MillionDollarCam

Hayward and Lowry will both be traded; Hayward might even fetch a first as well. People need to take a look around. Only perennial all-stars are bringing back hauls in trades. Rozier is a good player that has a cap hit of $24M next year and $26M the year after that, that’s all he is, a highly paid, good player. He’s not a Siakam level player. Additionally, there’s only so many teams that would even be interested in Rozier and they are all contenders. Hell, there’s only so many teams that could even fit Rozier’s cap hit in. Kicking the pick down the road might even beneficial because the Heat are going to be solid for the next couple of years. Acquiring more veterans on bloated contracts for guys like Rozier and Hayward would just be shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. My only complaint is that we didn’t land Jovic in the deal but it could have been a scenario where we chose a future first round pick over Jovic and a second round pick.

It’s a 2027 protected first and unprotected in 2028. So in reality it’s only three years out and realistically we won’t even be competing for the playoffs until 2026 with a proper rebuild. At that point we could have an extra first round pick in 2027 or a trade asset. I get people want a quick fix but trying to fix this thing quickly by acquiring guys like Gorodon Hayward is the reason we are in this position to begin with.

I really like this trade. The Hornets need to get salary off the books and acquire draft capital and they did both. There’s a few on here that keep mentioning things like, “no one will sign here” or “no one wants to come to Charlotte”… I’d argue that the point of opening up cap space isn’t for now, it’s for the future. There’s only one guy that I’d target in this years free agency and that’s Maxey, and he’ll likely return to Philly. Beyond that the Hornets should continue to focus on rebuilding through the draft and then acquiring the missing piece via a trade, similar to teams like Minnesota, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. The Hornets offloaded a good player on a large contract and took no money back (Lowry is expiring) while also getting a future first round pick. This team is still two years away from realistically competing for the playoffs but hypothetically we could have a young corp of LaMelo Ball, Ja’Kobe Walter (draft), Brandon Miller, and Mark Williams. Assuming we just sign guys to one or two year deals that will continue to allow us to have cap flexibility in the future and then when this team is ready to compete we’ll also have trade assets (like the 2027 first round pick that we acquired). I think this deal is a win for the Hornets if they truly are content with doing a rebuild. Not having a big veteran contract on the books for the future is massive.

Rookie HC Rookie OC Rookie QB Not sure if that’s ever been done before.

It could be worse, y’all remember when Jack LaFontaine played a game, David Ayers was even better than him.

LMAO, Rod is as confused as the rest of us.

Teravainen

Not a whole lot to like in Martin’s stats other than a six game run with Vancouver in 2021. He has a career record of 17-26-6 (OTL). In the 48 games that Martin has played, only five times has he held the opposing team to just one goal; he has never recorded a shutout.

McDaniel was OC for only one year in San Francisco and obviously he comes from the same coaching tree as Slowik.

Slowik. I could see him struggling early, similarly to Zac Taylor, but I think he’d eventually become a very successful head coach because he’s shown a willingness to adapt and even change his philosophy. For example, this year the Texans were second in the NFL in called plays that resulted in run-run-pass. However, this past week against the Browns, Slowik did not go run-run-pass a single time. The result was the Texans absolutely shredding the Browns. I personally feel like that shows growth and in a short time period as well. That’s one thing I really like about Slowik, the growth he’s shown and in a very short amount of time.

Was going to say this, on paper this draft lacks elite talent.

The Eagles secondary is dog shittttt.

A rival insinuates that it goes both ways which isn’t the case, everyone kicks our ass.

Mike Evans is good for a couple wtf drops a year, with that said… Baker is cooking.

My dynasty team surely hopes he does.

Personal opinion but I think KK is actually too gritty for a 2C and he’s ideally a 3C. I feel like Drury is in that same mold but probably has more skill than KK which is why I’d give him a shot as 2C. In order for KK to be successful offensively he needs feeders. His shot is elite but everything else is kind of average. I think he belongs with two wingers that can create opportunities for him. Who those two wingers could be is up for debate.

We’re not that type of team in my opinion. Rod’s MO has been three scoring and one checking. Problem is we’ve been two scoring and one checking. KK and Necas, once he gets back, need to get going.

Doesn’t really matter who the money is for, it’s about not just trading guys for the sake of trading them. Hornets should be a cap floor team and continuing to tank until their young talent gets them close to being a top 5 team in the east, once that’s been accomplished then they can start spending money. But if they keep cycling through bad contracts then they’ll never have success.

I think you have to give Drury a chance at 2C before the TDL. If he stays producing then great but if not then we need to go get one. I’d look at: Svechnikov - Aho - Teravainen Bunting - Drury - Necas Martinook - Staal - Fast Noesen - Kotkaniemi - Jarvis Maybe Noesen and Jarvis can jumpstart KK.

Not honoring Justin Williams with this performance.

Justin Williams was a real one, glad he’s getting honored.

I want nothing to do with any of the Eagles personnel. They’ve arguably been the worst team in the NFL over the past three weeks and as national pundits have stated, their offense is easy to defend. They use motion less than any team in the NFL and don’t cause opposing defenses to have to adjust at all. There’s nothing confusing or interesting about the Eagles offense and it all relies on elite execution by the players. No thank you.

Teravainen

I don’t know if anyone has been keeping up with this kid but he’s an elite goal scorer. 14 goals in 20 games for U of Maine which leads all freshman.

Coaching matters, that’s why Antonio Pierce was able to get more out of the Raiders than Josh McDaniels ever did. You still need good players but an average team talent wise can beat an above average team with good coaching.