2026 Charlotte Hornets

[Jackie Lee]

4 missed threes in a row lol. We can move the ball better than that to get sure baskets. Only watching this late because the time change and I tmrw off lol. 

[toldozer]

Magic heat and hawks are winning every fuging game. It's annoying going to have to finish 42-40 to get out of 10th

[Jackie Lee]

25 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Magic heat and hawks are winning every fuging game. It's annoying going to have to finish 42-40 to get out of 10th

This team can't shoot 33% from 3 and win at the current rate if we're gonna live by that. No excuse for the poor shooting tonight, everything else was in place

[frankw]

Unfortunately I don't think they're ready for playoff expectations yet honestly.

[toldozer]

5 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

This team can't shoot 33% from 3 and win at the current rate if we're gonna live by that. No excuse for the poor shooting tonight, everything else was in place

Yeah we need to be above 40  if we are going to jack up so many trees, which is the way we want to play. If they get to the playoffs and are shooting well look out. I'm a little concerned about getting there now that I feel like they're locked in to 9-10. I think best case for the hornets is 43-39 which is close to worst case for philly and Orlando so the hornets would have to beat both of them down the stretch to get tie breakers and try to get in the 7 spot. The loss to Miami pretty much ended hope of the 6 seed.

Edited 7 hours ago by toldozer

[t96]

Brutal last couple games AND pretty much all the teams that matter to our seeding are winning and playing incredibly well too. Things can change but it's seeming more and more likely we'll have quite a hill to climb in the play-in. Not sure we get a 7 or 8 seed. Schedule gets tougher for us too. My goal for the season at this point is finish with a winning record. If we can't win 2 road play-in games to make the real playoffs, so be it, I'll take a higher draft pick in a stacked draft. But hopefully we can get in the playoffs and get that experience. I just won't consider it a failure if we don't but have a winning record, maybe win a play-in game.

[toldozer]

1 hour ago, t96 said:

Brutal last couple games AND pretty much all the teams that matter to our seeding are winning and playing incredibly well too. Things can change but it's seeming more and more likely we'll have quite a hill to climb in the play-in. Not sure we get a 7 or 8 seed. Schedule gets tougher for us too. My goal for the season at this point is finish with a winning record. If we can't win 2 road play-in games to make the real playoffs, so be it, I'll take a higher draft pick in a stacked draft. But hopefully we can get in the playoffs and get that experience. I just won't consider it a failure if we don't but have a winning record, maybe win a play-in game.

Best case long term may be losing in the play in and getting gifted a top pick that the hornets definitely deserve. That said I'd rather them make the playoffs because these guys are talented enough to beat any team 4 out of 7

[t96]

4 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Best case long term may be losing in the play in and getting gifted a top pick that the hornets definitely deserve. That said I'd rather them make the playoffs because these guys are talented enough to beat any team 4 out of 7

I don't disagree, I mean imagine adding a high lottery pick that we hit on to this group. But yeah I think this team can make a run and all the young guys need to get playoff experience sooner rather than later. The games are different and that experience will be important once we are finally ready to contend year in year out and view seasons as Championship or bust.