2023 Charlotte Hornets Summer League

[MillionDollarCam]

Lol Wemby is going to be fine.

27 points, 12 boards (4 offensive), 3 blocks, and a steal… shot over 50% from the floor and 50% from three. Only place he struggled from was the free throw line.

Edited July 10, 2023 by MillionDollarCam

[App Panther]

What will the haters say about Brandon Miller now? I missed the game but looks like another crazy efficient night for Durant Jr. 

[mickeye76]

2 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Not gonna lie Wemby looks like a project. His conditioning is poor and he's getting bullied vs summer league kids.

 

Would not surprise me if the Spurs bring him along slowly as in redshirt him his rookie year. Get him to put on some weight and build his strength. He's literally gassed already.

You talking bout Miller? All those fouls and poor conditioning. Sounds like we need to red shirt Miller but we can't and wont we went all in because of fit in starting lineup. We could have brought Scoot along slowly by having him run the second team at PG but nope we all in on Melo, Bridges and Miller being the stars.  We see how that works out.  

[App Panther]

2 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Not gonna lie Wemby looks like a project. His conditioning is poor and he's getting bullied vs summer league kids.

 

Would not surprise me if the Spurs bring him along slowly as in redshirt him his rookie year. Get him to put on some weight and build his strength. He's literally gassed already.

You are the guy that wanted Miller over Scoot too, right? Great. 

[mrcompletely11]

8 hours ago, App Panther said:

You are the guy that wanted Miller over Scoot too, right? Great. 

Once people realize he is a juvenile troll on his 5th alias then things start making sense

[SameDamnThing]

you guys have to respect how much pressure is on these guys to produce right away and how much it is impacting their games. nobody is moving naturally and nobody is playing the role they're going to play when the games start to count. miller isn't going to be our primary offensive weapon. he's going to be on the end of a lot of inside-out passes from a driving Lamelo for open shots. I wanted Scoot too, but I only wanted him because I liked him as a franchise PG better than Melo who I don't trust to stay healthy over a full season after watching his brother struggle and have his career cut short. I don't think people understand how hard Lavar worked these kids and how much miles it put on their body, but that's another story. 

Miller will get those passes and either shoot or move the ball quickly to the next open man. He'll get some touches to take to the rim, but we wanted his shooting at the wing position because we haven't really had a true wing that could do it. we've been trying to plug guys like PJ into that job and undersized guys like Oubre and Rozier, but no real rim drivers. Miles played there, but his outside shooting wasn't good enough to be a real threat. 

I don't think anyone should be expecting 25 ppg for anyone in this class their first season. I think you'll see a lot of these guys get 22-26 minutes per game and 13-15 ppg. They're teenagers and they need to be stretched into these 82 game 30 plus minute nights. Wemby is going to be more than fine, but they need to manage his minutes. Miller will be the same. The guards in this class might move a little faster in progression, but be closer to their ceilings. 

[WUnderhill]

This thread is pathetic.

[ForJimmy]

37 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

This thread is pathetic.

[mrcompletely11]

damn

Good discussion from Simmons and Ryen R about Scoot, Miller and the Hornets.  

 

Starts around 30 minutes in

[Teddy2SuperBowlHeartBreaks]

I'm not a Hornets fan, and I've never paid much attention to this franchise, but I have recently become intrigued with the amount of ineptitude this franchise has been plagued with. Like a moth to a flame. This summer league squad is a complete joke, easily the worst summer league team I've ever seen. It is so obvious they are outclassed every game from the tip. Wemby looked like a complete bust in that Spurs game and the Spurs STILL won by 20. It seems impossible that james bouknight could really be this bad at basketball. I don't know if it is a failure to scout or develop talent, or a little of both. Unless you are the Lakers you need to excel in those two areas or nothing else matters. 

I said last year that the Hornets should have traded Lamelo, all of their young players, and picks to the Lakers for Lebron and AD, who early last season looked too old and fragile to compete for a ring. Why not trade away young talent that you know you won't be able to develop anyway and swing for the fences. Lebron playing for MJ would have been the basketball story of the year, and the Hornets may have snuck into the second round. Now, after drafting another bust with the 2nd pick, the Hornets will be ass next year as well to repeat the cycle all over again. The Carolinas deserve so much better than this. 

[App Panther]

35 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

damn

Good discussion from Simmons and Ryen R about Scoot, Miller and the Hornets.  

 

Starts around 30 minutes in

This validates everything I've been saying since before the draft and after.

Picking Miller over Scoot will haunt a franchise long familiar with self inflicted wounds. 

[mrcompletely11]

The hornets didn’t make the pick Michael dumbfug Jordan did.   And he has a long long line of picking the absolute wrong choice 

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

You can build an Olympic gold winning team with all of the talent the hornets have missed in the last 15+ years with their drafting strategy. Not to mention traded away. We could easily have Shai right now. This is why I will remain skeptical. We lucked into Melo. 

Edited July 10, 2023 by USDepartmentOfSavagery

[CPF4LIFE]

7 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

The hornets didn’t make the pick Michael dumbfug Jordan did.   And he has a long long line of picking the absolute wrong choice 

WRONG.

Edited July 11, 2023 by CPF4LIFE