The NBA released its All-Rookie teams yesterday. Hornets forward Miles Bridges missed out, getting only one first-team vote and four second-team votes.
Bridges:
I didn’t get snubbed. I played like ass all year. I don’t deserve to be on any team. Next year will be different 🤷🏽♂️
— Miles Bridges (@MilesBridges) May 21, 2019
I love this attitude. Bridges didn’t deserve to make it. It’s silly to for anyone, including him, to pretend otherwise.
He’s obviously being too hard on himself. He had an OK rookie year. It just wasn’t one of the NBA’s 10 best this season.
Players often hold inflated opinions of themselves. That might help them succeed in a high-pressure job, and that’s obviously their priority. To be clear: I’m not criticizing them for adopting an approach that helped them reach this high level. But it leaves them as lousy analysts of their own performance.
Bridges doesn’t have that problem. It’s easy to see how this will drive him to improve.
His humility won’t work for everyone. But it works for him, and it’s a refreshing change of pace.
