MillionDollarCam

In addition to Miller, I liked what I saw from Justin Robinson, Nathan Mensah, and even James Bouknight at times. Nick Smith, Bryce McGowens, Kai Jones, Amari Bailey, and Leaky Black left a lot to be desired.

Brandon Miller finished with 18 points (5-11), 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. I’ll take that stat line every day of the week. And that’s with him starting slow.

Unfortunately I can’t edit it anymore lol.

Miller got more comfortable as the game went along.

Pesce is gone in my opinion, wouldn’t totally shock me if they moved Turbo.

There’s a credible rumor via The Athletic that we’re adding Tarasenko. What do we think of this forward group: Bunting - Aho - Tarasenko Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas Teravainen - Staal - Fast Noesen - Martinook - Jarvis Drury/Ponomarev/Rees/Suzuki

Mensah is a solid player.

Nick Smith goes out and we go on a little run.

Nick Smith is Caleb Love.

I dare the Hornets to throw the lob again when it’s not there, I fugging dare them.

We ain’t getting invited back to this summer league circuit.

That Mensah kid is pretty active, I believe the Hornets have him on an exhibit 10.

This is a reminder of why I only made it through ten games this year.

That was not fun.

A quick 24 points and we’re right back in this.

Whatever you are reading it’s probably safe to add two more points for the Spurs.

Charlotte and shitty summer league performances, name a more iconic duo.

I’d have to say that first possession he showed some good ball handling.

The starting lineup is: G - Nick Smith G - James Bouknight F - Bryce McGowens F - Brandon Miller C - Kai Jones That’s a strong starting group for summer league.

Somebody here wanted Jaquez, have to say he looked pretty good in his summer league debut.

Just a quick explanation cause I’m bored. - A player under 25 must sign an ELC Two-Way contract as their first NHL contract. The number of years of the contract is determined by the players age. Mendel is 24 so his ELC is only one year. The Two-Way contract allows Carolina to transfer him down to Chicag… I mean wherever, without any repercussions regarding the salary cap. - Waiver exemption is a little different and a player can be waiver exempt even if they aren’t on their ELC anymore. It’s tough to explain and the best thing to do is to just use the waiver calculator. As mentioned above, Kochetkov is waiver exempt but if we send him down we still get hit with a percentage of his cap because he’s no longer on a two-way. For anyone interested, here’s the waiver calculator. https://www.capfriendly.com/waivers-calculator/pyotr-kochetkov

Yeah capfriendly is good with the numbers but they don’t know exactly who and who won’t make the team. Mendel, Rees, Ponomarev, and Suzuki all have two-way’s meaning they can be sent down without counting toward the cap and all are waiver exempt. Kochetkov is the only question mark not on an ELC and while he is waiver exempt and can be sent down, we get hit with a buried penalty if we do send him down.

Also haven’t heard anything on that front either. I’m open to moving him in the right package for a forward.

Pono, I don’t want him to just sit in the press box. If he makes the team he needs to play consistently, or at least rotate with Drury.

Hopefully we get to see Brandon Miller in a couple hours.