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On 5/13/2025 at 5:02 PM, carpanfan96 said:

You don't touch Knueppel at #4. It will be either Bailey"if 76ers take VJ", VJ or Tre and that's the list. 

No, it will be a raw 6'7" 17-year-old European who just played basketball for the first time in March and who the idiot GM "had first on our board." He'll play the whole G-League season, get in 42 games for the Hornets and average 1.1 ppg on 35% shooting. Been there, seen that.

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6 hours ago, Joe Bear said:

No, it will be a raw 6'7" 17-year-old European who just played basketball for the first time in March and who the idiot GM "had first on our board." He'll play the whole G-League season, get in 42 games for the Hornets and average 1.1 ppg on 35% shooting. Been there, seen that.

I'm guessing this is a knock on Salaun but I thought they took the right route since it was a weak draft, he has huge upside, and they don't want to win right now. 

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6 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

I'm guessing this is a knock on Salaun but I thought they took the right route since it was a weak draft, he has huge upside, and they don't want to win right now. 

yea i actually don't hate that pick, last years draft sucked 

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Probably in the minority but I'd go Walter Clayton or Kon Knueppel. Guranteed shot creators and shooters from outside.  These guys will come in and thrive, they fit the modern game. What concerns me about VJ is his perimeter game, and his shots off the dribble are like 20% we don't need a Westbrook that'd be a disaster fit. He seems like a guy who has to have a solid structure around him to succeed. Bailey is going to be solid but he's not going to elevate this team that much, we have had a army of springy forwards the past 10 yrs, and that's great, but you have to beable to SCORE it in todays game. 

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22 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

Rumors are that the Hornets are looking at VJ, Bailey, Johnson and Maluach with the fourth pick. Last ones a bit of a surprise for me. 

Would be perfect Hornets to take the big guy there.  Whatever at this point 

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On 5/19/2025 at 3:09 PM, carpanfan96 said:

Rumors are that the Hornets are looking at VJ, Bailey, Johnson and Maluach with the fourth pick. Last ones a bit of a surprise for me. 

I wonder what they can get for Ball.  I'm good with trading him if the price is right and drafting a Guard to develop with Miller.  If the price is right now would be the time to flip him IMO.  

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7 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

I wonder what they can get for Ball.  I'm good with trading him if the price is right and drafting a Guard to develop with Miller.  If the price is right now would be the time to flip him IMO.  

He's going to have to play most of a season while being effective shooting. Health and shot selection are huge knocks against him and he's going to have to prove he can get stronger, stay healthy and play winning basketball. 

 

Team isn't going to trade him because they expect him to make that jump. 

 

 

Also starting to look like Philly will take VJ, so Charlotte will end up with Bailey

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14 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

He's going to have to play most of a season while being effective shooting. Health and shot selection are huge knocks against him and he's going to have to prove he can get stronger, stay healthy and play winning basketball. 

 

Team isn't going to trade him because they expect him to make that jump. 

 

 

Also starting to look like Philly will take VJ, so Charlotte will end up with Bailey

Bailey's struggles shooting though, so a perfect Hornets pick. 

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19 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

He's going to have to play most of a season while being effective shooting. Health and shot selection are huge knocks against him and he's going to have to prove he can get stronger, stay healthy and play winning basketball. 

 

Team isn't going to trade him because they expect him to make that jump. 

 

 

Also starting to look like Philly will take VJ, so Charlotte will end up with Bailey

Yeah I'm not a fan of waiting on him to make that jump.  He seems destined to play for a larger market and we have someone in Miller we can still build around.  Get a haul for Melo and draft a G.  I saw a nice trade suggestion on SI of him Ball to the Rockets for Smith, pick 10, VanVleet (who we can also flip), plus a couple future firsts.  Two top 10 picks in this draft would be a great way to build around Miller and Williams.  Smith is a solid young defender with a huge ceiling as well.  I think it's the quickest way for us to turn this around.

https://www.si.com/nba/hornets/news/proposed-lamelo-ball-trade-sends-hornets-star-to-western-conference

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7 minutes ago, Ornias said:

Bailey's struggles shooting though, so a perfect Hornets pick. 

Would give them Miller, Salune, and Bailey all at 6-8 or taller with shoes. 

 

Couple years

Ball, Miller, Salune and Bailey with a center would be a possibly really good tall team that excels at perimeter defense. 

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Yeah I'm not a fan of waiting on him to make that jump.  He seems destined to play for a larger market and we have someone in Miller we can still build around.  Get a haul for Melo and draft a G.  I saw a nice trade suggestion on SI of him Ball to the Rockets for Smith, pick 10, VanVleet (who we can also flip), plus a couple future firsts.  Two top 10 picks in this draft would be a great way to build around Miller and Williams.  Smith is a solid young defender with a huge ceiling as well.  I think it's the quickest way for us to turn this around.

https://www.si.com/nba/hornets/news/proposed-lamelo-ball-trade-sends-hornets-star-to-western-conference

Williams isn't going to be here much longer. The team is all in on waiting, it's why they haven't been trying to load up the team and try to win. Also Ball wants to be here. 

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