Game 17: ORL at CHA

[Eastley]

Game 17: ORL at CHA

The “no-one above 6’9” is allowed in purple and teal" game.

[system]

Originally sent in Game 17: ORL at CHA

powellrmp

Well, once again I have a lot of money invested in this hornets game. I have an entire $1 on Salaun scoring more than 15 points and hitting more than 3 threes

would be devastating to lose that $1. Salaun would definitely be a wasted draft pick if this doesn’t work out for me tonight

ray

Dude how will you feed the kids if you lose that's a ton of money

powellrmp

my onlyfans probably

On my onlyfans I tend to exploit sad charlotte hornets fans. I read fake new articles about the hornets roster being fully healthy and winning games. It’s some pretty hot and heavy dirty talk. Especially when I talk about “big men” who are able to play the pick and roll

ray

Wait so we r not fully healthy and winning games

tnhornetsfan

Mark and Nick are there tonight. So, they didn't break a leg or burst into flames when they stepped on the court today in Greensboro

spectre

Doubling early

powellrmp

I think that’s a mark Williams body double

spectre

Is Mann still out?

powellrmp

I think mark Williams parishes a long time ago and the organization is covering up something horrible

I heard it from Joe Rogan when I was smoking dmt to open my third eye

sorry guys, I’ll reign it in. Here we go, basketball!!

ray

Plot twist mark Williams never existed we were all drugged out so to give us a shimmer of hope the hornets made up mark Williams but now they've been dragging it on to long and they can't just let it go

dnbman

Came here to watch the Moussa show.

spectre

Moussa has super powers when it comes to boards

dnbman

Going to be editing posts for the rest of the season.

spectre

Its probably going to evolve to moose lol

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meloFan

I hate how easy they blow the whistle on Melo

spectre

Yeah I didn’t like that one

Who is 25? That the rookie? Yes it is

dnbman

Moose is the truth.

powellrmp

These missed threes are busting my balls

spectre

Considering our roster holding these guys to just 18 ain't bad

Mich_Mercer

Thank goodness we have Ball and Miller.

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powellrmp

Oh yeah thank god.

But I just want some of those open threes to go down because that’s the only way we’ll win. Also want NSJ to make some shots. Breaking my balls NSJ

break my balls.wmv

I really really do not like kj Simpson from everything I’ve seen from him

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spectre

Simpson all nerves rn

powellrmp

I oddly dislike him a ton

i really haven’t seen anything like him that would make me think “yeah that COULD be an nba player maybe”

Please

Fucking cmon

spectre

Yeah they need to get him out

powellrmp

even summer league and preseason I said “yikes”.

spectre

Things i never thought id wish for: cody playing pg and miles back on the floor

Melo is so crafty offensively

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dnbman

Seth also capable of being crafty

spectre

They sure seem to be getting away with being right physical

powellrmp

Damn that was sweet by Seth

great shot by Melo. This has been a sweet team game

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meloFan

If Lamelo is not a lock for AllStar thus far, that shit is rigged

powellrmp

I have this irrational dislike for kj Simpson and I have no idea why. It’s just I haven’t seen anything from him that says “yeah I could see that be an nba player maybe”

spectre

Hes on a 2 way like Moussa…and they’re both making 600k

dnbman

"That'd be the Republic of Georgia." lol

spectre

Thats just crazy lol

powellrmp

oh I’m not complaining about the contract it’s just the talent that I’m not seeing thus far.

He’s a necessary evil

that no one wants lol

spectre

I didn’t know his contract situation. After seeing it I am a little offended for moussa

powellrmp

i will absolutely be ordering a Diabate jersey from my favorite Chinese website

i want to start a “Moussa” chant at a home game

spectre

Oh lord

powellrmp

oh my god

dude

Oh my god

spectre

BMill was up in the air wtf was he supposed to do

powellrmp

i cannot believe this is the basketball world we live in

DemonDeaCat

That’s pretty ridiculous

powellrmp

and typical for us to have to deal with

what a crock of shit

Yeah that was a bad screen

lol

spectre

He should have contorted himself 90 degrees and tilted backward all while in midair. Dumbass crap

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powellrmp

There’s my continued concern about Salaun. What does he offer outside of threes when they’re not hitting

it was a bad screen, again

Both of them lol

DemonDeaCat

We have to lead the league in those, right?

spectre

You could see that 3rd foul a mile away

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meloFan

You Charlotte natives better start sending food and drinks for the refs, they aint nice

powellrmp

Another one of those games that screams “we need mark Williams down low to give us some easy buckets”. This offense looks constipated

Salaun has gotta perk up and make some of these threes. I so desperately want Salaun to develop some offense outside of threes

meloFan

What a bs foul call on miller

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spectre

Josh struggling

What was that?

ray

As a fan who has watched Josh grow up I'm amazed at the shots he takes he used to miss a shot then not shoot again for a month even if he struggles I'm surprised at how his confidence has evolved

powellrmp

Im fan with the tech from green

100% fine

this officiating is bullshit

im so sick of watching the nba sometimes

spectre

I’m a fan of green. Once he figures out his role i think he’ll be great

GoBobcats24

Once again getting jobbed by the refs. Guess it isn't an offensive foul if you bulldoze someone at halfcourt

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powellrmp

especially the flagrant on miller in the first half. I mean what the fuck are we doing?

