Games Thread

[Scott12345]

Biz is worthless...hurts our team every minute he is on the court

[pantherdad]

Well, it was closer than I thought it would be. Our cold shooting in the first half put us in a hole, still need an an elite center

[Captain Morgan]

On 2/3/2021 at 8:14 PM, Scott12345 said:

So now embid is making 3’s?

play the rookie bigs...it will show tha fans why they never play

 

when he did that I was like

 

another tough one tonight....guess who's got the best record in the West?  Lakers?  Nope.  Clippers?  nope.

That would be Utah.  Just glad they don't have Embid.

[Captain Morgan]

wow.  Hornets starting Graham, Rozier and LaMelo tonight.  3 guards, plus Gordon.  Rebounding will be key, but LaMelo is excellent as a rebounding guard.

[Shocker]

Anyone have a link to the game?

 

[Captain Morgan]

Hornets jumped out to a double digit lead, then fell behind in the 2nd quarter, and at the half are behind by 15.

Graham pulled up with a non-contact injury and went to the locker room.  Waiting to see what's up with that.

 

The last two games have shown we need a big man to be a true contender. 

 

 

[Scott12345]

Utah May be the best team we’ve played so far

mitchell is really good...so is Conley 

and their big guy is good too

[Captain Morgan]

once again, the Hornets will not give up.  They are relentless like the "Jake from State Farm" commercials, and whatever that commercial is that has the classical/opera song about a car with food on the roof.

 

[Chaos]

I've said it before and I'll say it a million more times.  If we had a legit big man, imagine the better looks we'd get from three playing the inside out game.  If we had someone in the middle our opponents actually considered a threat, this team would be so dangerous.  But instead we have soft, no defense Zeller, and no hands Biz.

 

But, hats off to Melo, he's must-see TV and he has earned that starting spot.  I guess Borego didn't know what to do so he started all three guards to not make waves.  Sooner or later he'll have to choose the sixth man.

[rippadonn]

LaMelo Ball led the way for the Hornets, erupting for a career-high 34 points on 14-of-27 shooting, four rebounds, eight assists, two steals and zero turnovers in the loss. Ball is the first Charlotte rookie to record a 30-point game since Walter Herrmann on April 14, 2007 and the youngest in NBA history to do so with five assists and no turnovers (previous: Stephon Marbury).

https://www.nba.com/hornets/ball-scores-career-high-34-pts-hornets-downed-visiting-jazz

 

34 points from a rookie AND everything he has done previously. This is your very own Kobe replacement and thank God you didn't trade him away this time around.

GO HORNETS!

[rippadonn]

Has a rookie of the year ever won MVP because if he continues to start he may become THAT guy.

[t96]

After last night I’m 100% convinced that LaMelo will ultimately bring the Hornets their first championship and consistent playoff success for as long as he’s here and healthy. I trust Kupchak to continue building around him. We may need another year or 2 but this kid is so fuging good. Also he’ll help us get other veteran role players to want to come here and join forces, which is essential in this modern game. Despite the loss I couldn’t be more pumped about this team’s future.

[Captain Morgan]

and he's only 19.

[rippadonn]

22 hours ago, Chaos said:

I've said it before and I'll say it a million more times.  If we had a legit big man, imagine the better looks we'd get from three playing the inside out game.  If we had someone in the middle our opponents actually considered a threat, this team would be so dangerous.  But instead we have soft, no defense Zeller, and no hands Biz.

 

But, hats off to Melo, he's must-see TV and he has earned that starting spot.  I guess Borego didn't know what to do so he started all three guards to not make waves.  Sooner or later he'll have to choose the sixth man.

I thought Vernon Carey Jr was NBA ready. We need a rotation of three solid centers like the Bulls three headed monster back with MJ. Nick Richards? Time to throw them in there, especially Carey Jr.