Free-agent forward Miles Bridges received a 30-game suspension without pay from the NBA on Friday stemming from his arrest and consequent court case, following a domestic violence incident with the mother of his children in June 2022.
The league announced Bridges, who was sentenced to three years probation in November after entering a no-contest plea to a felony domestic violence charge, will miss the first 10 games of the 2023–24 season because he satisfied the first 20 games of the suspension by sitting the entire ’22–23 season. The NBA also noted that, in addition to its own investigation into Bridges’s conduct, the decision on discipline is “based on all facts and circumstances of this matter, and considers the conduct and its result, as well as the outcome of the criminal matter, among other factors.”
“The NBA conducted its own investigation into this matter, reviewing all available materials and interviewing numerous third-party witnesses, as well as the parties involved. The NBA also consulted with a group of domestic violence experts who provide the league with guidance in such cases,” the statement read in part.
