Totally .. nice pull
I donāt even need to see the other courts to know we have the best one in the league. Purple and teal just hits so perfectly, no eyes bleeding from our palette. No ugly multi-colored road stripes down the middle, the honey comb is the perfect design element related to the team. Nothing contrived or forced.
Now time to add to our Summer League championship hardware.
I really hope that Miller doesnāt have a torn Labrum. Seeing the play it happened on, I am concerned it is a labrum or rotator cuff. It doesnāt seem to be a simple dislocation so letās hope for the best.I am totally just judging based off the video.
Letās hope its a subluxation and not a cuff or labrum injury.
It was non contact as the result of a slip and happened from the stretching of his left arm/shoulder. Video link is below but I canāt embed.
Back in high school, I used to have shoulder subluxations pretty regularly. Maybe once every few months or so. Pretty painful on the spot, but unlike a dislocation, the shoulder pops back into place on its own in the moment. I normally was able to play again within the next few days, but my range of motion was quite limited (luckily it was my left shoulder).
My shoulder would always get better, but sometimes during playing, getting hit at just the right angle would knock it out of socket again, and the whole process would start again. I think towards the latter part, I didnāt even need to be hit, just swinging my arm up at the wrong angle could tweak it, so not a full subluxation, but enough to cause pain and stiffness for the next few days/week.
I finally got it ācuredā in college, the trainers had me working on rotator cuff exercises daily, where the muscles around the joint got strong enough where it couldnāt slip anymore. And lifting weights after that allowed the muscles to grow enough to keep everything in place. I hadnāt had a subluxation since (a couple decades ago).
Iām guessing with Brandonās wrist injury, he couldnāt do upper body strength training. Hopefully itās just a subluxation, Iām guessing if it was dislocated they wouldāve said that. But that should be recoverable, just something that could pop up again with the physicality of the game.
1 Like
Thatās interesting - I had shoulder surgery a decade ago and hand surgery a few years ago. Earlier this summer, my elbow was hurting pretty much doing anything. After a good deal of working with PT, they determined that it the extensor was severely a) swollen and b) degraded to the point that the bone was protruding, and c) there were a number of small muscle tears. It was all down to over use of the extensor because I wasnāt using the pec minor or mid lat so was basically hanging the extensor out to dry (and add a mtn bike wreck on it, doneso). Itās a long way to align to what you are saying that you get some weird up and down the chain stuff going on when you cannot or just arenāt using the primary support muscles to do things.
After 3 games the Hornets are tied for first place in the NBA with 132 points per game.
They are tied for 12th in FGA per game.
Encouraging efficiency.
1 Like
I would love to see the on/off, definitely and off eff with kon.
Other big reason is Sexton
Quite close to being 3-0. I believe we were up by 8 with under 5:00 left in the Philly game? Granted, nets/sixers/wizards is a pretty soft starting trio on the schedule. One of the most cliche sports criticisms is to discount a team because their wins were against not so great teams. I will avoid this because better teams should beat teams that arenāt as talented. And the eye test says the hornets have had the edge with roster talent. And quality depth as well.
Iām pretty worried about the Brandon miller injury. Iām not going to jump to conclusions, but a shoulder injury one game and 9 minutes into the seasonā¦after missing almost all of last seasonā¦yikes. This franchise is snakebitten and just cursed.
The shoulder is the most complicated type of injury. The amount of muscles and connectors in the human shoulder is incredible. Even if itās not āseriousā, Iām concerned about further complications. If Miller misses large portions of the season, Iāll be pretty worried about his future and development. And the evolution of the roster as well.
I mean, how many games have Melo and Brandon actually played with each other? Not a lot. I canāt imagine another season of these guys not getting minutes together
Exciting stats!
The Hornets are 2nd in the league in points scored per 100 possessions and 10th BEST in the league in points allowed per 100 possessions. They are also tied for 2nd in the league in 3-pt %. I donāt know what bizarro world this is, but I like it.
INJURY UPDATE: Continued evaluation has revealed @hornets guard Brandon Miller suffered a L Shoulder Subluxation against PHI on 10/25. He will be out vs MIA on 10/28 and be evaluated when the team returns from its current road trip.
Doesnāt seem terrible
Couldāve been worse.
Fifty NBA athletes were evaluated for injuries sustained from 1999 to 2018. In those treated nonoperatively, athletes who sustained shoulder subluxations returned after an average of 3.6 weeks, compared with 7.6 weeks in those who sustained a shoulder dislocation.
My main concerns are 1) he doesnāt get surgery and keeps having issues or 2) he needs surgery. Hereās to hoping for the best, but what a bummer.
That happened to me playing basketball about 10 years ago. It will take at least 3 weeks before he is back. It hurts. Itās early in the season too.
Partial dislocation
no reason to rush him back but should be 2-3 weeks max.
He is a little younger than you chef, haha
1 Like
James Wiseman has been released by the Pacers, Iād certainly be kicking the tyres on him to see what heās got
Honorary hornets fan, Zach lowe, doing the lords work. Starts at 28 minutes in. Itās a great listen. Zach Lowe, being in my opinion, the best media NBA analyst. Conversation is about players to keep an eye on who arenāt necessarily your traditional all stars.
Guest Cliff Goldsberry (who is sharp and I respect) comes in with the traditional lazy take on the hornets and lamelo ball. Zach Lowe slides in with a specific example from this year thatās a perfect rebuttal to the usual lazy Melo take. The situation involved Melo making a correction during the 76ers game. Goldsberry immediately says āyes, thatās perfectly said.ā And it was. Zach Lowe knows ball.
1 Like
Yes, Zach is really, truly, the very best. I used to think that Sam Vecinie had similar qualities but heās become so depressingly high-stakes-takes-only and holier-than-thou (without any holy bona fides). Theyāre really arenāt many Zach Lowes left in the world of NBA sports coverage and that sucks for the also-ran team fans like us.
1 Like
Rumors circulating that the Hornets suspected Rozier was involved in the gambling ring when they traded him. NBA may give the Heat their 1st round pick back.