APRIL 14: Bridges officially announced on Thursday night that he’ll return to Michigan State for at least one more year, as Larry Lage of The Associated Press details. While Bridges’ mother made it clear she’d go pro if she were in his shoes, the young forward said he has some “unfinished business” at MSU.
APRIL 12: Michigan State forward Miles Bridges is leaning strongly toward returning to school for his sophomore year, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical (Twitter links). According to Wojnarowski, Bridges has cancelled meetings with agents, but is expected to meet with MSU head coach Tom Izzo before finalizing his decision.
If Bridges does elect to return to Michigan State for at least one more year, it would shake up the 2017 NBA draft lottery a little. ESPN’s Chad Ford ranks Bridges 10th on his big board, while the 6’6″ forward comes in at No. 11 on the DraftExpress board.
Ford recently wrote that Bridges can “be a bit wild on the court,” but suggested that the 19-year-old might be one of the more underrated prospects near the top of draft boards. As Ford notes, Bridges did a little bit of everything for Michigan State in his freshman season, averaging 16.9 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 1.5 BPG, and 2.0 3PT.
If Bridges doesn’t enter this year’s draft, he would likely be penciled in as at least a top-10 prospect on 2018 big boards. Next year’s draft class has some major talent at the very top, but isn’t considered to be as deep as the 2017 class.
He would be dumb to go back, just go in the draft and get your money bruh. Develop your game in the summer league
makes no sense to go back, you’re a lottery pick don’t over think this
You guys are both right. He’s a lottery pick now. I don’t see him improving on that by going back to school and playing one more year.
Why dude ? The next 3 years of your rookie contract would be like 3 years of staying at college.
Difference is he gets paid in the nba