Game 30: CHA at WAS

[Eastley]

Game 30: CHA at WAS

[system]

Originally sent in Game 30: CHA at WAS

Eastley

Will it be a game we come out serious following the players only meeting?

Mich_Mercer

Enjoying watching the core together finally… how long before one of them goes down tonight?

spectre

It’s hard to believe Washington has lost so many games

Mich_Mercer

Speaking of Washington, with Grant Williams out, I miss PJ.

Eastley

Is not a game until we foul a 3pt shooter

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Mich_Mercer

Or fouling a 3 point shooter for a 4 point play.

Why is it always so easy for us to do a Lamelo to Miles ally oop first play of the first quarter a lot of games recently… but everything after is so hard?

cltblkhscoach

How fucking pitiful are we man

spectre

48 in 15 minutes lol

tnhornetsfan

This team is not good.

Eastley

NGL, kinda happy with who has 3 personals right now

spectre

with our lack of defense Moussa should be getting Nicks PT

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Eastley

With a healthy Melo and Mark, i can't see playing Micic or Nick. I'd like both of them, plus Miles gone on Jan 15

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ray

I just don't see how Jeffries and micic have gotten minutes but wong hasnt

Eastley

Thank the lord they put in moussa

spectre

Watch Bridges on D. I don’t think it’s bias what I think I’m not seeing out of him

K see that he didn’t even try to challenge poole

Eastley

I honestly think Nick is slightly more lost defensively

spectre

He is but he’s not our 2nd highest paid player

cltblkhscoach

Man…I don't know what to say

Eastley

Maybe we need a fans only meeting

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spectre

Lord this is bad

cltblkhscoach

Give me an only fans meeting with the honeybees. I'll be good then

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Eastley

Uhm, that wasn't where I was leaning

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ray

The only stat we beat them in so far this game is free throw percentage

tnhornetsfan

Has Lee lost this team?

Eastley

No, they are still competing. Just seems to be an execution of the game plan problem to me

DeadlySwarm

Serious changes need to take place and soon. Either that or coach Lee needs to be fired

It appears Lee has lost this team.

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spectre

I dunno about lost. Some guys are trying hard it’s just execution. They seem lost

cltblkhscoach

To use a football analogy,.they need some offensive & defensive coordinators

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spectre

exactly, which points to coaching

cltblkhscoach

I don't know who's specialty is what on the staff, but they suck

Mich_Mercer

Why are we so bad. I really don’t understand it. I guess Grant Williams was just that important?

cltblkhscoach

I think some of these guys that have been here the past couple of years could be on the way out for sure.

Eastley

Say it's Bridges, say it's Bridges

cltblkhscoach

Garbage out, garbage in with his contract sadly

But I will say - not taking Knecht knowing we are so 3 ball focused looks even more ridiculous now

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Mich_Mercer

I still want my Malik back man!

cltblkhscoach

Maybe in the off-season

spectre

I’d be ecstatic with just an expiring

Eastley

For Miles? I'd be happy with a sandwich

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Mich_Mercer

I just want to win a game.

Maybe we can trade can trade our top 3 pick for a very late first and some 2nds.

Chef

Brandon Miller has 7 three points attempts in the first half. I don't get basketball anymore

Mich_Mercer

It’s insane how many 3s guys shoot these days. Bring back 90s, early 2000s basketball.

DeadlySwarm

I watched someone break down coach Lee's coaching and he seemed to know what he was talking about. It may be that coach Lee is not a very good head coach. I am not one to know the ins and outs of strategy in the sport of basketball but his breakdown seemed relevant and it coincided with this teams awful play as of late. Besides of coach Lee hasn't lost this team now he soon will if things don't change. There is no excuse for us losing by blowout once let alone twice to a team like the Wizards when we are mostly back to full health.

