Hornets Signed Isaiah Hicks

[AppHeel]

New thread, but @YoungPanthers89 shouted this out on the Marcus Paige thread

 

Not sure if this is a contract at the vet minimum for an actual roster spot or if it's a training camp invite with a chance to make the team and play in Greensboro if he doesn't (most likely).

Hicks had a nice summer league season with the Clippers and looked good in the limited amount of time I saw him. He has the body and athleticism to play in the league, but just needs to develop a jumper. Good developmental piece.

[Carl Spackler]

Good pickup for the Greensboro Tar Heels. Hoping we can land Jeff McInnis next

[Daddy_Uncle]

MJ once again caring more about helping players from his school and his brand than he does about winning. What a poorly ran trash organization

[MillionDollarCam]

If McAdoo can make the league, Hicks can as well.

T.J. Williams was signed to a training camp deal too.

[MillionDollarCam]

8 hours ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

MJ once again caring more about helping players from his school and his brand than he does about winning. What a poorly ran trash organization

Lololol

What a troll.

Yeah, this organization is trash for signing Hicks and Williams to training camp deals (the same thing they did with Mike Tobey last year). The Hornets might be poorly run but it's not because MJ is signing Tar Heel's to two-way contracts and training camp deals.

[bLACKpANTHER]

57 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Lololol

What a troll.

Yeah, this organization is trash for signing Hicks and Williams to training camp deals (the same thing they did with Mike Tobey last year). The Horners might be poorly run but it's not because MJ is signing Tar Heel's to two-way contracts and training camp deals.

agreed.. look at any franchise in any sport - they bring in 'Local boys' for tryouts all the time.. Panthers do it. Patriots, Lakers.. whoever..

Aside from the recent 2-way contracts - the only other Tarheel we have on our roster is Marvin.. matter fact since MJ has been part owner of the team the most "Heels" we ever had on the squad was 2 -- and sometimes we've had more Dukies than Heels

Heels in [...] Dukies in (...)

07 - [Felton, May]
08 - [Felton, May]
09 - [Felton] + (Hendo)
10 - (Hendo)
-------- MJ becomes maj owner -------
11 - (Hendo, Maggette)
12 - [Haywood] + (Hendo, McBob)
13 - [Haywood] + (Hendo, McBob)
14 - [Marvin, PJ] + (Hendo)
15 - [Marvin, Hansborough]
16 - [Marvin] + (Plumlee)
17 - [Marvin]

[TheMaulClaw]

On 8/3/2017 at 0:46 AM, Daddy_Uncle said:

MJ once again caring more about helping players from his school and his brand than he does about winning. What a poorly ran trash organization

You know that the D-league isn't really a farm league for the NBA?  They might have 2 players switch between the D-league team and riding the bench on the Hornets.  It's not like baseball or hockey.  Not many starters and stars emerge from the D-league.  They're might be two or three since that league started.

I'd bring in a lot of UNC players too if I owned a team there....drive them sales.

[WarHeel]

MJ once again caring more about helping players from his school and his brand than he does about winning. What a poorly ran trash organization

Hicks and Paige were two of the elite talent in the NCAA helping UNC all the way to the big dance (Hicks did it twice). One was Roy William's favorite player of his long coaching tenure with amazing leadership and clutch moments. The other an athletic freak with a high ceiling. He's not signing Stillman White here. Not really sure what more you're looking for when it comes to prospective NBA talent.


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[Shocker]

On 8/3/2017 at 0:46 AM, Daddy_Uncle said:

MJ once again caring more about helping players from his school and his brand than he does about winning. What a poorly ran trash organization

Yeah thats why he picked a Kentucky guy in the first round.  

[JB82887]

On 8/4/2017 at 11:21 PM, TheMaulClaw said:

You know that the D-league isn't really a farm league for the NBA?  They might have 2 players switch between the D-league team and riding the bench on the Hornets.  It's not like baseball or hockey.  Not many starters and stars emerge from the D-league.  They're might be two or three since that league started.

I'd bring in a lot of UNC players too if I owned a team there....drive them sales.

https://www.google.com/amp/gleague.nba.com/news/alumni-nba-playoffs-rosters-dleague-experience/amp/

 

2017 NBA D-League Alumni on NBA Playoff Rosters

Atlanta: Kent Bazemore, DeAndre Bembry, Tim Hardaway Jr., Ersan Ilyasova, Ryan Kelly, Mike Muscala, Taurean Prince, Dennis Schroder

Boston: Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, Gerald Green, Demetrius Jackson, Amir Johnson, Jordan Mickey, Terry Rozier, Marcus Smart, James Young

Chicago: Isaiah Canaan, Cristiano Felicio, Jerian Grant, Cameron Payne, Bobby Portis, Denzel Valentine, Paul Zipser

Cleveland: Kay Felder, Dahntay Jones, Edy Tavares

Golden State: Matt Barnes, Ian Clark, Damian Jones, Shaun Livingston, Kevon Looney, James Michael McAdoo, Patrick McCaw

Houston: Patrick Beverley, Clint Capela, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Chinanu Onuaku, Isaiah Taylor, Lou Williams, Troy Williams, Kyle Wiltjer

Indiana: Aaron Brooks, Rakeem Christmas, CJ Miles, Georges Niang, Glenn Robinson III, Joe Young

