GamecockSmitty4

14 minutes ago, Jared Patterson said:

HAHAHAHA you're trolling me right? Have you watched him this summer league? Start? DPOY? He cant even start over Nick Richards in summer league..... AND got dominated by a UDFA from Marquette. You are the one who has no clue about basketball. Im pretty sure you are just joking though just to see my reaction. I know you aren't serious. And if you are please delete your account. 

13 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

This success of this team is going to rely on KK becoming a 60 point 2C.

Don't underestimate Drury. If he's put in the right position he could have a similar year to Jarvis. 

If you think Jalen Duren has even been a top 10 player in Summer League you know absolutely nothing about basketball. 

You can say you think he's going to be a great player. But to say he's a top 3 player in SL is one of the worst takes of all time. 

7 hours ago, Jared Patterson said:

Good news is its sounding like GG Jackson may reclass up and be eligible for 2023. 3 fantastic prospects for the Hornets in the top 3 next year in Vic, Scoot and GG. Sucks for my heels, but we don't have any more available scholarships for the upcoming year. I hope GG makes the best decision for himself!

Took 3 months for Lamont Paris to steal UNC's second highest rated commit of all time from Hubert Fraud Davis. 

26 minutes ago, Jared Patterson said:

Did anyone watch the video of the trade going down? It was rolling around twitter and being laughed at. Kupcheck looked like a senile old man getting finessed out of a lollipop. One of the most unprepared and embarrassing videos I have ever seen. Literally cringe worthy. "We only have two minutes" "hurry and make a deal." Didn't even have a guy like the Panthers evaluating the value of the trade or anything, just an old man guessing. And you can tell they only had one guy in mind b/c that was the only guy Jordan would allow them to take to try to sell seats to some dumb Duke fans that didn't go to Duke. Just like he did w Henderson, Sean Maye, Felton, Vernon Carey, Brandon Wright etc. PLEASE someone tell me I am wrong.

Link?

4th rounder this year

3rd rounder next year 

2nd rounder 2024

TDA +7th to Philly confirmed. 

Canes get 2, 3, and 4 spread out over next 3 years. 

Not sure I buy this but we're being connected to Filip Forsberg as an option. Swapping Nino and Tro for Forsberg and Drury could be huge. 

31 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Summer League team is out.

G - Scottie Lewis

G - Jalen Crutcher

G - Ty-Shon Alexander

G - LJ Figueroa

G/F - Bryce McGowens

F - JT Thor

F - LiAngelo Ball

F - Brady Manek

F - Cameron McGriff

F - Justin Minaya

F - Isaiah Whaley

F/C - Kai Jones

C - Mark Williams

C - Nick Richards

 

Looks like the Hornets have once again decided to go into summer league play without solid point guard play. Jalen Crutcher is probably the only true point guard on the roster.

This is my team. I've had high-ish hopes for Scottie Lewis since I saw him at the McDonald's All American Game. Kai Jones is my dude. I like Justin Minaya since his freshman year. And then Bryce McGowens is a local kid that went to my high school. Fun group. 

1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I hope we don’t go into this years summer league without an actual point guard again, last year was painful to watch.

Would be great if we could get a PG who will play like an actual PG. I get sick of watching guys think they are MJ/Kobe/whoever and play ISO ball and never distribute to our actual prospects. 

15 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Looks like Bouknight just had surgery and won’t be playing Summer League ball, it’s a shame cause he could have used it.

It seems like every time we have an exciting second year player he gets injured before or during summer league. Hopefully Kai will be good to go. 

Jack Drury may make the decision easier between keeping Nino or Trocheck. 

Gonna be an unpopular opinion but I actually like Coach Cliff. I think everything went downhill in Charlotte when he had health issues. I can't speak for anything after as I honestly haven't followed him since. 

Banchero is now the favorite to go #1 after Jabari Smith was supposedly a lock there. 

37 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

Great feedback. Why no specifically? Because she's a female? That's pretty lame grandpa

Check the username. She's the only positive going for my Gamecocks right now. Don't want to lose her. 

Interesting that you wrongly assumed that I am sexist instead of wrongly assuming I'm racist. Did you flip a coin?

You woke people always find ways to lower your stupidity level. 

No.

1 hour ago, CarolinaLivin said:

“It might happen today”

”if not today then by the end of the week”

“If not by the end of the week watch for the end of the month”

 

End of *next month. 

But point still stands. This might be the most click bait thread of all time. And Zod is laughing at every single person posting in here, including me. 

I am extremely high on Johnny Davis. He may never become anything but I'm always bullish on guys who are strong defenders with offensive tools. At minimum I see him becoming a 3&D wing. 

1 hour ago, Harbingers said:

He just needs to shoot the puck more. He’s a Rod player, he just needs to realize it isn’t always about passing and setups. He needs to shoot the damn puck. 

Elias Lindholm finally figured that out when he got to Calgary. I hope the same thing doesn't happen with Necas. 

I agree that he's definitely stalled in his development and that is disappointing. If nothing else, his qualifying offer will be cheap enough that I think you have to give it and bring him back to be a 3/4th liner who excels at zone entries/exits. And the hope is maybe he still develops after recognizing his down season. 

There's also a fan article out there about a Fiala trade centered around Necas. That would be a very interesting possibility to look into. 

10 minutes ago, theinstrumental said:

Williams might have passed Duren with his measurements at the combine. Duren didn’t even measure, which teams might take as a red flag. If either falls to us and we can find a defensive-minded wing at 15 and a coach who can instill some toughness, then the roster should be in good shape. I’m not a huge fan of trying to pay a vet center to come in and fix all of our defensive woes. Paying a center creates holes on the wing, which are too important in the playoffs. And defense requires buy-in from everybody; even the Jazz can’t just have Gobert bail them out all the time.

I do think Duren is shorter than listed just from watching his games. I think he's somewhere between 6'9.5-6'10. But I don't think that will be a huge deal. Even with measurements I like him over Williams. Williams is too heavy footed for me that will limit him defensively and keep him off the court in the playoffs. My concern with Duren is can he defend without fouling. I like his aggressiveness but the foul trouble also kept him off the court a lot last year. 

2 minutes ago, Shocker said:

I must be losing it cuz it appears we are 5th on that list

Just now, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Aho. He is atrocious tonight. That’s 3 turnovers that have led to points

I thought it was him but couldn't tell. In that case the past 2 goals are 100% on him. Absolutely awful. 

Also the TNT crew absolutely sucks tonight. The broadcasts have been progressively getting worse to the point where they are starting to actively root for Boston. 

Who the F was it that just passed the puck backwards into the D zone and onto the tape of the Bruins player?