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2005 vs NE 2008 vs TB 2013 vs SF 2013 vs NE 2013 vs NO

They are the NBA version of the Seahawks. A franchise with a loyal fanbase that always had a fun underdog edge to it (mostly because of bad luck/management, etc) but then they got good and now people that never watched the NBA before in their lives are huge Warrior fans. Ironically that underdog image that GS always carried with them in the playoffs now belongs to Memphis. I'm sick of Steph Curry being front page news here in Charlotte like we don't have our own team. Each headline is just an evil reminder of how irrelevant the home team became this season.

That's like a Sonics fan saying they like the Thunder...

Lol it is possible to accept Steves success while acknowledging his attitude wasn't the greatest, people. If attitude wasn't an issue, he'd still be a Panther.

Just what the nba needs. Another superstar run into the ground by thibs.

I like how it's STRENGTH IN NUMBERS but only the starting five are pictured.

This is true, but: Parker, Ginobili, Duncan are HOF. Conley, Randolph, Gasol are All-Stars. The defensive wing is absolutely a crucial piece, but he needs to be your third or fourth best player when all is said and done. MKG being so important is more of an indictment of the talent around him than anything else.

More last year than this year, but there were moments where we made it happen. The peak was the home and home sweep of this Wizards team punctuated by a sequence where we got three or four consecutive offensive rebounds to close the game out, but of course a couple games later MKG gets injured in Philly and everything fell apart after that. This is the style the Hornets want to play, the difference is Memphis is talented. Charlotte...isn't.

Of COURSE the grit and grind teams do well in the playoffs the year the Hornets have a combined billion games missed for injury and Al Jefferson remembered he was not Hakeem Olajuwon. Ugh.

It's the fear of the uncertainty if you let the QB walk. Sure, Wilson MIGHT easily be replicated, but if they can't find him, they'll end up with a dominant defense and terrible offense that results in the 7-9 purgatory of the Rams (or pretty much every Panthers team from 2006-2011.) The Seahawks were one RW draft pick away from starting Matt Flynn. Who knows what they or the NFL landscape in general looks like if RW never shows up?

That guy who wrote the "Niners should go all in on Luke" article is about to pull out ALL the stops for his next one.

Counterpoint: They're not going to grow the market in the Triangle where college basketball is always king and they also have the Hurricanes to deal with. Folks are not going to journey out to Dorton Arena when they could be at PNC or Reynolds for NC State and the Canes. What makes the Checkers/Canes relationship work is the Checkers are the only hockey option in Charlotte. In this arrangement you're looking at basketball vs basketball, and NC State and the rest of the elite basketball programs are always going to win the attention span of the market. The D-League works best in smaller communities where the rest of the low minor league sports are. Asheville and even Fayetteville fit that bill much better.

TWC Arena to US Cellular Center (Asheville ): 2 hours 13 minutes TWC Arena to North Charleston Coliseum (Charleston): 3 hours 7 minutes

Plus 2016 has arguably a better class of tackles than this one, headlined by Tunsil and Stanley.

Look out 6-10!

Well in print it seems like he would like to pursue Collins but he has no concrete proof of innocence and until then he will stay as far away as possible. Like JJ said, "No, we are not interested in La'El Collins" is sitting right there as a perfectly succinct and concrete answer. But that's not what he said.

Hopefully Asheville gets it. We have familiarity with the area after using them as training camp, they recently renovated the Civic Center which is the ideal size, and it's far enough away and in a small enough community to be appreciated by the market yet close enough to be convenient for the team. Also Asheville is the only city to win back to back d-league titles. Unfortunately the team relocated after the second one, but this was before the d league was really taken seriously by the nba as a minor league system. Obligatory "They're already a d-league team!" joke...

Sad that this is the complete opposite of how the system is supposed to work but is the reality of the situation.

Atlanta. Still some formidable talent on that squad and improved in the areas they needed. Just a matter of whether Quinn is a good coach or if he's a product of that sheer talent on the Seattle defense. Also, that offensive line still needs an overhaul and that wasn't addressed in the draft.

Well tell us how you really feel... What the heck is a "Three year garbage muffler?"

He was taken after a junior punter and a long snapper from Navy. This draft class as a whole just isn't very good, especially in later rounds.

The intent was never to use all nine picks. By acquiring two comps that were untradeable it gave us an opportunity to trade picks if we wanted to. At some point last year we started nine or so rookies. Folks forget how young this team is, and with all that youth making impacts on the roster, the less we need a glutton of picks. Just no room on the roster. As was mentioned earlier in the thread, this draft seems to be about acquiring that which we need going forward to compete on a higher level. Needs that we had pointed out on this board all season. A second receiver across from Kelvin, and a Chancellor-esque rover in the defense, among other things. At the end of day, there are still four picks to play with in the rounds that have proven to be in the Panthers wheelhouse recently.

Well, technically...

What would we get out of Phillip Dorsett that we don't already have in Philly and Ted Ginn? Under the circumstances, no more first round tackles were available. We were prepared to take DJ. Things just didn't fall our way. We can wait on the big bodied receivers (Strong, Funchess) or deep threat (Smith) that Cam needs later in the draft.

Gettleman got away from the MEDIA bpa, not his own. Big difference. Remember, Kelvin was a mid 2nd rounder according to the experts, too.