Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Surprise! Kon looks really bad!

TylerDurden

By TylerDurden,
in Charlotte Hornets

 Share

Recommended Posts

frankw Grand Master

frankw

Posted
Posted

We shouldn't "want" to trade LaMelo. It's basically in his hands. My view of the situation is the Hornets are basically letting LaMelo control his own destiny this season. He will either dial in and do everything he needs to do in order to stay on the basketball court and help this team compete for the playoffs. Or he will run it back with the same old same old and they will give the young guys the keys.

  • Pie 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
PanthersNCSU Proficient

PanthersNCSU

Posted
Posted
On 7/25/2025 at 5:17 PM, Shocker said:

Lamelo is a superstar and the face of the franchise.  No way am I trading him

410 possible games, he's played 231 of 'em. 56% of his games. 

Won rookie of the year, but he's been surpassed by the two guys he beat out.

Never been All-Anything but rookie team. 

He's a name because of the internet, but superstar? I mean, he's barely a star. Top 50 player for sure, but that's about it right now. 

  • Pie 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
frankw Grand Master

frankw

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, PanthersNCSU said:

410 possible games, he's played 231 of 'em. 56% of his games. 

Won rookie of the year, but he's been surpassed by the two guys he beat out.

Never been All-Anything but rookie team. 

He's a name because of the internet, but superstar? I mean, he's barely a star. Top 50 player for sure, but that's about it right now. 

I wish I could disagree. But seeing the way his family carries themselves translating over to him over these years I have a hard time seeing LaMelo turning a full 180 this season and becoming a focused and resilient basketball player locked in on leading this team to the playoffs.

His brother LiAngelo flamed out of the G League and is now an aspiring rapper and honestly looks like a complete clown. Doesn't bode well for LaMelo.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
PanthersNCSU Proficient

PanthersNCSU

Posted
Posted
14 hours ago, frankw said:

I wish I could disagree. But seeing the way his family carries themselves translating over to him over these years I have a hard time seeing LaMelo turning a full 180 this season and becoming a focused and resilient basketball player locked in on leading this team to the playoffs.

His brother LiAngelo flamed out of the G League and is now an aspiring rapper and honestly looks like a complete clown. Doesn't bode well for LaMelo.

I think the family has calmed down (they had to, obviously), and Lavar has done the 180 and disappeared enough. But...I think it messed LaMelo up in the worst way of all the kids, as it would anybody. He was a high school/internet superstar before doing anything. He was a kid celebrity essentially who thought he had already made it. 

I think LaMelo's basketball brain is absolutely unique and special. But the injuries, the family dynamic, the fame, and frankly being on bad teams for years has ruined him as a basketball player IMO. I hope he does go on to be a star because he's one of the most exciting players in the world to watch when he's rolling...I just don't think he's ever living up to that. 

Best case for the Hornets future, and his, is to trade him to a contender. He's your 2nd or 3rd best player on a good team, and a good vet star being "above" him would do wonders for him I think. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
frankw Grand Master

frankw

Posted
Posted
On 8/9/2025 at 8:07 AM, PanthersNCSU said:

I think the family has calmed down (they had to, obviously), and Lavar has done the 180 and disappeared enough. But...I think it messed LaMelo up in the worst way of all the kids, as it would anybody. He was a high school/internet superstar before doing anything. He was a kid celebrity essentially who thought he had already made it. 

I think LaMelo's basketball brain is absolutely unique and special. But the injuries, the family dynamic, the fame, and frankly being on bad teams for years has ruined him as a basketball player IMO. I hope he does go on to be a star because he's one of the most exciting players in the world to watch when he's rolling...I just don't think he's ever living up to that. 

Best case for the Hornets future, and his, is to trade him to a contender. He's your 2nd or 3rd best player on a good team, and a good vet star being "above" him would do wonders for him I think. 

I do agree he has a quality basketball IQ. He also has the prerequisite talent in spades. The issue is and you can see this with his brother Lonzo. They just aren't motivated to get on the court. It's not that they don't play hard or that they aren't competitive. They just don't seem to have much if any drive to get to the mountain top which is a playoff run and competing for a championship. Just the experience of playing and making a boatload of money seems to be enough. That's never going to be a player you can build around. Like you say that's your second or third best player on a playoff team. But not the singular core guy everyone else looks to.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 months later...
Basbear Grand Master

Basbear

Posted
Posted

Im not ready to admit I was wrong, but he's 10x better than I thought at this early stage. He's red hot form 3 and FG in general. 

ALL the rookies minus McNeeley have been GREAT. I thought Sion James would be a non-factor and send down very soon at start, he's already worth NBA mins.

The big man is Kalkbrenner is surprise starter and he looks like he can handle 25 mins each game. 

The feel is different for this class. Kon included 

  • Pie 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • rmoneyg35
      OFFICIAL 2026 Undrafted Free Agent Thread

      By rmoneyg35 · Posted

      Any idea what happened to him at LSU? im reading that he was considered a 1st round pick in 2023, had an off 2024 season with only 4 sacks but was also on a horrible FSU team then went to LSU where he was supposed to be on an aggressive defense that should have given him a lot of sacks but he only ended up with one….   was he injured? Did the top SEC competition expose him? What happened? Cause this guy was considered a top prospect .  
    • Tepper's Chest Hair
      Bryce Young 5th year option exercised

      By Tepper's Chest Hair · Posted

      Sometimes its fun to read the threads/posts.  The panthers could literally hire a groundskeeper and we'd have a thread "improving the field for no other reason to prop up Bryce Young".  Apparently no move is ever done to actually make the team better.  All a conspiracy to just focus on Bryce Young. Or suddenly daydreaming and reminiscing about Sam Darnold when he was hated more than Bryce Young.  Its really fun to do a message board search about Darnold during that time period.   Or thinking there is just a tree that grows QB, and you can just easily go up and pluck one.   
    • strato
      Bryce Young 5th year option exercised

      By strato · Posted

      Yeah okay. We as an organization have been more patient with him than many. And there has been a small parade of guys drafted since he was, also to bad teams, that have passed him. Some have lapped him. As a fan I am out of patience but he gets this year it is out of my hands always has been. I just hope the bar is higher than it has been for him.    FWIW, XL dropped two passes last year. He did do some other bad stuff, just saying. 
×
×
  • Create New...