Surprise! Wait… Surprise Again! Kon Looks Really Good!

[carpanfan96]

13-8 over the last 21 with 6 straight wins. Last 10 the team is 8-2. 

[frankw]

The core group of young guys are the most promising we've seen in many years.

In particular Brandon Miller has definitely been stepping up into the much needed role we've expected. Great to see.

Sexton bounced back in a big way from a really awful game against the Mavs too. Credit where it's due.

The unis and court are a nice experimental combo although not the easiest on the eyes. Just glad they are finally back to consistent winning basketball.

[toldozer]

2 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

13-8 over the last 21 with 6 straight wins. Last 10 the team is 8-2. 

Should be 16-5 too

[PleaseCutStewart]

Surprisingly this team has actually looked pretty good when we have all of our starters healthy

[WUnderhill]

 

Edited yesterday at 03:55 AM by WUnderhill

[Jackie Lee]

7 hours ago, frankw said:

The core group of young guys are the most promising we've seen in many years.

In particular Brandon Miller has definitely been stepping up into the much needed role we've expected. Great to see.

Sexton bounced back in a big way from a really awful game against the Mavs too. Credit where it's due.

The unis and court are a nice experimental combo although not the easiest on the eyes. Just glad they are finally back to consistent winning basketball.

What's the reason behind the court and jerseys? Even down and out years I see Hornets gear in NYC all the time just because it's nice colors for the lids people and sneaker heads

[AggieLean]

On 1/31/2026 at 1:29 PM, jfra78 said:

I like the unis, but they feel more west coast.  Bugs up at Halftime

I love the unis and the court. The whites and teals were already extremely nice.

[t96]

16 hours ago, WUnderhill said:

 

Ehh Miller alone makes that a great draft class. Glad we didn’t make the mistake of taking Scoot, as many wanted. MJ’s final parting gift to us 

[frankw]

16 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

What's the reason behind the court and jerseys? Even down and out years I see Hornets gear in NYC all the time just because it's nice colors for the lids people and sneaker heads

 

On 1/31/2026 at 12:23 PM, Little Goody Two Shoes said:

Based on the Birds of Paradise flower which was named in honor of Queen Charlotte   
 

 

I assume the court color scheme is just the NBA norm of experimenting for the sake of switching it up.

But yeah the Hornets have a great color combo and if they can actually be competitive again you'll see a lot more of their gear around the country. Here's to hoping.

Edited 20 hours ago by frankw

[33inNC]

4 hours ago, t96 said:

Ehh Miller alone makes that a great draft class. Glad we didn’t make the mistake of taking Scoot, as many wanted. MJ’s final parting gift to us 

Holy hell, finally picked the right guy in the lottery, but still picking the wrong guys in general.  Glad to see this team has better leadership, as we always seemed to pick the wrong guy with MJ at the helm (see his meddling and bad pick correlations).

[t96]

16 hours ago, 33inNC said:

Holy hell, finally picked the right guy in the lottery, but still picking the wrong guys in general.  Glad to see this team has better leadership, as we always seemed to pick the wrong guy with MJ at the helm (see his meddling and bad pick correlations).

Ehh, new front office has 2 drafts under their belt -- Salaun draft class was really a horrible class in general, but Salaun has started to show some of his potential and KJ Simpson not bad for a 2nd round pick. This past draft clearly looks like it was knocked out of the fuging park obviously with Kon but also Sion and Kalk already contributing in somewhat big roles for late round picks. And McNeeley has shown potential and lit it up in summer league, seems to be doing well in the G league for a young guy too. 

 

 

As for this season I think a very realistic goal and outcome of the regular season is sneaking up into a 7 or 8 seed and then winning 1 of 2 play-in games to make the real playoffs. Probably get cooked in round 1 but that playoff experience and establishing that expectation of winning is critical to the development of our young core.