I’m sorry sick of the officiating . It makes the nba so hard to watch

im looking for coach Lee to step up for his players right now. Which was something I rarely saw from Clifford. And never coach JB

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meloFan

Only thing stopping melo from a triple double is the rest of the team actually scoring

20 TOs is atrocious

ray

Hey Powell I think u lost ur 1$

spectre

21. Whats the récord? We may be threatening

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Mich_Mercer

Well maybe we can beat our turnover record

if we cut those in half, we’d be up 20.

like… how are we winning?

spectre

Because of that lol

Mich_Mercer

Lamelo is also really good. lol

There aren’t many players I’d trade Lamelo for. Wemby might be the only one that comes to mind… am I crazy?

when you factor in age

tnhornetsfan

Is there any other player as important to their team having success as LaMelo?

spectre

…and our network team afraid to do live interviews

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[system]

Originally sent in Game 17: ORL at CHA

tnhornetsfan

Is there any other player as important to their team having success as LaMelo?

Mich_Mercer

We suck agsin.

GoBobcats24

Lamelo has half our points and 6 assists

meloFan

How was that not a foul on Melo

on every other allstar it is an ez whistle

spectre

14-12 this qtr

GoBobcats24

And can't get a foul

powellrmp

Ooooh boy

meloFan

Wtf refs? That is such a cheesy call

powellrmp

melo dude.

spectre

Ah cmon

meloFan

even anthony did not budge

powellrmp

Nah, he can’t even put himself in that position to let the refs call that one

after all these years he has to be aware of that

the refs have been bad, but that’s on Melo

spectre

Think that’s asking a lot for him being such a machine for us offensively and the fact that all others don’t have to. That was easily a no call

tnhornetsfan

That's one of those stupid fouls he has got to stop

spectre

For some reason they zero in on him

powellrmp

eh, there’s zero benefit for Melo to engage in that situation

spectre

Pretty sure he wasn’t intending to lol.

Incidental contact

powellrmp

he’s been called on that shit for years now though. Regardless of not us agreeing on it

spectre

I don’t think that was a frustration foul but maybe I’m wrong

powellrmp

I think it was a little bit of a frustration foul

tnhornetsfan

His reputation for doing that gets to the arena before he does. He has to quit, even though every other player does it

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spectre

That’s very true

Oh goody Simpson back in

powellrmp

CODY

damn I can’t wait for kj Simpson to get off the floor

Man I don’t like Simpson

Please get Simpson off the floor

thank you

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spectre

Not a lot of movement in our O

powellrmp

Game over

Mich_Mercer

should have blown them off the court instead of throwing the ball away 100 times.

spectre

Plenty of time to be calling it over

Hell Melo can still get another 30

Mich_Mercer

ill take it. lol

spectre

Man looking at the box melo and miller have had no help offensively. Curry with 9 and cody next with 4

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Mich_Mercer

We cannot score if they aren’t scoring. That said, everyone is hurt

Eastley

We just can't shoot

spectre

Wow what a save by green

Eastley

My eyes, where's the bleach?

spectre

Kicked ball

Mich_Mercer

I feel like 6 points is 100 this game.

spoke too soon… Lamelo with the and 1

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Eastley

We haven't gotten the other 3 yet

spectre

Spread the floor and let Melo drive

Eastley

Brandon has to stop throwing the ball away

powellrmp

Would happen to be wrong but I doubt it

Like, it’s a miracle that we’re in this game remotely

dnbman

Had to stop watching after the 1st. Back now. How things looking?

spectre

Such a winnable game but not with just 1 1/2 contributing

Eastley

If we could shoot or hold onto the ball, we'd be up 30pts.

dnbman

Hopefully as we're celebrating making the playoffs, we'll all laugh about how the Wagner brothers beat us.

meloFan

3 players with more than 5 pts

Miller Melo 59 Pts 11 Assists of 80pts

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Eastley

Free chuck filet

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meloFan

Simpson All Zeros with 2 TOs, just fantastic

Simpson minutes deciding the game

dnbman

That is a rough 8 minutes.

Mich_Mercer

Do peeps in Wilmington get free chic-fil-a too? lol

Eastley

They going to overturn the tech and give Melo a flagrant?

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meloFan

I like Kemba’s (assumed) influence on Melo thus far this season

Eastley

On not getting calls? For sure

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Mich_Mercer

I still can hear the sound Kemba would make when he’d get hit. lol

Eastley

Yeah, true, once he learned to really sell it

Got to say, I am not impressed by Franz

Mich_Mercer

Martin always hit the rim on that one… like only a few more feet and he would have.

Eastley

14 assists, 26 turnovers. Wow

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Mich_Mercer

its going to be so tough getting wins with no Miles or Mann right now.

[powellrmp]

As exciting as Lamelo is right now (and I definitely don’t take that for granted, trust me) I’m starting to get a a little tuned out until we have centers back into the rotation.

Given the ongoing injury curse, I’m absolutely slipping back into the “I don’t care” mindset. “The team is better than this, yada yada yada”. I know. I get it. I just don’t really care until we have actual centers. This is just absurd, low quality basketball. It’s a fucking miracle that we are in some of these games until the bottom predictably drops out.

Injuries. Here we are again.

[ray]

Tidjane salaun did not have fifteen points how will @powellrmp feed the kids

[Icky_Thump]

Salaun failed his first big test…

[DemonDeaCat]

I thought Seth might’ve gotten a few more minutes tonight, especially in the 2nd half when we were struggling to score. He had knocked down some shots early and looked like he might’ve had it going. Would’ve rather seen him on the floor for those 8 minutes instead of KJ. On a night when we only got 20 total points outside of Lamelo and Brandon, and 9 of those were from Seth, I think you have to go with him over KJ or Nick.