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Glad they’re getting this west coast swing out this early. Nothing worse than getting into a groove watching the games and then there’s a 2 week layover out west. I’m not a young man anymore and work + kids drain me by 9:00. 

3 hours ago, bLACKpANTHER said:

yes.. yesss.. let the tank commence

 

Bouk was the tank commander though. 
 

Cant be drinking while driving a tank. Ask the Russians. 

17 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Old Super rich Christian fascist white guys loving them some middle class snake oil salesman holding a Bible as an advisor on things they shouldnt be advising 

name a more iconic duo 

Not sure if there is a point somewhere in here or this is just some word salad with every woke buzzword available.

For the record, I have no clue who Jack Easterby is. 

6 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Not bad, I think he’s one six guys fighting for fourth line duty along with Martinook, Kase, Stromwall, Stepan, and Noesen.

Again, without seeing them this preseason, my gut goes with Marty-Drury-Kase out of those guys. 

1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

He was an additional piece that was thrown in by Vegas in the Paccioretty deal. He looks like he could be a good third pairing puck moving defenseman and QB the second power play.

Seems like they’ve been searching for a PP QB2 for a while and were hoping Bear could be that. Seemed like he was doing well too before his absence last year (I want to say COVID but can’t remember?). 
 

How has my dude Drury looked?

I haven’t been able to watch much but seems like Coghlan has been doing well. Can’t say I even knew who he was a week ago. If him and de Haan can be serviceable that’s a really strong D. 

So what are our most likely defensive pairings?

Not quite the same but Corey Maggette and Ben Gordon. 

Basically the entire Bobcats era minus Wallace and Kemba. 

On 9/9/2022 at 5:16 PM, DeSim said:

Byron Mullens…man, was that tough to watch. 

Don’t be hating on my man Byron. 

Saw a Canes shirt at my office today in Anderson, SC. There are literally dozens of us down here in SC!

1 hour ago, TrevorLaurenceTime22 said:

Of course right after I posted a response to this literally two hours later my wife let me know she's pregnant with our third... haha I'm so done after that I'm almost 40.

Congratulations!

Please not Tepper. 

Alright, I had to look up the lines on Daily Faceoff. It’s been a long offseason- totally forgot about adding Burns, Stastny, and Kase. Also who the fook is Dylan Coghlan and Lane Pederson? I’m assuming Drury slides in somewhere too. 

2 hours ago, lightsout said:

 

Literally same. Shall we join our houses and strengthen the realm?

Lol we need some help bad over here. I haven’t been this out of the loop on my teams in a long time. House has never been this messy either. Who knew a 2 year old could trash an entire house.

Been out of the loop for most of the off-season with my 7 month old and 2 year old. What are our lines looking like right now? 

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

I find it pretty strange we didn't have a prospect database already.

That explains a lot.

Unfortunately a database itself doesn't mean anything. The Hurricanes have done a tremendous job with theirs. On the other end of the spectrum you have former Hornets GM Rich Cho who bombed with his database. 

Who knew all it took was a picture of 3 circles to completely confuse a bunch of Tar Holes. I guess that’s what fake classes gets you. 

19 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yeah, the center is supposed to hold a common thread with all three circles, but it doesn't.  Baker has nothing in common with either USC's, Carolina (North or South) or Sam Darnold.

I think that's the joke.

SoCal - Caleb Williams

SCar - Spencer Rattler

Panthers - Baker Mayfield

The link is that all 3 have a former Oklahoma QB as their starter. 

This is my first time watching Fan Fest. This is extremely underwhelming. 

15 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

Could always go big and have Thor play some minutes at SF.

Thor is not an NBA player at the moment. At best an end of the bench rotation guy. 

32 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

For those that are interested, this account has been calling everything we do.

Burns Trade

Pacioretty Trade

Tkachuk Interest

This tweet followed after by a verified insider…

Then the response…

Whoever this is has a hell of a source.

Interesting. I'll have to keep up with this one. 

51 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Regardless of the opinions of Waddell, rumors are that Tkachuk was headed to Carolina before Florida stepped in at the last minute… the deal had even progressed to Tkachuk indicating that he’d be willing to go to Carolina. However, Florida stepped in at the last minute. I for one am glad that we didn’t try to go toe to toe with the package that Florida sent to Calgary. There are other options out there like Tarasenko and Kane which will be less expensive.

Tkachuk would be perfect for this team. Just curious what it would have cost in the trade to get him. Obviously a lot. 

54 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Williams has been consistent on the defensive end and cleaning the boards while not fouling.

 

To me this has been possibly the most impressive part for Williams and a very largely overlooked aspect of a defensive big's game. There are a lot of guys who chase blocks but collect fouls while doing it. I noticed this tendency while watching several of Duren's college games and it made me uneasy about him as a prospect. 

Williams has been incredible at affecting shots and getting some very nice blocks without fouling. 

In 19.4 minutes per game he averaged 1.4 fouls. Meanwhile Holmgren averaged 4.0 fouls in 27 minutes, Wiseman averaged 4.5 in 20 minutes, and Duren averaged 3.7 in 20.5 minutes. 

I think based on this you can assume his defensive game is definitely going to translate very well. Offensively, he's going to get opportunities to put down lobs and get some offensive rebound opportunities. The biggest key to his success is if he can 1) get more comfortable shooting around the rim and 2) develop just enough of a jump shot to keep defenders honest. 

I will also say, I was pretty impressed with his passing out of the post as well. I did not expect him to be as good at that as he was. 

Mark and Bryce are definitely going to need time in the G-League. 

Mark showed more flashes than I was expecting but is definitely still raw in some areas. Even in his two years at Duke he only played 23.6 minutes this past season. I think getting consistent 30+ minute nights will help him a ton. 

Even with 28 points, I still just don't see it with Thor. He looks the part but bricks some horrible shots.

Kai to me is an enigma. I think he could play right now. But, to me, he truly is a 4. To do that, he still needs to work on his shot. Regardless, I think he is going to be a star. Maybe not immediately but pretty soon with enough minutes.

5 minutes ago, Jared Patterson said:

The Hornets offseason is what's sad. Im just trying to hold them accountable and tired of our ignorant fans that love mediocrity. 

Please explain how you are holding Michael Jordan, Mitch Kupchak, etc accountable by showing your @ss on a message board? 

I can promise you that every fan on this message board and every other one would love to have a championship team. B!tching at everyone on here and being a general @sshole aint it chief. Nobody on here can change anything. We're all living with the decisions by the millionaires and billionaires and just hope that one day we'll be lucky enough their decisions will work out.