Game 59: Bucks at Hornets

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Mich_Mercer

I wish we could just stop practicing. Getting worse game by game.

I like Clifford but it’s time to make a change. Those 6 games were fun… we will just get progressively worse was the year goes on.

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tnhornetsfan

Is it me or does Martin really like to dribble?

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spectre

Not just you. He hasn’t done it quite as much last couple games

Every time I see Lopez i think of dj augustin and its not a pleasant feeling

Mich_Mercer

Why is that? Did we draft DJ over Lopez?

spectre

Right before the draft Larry Brown pitched a fit wanting DJ over Lopez

i think day of the draft

dnbman

And then instead of having an all-star center we had two rivalry point guards that were both ok.

Fun fact: my least favorite metaphor now is "____ paying checkers while ____ is playing chess."

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spectre

I still can’t believe we got grant for pj AND a lightly protected 1st

dnbman

Yeah. crazy. And I like PJ.

spectre

Williams comes to play every game

dnbman

And he's just more of what we needed: a present, engaged more bruiser type.

spectre

And curry too! Not just a throw in

look at 24 blocking out

Eastley

Didn't look fouly to us

spectre

Hey y’all…fan duel is coming to North Carolina

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GoBobcats24

Was that a successful challenge since it wasn't on Miller?

Aka do we still have another challenge?

spectre

Ya thats confusing. Was it originally on miller or Mann?

GoBobcats24

Because we challenged that because they called it on Miller first

Anyone watching tv know?

spectre

EC said the challenge failed

which implies they called it on mann originally

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spectre

and that was an obvious foul so I don’t know why we would challenge unless Cliff mistakenly thought it was called on miller
Eastley

It was called on Miller. It didn't switch to Mann until after the official review

spectre

Damn 24 is smooth

dnbman

for sure

powellrmp

Miller does not look like a rookie. My lord

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spectre

24 with 14, seth with 10 and grant with 9. No one else over 4 points

lil help plz

powellrmp

miles looks like shit. Man he’s so much like PJ. If he’s on, it’s great. When not-so bad

spectre

When not the dumbass really stands out too

powellrmp

like I’m happy for PJ in Dallas, but he better look good when he’s being fed by Irving and Luka

wow. Bertans has only taken threes since being in charlotte lol

thanks miles. I’ll glad you’re listening

spectre

Latvian Laser right? lmao

powellrmp

He’s not the Latvian midrange laser

Lillard: still a dude

alright guys

im so fucking ready for mark and Melo. Good lord. I so want to see what this squad looks like with those two before end of season

oh are you for real???

spectre

Wow thats an iffy foul call

powellrmp

wowww

fuck that’s a bad pass

alright guys. I’ve had enough hah

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Chef

Hornets can't remotely guard giannis
Mich_Mercer

We aren’t even trying.

spectre

Damn I look away and the wheels fell totally off the bus

Chef

Philly and mil are just awful matchups for the hornets

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powellrmp

Everyone is kind of a bad match up for us

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tnhornetsfan

I like Micic, but I don't mind if he limits his 3s
spectre

I probably like him just a little less. I’m not a fan of anyone dominating the ball on O

powellrmp

I love Micic running the PnR

This team is back to being a stale wimpy fart

Good lord. We make people think doc rivers is a great coach

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powellrmp

i want Micic to shoot open threes. That’s it

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Icky_Thump

Welp… back to the draft discussion (as bad as it is)
Mich_Mercer

We had a good few weeks there. We all had hope. We should have known better. But we love pain.

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Chef

Miller has no idea what to do with giannis. It's like watching Floyd Mayweather pick apart canelo when the fought

spectre

That ain’t just miller none have any idea. Dude is like a poor man’s 6’-11” mj

Chef

Yup.

And that's offensive to mj.

spectre

Yeah it is I really struggled writing that lol

Chef

He's like a 6'11 Westbrook

Which is insane because Westbrook was almost unstoppable downhill

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spectre

Total side note but this vid came across my IG with AI talking about the first time he played against his hero MJ

AI swears there was a glow around him lol

Eastley

Half kiddingly surprised they didn't call that a non shooting foul

spectre

If we could hit some of these shots

Eastley

Curry missing a corner 3 surprised me

We need to see some of those go down

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Mich_Mercer

I have a 3.5 year old. Is it considered child abuse to raise them as a Hornets fan?
Eastley

To a certain age, it's fun going with them regardless of the outcome. Some of the most memorable nights are the biggest laughers

I mean it's always fun going with your kids, just that to a certain age, they have fun no matter what

cltblkhscoach

Like @Chef said, these guys are a horrible matchup for us. It's a bit of reality check that we shouldn't trade Melo at least. Crazy

Good crowd in the arena though

Mich_Mercer

I was one of those that thought “do we need Lamelo?” Then Mann came back down to earth.

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I have always maintained that it’s melo NOT playing that is biggest source of trading him. Yes, I don’t love his game or the cut of his job, but he can play. But when you are out 40% of the time you can’t get anywhere

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I’m starting to think Clifford is quietly calling Lamelo out for not playing.

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Maybe, I don’t read it that way. What he said is objectively true. With no Rozier, Melo really is the only guy who can do that. I mean, Melo does have a spotty health history and is only available 60% of the time.

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Do people REALLY think that Lamelo is just refusing to play right now? Thats an insane suggestion considering he is warming up before each game, traveling with the team to every game and attending every game. If he didn’t want to play he wouldn’t be with the team. The team is not allowing him to play and it is as simple as that. If it was up to Lamelo he would have played last week or maybe even sooner.

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Objection your honor, conjecture

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Oh yeah, Lamelo just doesn’t want to play basketball anymore that definitely makes more sense

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I don’t think anyone is saying that.

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From Cliffy:

“He’s doing the same stuff now he was doing two weeks ago. He does whatever they (Medical team) allow him to do…He wants to be back, but again he doesn’t feel healthy enough or comfortable enough to play… I know he wants to get back, there’s just a lot of factors”

https://x.com/british_buzz/status/1763331522998800830?s=61&t=uYk4fTD3pbEJJg2eAq_AqA

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Locked On Hornets discuss those comments today…

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I thought Cliff’s comments sounded quite loaded.

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How so? What’s your take?

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“He feels”

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Ah, I see. Well I’m glad Melo is happy to sit as long as possible but not wear an ankle brace. I’m sure that comment will get me in trouble but whatever. Im not the only one thinking it. Yeah there’s a lot of stuff we don’t know but the layers of information we DO have combined with the optics aren’t flattering for Melo.

I’m more flummoxed about what the hell is happening with mark Williams. I just don’t see how the team can get away with continuing to call this a “back contusion” and not provide real updates. I mean, did the guy slip a disc or something?

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I wouldn’t read that far into it but it definitely doesn’t read as neutral