Chef

Would this work (other than for historical stats, etc)

Threes are worth 4
Twos are worth 3
Shooting fouls on a miss: 1 foul shot is automatically a point, 2 shots follow
Non-shooting double bonus: same
Non-shooting 1 and 1: first point given

That way the game doesn't bog down with foul shots but it changes the analytics to encourage non threes

spectre

“We need to be more aware off the ball” pretty much nails it

ray

I suggest free throws take college rules because if you see the warriors vs Lakers the free throws took forever

JFoster

If lee does lose the team after only 1 season. Im curious what the hornets would do? You would almost have to trim alot off the roster before firing him because firing a coach after 1 or 2 years is a bad look. And this team cant have anymore

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Chef

1st free throw happens with empty lane while all subs check in. No subs on the second shot?

spectre

They’d shuffle players before getting rid of Lee at least thru the first 2 if not 3 years

Eastley

Hopefully they shuffle out some of the obvious issues regardless

spectre

Ha i was about to say they know what we know but they did give bridges all that money

Eastley

That may have been a calculated risk. It should be a tradeable contract

tnhornetsfan

Going with the starters longer here.

Mich_Mercer

That Richards pass was incredibly bad

meloFan

Nick is so dumb that, he takes it out of the teams IQ let alone add anything

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Mich_Mercer

Richards can’t do anything right.

DeadlySwarm

Personally, this team stinking game after game is worse than worrying about how things appear to people on the outside if we fire coach Lee. If this crap play continues beyond the trade deadline than coach Lee needs to go!!!

spectre

Him and Cody both

Bank is open!

Eastley

Good 3rd quarter

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spectre

Damn another buzzer beater

tnhornetsfan

Always

Eastley

If we lock in defensively, we take this game over in the 4th

Dang, was hoping this was a micic free half

I'll take this micic if it holds

Oh yes TJ!

spectre

Did not see that Micic hot spot coming

cltblkhscoach

Some pride finally shit

Eastley

Deadly, your shtick is so old. Please stop

spectre

TJ plays hard

Eastley

Very

Call the fouls Tony

spectre

We seem to be switching better

tnhornetsfan

Lamelo needs to visit the Nature Boy and learn how to fall backwards. That could have been nasty

Eastley

Really good defensive rotations there

spectre

Yup

so we know they can

Eastley

Constantly surprised that Mark doesn't have grown man strength inside

spectre

Good take by Brandon

Can they call a foul on a challenge?

Eastley

Yes

spectre

excellent then we should get this

Mich_Mercer

I have no idea what calls can be challenged… Lol but glad it went our way.

Eastley

And Brandon is hurt, damn

spectre

He is?

Eastley

Yeah, rolled an ankle on the defensive possession after the inbounds

Mich_Mercer

Seems to be ok…. ?

spectre

He pushed green

Eastley

Watch his gait, he's struggling

spectre

What

thats a weird call

Eastley

Challenged it wasn't on the guy assessed

Technically

spectre

aw damn dude hit the fts

lol basket interference

Eastley

Right call, there was air there

[system]

Originally sent in Game 30: CHA at WAS

spectre

nah its not on replay

Eastley

On the overturn

How many games have we lost on missed FTs, that's college level stuff

spectre

Yeah i was correcting my line

Eastley

If we lose this, that's 3 this year

spectre

Very disappointed in Josh. Ya gotta hit those

Missed you Mark!

Chef

Goodness gracious a functional inbounds play. Bravo

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Mich_Mercer

First time in years. Haha

spectre

Damn

Mich_Mercer

And…. Of course

spectre

That guy just kills us

I’d have went inside for the tie

Mich_Mercer

Why can’t we just take an easier 2?

If you don’t like that, you don’t like Hornets basketball

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[Steelmatic]

I can’t believe nor can I understand how we can be so trash as to lose back to back games to the previously 3 - 23 Wizards. All time low for my morale for this team.

[Eastley]

Maybe it’s time for an assistant coaches only meeting

[Icky_Thump]

I know there’s likely lots of reasons why this team is as bad as it is at this point. Injuries and not getting a chance to gel but you’d think with the talent on the team they’d be able to handle this Wizards team…what a shame.

[JFoster]

What if Melo and miller just don’t work together good? Of course not slot of time on the court together but it could turn into an issue. Curious what the team would do then?

[Chef]

It’s the system they are running. It’s all volume threes. It results in dead basketball.

Melo can do volume threes, miller shouldn’t. The offensive system is the issue

[Eastley]

Saw a post somewhere that were .500 when Tre plays this year. I wouldn’t discount that we can’t go to the bench for lead guard without

[Chef]

Tre is also strongly correlated with grant too, right?

[tnhornetsfan]

From a reddit post:
Mann: 6-7 with, 1-16 without
Grant: 6-10 with, 1-13 without

https://www.reddit.com/r/CharlotteHornets/s/a6AirW6Bxt