LAMELOOOO BALLLLLLL
Love me some Melo! Happy seeing him back in form!
LaMelo is good at basketball
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My biggest takeaway from the first half is I never want to see Frankie Smokes back on the floor in a Hornets uni.
He was really bad, coming off a hamstring injury but ICYMI he has never had offense. IDK what they expected
Itās funny, Thomas Bryant is a journeyman whoās accomplished nothing his whole career.
Now that heās in āheat cultureā heās suddenly an all star.
I swear, thereās gotta be some HGH or lance armstrong style training going on down there
Frankie Smokes needs to quit.
Loving this starting unit, especially the defensive effort. Would love Miller to get playing time with the competent crew.
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Miller needs a little more arc still on his 3, mid range looks advanced.
Looks like right now in a regular rotation he is set for about 15 mins per game or so.
Like what I have seen from Smith
He has always put up numbers though he is just injury prone thats the real reason he has bounced around
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I like Sumner way more than Frankie so far
They both were not good honestly but yes.
If we have to play Mensah at any point this seasom, Lotto bound
Such a Cliff loss. Play a group that couldnāt possibly hold the lead and they donāt. Nice to see things never change
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I think Smith Jr has looked worlds better with the ball than Nit or Sumner
We need to cut a couple of the guards none of them even looked decent. Smith looked ok but needs time in the G league.
We got to sign at least one guy who can play back up point.
Miller needed some burn with a real guard . Those scrubs are not going to help him
Miller between Summer league and today has still not played with a single NBA caliber PG. Not one minute.
Itās funny my biggest takeaway was how unimpressed I was with Frank. I see that was a common observation. Only one preseason game so Iām not writing him off but it seems Maledon is probably the best backup PG on the roster.
Overall pretty good outing as a team to get their feet wet. Really wish Brandon could have played some with Melo but it was a good first game and Iām confident heās gonna be fine.
This team had 3 jobs this summer, sign Miles, PJ and a competent backup PG. They completed one (and good grief even that was painful). Itās so frustrating. They have depth at every position but PG and just bailed on that.
There is no way they are serious about winning. So close, but, nope. Just asleep at the wheel. Iām really out on this FO.
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Top 8: started look good & Nick too. JT at least not as bad as expectedā¦but need #2 pick Miller to be the better forward.
5 DNP because of Injuries:
PG Theo, SG Bouknight, SG McGowan.
Guard depth hurt especially late ā¦but really only miss seeing Theo & McGowan. Bouknight keep roster because so many guards suck.
F Leaky-2W, not expect anything but like to see.
SG/SF Codyā¦crappy backup guards even uglier if lose #1 backupā¦and dang, not Cody hater but should not be our #1 guard backup anyhow.
Did not like Ntilika signing, not much left over to pick from now.
As soon as healthy enoughā¦maybe even beforeā¦Sign Theo to roster & Sumner to TW.
What was seen? Cut soon to be 30 RJ Hunter ASAP.
5 Injuries, Crazy Kai not invited, Miles suspension, at least 2 crappy should have never signedā¦not a very good group Mitch gives to our coach again.
It beggars belief that the FO didnāt manage to get a decent, functional backup PG in here. It is our absolute Achilles heel. Once again, if LaMelo goes down, weāre done.
Weāre pretty OK everywhere else. Weāre a goodbye Kai, hello Biz away from being set in the front court. But it certainly would be nice to swap one of our plethora of scoring Guards for a Point Guard.
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I realize itās just the 1st preseason game, but Iām looking for this team to practice Winning more than anything else. TRY WINNING.
The aloof mentality toward losing needs the scrap heap. Again, it starts with the FO and coaches who truly donāt seem to have any edge in that direction at all.
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