it all in 2010. Leaving his home, and returning to give his home an oh so close of a title, will be remember as not getting it done, but Lebron has proven he is the best player since Jordan. Yes, over Kobe and Shaq and Duncan, and he did so as the first superstar to have to face a daily on slot of people yelling at him on social media. The first player who had to hear idiot journalists like myself saying things like, He will never be Jordan and even worse.

Lebron didn’t turn into Tracy McGrady and fall asleep during his turn in the weight room, he didn’t agree with the haters and cynics. He just played basketball the right way, his way, and he kept a team with a D League cast around him, in this series when they should have gone home in 4.

Thank you Lebron for being something to watch in this modern NBA.

I had to stop my own personal hating on you when I heard the great Larry Bird say it himself, “People better enjoy this kid while he is here.”

Bird is right, and although only armed with 2 rings, the current King of Basketball isn’t the reigning MVP, it is to the other kid born in Akron, Lebron James.

So thank you Lebron for giving us somebody to hate or love, and you not being bothered by it either way as you play the game the right way. Passing to the open man, rebounding, and playing team basketball. Your quote from after the loss last night that stuck with me?

“We had 14 assists and I had 9 of them,” James said. “I don’t enjoy that. That’s not winning basketball.”

Lebron you gave us the best Finals from one player EVER, and your team still came up short.

You, however, didn’t.

Thank you Lebron James!

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Written by @CatfishHughes

NBA PLAYERS WANT MARIJUANA REMOVED FROM BANNED LIST

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From Wicked Jump Shot

Marijuana is probably more controversial than ever with more states legalizing it for medical purposes and some states outright legalizing it for recreational purposes as well.

The subject of marijuana comes up frequently in sports leagues, especially in the NBA and NFL. The NFL has strict rules against using it and getting caught with it puts players in a program that could eventually end up in total suspension.

Use of marijuana has been common in the NBA as well for decades, though there’s nothing to prove that it’s any more or less common than the regular public, according to a story from TMZ.

Like the NFL, the NBA has maintained its position on marijuana, that it is a banned substance and multiple infractions result in suspension. However obvious it might be, a lot of NBA players don’t agree with this.

TMZ talked to at least 10 of those players and they said they want the league to remove it from the banned category as long as the player has a prescription. Remember that quite a few states allow the sale of marijuana for medical conditions.

TMZ said they spoke to active NBA players who naturally wanted to remain anonymous. They essentially said they didn’t understand how the league could keep guys with prescriptions from using their medicine. They called for the NBA to get with the times and remove it from the banned substance list.

The NBA would be a good start for such a policy, as it is generally more progressive than the MLB and NFL. The fact is, marijuana is not what you think of when talking about performance enhancing drugs and it is used quite effectively for pain, something that NBA players and especially NFL players deal with by the truckloads. After all, what’s better here, a natural substance or high dosage pain killers that have already been linked to heart issues at least on the football side of things and addiction?

The important thing to look at here is players that have prescriptions, presumably for pain. It shouldn’t necessarily be approved for just recreational use. They should continue to have a no-tolerance policy for those who abuse marijuana, just as they do for alcohol. But it doesn’t make sense for the leagues to be fine with players drinking on their days off and then suspending them for using marijuana.

LOVE PICKS WESTBROOK OVER LEBRON FOR MVP

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Lebron James might not have received teammate Kevin Love’s endorsement for MVP this season when the All-Star forward was asked to choose between James and former UCLA teammate Russell Westbrook, but he won’t try to change Love’s mind.

“I don’t really think too much of it, really,” James said after Cleveland Cavaliers practice on Tuesday. “I don’t really get involved in that. I think the voters are going to decide who is the MVP. I think what Russ has been doing, his numbers have been pretty crazy keeping those guys afloat in the West in his play. Steph Curry can make a case, for sure, what he’s been doing — James Harden and myself, as well. So, Kevin has his own opinion of who he believes is the MVP. No one should fault him for that.”

Love was a guest on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Monday and was put on the spot to pick either Oklahoma City’s do-everything guard or Cleveland’s captain for the NBA’s most prestigious individual award.

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