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Hornets have had the worst luck of any professional sports franchise this century. Constantly drafting a slot below the generational talent, all because of the lottery done behind closed doors. It's been brutal and frankly unfair to be a diehard fan of this franchise, and I don't blame anyone for cutting out the stress.

We will see if there is any logic to those sort of packages. I haven't seen a ton of evidence that Evero operates that way.

yeah....just a bit on the weird side of things.

Yeah, I don't see them ever allowing true parity.

Kinda figured. I'm just not quite sure what this mix of imagery is referencing Some of it does give off kind of a "Playboy" vibe, but the "Violation" tags and other stuff don't necessarily fit that. (unless you take your train of thought down some disturbing tracks)

Yeah--same with CB and T. When Scott was a Bengal, I thought he was a decent to good player--I didn't think about it much--but I think they gave him a fairly good contract.

Similar vibe...

Thank the lort.

doesn't seem in line with JJ on the jugs machine promos they've been doing.... unless *someone* is a special secret unannounced guest

that's a little.....umm....

those are traffic violations, not yellow cards I'm leaning towards a welcoming back of a certain QB (perhaps Hall of Honor announcement?)

my guess is it's setting the stage for the schedule reveal thing they usually do.

Rod said Chatty will play tomorrow. More of a maintenance day.

Speaking of perplexing visuals, what in the literal hell?

Again, the front office isn’t playing. Doug Pederson aside, tanking has nothing to do with players and coaches. The black Sox weren’t tanking, they were point shaving if you will. They got money to lose. Tanking is all about the FO getting better future assets in reward for making their team weaker. Tanking for a draft pick slot or tanking to get a young prospect or tanking to get future picks. Again, no playing to lose but there absolutely aren’t hundreds of examples of trading away talent for future picks and prospects which invariably makes your current team worse thus bettering your draft pick slot (potentially, no guarantees).

Amusing notion

J Jonah Jameson chimes in...

The most common reason is, of course, the one referenced.

I get your definition, but to me the definition of tanking is to achieve the worst possible outcome in the regular season to get the best outcome in the offseason (draft). What the Black Sox did was throw the World Series for money. I would classify tanking and throwing as two different forms of intentional losing. But its all losing on purpose.

Yea, there's a good amount of players there but fortunately it's not a lot of expensive players that are going to demand a premium to be replaced outside of TMo. A punter, two ST LBs, a LS, three back-up OL, and a starting center are all players that can be replaced with day three picks which will allow the team to commit the premium picks to premium positions. fwiw I hope that they invest in a franchise center next season if they decide Mays isn't the guy.

Acually, Shoeless Joe and Black Sox did tank, just for someone's betting purposes. Playing to lose, whatever the reason for it, is unethical.

This might be a good time for a Jerry Richardson reference. ... Actually, no it wouldn't

Nicolas Cage is certainly fun to watch in "Nicolas Cage" roles (Face Off, The Rock, 8MM). Parts generally need to suit his particular persona or things can wind up looking kind of silly ('Not the bees! NOT THE BEEEES!!!") Having him play an actual historical figure... eeehhh, just seems like a bad idea, similar to having Dwayne Johnson star in a biopic about Martin Luther King