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Miles Bridges called out Austin Rivers for his comments about how the Charlotte Hornets surround LaMelo Ball with players with attitude problems, claiming the team should tap into his potential, not deplete it.

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Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges called out Austin Rivers for his recent comments about how the Hornets don't help its young star, LaMelo Ball.

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"Y'all hoopers get on these podcasts and talk like y'all really like that," Bridges wrote on his Snapchat. "Speaking on other teams like y'all know what's going on, and most the people talking the most shit don't play at all. We gone see all that this year on me."

Rivers took part in the recent Ringer podcast, criticizing the Hornets for not constructing a proper roster and surrounding the 22-year-old with players with attitude problems.

Rivers' comments come after the Hornets allowed Bridges to return to the franchise despite missing last season due to legal issues.

"Surround LaMelo around people that can f****** help him tap into his potential, not deplete it," Rivers said in The Ringer podcast. "And I feel like that's what we're getting right now. Troubled youth... What is the standard that's being set there?"

"The whole thing, It's not LaMelo's fault. It's not on him. His job is to be a really talented young player and dominate, which he does every night," Rivers continued.

Rivers also used the Oklahoma City Thunder as the perfect example the Hornets could follow.

"LaMelo just needs help... There are still teams that do it right. I don't see these problems in OKC, that team's pretty young, too. That s*** don't fly there," Rivers said.

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