Ball Don't Lie: The LaMelo Ball Thread

Bassman · Post #1921 » by **Bassman** » Sun Sep 4, 2022 12:04 pm

Indeed Fatlever, the media coverage for the Hornets is a complete joke. The most discerning articles I’ve found aren’t published…they exist on websites like At The Hive, where former reporter John DeLong takes a fair look at things. Here is the most recent article linked:

https://www.atthehive.com/2022/9/1/23332165/charlotte-hornets-have-had-one-of-the-leagues-worst-offseasons-according-to-league-survey

Post #1922 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:14 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #1923 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Oct 4, 2022 7:44 pm

Melo deep dive: https://theanalyst.com/na/2022/10/buzzworthy-how-lamelo-ball-can-continue-his-meteoric-rise/

Post #1924 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Wed Oct 5, 2022 10:33 am

yosemiteben wrote:Melo deep dive: https://theanalyst.com/na/2022/10/buzzworthy-how-lamelo-ball-can-continue-his-meteoric-rise/

Good read, thank you

Liver_Pooty · Post #1925 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:27 am

Hoping his ankle sprain doesn't turn into a big deal

Post #1926 » by **Diop** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:44 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:Hoping his ankle sprain doesn't turn into a big deal

Otherwise it’s shut him down and tank the season!

Post #1927 » by **fatlever** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:51 pm

Melo having an MRI today
Obviously out for preseason finale
Fingers crossed

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Post #1928 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:38 pm

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Liver_Pooty · Post #1929 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:42 pm

Well ****

Liver_Pooty · Post #1930 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:44 pm

I guess that's not bad, but was hoping it'd just be a little rolled ankle.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1931 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:23 pm

Any guesses on the starting 5 without Melo? I'll guess Rozier, Martin, Hayward, PJ, Plumlee.

Chapelchilla · Post #1932 » by **Chapelchilla** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 4:35 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:Any guesses on the starting 5 without Melo? I'll guess Rozier, Martin, Hayward, PJ, Plumlee.

Tank mode on?

amcoolio · Post #1933 » by **amcoolio** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 5:01 pm

God I just can’t fathom that Mitch is really going into the regular season starting plumlee

bravor · Post #1934 » by **bravor** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 5:20 pm

Some mediahere talked about Maledon saying (from his agent) that he will soon sign a two ways contract in a franchise. Article names Hornets among a few more franchises among the potential franchise (no further information). Not sure its here though, but they only have mc gowens as a 2 way contract for now.

wilson115 · Post #1935 » by **wilson115** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:31 pm

Well that sucks. Steve sounds optimistic at least.

https://wfnz.com/279836/steve-clifford-we-are-fortunate-lamelos-injury-isnt-that-bad/

Liver_Pooty · Post #1936 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:00 pm

Someone's not a fan

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Post #1937 » by **fatlever** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:25 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:Someone's not a fan

Read on Twitter
?s=20&t=BoY1pO764gh_OPt5_9AICw

It's a legit question
Can Melo's style, personality lead a team to sustained success. He's fun to watch, but is he a winner? I guess we will find out in next few years.
Like, is Melo someone who likes to win? Or hates to lose? I think our team is a bunch of guys who like to win. The truly great players hate to lose. I want to see more of that mentality from him and all our players, frankly.

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HornetJail · Post #1938 » by **HornetJail** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:31 pm

I would be surprised to find out this was anybody except Trez who is probably salty he didn't get brought back to Charlotte after his arrest.

MPM · Post #1939 » by **MPM** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:39 pm

This quote is obviously from Duncan Robinson.

Post #1940 » by **yosemiteben** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:55 pm

I guarantee you that whoever called him trash didn't shoot 39% from 3 on 7.5 attempts per game at age 20. Even if he doesn't have generational vision (he does) and handles (he does), that shooting definitely excludes him from the "trash" label.