Good article on our slump

[Captain Morgan]

Early on in the season, the Charlotte Hornets were one of the best offensive teams in the league. They were nailing three-pointers, running in transition, and everything was running smoothly. Only the problem was, their defense was absolutely horrific. A lack of communication and overall effort killed them.

But now, funnily enough, those themes have flip-flopped.

In Charlotte’s last 13 games (2-11 record), they hold the 11th-best defensive rating in the league (110.1), but the third-worst offensive rating (105.8). They’re playing some of their best defense of the season, but now magically, their offense has gone cold. In reality, though, there’s nothing magic about it.

When the Hornets’ offense was at its peak, the ball was moving on a string. LaMelo Ball initiated the offense, Gordon Hayward and/or Terry Rozier were there to keep it moving, and Mason Plumlee acted as a tertiary facilitator from the post. And the crazy part about it is, their passing numbers are still elite.

Over those same 13 games where the Hornets have gone 2-11, they rank first in the NBA in passes made (311.4), sixth in assists (26.8), and first in potential assists (53.8). The ball is moving, Charlotte just isn’t finishing the job. As painful (and obvious) as it is to say, they’re just missing shots.

 

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’s a sadistic truth and one that can only be fixed by water finding its level. And for those keeping score at home, the Hornets shot 7-for-20 on wide-open threes against the Milwaukee Bucks in their blowout loss.

Some notable individual numbers over the last 13 games are as followed:

Terry Rozier: 33.6 percent, 8.9 threes/game
Kelly Oubre Jr: 25.0 percent. 8.3 threes/game
PJ Washington: 31.6 percent, 5.8 threes/game
Miles Bridges: 24.3 percent, 5.4 threes/game
Cody Martin: 29.4 percent, 2.4 threes/game
Ball is the only one finding success from range lately, shooting 39.6 percent on 7.8 attempts per night over the last 13 games. Other than that, almost everyone is shooting well below their season averages.

 

can't post the whole article, and it's not long, it's worth a read

 

https://www.atthehive.com/2022/3/2/22957164/charlotte-hornets-struggles-three-point-shooting-lamelo-ball-gordon-hayward-mason-plumlee?utm_campaign=atthehive&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[scratched]

I've said many times, Rozier and Oubre cant shoot this low % from 3 if we plan to win ball games... I think we should have found trade partners for one or the other for a SHOOTER!!

[Eazy-E]

This is what happens when your coaches doesn’t have an offensive and defensive strategy that compliment each other. You can’t play legit defense if your offensive is all about fast paced transition, run and gun scoring. Now that they are trying to lock down on defense, Borrego doesn’t have a half court offense in lace for these guys to run. They’re still free styling it resulting in a lot of iso ball and passing way too many times and often times out of wide open looks.

Obviously guys need to be hitting their wide open shots but some structure on offense would go a long way for this team. That falls on Borrego.

[kelvinblunt]

ah jeez, I have loved the Hornets since I was a little kid, but all this back and forth in performance has killed my interest lately. Although I'm gonna defend them again by saying,, life is getting brutal on my side and I am easily distracted from the things I truly used to enjoy, so I'll just always wish them well and hope to have a better head soon to just catch up games and enjoy them again.