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Hornets Basketball Starts Tonight

Omega Atrocity

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In case anyone didn't know the preseason starts tonight for us so lets try to get a few people up in here at least. 

What are your expectations for this season? I think we will somewhere between 45 and 50 games and be in the top 5 or 6 of the eastern conference. Clifford is a pretty good coach, we finished in the top 10 in both offense and defense last year, while finishing quite well down the stretch. 

It seems like Hibbert is going to be our starting 5 man going into the season based on the tweets I've been seeing. I'm just trying to get a little something something brewing in this sub-forum.

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My expectations are lower. I think we could be a little bit better if MKG stays healthy, but I think we all know that isn't going to happen.

 

The lift in scoring that Lin provided off the bench was found on few other teams last year and it will be missed.

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1 hour ago, Jase said:

My expectations are lower. I think we could be a little bit better if MKG stays healthy, but I think we all know that isn't going to happen.

 

The lift in scoring that Lin provided off the bench was found on few other teams last year and it will be missed.

Any particular reasons why other than Lin? Kemba and Marvin were both pretty incredible last year, so if you think they might regress a little bit I could see that.

Honestly I think Sessions can take over Lin's production, he only averaged 12/3/3. Granted his highs won't be as high as Lin's were (he won us a game vs the Spurs and against the Cavs sans Kemba), but I don't think his lows will be as low either. Sessions quietly led the Wizards on a great end of season run last year. They beat us, the Hawks, and the Celtics I believe in the last couple of weeks of the year with Wall resting, and Sessions was a huge part of that. Maybe it's just preseason buzz but I like having Sessions back.

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11 minutes ago, Omega Atrocity said:

Any particular reasons why other than Lin? Kemba and Marvin were both pretty incredible last year, so if you think they might regress a little bit I could see that.

Honestly I think Sessions can take over Lin's production, he only averaged 12/3/3. Granted his highs won't be as high as Lin's were (he won us a game vs the Spurs and against the Cavs sans Kemba), but I don't think his lows will be as low either. Sessions quietly led the Wizards on a great end of season run last year. They beat us, the Hawks, and the Celtics I believe in the last couple of weeks of the year with Wall resting, and Sessions was a huge part of that. Maybe it's just preseason buzz but I like having Sessions back.

Lin's ability to create on offense extended beyond those plays that he scored on. I think you'll find that the entire 2nd unit greatly benefited from his ability to create movement and get to the basket.  And he was great at drawing fouls.  I like Ramon, I just don't think he's the same kind of player.

As for the starting 5, hibbert is as much a liability on offense as big Al was on Defense last year. I also don't know how well Hibbert and MKG are going to mesh.  Offensive rebounding should go through the roof.

Lots of questions that will soon be answered.

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I think we make the playoffs, but I agree that hibbert will be just as bad defensively as Big Al was. I hate Cho and I'm not a big Steve Clifford fan, I know we finished well offensively last year, but sometimes it's looks like our offense is playing a pick up game at the Y. No real play calling. Hopefully the Defense can be good again and we can be high in the Eastern Conference.


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