GT: Charlotte vs Utah Mon March 16 9PM EST

[Diop]

We are going to get murdered by the Clippers tomorrow.

who knows with this stupid team, they will probably play great to get your hopes up just so they can destroy them the next game.

they're evil I tellz ya

[Liver_Pooty]

All we can do is guess, but Clifford was more than likely calling out Jefferson and Walker in the post game interview. Walker was on a different planet tonight. Bitching non stop, and his shooting woes continue.

Yet he never benches Jefferson for his play. Ever. It has never happened in 2 years and there have been a lot of games where Jefferson sleepwalked thru the game. I don't like coaches who are afraid to bust the balls of the so-called franchise player.

Im getting almost to the point where Im more interested in our pick than the playoffs. Seeing young teams like Utah with their infusion of young talent make me jealous as hell.

[fatlever]

We are going to get murdered by the Clippers tomorrow.

Griffin came back last night.

Him vs Marvin Williams should be hilarious.

The one thing we defend worse than hot 3-point shooters is the pick and roll, especially when the ball handler is Chris Paul and the roll men are DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin.

[Liver_Pooty]

We are going to get murdered by the Clippers tomorrow.

Griffin came back last night.

Him vs Marvin Williams should be hilarious.

The one thing we defend worse than hot 3-point shooters is the pick and roll, especially when the ball handler is Chris Paul and the roll men are DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin.

Someone is going to get dunked on ferociously tomorrow night.

[HornetJail]

Griffin came back last night.

Him vs Marvin Williams should be hilarious.

The one thing we defend worse than hot 3-point shooters is the pick and roll, especially when the ball handler is Chris Paul and the roll men are DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin.

Someone is going to get dunked on ferociously tomorrow night.

Spencer Hawes is going to be viciously laid out on a poster dunk by Brian Roberts in garbage time.

I mean, nothing else makes sense about this team anyway, why stop here?

[GoBobs]

Wow, this feels like a new low. I have known all season that we aren't good but damn...... Clifford should resign. Do we even scout our opponents?

I remember how bad I wanted Gobert a few years ago in the draft. I thought 3 was a little high for him and didn't have any problem taking zeller. When he fell all the way to 27 and Utah traded cash and a 2nd rounder for him talk about jealous. Honestly though if we had Gobert would Clifford even play him.

[-Ian-]

All we can do is guess, but Clifford was more than likely calling out Jefferson and Walker in the post game interview. Walker was on a different planet tonight. Bitching non stop, and his shooting woes continue.

Yet he never benches Jefferson for his play. Ever. It has never happened in 2 years and there have been a lot of games where Jefferson sleepwalked thru the game. I don't like coaches who are afraid to bust the balls of the so-called franchise player.

Im getting almost to the point where Im more interested in our pick than the playoffs. Seeing young teams like Utah with their infusion of young talent make me jealous as hell.

Our pick won't matter because Cho will likely pick another raw player who is 5-year project.

[Xsy]

I was wondering when Hornets fans would realize that Al Jefferson is literally a curse upon any team he plays on.

Such a likable guy, though, you just feel bad for hating on him.

[catch20two]

Our pick won't matter because Cho will likely pick another raw player who is 5-year project.

With this one and done stuff being the trend virtually every rookie is a project. I just hope Cho draft one that can shoot and ain't scared to. PJ fall into that category but eh he was only a lottery type talent to the UNC fans.

[catch20two]

Seems like we play worse when everyone is healthy due to this ill fitting roster that Cho put together. Injuries might've saved our season by teaching Cliff something more than they've ruined our season.

[Braggins]

Just started the first half. Im not buying that Utahs young players are much better than ours, if at all. No disrespect, I like both teams young players. I would love to see how bad utah would be if they had Fat Albus and Marvin and Clifford was their coach. Gobert would be getting 12-15 minutes a game behind Al. Marv would be getting 20 minutes. Exum wouldnt touch the floor.

This game is pathetic on our behalf, but it isnt a fair comparison of our young players. Games like this make me hope we miss the playoffs, Cliff gets fired, and Al walks (i want this anyways).

[Braggins]

I was wondering when Hornets fans would realize that Al Jefferson is literally a curse upon any team he plays on.

Such a likable guy, though, you just feel bad for hating on him.

Ive been saying this most of the season. At least you guys had him before he got fat and completely stopped passing or setting screens.

[Braggins]

All we can do is guess, but Clifford was more than likely calling out Jefferson and Walker in the post game interview. Walker was on a different planet tonight. Bitching non stop, and his shooting woes continue.

Yet he never benches Jefferson for his play. Ever. It has never happened in 2 years and there have been a lot of games where Jefferson sleepwalked thru the game. I don't like coaches who are afraid to bust the balls of the so-called franchise player.

Al could barely jog and couldnt jump at all the last few games before the groin injury and was throwing up airballs through double and triple teams on the reg. It is pathetic that we have to put up with it.

Although, I dont even think Clifford really has a right to call out Al. It is 100% Cliffords fault that Al plays the minutes and has the role he does, even though Biz is clearly better. Al just is what he is. If Clifford still thinks he is our best player, or even one of our best players, then we are pretty screwed.

