My 9yo requested we leave the game after Pei Pei and I had no reason not to honor that lol
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Rozier was fixing games in Charlotte and rigging his own stats? Looking back on his performances I am not surprised. Could result in lifetime ban
Stumbled on this when I was trying to get a better understanding of our future draft capital. This had all slipped by me - I guess id lost track in last years flurry of deadline dealings. Didnāt realize that the price for the Kai trade was still hanging around and how consequential it is to have that pick. Also I can totally understand that starting the season w/o our starting center - those plans became obvious & clear early that we werenāt banging drums this year. And I get that itās not something anyone from the org could come out & say for obvious reasons.
Im not mad - but it does feel like every other year - maybe even worse because everyone was supposed to be back and ready. And id expected us to be winning this season.
Iāll give Peterson the benefit of the doubt here - as landing any top 4-5 is huge - and will make a marked difference having whatever that piece is. 2025 is a very top heavy class that maybe minus Wemby could be even better than 2023. Im not even mad if we are less active this deadline - as long as they have a path moving forward & that plan starts kicking in this summer. Certain pieces I am still nervous weād move (NSJ) impulsively. So hope we stand pat more or less.
The biggest things for me are finding a way to be more transparent with the fanbase moving forward on the injuries - itās beyond time. I donāt think they get how beat down we are being left in the dark. Treat it as a common courtesy to those who invest financially or emotionally. In the same breath I understand they can only say so much right now.
And most importantly - no excuses - its full press next season. Donāt want anymore lottery picks for the foreseeable unless they are picks owed.
The NBA is panicking over ratings, yet doesnāt put the most popular player in the East who is averaging close to 30ppg in the all star game
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God help us
Not to mentionā¦ now we have Terry Rozier sports better and throwing games when he played with us? wtf.
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What a day for the Charlotte Hornets. Man Hornets Lawās official holiday is now January 30th.
- Screwed Melo out of ASG
- Rozier throwing games
- Tre Mann out for the season
Iām sure I could add something else but this is more than enough
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Thereās something almost poetically comical about the head of our new crack crew of medical professionals pulling a Kenny on us in flipping January when we canāt assemble a full third string to play as starters.
Whereās the Tylenol!?
For all the STHers that had their rates increased 25% or more this past offseason, where we all meeting up for a drink come renewal email week?
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Man let me know. Long Islands and 151 shots all around. If you donāt know, you will find out after that. Lol
Itās crazy, literally no Hornet did anything today but exist as usualā¦ and we get 3 depressing ass headlines related to our ongoing misery.
Hey @Eastley, my bad in the other thread thinking we might play ourselves into a 9th or 10th pick. The terribulls were only 5 games ahead of us, Philly sucks, we won 3 in a row, I had that nagging anxiety that a solidifying trade might help us make a run for the play-in game. But boy did the basketball gods order up a helluva curse for this season. Or is it a blessing.
Or are they gonna screw with us and have us win 8 games in a row to end the season with an NSJ and Isiah Wong heater.
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Howdy all, letās move on from Blue Thursday and embrace a new day of Hornets heartbreak!
Thought I would share my latest longform article for CLTure, I assigned mid-season grades for all players, Charles Lee and Jeff Peterson
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This is excellent James. I appreciate it on many levels but the sober view seems empirically accurate despite where it will contrast/conflict with fan perceptions.
Legitimate question, the majority of the grades were above C. The teams performance and record is definitely a D- or below.
Does this indicate a good individual grade for a player that is fairly low on talent or to be more precise, a player that isnāt a real NBA difference marker? IOW, is this a team with a very low amount of starter level NBA talent?
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Excellent question. I donāt know what the FO plans are, but I would guess that the injuries might limit what they do at the deadline. Which could delay, to some level, the progression to be competitive. Hopefully, they still make some moves.
Im fine with getting draft capital and swapping micic with roddy
was the miller 2026/27 thing a typo? or did I miss that heāll miss all of next season?
I think it probably has to do with the fact that our record/performance doesnāt accurately reflect the level of talent we have. Lamelo, Brandon, Miles and Mark all have legitimate NBA starter talent, but that group has still yet to play a significant number of games together due to injuries (IMO, all four have played at at least B level, with Lamelo being the only A). And add to that the injuries to Tre and Grant which have also had a major impact. Itās true that we didnāt exactly set the world on fire in the handful of games when they were together, but we still have to take into account the crippling effect the injuries have had on overall performance and I think most of these grades did that.
Just canceled my FanDuel/Bally/Fabu whatever subscription. Think Iām going to take a sports fan vacation. Maybe do some painting. 
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