Jump to content
  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Picking After the Hornets


WUnderhill

Recommended Posts

Is there any better position to be in than picking directly after the Charlotte Hornets? If I’m a GM and the Hornets have the pick ahead of me, I’m feeling pretty good.

Let’s take a look:

2019: pick 12 PJ Washington, pick 13 Tyler Herro

The jury is still out on this one, but I’d rather have Herro based on last season alone.

2018: pick 11 SGA swapped for pick 12 Miles Bridges, pick 14 Michael Porter Jr.

Lol, would much rather have SGA or Porter Jr. A lot on this board wanted either of those guys. Bridges should at least be a role player though...whether we ever get a star and actually need role players is another question.
 

2017: pick 11 Malik Monk, pick 12 Luke Kennard, pick 13 Donovan Mitchell

Ouch. A lot here wanted Donovan Mitchell. Huddle should handle drafting.

 

2016: Traded pick 22 for Marco Belinelli, who played one season for us and scored 10 ppg. Pick 27 Pascal Siakam.

Lol. Plenty of good role players followed like Furkan Korkmaz and Dejounte Murray. And of course, Siakam. Wouldn’t be a Hornets draft without narrowly missing a star player, even when picking 22.

 

2015: pick 9 Frank Kaminsky, pick 10 Justise Winslow, pick 11 Myles Turner, pick 13 Devin Booker

While Winslow and Turner are not superstars, they have certainly been better than Kaminsky. And of course Booker. A lot of Hornets fans wanted Booker or Winslow. Heck we could have even drafted Rozier and saved a few years.


2014: pick 9 Noah Vonleh, followed by Elfrid Payton, Doug McDermott, Dario Saric, Zach Lavine, TJ Warren, Jusuf Nurkic

Some of these guys may not be stars, but all we had to do was pick literally ANYBODY except Vonleh here. Oh but this draft continues.

2014: pick 24 Shabazz Napier swapped for pick 26 PJ Hairston, pick 25 Clint Capela, pick 27 Bogdan Bogdanovic

Lol we have to be the absolute worst drafting franchise of all time. These aren’t cases of “we missed some random foreign star that came like 10 picks later” These are all cases of there being players available at our pick, who were picked right after (and sometimes that we even traded away) who we were actually scouting and considering and us choosing the wrong guy literally every single time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 11/12/2020 at 10:11 AM, TikTOK said:

This makes me emo as heck. But, I will say that I trust Mitch in getting this team in the right direction. Mitch was getting a lot of the heat in LA but since being here, he has made some very good decisions. I’m a big fan of Miles Bridges but I did want MPJ at the time. It was going to be a difficult decision to take MPJ bc of the injury. I don’t care too much for Shai Gilgeous. Would’ve loved Herro but PJ Washington is going to be a problem in the NBA. Herro was able to showcase his ability in the Playoffs by being surrounded by a much better team. A lot of our problems in the past was that Jordan was getting involved way too much. I think that Jordan has finally found someone he trust to make the tough decisions now to where he can just sit back and watch. But the biggest problem was that we had this idiot named Rich Cho who seriously believed that he could based off drafting players from a stupid system he created. 

Chucks bball takes are top notch. I wanted MPJ simply for the chance at him becoming a superstar, it was worth the risk at that point. They still had nothing to lose, this team must draft stars, its the only way to get them here currently. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • That's my biggest concern with making him the 2C.  You split up the Aho Jarvis bromance that accounted for a lot of points.  If Jarvis excels as a C, it could help the team even more though.
    • The Saints being that high is the one that killed me. Chris Olave might not know his name at this point, Shaheed is coming off injury as well, so 31 year old Brandin Cooks might be your best WR...coming off a 260 yard season over 10 games. Kamara is Kamara, but didn't have 1,000 yards last year and is about to turn 30.  Toss in the fact that Taysom Hill may be the best QB on the team and I truly don't understand Barnwell's thoughts beside seeing the names "Olave" and "Kamara" and going yep, that sounds better than "Chuba" and "Thielen". 
    • Now now now, I wouldn't say there is no logic, but there's just not a lot of in-depth thought put into Barnwell's  "analysis." Now to be fair to him (and other national writers), pre-season team rankings are basically clickbait. And...Barnwell, himself, said that "there's a lot of projection here." He basically admits that he doesn't know how the hell things are going to turn out with our receiver group. He also said that "I find myself" more intrigued by Coker than Legette; that does not mean that he said that fans should be, or that Coker will even be better than Legette (regardless of ESPN's per-route-run stat). So, yeah, Barnwell said some things, but even he has to basically admit that he doesn't know how bad or good that our playmakers will be in 2025.  Overall, what Barnwell is basically thinking is that the Panthers have gotten worse at the offensive skill positions, and baked into that is that others have gotten better. That's the argument in July (meaning, please don't give this any more weight than it's due). I would personally be surprised (not shocked) if we end up worse than the Titans, Pats and Giants at least. Once you throw in the Bills, Giants, Jets, Steelers, and even the Chargers, I personally think there are several teams' skill groups that may end up ranked lower than ours by the end of 2025.  @kungfoodudeis one of my dudes, but like others he is over the tipping point. He's had enough. Seeing is believing. I will say this though: Barnwell's piece is less about logic than just good ol' opinion. And to be honest, he might as well be a Huddler throwing out sh¡t in the summer based upon nothing but good feels or bad feels.  Our offense as a whole (just like any other team's) is going to depend upon the play of the O-line and especially the QB. How you can even rank the skill positions without expressly baking those two things in the cake is beyond me. I would dare say that that's not even logical. 
×
×
  • Create New...