Barbeque Chicken: The Cody Zeller Thread - Pt 2

[Braggins]

Meh, he hurt his knee in the playoffs and maybe he tweaked it or something or was worried that it didn't feel strong enough yet. A little early to jump to say his knee will be a problem long term.

WAKE UP YB. His knee is finished. He's probably going to have his leg amputated by the end of the summer. Its probably time for him to start thinking about competing in the special Olympics.

Seriously though, this does seem like something to be concerned about.

[yosemiteben]

Yeah, you would think two months later this wouldn't be a problem. I'm hoping he's just being extra cautious. I don't think there's any reason to view it as a separate injury now from when he hurt it two months ago though.

I would rather him sit out now then push through some mild discomfort that could result in more problems down the line.

[Braggins]

I sense the rise of the Hibbert as our starting center era. What a time to be alive.

[LamarMatic7]

I sense the rise of the Hibbert as our starting center era. What a time to be alive.

we need a game in mid-January between us and the Pacers where Indiana is starting Al and is ranked 25th in the league in pace, while Hibbert is clocking 30 minutes for our 15-20 team.

[BlackOutBuzz]

Paul George probably told the Select Team of the horrors of injuries in the international game.

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[Braggins]

I sense the rise of the Hibbert as our starting center era. What a time to be alive.

we need a game in mid-January between us and the Pacers where Indiana is starting Al and is ranked 25th in the league in pace, while Hibbert is clocking 30 minutes for our 15-20 team.

lol battle of the century

[fatlever]

Tyler got 2/16.

[yosemiteben]

We have our PG, SG, SF, and PFs (Frank and Marv) of the future locked down, and now it's time for us to decide what we want to do at C. Looking at the 2017 FA pool, it's got a ton of big names but it is not that great at C - there are some good young RFAs that teams won't let go (Gobert, Adams, Noel) and then there are guys like Bogut, Monroe (if he exercises his option), Zaza...

It doesn't seem likely that we dip into 2017 FA to upgrade at C. This summer would have been the summer to get a FA C, but after retaining Batum and Marv we really didn't have the space to do that.

If extending Cody isn't the answer at C, what is?

[steady]

I feel like Cody is going to take a big step forward this season. I hope so, I'd like to see him long term in Charlotte.

[spaceballer]

Cody responding to Tim Duncan's LinkedIn page

Read on Twitter

[LofJ]

If we don't extend Cody by the deadline I'm going to assume that he and his agent think he'll get offered more than his $13 million cap hold on the market next summer. I wouldn't be that surprised if the Nets, Mavericks, or Pacers offered him more than that, but it's a gamble on his part. There are a lot of other bigs hitting restricted free agency next summer so he might end up in a Harkless situation where he's the lone man left standing and we have all the negotiating power. If we want to keep him and he's willing to sign for less than his hold it's an easy decision on the part of our front office, sign the paperwork and move on to other things.

For the sake of reference we extended MKG last summer on August 26th and the summer before that we signed Kemba right before the deadline on October 30th.

[TinmanZBoy]

If we don't extend Cody by the deadline I'm going to assume that he and his agent think he'll get offered more than his $13 million cap hold on the market next summer. I wouldn't be that surprised if the Nets, Mavericks, or Pacers offered him more than that, but it's a gamble on his part. There are a lot of other bigs hitting restricted free agency next summer so he might end up in a Harkless situation where he's the lone man left standing and we have all the negotiating power. If we want to keep him and he's willing to sign for less than his hold it's an easy decision on the part of our front office, sign the paperwork and move on to other things.

For the sake of reference we extended MKG last summer on August 26th and the summer before that we signed Kemba right before the deadline on October 30th.

if Cody is healthy, his market value easily 15+ millions/year, but I can see Cody will accept an extension like 13millions/year because he is a very humble dude, probably the most humble dude in last season's team

[fatlever]

http://www.nba.com/hornets/video/teams/hornets/2016/08/16/1471372731127-160816-codym4v-714957

Interview with Cody
- says bone bruise is fully healed
- put on 10lbs
- last year came into season thinking he was a 4, this year knows he is a 5, focused on adding strength to play center.
- nose looks like its been broken 25 times.

[chabber]

Didn't watch the video. So his knee issue was only a bone bruise? That makes me feel better. I was starting to get worried about him having some kind of lingering knee issue that catches up with him during the season.

[yosemiteben]

http://www.nba.com/hornets/press-releases/hornets-center-cody-zeller-joins-nba-players-and-coaches-conducting-first-basketball

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced that Hornets Center Cody Zeller will participate in conducting a camp for the top 87 boys and girls from 27 African countries. Zeller alongside fellow players and coaches will travel to the first Basketball without Borders (BWB) Africa Camp in Angola, which will be held Aug. 31-Sept. 3 at Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba in Luanda ... BWB Africa, which will be supported by the Angolan Basketball Federation (Federaçao Angolana de Basquetebol) and the Angola Ministry of Youth and Sports, will bring together the top male and female players born in 1999 from across Africa to learn directly from Cody Zeller and other NBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches, including Bismack Biyombo (Orlando Magic; Democratic Republic of the Congo), Eric Bledsoe (Phoenix Suns; U.S.), Luc Mbah a Moute (LA Clippers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2003), Salah Mejri (Dallas Mavericks; Tunisia) and Thabo Sefolosha (Atlanta Hawks; Switzerland).

Cody - Biz reunion.

[fatlever]

Read on Twitter

[TinmanZBoy]

Read on Twitter

lol... cody got humors...IIRC, Biz said he was racing Lions during the summer?

[LamarMatic7]

http://www.nba.com/hornets/press-releases/hornets-center-cody-zeller-joins-nba-players-and-coaches-conducting-first-basketball

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced that Hornets Center Cody Zeller will participate in conducting a camp for the top 87 boys and girls from 27 African countries. Zeller alongside fellow players and coaches will travel to the first Basketball without Borders (BWB) Africa Camp in Angola, which will be held Aug. 31-Sept. 3 at Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba in Luanda ... BWB Africa, which will be supported by the Angolan Basketball Federation (Federaçao Angolana de Basquetebol) and the Angola Ministry of Youth and Sports, will bring together the top male and female players born in 1999 from across Africa to learn directly from Cody Zeller and other NBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches, including Bismack Biyombo (Orlando Magic; Democratic Republic of the Congo), Eric Bledsoe (Phoenix Suns; U.S.), Luc Mbah a Moute (LA Clippers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2003), Salah Mejri (Dallas Mavericks; Tunisia) and Thabo Sefolosha (Atlanta Hawks; Switzerland).

Cody - Biz reunion.

Bledsoe and Zeller are the only guys there not born in Africa/without at least one of their parents from Africa. I'm wondering what got Zeller intrigued in this. A friendship with Biz?

[Diop]

Maybe Zeller has a taste for chocolate, if you know what I mean.

Will he be the whitest person in Africa?

[SWedd523]

Maybe Zeller has a taste for chocolate, if you know what I mean.

Will he be the whitest person in Africa?

He's one of the whitest people anywhere he goes