Game 1

[toldozer]

I love Melo but the group that was in cut it to 3. He comes in and were down 9 15 seconds later. Sometimes you gotta just ride the hot group

[Jackie Lee]

4 minutes ago, toldozer said:

I love Melo but the group that was in cut it to 3. He comes in and were down 9 15 seconds later. Sometimes you gotta just ride the hot group

Melo throwing up random hail mary 3's and Gordon missing open jump shots killed the momentum other guys had built. I only caught the 4th quarter but those two both looked complacent

[BIGH2001]

7 hours ago, OldNorthPowell said:

Miller is going to be special. Refs gave us the shaft, long and hard. They let Detroit play physical and blew the whistle on us for petty stuff. NBA hates the Charlotte market, so don't expect much. Always puzzles me how the Hornets are the only team in the NBA without the classic "home court" advantage. It is what it is.

I miss the hive. 

[Shocker]

Durens stat line vs Williams last night

[toldozer]

35 minutes ago, Shocker said:

Durens stat line vs Williams last night

Williams still better.  I still don't understand why we don't have both other then mj being a cheap ass

[MillionDollarCam]

Miller played 33 minutes and was only a -2.

Washington, Hayward, Rozier, and Ball all played around the same minutes and were anywhere from -7 to -12.

Plus-minus isn’t a great indicator of defense but it can be a good indicator of which players are on the court when the team goes on a run.

Of course Miller got taken out as soon as he cut the game to four with his massive dunk.

Clifford is going to coach himself out of a job because he simply doesn’t understand when to take guys out and when to leave them in.

[Cam Lawter]

At this point, only reason Hayward is starting over Miller is that embarrassing contract he has lol. 

[frankw]

4 hours ago, toldozer said:

Williams still better.  I still don't understand why we don't have both other then mj being a cheap ass

I'm big on Mark Williams. But trading Duren for a few dimes and nickels to draft the likes of Bryce McGowens when we could have both is some Scott Fitterer bullshit.

[Jackie Lee]

9 minutes ago, frankw said:

I'm big on Mark Williams. But trading Duren for a few dimes and nickels to draft the likes of Bryce McGowens when we could have both is some Scott Fitterer bullshit.

Yeah it was basically to save money for Miles' contract as I remember it. Just take the guy and figure it out later. He's way more valuable than a couple 2nds or whatever we got. GM's are supposed to figure that poo out 

[frankw]

7 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yeah it was basically to save money for Miles' contract as I remember it. Just take the guy and figure it out later. He's way more valuable than a couple 2nds or whatever we got. GM's are supposed to figure that poo out 

Absolutely. It looks even worse to know keeping Miles Bridges around with his heavy baggage was a significant factor in the trade.

This is a franchise that has had either average mediocre or laughably poor center play for the better part of 2 decades now with Al Jefferson being one of the few bright spots. It'd be nice to potentially have a 1-2 punch under rookie contracts and clearly we could use some more physicality around the rim.

But missteps like this are why Mitch wore out his welcome with the Lakers and why he will end things the same way here.

[GamecockSmitty4]

Add to that stuff that we traded SGA for Miles + 2nd rd picks. So Miles has completely screwed us in multiple ways. 

[MillionDollarCam]

Jalen Duren looked like an All-Star out there tonight against Chicago, thank God we got Bryce McGowens though…

[Jackie Lee]

1 hour ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Jalen Duren looked like an All-Star out there tonight against Chicago, thank God we got Bryce McGowens though…

Hey Mitch said it didn't make sense to take 2 1st rounders easy now

[MillionDollarCam]

2 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Hey Mitch said it didn't make sense to take 2 1st rounders easy now

Oh that’s right, my bad, I forgot it’s literally addition by subtraction lol.

Edited October 29, 2023 by MillionDollarCam