2020 Orlando Basketball Stuff

Post #41 » by **Diop** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:50 pm

I also remember Kemba getting frustrated saying we don't need more draft picks, he needed help now.
That would have been enough for MJ to pressure Cho to speed things up.

LofJ · Post #42 » by **LofJ** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:39 pm

It all fell apart when the Jazz matched the offer for Hayward and the team had to pivot to Lance Stephenson. If that had not happened the trade for Batum would have never happened. So Cho conceivably would have been able to swing a big trade to add to Kemba and Hayward.

Liver_Pooty · Post #43 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:51 pm

Just another reminder that we drafted Monk over Mitchell who just dropped 57

Post #44 » by **BigSlam** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:01 pm

Giving up open cap space and allowing the GSW’s to get out of salary cap hell by taking Jason Richardson off their hands AND GIVNG THEM A TOP 10 PICK TO DO IT will still go down as one of the most bone headed moves any of our front offices have ever made IMO.

The GSW’s should have been giving us 1st round picks to help them out, not the other way around.

We gave them a get out of jail free card.

So dumb.

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Braggins · Post #45 » by **Braggins** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:43 pm

Since we are doing a pile on of bad front office moves I gotta mention one of the most irksome ones for me since I started following.

It might not be the most impactful of all the bad front office decisions, but trading a 1st round pick, that we were reportedly planning on using on Brogdon, for washed up Marco f'in Belenelli was such an annoying facepalm... Moves like that made it perfectly clear how delusional the front office was about where the franchise was at and what the plan moving forward needed to be.

Post #46 » by **Diop** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:13 am

something about Embiid always has me barracking against him.

Braggins · Post #47 » by **Braggins** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:47 am

Kemba with a nice game and playoff victory.

MKG getting 1st quarter minutes in the Mavs/Clips game and already hit two 3s.

CuseMayne · Post #48 » by **CuseMayne** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:50 am

I know 2020 has been the weirdest year ever, but MKG hitting two 3s in the first Q of a playoff game with passable shooting form has confirmed we are in The Twilight Zone...and what a slap in the face it is.

Post #49 » by **BigSlam** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:07 am

Diop wrote:something about Embiid always has me barracking against him.

Agreed.

I really, really liked him coming out of Kansas but now just find him super punchable.

Having personality is great. Coming off as an asshat is not.

He is an asshat.

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Braggins · Post #50 » by **Braggins** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:29 am

Wiretap saying the front office is going to look to trade cap space for assets. Good to hear imo.

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #51 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:13 pm

Turned on the Bucks - Magic game after halftime. Orlando up 10 at the half. Milwaukee goes on a quick run to start the 3rd. Camera pans to Cliff ... and I just nod.

Braggins · Post #52 » by **Braggins** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:08 am

Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:Turned on the Bucks - Magic game after halftime. Orlando up 10 at the half. Milwaukee goes on a quick run to start the 3rd. Camera pans to Cliff ... and I just nod.

Looks like they pulled it off lol. I didn't watch the game, but the quick impression I got from reading twitter posts about it for like two minutes is that the Bucks have been terrible at 3pt defense all season and all the injuries Orlando has forced Clifford to just play all his shooters and they accidentally stumbled into a winning game plan. That might not be what actually happened, but it sounds about right based on our experience with Clifford here lol.

Liver_Pooty · Post #53 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:01 am

Bucks haven't looked right since the bubble began. They'll get by Orlando, but if they don't get it together they'll get smoked next round.

Post #54 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:05 pm

Braggins wrote:Wiretap saying the front office is going to look to trade cap space for assets. Good to hear imo.

Hope this doesn’t turn out like 2007.....

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LofJ · Post #55 » by **LofJ** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 2:44 pm

Harry Giles was pretty good whenever he got minutes this season. Divac was a moron to not pick up his rookie option. Bigs that can pass and defend are hard to find. Mitch's first phone call when free agency begins should be to Giles' agent.

penquin11 · Post #56 » by **penquin11** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:15 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:Just another reminder that we drafted Monk over Mitchell who just dropped 57

As valid of a point as you've made you can pretty much go to any Hornets draft and find a better player we could've drafted. Really the only drafts I felt we got stuff right on were the Emeka Okafor draft and the Kemba Walker draft (hopefully PJ Washington joins that list). Basically we've **** it every other time.

geraldwallace · Post #57 » by **geraldwallace** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 4:05 am

If you draft 10 Malik Monk type prospects and 10 Donovan Mitchell type prospects, I'd say 7/10 times the Malik Monk type prospects end up better.

It just didn't work out for us that year

bravor · Post #58 » by **bravor** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:07 am

penquin11 wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:Just another reminder that we drafted Monk over Mitchell who just dropped 57

As valid of a point as you've made you can pretty much go to any Hornets draft and find a better player we could've drafted. Really the only drafts I felt we got stuff right on were the Emeka Okafor draft and the Kemba Walker draft (hopefully PJ Washington joins that list). Basically we've **** it every other time.

'Technically', SGA was a hornets pick. Considering what Bridges is worth, this one is the most painful i guess.

The main issue is that Hornets don't tank enough to land top lottery pick (top 3) unlike many other teams

BlackOutBuzz · Post #59 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 4:09 pm

EDIT: Woops, wrong thread.

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #60 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:23 pm

bravor wrote:
penquin11 wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:Just another reminder that we drafted Monk over Mitchell who just dropped 57

As valid of a point as you've made you can pretty much go to any Hornets draft and find a better player we could've drafted. Really the only drafts I felt we got stuff right on were the Emeka Okafor draft and the Kemba Walker draft (hopefully PJ Washington joins that list). Basically we've **** it every other time.

'Technically', SGA was a hornets pick. Considering what Bridges is worth, this one is the most painful i guess.

The main issue is that Hornets don't tank enough to land top lottery pick (top 3) unlike many other teams

I was a Bridges guy, and yeah, at this point it's impossible to argue.