2026 Charlotte Hornets

[HardcoreHokie]

This team is too good to not have its own thread.

Houston Rockets on Thursday.  7-game winning streak (first in 10 years).  

Can the Charlotte Hornets beat KD and the 31-17 Rockets in Houston tomorrow?

[teeray]

hahaah thank youuuu.  wasnt sure where to post earlier and didnt want to start a whole thread so this is perfect haha

 

[pantherdad]

Here’s hoping for the Texas sweep in less than 2 weeks

[teeray]

The way we are playing right now we have a chance against anyone.  My only fear is if we lose even one of our starting 5 we go from pretty good to pretty not good.  

Also i feel like Lamelo is really starting to figure it out and Brandon Miller is back in game shape after all his injuries.

Personally I dont wanna see us try and make a splash deal at teh deadline but get more depth on the bench.  This core needs to stay intact

[carpanfan96]

Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng and 3 2nds were traded to the Bulls for Colby White, and Mike Conley Jr. With Mason Plumlee going to OKC. 

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[carpanfan96]

Conley will be waived. 

Edited 1 hour ago by carpanfan96

[ForJimmy]

9 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng and 3 2nds were traded to the Bulls for Colby White, and Mike Conley Jr. With Mason Plumlee going to OKC. 

I liked Sexton…

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

Is White that much better? They are both on expiring contracts. Is it worth the loss in chemistry?

[ForJimmy]

12 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Conley will be waived. 

He would actually be a nice vet to have for a playoff push...

[toldozer]

I would have just kept sexton to be honest. When I have seen white with less playing time he's been meh and he isn't coming here to start. I do think he's a better starter than sexton when melo gets hurt

[pantherdad]

10 minutes ago, Little Goody Two Shoes said:

Is White that much better? They are both on expiring contracts. Is it worth the loss in chemistry?

He’s averaging 18.1 a game and has improved every year since he came to the league. And I’m a Duke fan lol

[ForJimmy]

11 minutes ago, toldozer said:

I would have just kept sexton to be honest. When I have seen white with less playing time he's been meh and he isn't coming here to start. I do think he's a better starter than sexton when melo gets hurt

I’m reading OKC gave us a 2nd to take on their player we flipped. So we turned Sexton into White for 2 2nds. White also has a positive offensive rating vs Sexton’s negative. 

[frankw]

Sexton was largely horrendous in the Mavs game. Addition by subtraction alone with that and getting an upgrade is fantastic.

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

16 minutes ago, pantherdad said:

He’s averaging 18.1 a game and has improved every year since he came to the league. And I’m a Duke fan lol

So he averages 4 more points but he’s getting more minutes too. I assume that he will get less minutes here. And is he signing an extension? Maybe. Guess we’ll see but right now it seems like a waste of draft capital.