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Almost too emotional to create an appreciation post for Kyle. Too many memories to try organize in my head.
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My custom Lowry Hornets jersey hasnât even arrived in the mail yetâŚIâll have to retire it next to my Tony Parker hornets jersey, and CDR bobcats jersey.
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Locker room after the game. Miller looks stoked. Cliff looks like 10 years were just added to his life.
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Cliff is probably feeling like shit, I can do some real coaching again with NBA players and vets. Lol
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It will be interesting if the more he installs his system with the new guys, we see them settle into confusion. They admittedly didnât have any complexity to tonightâs gameplan to simplify it for the 5 new joiners.
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Maybe, but Cliff doesnât strike me as an especially complex strategist. One comment that DB (I think) made was that it made things a lot easier having several guys come in at once as opposed to just being one or two because more time is taken to make sure the new guys fit in. Iâm just guessing, but Iâd imagine they focus on guys playing the right way and finding their spots and trying to bring at least some of the young guys along for the ride with a veteran team that is more stable and can play as a system.
I think the biggest fear is that we get figured out quickly and then we try to be too cute in how we play. But I donât suspect that from Cliff.
Grant Williams and I agree:
https://x.com/Meloleague/status/1756519495449919969?s=20
âYeah, thatâs whatâs gonna take for this team. Theyâre gonna have to be at level of trust and belief in guys. We have guys who are capable of making plays, but fortunately enough, you have when Lamelo comes back, youâre gonna have a little bit of possession where you have to trust and create an isolation. But when throughout the course of the game, thatâs not how you have to play. You have to move the ball, you have to be able to trust one another. Even if that guy hasnât made two threes in a row, and you donât think heâs gonna make the four, you still have to give it to him. Because not only is it instill confidence in that person shooting the basketball, but it makes a level of camaraderie within the team that shows that you trust one another, and thatâs how offenses really have success. Itâs the belief that everybody here is really capable and able and can encourage others to be great at what they do.â
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This was a moral victory and actual victory we desparately needed. But letâs be real, we need to lose lose lose the rest if the season. Anything else would be a waste of a waste of a season if that makes sense. This is operation get a high pick at this point. I am afraid in typical steve clifford fasion we will do what we did last season and not get lucky this time and end up with the 9th pick from the dumpster fire of a season we have had this year which would be unacceptable.
We desperately need another top 5 pick in this draft even if it is a weak one.
I think we will lose a lot of games but I am just saying I will be pissed if we somehow go .500 the rest of the way like we did last season. I doubt that is possible with Nick Richards as our center but getting Lamelo back with competence off the bench could make a big difference.
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Itâs tricky now for sure, especially with Mark Williams possibly done for the season. (or needing to be) I donât think we have to worry too much about ruining our draft position, but given what people keep saying about this yearâs draft, Iâm ready for the bizarro next 10 weeks where Vasa blows everyoneâs minds and we end up going on a playoff run.
The most important thing for us the rest of the season is to establish good habits and start shaping a winning basketball culture. If we do that, Iâm not overly concerned about dropping a couple of spots. There are some nice looking guards in the second half of the lottery.
I definitely hear you though: nowâs not the time to make a half-hearted run.
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Donât think a Top 5 pick matters much in this draft, based on what everyone has been saying. Itâs more important to see how everyone integrates and give Cliff a real evaluation to see if he deserves one last run with a competent NBA roster.
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A top 5 pick would be a lot better than a 9th or 10th pick no doubt regardless of draft
Do we get anything out of buying out Lowry?
So, theyâre blaming the Hornets too. No accountability from Bouknight, and a swift passing of the blame bucket by those close to him too. Hardly surprising. Take fâing responsibility and own your mistakes, or be doomed to repeat them.
Totally agree. Itâs time to develop winning habits. Remember the Suns in the bubble? They developed winning habits there then in the offseason added a vet in Chris Paul and took off.
Iâd like the same scenario- be frisky the rest of this season then use cap space and draft picks to add missing pieces to then have us rocking in the Hive next season.
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Nope. Iâve seen enough. New coach please. If you want to move him towards the FO, fine. Or if accepts assistant position to stay with org, fine. But no more head coach cliff
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I love that grant notices that melo needs a ton of work in how he plays the game.
You have to know that other players in the league notice these things too.
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Well the good news is that this draft doesnât carry the weight that others do. It lacks top heavy talent. It could be the worst draft of two decades
What would be great, in my opinion at least, would be for Cliff to do a good enough job for the rest of the season such that Schnotkin/new GM donât feel forced to find another HC. If thereâs one they really want, go for him, but if there isnât, a viable fallback option of Cliff would be great to have. He has work to do to make himself considered viable, but at least now he has a semblance of an NBA roster to do it with.
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Iâd like to keep Cliff around in some sort of role on staff. Obviously not the coach.