[Hornet Mania]

It's way too late to lose hours of sleep just to see a 30 point beating to a non-playoff team. I hope I miss the greatest effing comeback in Hornets history.

30pt lead is definitely unexpected, but don't treat us like a non-playoff team, Utah is the hottest team in the NBA since the All-Star break, and besides a 9 game losing streak, they are 29-27 for the season. Exum is breaking out this last month, Gobert has been the best defender in the NBA for a couple of months now, Hood is back and earned a starting spot, add that to Favors, Hayward, and the rest of group, not to mention a fantastic coach, and we're an up and coming team, will without a doubt be a playoff team next season.

I feel you, Utah is definitely much improved from early in the year, but 30+ point beatings should happen rarely if ever and certainly not against anyone who isn't truly elite in a game you desperately need. A 10-15 point loss to the Jazz at home is disappointing but understandable, a 30+ point massacre in a game we needed to stay in the playoff hunt is totally unacceptable.

I mean, if you remove our 10 game losing streak from the first few weeks of the season we're 29-26. The Hornets were 7-3 in their last 10 before yesterday and easily have a winning record in 2015. The Jazz have been hot lately but Charlotte has shown itself to be better than this, a blowout like last night requires one team to be hot and the other to just roll over. I'm not trying to knock y'all, just voicing my frustration that our guys decided to not even show up.

Best of luck to your squad over the rest of the year, it looks like you have a solid foundation.

[dautjazz]

It's way too late to lose hours of sleep just to see a 30 point beating to a non-playoff team. I hope I miss the greatest effing comeback in Hornets history.

30pt lead is definitely unexpected, but don't treat us like a non-playoff team, Utah is the hottest team in the NBA since the All-Star break, and besides a 9 game losing streak, they are 29-27 for the season. Exum is breaking out this last month, Gobert has been the best defender in the NBA for a couple of months now, Hood is back and earned a starting spot, add that to Favors, Hayward, and the rest of group, not to mention a fantastic coach, and we're an up and coming team, will without a doubt be a playoff team next season.

I feel you, Utah is definitely much improved from early in the year, but 30+ point beatings should happen rarely if ever and certainly not against anyone who isn't truly elite in a game you desperately need. A 10-15 point loss to the Jazz at home is disappointing but understandable, a 30+ point massacre in a game we needed to stay in the playoff hunt is totally unacceptable.

I mean, if you remove our 10 game losing streak from the first few weeks of the season we're 29-26. The Hornets were 7-3 in their last 10 before yesterday and easily have a winning record in 2015. The Jazz have been hot lately but Charlotte has shown itself to be better than this, a blowout like last night requires one team to be hot and the other to just roll over. I'm not trying to knock y'all, just voicing my frustration that our guys decided to not even show up.

Hey Utah is 30-27 if you remove the 9 game losing streak they had. Considering Utah has a rookie coach, Kanter's lack of defense was killing us early, we had the most difficult schedule in the NBA to start the year, we lost Burks early, and Burke was killing us taking the most shots on the team (or close), it's a damn miracle we are where we are. Not to mention we play in the west which is like infinitely more difficult than the East. If we had to play NY, Philly, Orlando, and Detroit 3-4 times each in the season, we might have a .600 record. You caught a good team firing on all cylinders, but yeah you guys need to do something about the team. Al Jefferson is terrible, so is Stephenson, and a lot of the other guys. You guys might need a new GM and coach too. A middle of the road GM and coach doesn't do it if you want to be good.

[yosemiteben]

Seems like we play worse when everyone is healthy due to this ill fitting roster that Cho put together. Injuries might've saved our season by teaching Cliff something more than they've ruined our season.

Everyone was healthy this game? Al was a gametime decision and Cody is still out.

[BeesWax]

Seems like we play worse when everyone is healthy due to this ill fitting roster that Cho put together. Injuries might've saved our season by teaching Cliff something more than they've ruined our season.

Everyone was healthy this game? Al was a gametime decision and Cody is still out.

Yeah Al looked beginning of the season slow on defense and Cody was not playing at all. Kemba is still getting back to full shape and confidence on his new knee as well. We are not close to healthy right now. Still all of that is no excuse for such poor play.

[yosemiteben]

We are not close to healthy right now. Still all of that is no excuse for such poor play.

Completely agree.

[W_HAMILTON]

Hey Utah is 30-27 if you remove the 9 game losing streak they had.

You already brought that up, which is probably why Hornet Mania pointed out the fact that our record would look a lot better as well if we were to randomly discard long losing streaks for no apparent reason.

[dautjazz]

Hey Utah is 30-27 if you remove the 9 game losing streak they had.

You already brought that up, which is probably why Hornet Mania pointed out the fact that our record would look a lot better as well if we were to randomly discard long losing streaks for no apparent reason.

Oh my bad, didn't even realize that lol. Still my point still stands, I'm just tired of us being brushed aside as a team with a losing record, just because we happened to have a tough start, and obviously that 9 game losing streak killed us. Like I mentioned, there were a number of reasons for our struggles, but since Exum has started, we've been a completely different team. Before Exum being named a full time starter: 14-28, since he became a starter we are 16-8. We are 11-2 since the All-Star break, which is when Gobert became a full time starter.