Official Hornets at Heat Thread

[Jeremy Igo]

OK folks, what are you looking for this evening? 

 

Will Frank the Tank be contributing right away

 

What say you 

[teeray]

Ready to roll.  Panthers have me distracted, but I have been keeping up with the preseason, and Batum is hopefully what I mistakenly thought Stephenson would be for us.  Defender, shooter, and facilitator.  He seemed the part in preseason 

We will miss MKG for sure, but I think are better equipped this year than years past to deal with his loss.

I think if we stay healthy we can make the playoffs this year.

Pretty stoked!!! Lets do this!

[Omega Atrocity]

Really looking forward to seeing the worst player I've probably ever seen get the start at 2 for some reason. Hopefully we can take down the Heat in spite of that.

[Manager10]

I am pumped for the season to finally tip off!

I am looking for an offense that passes the ball, uses the dribble and the pass to create, and doesn't shoot a lot of midrange jumpers. 

I think Frank gets less than 10 minutes of burn. Cliff likes guys that are strong defensively, and that hurts Frank a little. At the same time, Jordan wants Frank to be a contributor, so I do think he sees the court regularly even early in the season.

[bLACKpANTHER]

Whiteside has been a straight up beast, Bosh and McRoberts are back, Wade is healthy, Dragic is locked down, and Deng is motivated.

I can't wait!

yeah, the Heat's roster might be the most complete.. we can have a good season if things fall the right way, but tonight against the Heat- i am not expecting much more than the team to compete and be in it down the stretch..

[Liminy]

I think this might be PJ's only chance to show he has matured and can spread the ball around, if he reverts back to chucking up 3s every time the ball gets in his hands, I don't see him remaining the starter for long.

[TylerDurden]

Came here to make this gameday thread if it hadn't been made already lol... 

Needless to say, I AM PSYCHED!!! 

I do expect frank to contribute right away, and I'm excited to see Cliff giving a young guy like PJ the start now that his old vet staples are gone.   Love the balance and flow of the offense from what I've seen so far in their limited minutes in the preseason, and I can't wait to see it in action now on a full-time basis.  I'm just excited overall.  And I stand by my previous predictions that we will be a top 5 seed in the east.  This is the best team we' very had offensively and the deepest from top to bottom that we've ever had in the second incarnation of Charlotte basketball, and I expect us to shock the "experts" out there...   Tonight will be a great night to get that started with too because yesterday I was listening to Ryan Rusillo, whom I greatly respect, who was predicting the Heat may be the second best team in the east, which I think is a joke...   So let's show them tonight! 

[Matthias]

Let's see what these boys can do.  I always rooted for Lin to become a star in this league, here he has the chance to start and perhaps be a key guy in our offense.  I know if he feels like he is open, he's not afraid to pull the trigger.  Kemba is another guy who will take his shots.

The preseason got me thinking this could possibly be a good team, while the players may not be all-world.

[PantherKing1983]

anyone else getting an annoying ass buzzing sound on the fox sports southeast feed 

[YoungPanthers89]

Marvin Williams is still terrible

[Guest beek]

defense is on point

[Matthias]

Not a great start.  I hate to see the ball stop moving when it gets into Jefferson's hands.

[JccOldTime23]

Why exactly is Marvin Williams in the starting lineup?

[Matthias]

Jefferson is shutting me up, though I wonder if we can continue this game plan against tougher centers?