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Yes. It's been widely reported Aaron Glenn is an egomaniac and only wants staff who will not challenge him or tip the scales of power in any direction but his. I'm guessing that has to be one of, if not, the most toxic environments across the four major sport leagues in America.

Huh? I would trade my 5 year old son to the Bucks if I got Giannis back. You tripping.

Lakers 2027 pick will be bottom half, Utah pick in 2027 will be lottery, and who cares about a 2031 pick. Add in the fact that unless you are picking in the top 5, the odds of landing a superstar like Jarren Jackson Jr are slim at best. Even if you pick in the top 5, the odds to get someone as good as him NOW, is slim. Based on what the Jazz gave up, we could've given up 2 of the 3 2027 firsts we have, and our 2031 first, plus whatever bums off the bench make the contracts work like the Jazz did. This was a deal the Hornets could've easily done, without given up any of their studs. You replace Moussa with Jaren Jackson Jr in the starting lineup, and this team is a top 3 or 4 team in the East. Our front office failed us once again.

I despise LaMelo, I think he's a clown and doesn't play through being hurt. But he's the best player on the court when he's on the court. I think Brandon Miller is an absolute beast. But like I mentioned in my previous post, LaMelo would be the first pick of every GM in the league if they had to start a team from scratch with a Hornet.

Jaren Jackson Jr to the Jazz. He's got to be hating life now. Goes from a down trodden franchise in a city where you can at least enjoy yourself, to a down trodden franchise in the least fun location in the NBA. Wonder if the Hornet's inquired about him. Jazz got him for next to nothing.

And now the NFL is re-evaluating the Rooney Rule after not a single Black hire across 10 jobs. Roger Goodell is an absolute doofus. $64 million dollars to have the worst officials, worst owners, and worst players agreement in all of professional sports. Hope he writes a book on how to be a billionaire and a dipshit at the same time. I'd love that life.

I know what you're saying, and don't disagree. But if you told the 30 current NBA GMs they had to start a team from scratch using any Charlotte Hornet, Lamelo would be the pick 30 times, and there wouldn't even be a second thought about it. But I do love this team's balance. We haven't been this good, all over the court since the mid 90s. And yet there is part of me that knows this will all fall apart in true Hornets fashion.

It's a Hubert Davis coached team. Wouldn't make sense for them to play an entire 40 minutes hard. This team either starts slow or finishes slow. I literally can't remember a game where they dominated from start to finish since Hubert took over.

Charles Lee doing Charles Lee poo with the head to head collision with our best player.

Yea, pretty crazy this is the same team that beat Tennessee and took Houston to the wire. Really good showing for Carolina, in what could've been a look ahead game with Dook looming. Will be going into Saturday with some good momentum.

Not sure if busting up a team that appears to be fully gelled when healthy makes sense. Maybe move Sexton since he's on an expiring, (fairly) cheap contract for a late 1st or early 2nd. But the second you deal Sexton, Lamelo will get hurt, and we'll be stuck with Sion James playing PG. I'd stand pat, let this team prove themselves and Lee prove himself. Like I said earlier in this thread, if this team stays moderately healthy and doesn't make the playoffs, blow the entire thing up starting with Lee.

I agree the trenches are critical, but after Mauigoa and Fano, any OT at 19 would be a huge reach. Get another playmaker for Bryce. It will do more to prove if he's here beyond the rookie contract and will also prove if Canales is here beyond next year. He's supposedly an offensive genius, time to prove it, and a barely average, rookie OT isn't going to help his case. Go look how lost Will Campbell looked in almost every game, and New England managed to win 17 of them thanks to Josh McDaniel and their QB. No doubt OT needs to have natural talent and athleticism, but there is ALOT you can coach into a lineman to get more out of them with later round guys. Versus a skill position where speed, size, and hands are premiums in the first round that you can't match in late rounds unless you get lucky. Our front office and scouting department have never been lucky.

Limited college slate tonight.

This is what I was going to post. If he doesn't go top 10, someone will trade up for him. He is a difference maker. Wondering where the TE from Oregon is. This is the first mock I've seen without him in the first round. Would like the Panthers to upgrade that position and give our QB a security blanket on possession routes to complement what Tet and Jalen can do down the field.

@PantherChris - Gotta get you on my EPL burner.

Another banner day beating the books.

IYKYK. FAAFO.

Okie dokie brokie.

Man, I wish I could comment more educated on this. Seems like you nailed it. Like I said, I haven't really followed it since like 2016 when my company did an exclusive Finn Balor metal die cast toy figure with Toys R Us. That seems like when it all died.

I think we agree that the system is fuged up. And I agree any team on the wrong side of what Mensah did would be pissed. I don't agree with what Mensah did, being a 46 year old, well off, white dad of a 5 year old. I, like you, would want my son to honor a commitment he made. But our reality is different from theirs, and that forces unpopular decisions and moves. And I'll probably have to make some of those, maybe not as public as this, but I can be empathetic to it. The whole thing was handled poorly by Mensah's family / team, but talent barks way louder than mistakes. Sad, but the world we live in. I'll be back in Chapel Hill for the Halloween game vs Miami in 2026, so I hope we burn his season down.

Pretty underwhelming. Reminded why I've stopped watching.

I'll take the over on number of times this guy's girl has cheated on him.

I think that's unfair without knowing all the circumstances. Besides just the money, there are a ton of other variables. I hate Dook, it's an incredible school, I'd actually send my son there to get an education over Carolina if we had those options, even as a Tarheel fan. But if my son was a pretty good QB and we had to choose between Dook and Miami, it's a no-brainer, even if we have to break a few eggs to make the omelet. Dook's schedule next year includes, @Miami, @NC State, @Illinois, @Virginia and vs Clemson. That's 5 games where Dook will be an underdog, even if Mensah stayed. Mix in at least one random road loss (ie. Connecticut this year) and they are staring a 6-6 or 7-5 season in the face. Even if they went 9-3, there would be no postseason, probably one (if any) nationally televised games, and zero national media coverage of the Dook football program. The only reason anyone knew about them this year was because the ACC was so laughably bad that a 5-loss team won its Championship game and was preposterously arguing they should be in the CFP. Miami offers so much more... 1) Money - not just NIL, but local endorsements, celebrities, appearances, etc. Durham has 1/100th of opportunities he'll have to make money. And as a kid who doesn't appear to be destined to be an NFL starter ever, if I'm his parents, I'm telling him to make as much money as he can while the iron is hot. 2) The visibility to be on TV and playing for a team that will start the season in the top 10 and be featured and talked about, because everyone agrees that college football is better when Da U is relevant, even when they stink. The ACC will be dogshit again. There is no reason he can't go 11-1 at Miami, with the lone game where they may be dogs is @ Notre Dame. 3) The availability of ex-NFL players who ALL come back to Da U and can offer guidance on how to prepare for the NFL and leverage their pull with NFL teams and employees. 4) It's also a really good school, although we're kidding ourselves if we think these kids are going to classes.

Afternoon / Evening college hoops tilt.