LA Clippers: Alan Anderson, Brandon Bass, Brice Johnson, Diamond Stone

Memphis: Wade Baldwin IV, Troy Daniels, Deyonta Davis, James Ennis III, JaMychal Green, Andrew Harrison, Jarell Martin, Wayne Selden

Milwaukee: Khris Middleton, Gary Payton II, Rashad Vaughn

Oklahoma City: Semaj Christon, Josh Huestis, Andre Roberson

Portland: Allen Crabbe, Ed Davis, Festus Ezeli, Jake Layman, CJ McCollum, Shabazz Napier, Tim Quarterman, Noah Vonleh

San Antonio: Kyle Anderson, Joel Anthony, Davis Bertans, Dewayne Dedmon, Bryn Forbes, Danny Green, Patty Mills, Dejounte Murray, Jonathon Simmons

Toronto: Bruno Caboclo, DeMarre Carroll, Cory Joseph, Lucas Nogueira, Patrick Patterson, Jakob Poeltl, Norman Powell, Pascal Siakam, PJ Tucker, Fred VanVleet, Delon Wright

Utah: Joel Bolomboy, Alec Burks, Rudy Gobert, Shelvin Mack, Raul Neto

Washington: Marcin Gortat, Brandon Jennings, Ian Mahinmi, Sheldon McClellan, Chris McCullough

[TheMaulClaw]

On 8/14/2017 at 1:20 PM, JB82887 said:

https://www.google.com/amp/gleague.nba.com/news/alumni-nba-playoffs-rosters-dleague-experience/amp/

 

2017 NBA D-League Alumni on NBA Playoff Rosters

Atlanta: Kent Bazemore, DeAndre Bembry, Tim Hardaway Jr., Ersan Ilyasova, Ryan Kelly, Mike Muscala, Taurean Prince, Dennis Schroder

Boston: Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, Gerald Green, Demetrius Jackson, Amir Johnson, Jordan Mickey, Terry Rozier, Marcus Smart, James Young

Chicago: Isaiah Canaan, Cristiano Felicio, Jerian Grant, Cameron Payne, Bobby Portis, Denzel Valentine, Paul Zipser

Cleveland: Kay Felder, Dahntay Jones, Edy Tavares

Golden State: Matt Barnes, Ian Clark, Damian Jones, Shaun Livingston, Kevon Looney, James Michael McAdoo, Patrick McCaw

Houston: Patrick Beverley, Clint Capela, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Chinanu Onuaku, Isaiah Taylor, Lou Williams, Troy Williams, Kyle Wiltjer

Indiana: Aaron Brooks, Rakeem Christmas, CJ Miles, Georges Niang, Glenn Robinson III, Joe Young

LA Clippers: Alan Anderson, Brandon Bass, Brice Johnson, Diamond Stone

Memphis: Wade Baldwin IV, Troy Daniels, Deyonta Davis, James Ennis III, JaMychal Green, Andrew Harrison, Jarell Martin, Wayne Selden

Milwaukee: Khris Middleton, Gary Payton II, Rashad Vaughn

Oklahoma City: Semaj Christon, Josh Huestis, Andre Roberson

Portland: Allen Crabbe, Ed Davis, Festus Ezeli, Jake Layman, CJ McCollum, Shabazz Napier, Tim Quarterman, Noah Vonleh

San Antonio: Kyle Anderson, Joel Anthony, Davis Bertans, Dewayne Dedmon, Bryn Forbes, Danny Green, Patty Mills, Dejounte Murray, Jonathon Simmons

Toronto: Bruno Caboclo, DeMarre Carroll, Cory Joseph, Lucas Nogueira, Patrick Patterson, Jakob Poeltl, Norman Powell, Pascal Siakam, PJ Tucker, Fred VanVleet, Delon Wright

Utah: Joel Bolomboy, Alec Burks, Rudy Gobert, Shelvin Mack, Raul Neto

Washington: Marcin Gortat, Brandon Jennings, Ian Mahinmi, Sheldon McClellan, Chris McCullough

Most of those guys were 1st round picks.

[JB82887]

18 hours ago, TheMaulClaw said:

Most of those guys were 1st round picks.

Matt Barnes, Marcin Gortat, Hasan Whiteside, Danny green, Jeremy Lin, Rafer Alston, Chuck Hayes, Chris Anderson, CJ Watson, JJ Barea, Ramon sessions, Matt Carroll among many others 

[TheMaulClaw]

On 8/20/2017 at 10:54 AM, JB82887 said:

Matt Barnes, Marcin Gortat, Hasan Whiteside, Danny green, Jeremy Lin, Rafer Alston, Chuck Hayes, Chris Anderson, CJ Watson, JJ Barea, Ramon sessions, Matt Carroll among many others 

Sweet a bunch of average players outside of Whiteside and Gortat. Rattling off names doesn't change that the NCAA remains as the primary farming mechanism for the NBA. The NBDL for the most part shelters bench players. Not game changers.

[pantherphan96]

23 hours ago, TheMaulClaw said:

Sweet a bunch of average players outside of Whiteside and Gortat. Rattling off names doesn't change that the NCAA remains as the primary farming mechanism for the NBA. The NBDL for the most part shelters bench players. Not game changers.

Danny Green one of the best 3 and D players in the NBA. There are decent situational and role players that come out of the DLeague. No one expects an All-Star or All-NBA player to come from the DLeague.