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I am still cautiously optimistic personally. I really love the work Dan has done building a team but I am still not 100% sold on Bryce or Canales. To be clear, I definitely think they've earned the benefit of the doubt but after 10 years of losing I'm starting to become a cat that touched the hot stove one too many times

wasn't her because I follow her too. lol relax

I agree also FWIW some random guy on twitter claiming to have sources in the organization said It's not happening

traffic was a nightmare coming into charlotte. My wife and I were driving back from Raleigh area and google maps detoured us like almost an hour out of way around concord because it was so backed up

hamstring injuries suck so much

oh 100% I'm just living in fantasy land don't mind me

only question left is are we playing the Bills, chiefs, ravens in the superbowl? Bills would certainly be the best in terms of just playing a cursed franchise

this is really cool, also credit to Dan for holding the Rams hostage for that pick. I'm proud he didn't sell low on it.

Aho what a play !!

Lmao

I think I legitimately may be a cursed sports fan. I am sorry yall

THIS IS ALL MY FAULT

this is a sensationalist headline Juan and you know it lol

the athletic football show is the best NFL podcast to listen to hands down IMO, Mays is awesome. I really miss Tice though he was such a great cohost and him and Dane Brugler's prospects to pros pod was an awesome way to keep track of draft prospects as the CFB season went along

Again had we not ended up gifting the number one pick this trade would be closer. The problem was we misevaluated how close we were. From an asset standpoint it isn't close the Bears gave up a number one pick and got one in return plus a bunch of other stuff. Had we traded Brian Burns for two firsts and then used those instead of our pick it would have been us

I totally agree but I don't think the NBA will ever abandon it. They are so worried about tanking

yea i actually don't hate that pick, last years draft sucked

You can't even watch a fuging hornets game in charlotte without having some special app, it's insane Ok i'm done

my idea to fix the NBA lottery is to have three team brackets so the three worst teams are bracketed in the top three picks. Worst team with 50% odds, second worse 30% odds and third worse 20%. Then picks 4-6, 7-9, and 9-12 are the same. This would prevent these gigantic leaps teams are taking up the lottery to land generational stars when they had no business going there. The NFL doesn't fear this, why does the NBA- oh wait it's because they need the popular teams to stay good so the league stays relevant

i feel similar, it just feels like there is no way out of the basement for the hornets. we would have to get EXTREMELY lucky on a few picks which is hard to do when the NBA routinely screws you out of top talent

not the biggest canes fan but I've been watching them more this year, such a fun sport. I'm impressed with how Svetch is playing. (again I'm a noob when it comes to hockey)

how much of that is Kyle Shanahan though ? Don't get me wrong Purdy is not a bad QB, but to me he is pretty average

the scariest part of Bryce to me is what if he's good not great? Because that's how you end up with Tua contracts I wouldn't be surprised if very soon we see teams moving on from average QBs or letting them test free agency. Tepper has invested a ton in analytics I could see us doing it too. 9ers are different because this is Shannahans guy. But the dolphins i bet you are loathing having paid Tua too early.

I'm actually fairly bullish on him. He was pegged as a toolsy athlete who was all projection when we drafted him but I thought he did fairly well last year especially given the circumstances.

didn't read the thread before I posted but you nailed it