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Adrian Wojnarowski Verified account ‏@WojYahooNBA 13m13 minutes ago

Charlotte's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist will need shoulder surgery and be sidelined six months, league source tells Yahoo Sports.



Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 5m5 minutes ago

Devastating injury news for Charlotte + MKG, per @WojYahooNBA. CHA consistently way, way better wMKG on floor. Pressure on Batum, Lamb, etc

First Kelvin Benjamin, now this.

I blame MI for this.

This hurts worse than the Kelvin injury, rough year.

Meh, it **** sucks, I was banking on him having a DPOY/All Star year.
Still got love and believe in the guy 100%

As for the Hornets, pains me to say, but the team should trade Al and focus on the young guys, play faster, I think not going BPA in the past Draft is going to hurt, like it did on 2013.

I had the Hornets as a bubble PO team, around 8-10th in the East, but with this, I will likely put them all the way down to 12-13th in the conference, good enough for a 5-7th pick in next year's Draft.

I mean, at least you guys got your picks, you could be New York or Brooklyn, look on the bright side.

**** a defense, all in on the three ball.

6 months puts us at April 5th. He's going to essentially miss the entire season. We're **** unless Batum is way better than expected and Al goes beast mode all season.

The gods have declared that we will be playing at least four out at all times.

what a **** punch in the gut.

The Jeremy fans will get their wish. Tons of minutes to share between Lin and Lamb.

It seems like every time MKG gets hurts, the outcome is the absolute worst possible scenario in terms of recovery time. Not only does he get hurt all the time due to the way he plays and his seeming inability to fall like a skateboarder, but his injuries seem to always be at the max of the recovery window. Its a horrible combination, that frankly, I don't expect to end during his career.

somebody please spin any positive out of this. anything

Edit: not you UNCNYC

fatlever wrote:The Jeremy fans will get their wish. Tons of minutes to share between Lin and Lamb.

Would you stop with that immature BS. This sucks for the whole team and will hurt our chances for the playoffs. Have some respect for MKG... Smh kid...

Man. I'm sorry guys. Love MKG. Very underrated by many people. Hope he ends up having a quicker recovery than expected, and his shoulder heals up well.

I'm pissed. Tank the season

Flip Murray wrote:somebody please spin any positive out of this. anything

Edit: not you UNCNYC

Jeremy Lamb starts.

Averages 30ppg.

Wins MVP.

Kswiss wrote:

fatlever wrote:The Jeremy fans will get their wish. Tons of minutes to share between Lin and Lamb.

Would you stop with that immature BS. This sucks for the whole team and will hurt our chances for the playoffs. Have some respect for MKG... Smh kid...

Not sure why you are reading my post like that. Its the truth. Lin and Lamb fans have been begging for their guy to get minutes due to being treated unfairly in previous locations. Unfortunately now they are going to get all they can handle. It sucks that it comes as a direct result to MKGs injury, but that's life. They both now have a huge chance to show what they can do. When players get hurt, minutes open up and the next guy in line needs to step up. If Lin and Lamb ball out like many claim they can, then MKG's loss might be less painful to deal with.

Liver_Pooty wrote:I'm pissed. Tank the season

Ordinarily, I'd agree, but Batum's gone if we tank IMO. We've given up so much of our future to win this season that I would stay the course and try to make a move for another defender in hopes that we aren't complete ass on that end of the floor and attempt to stay in the playoff hunt.

but seriously **** man this sucks

Tough news for y'all and MKG. While y'all will miss his energy and defence, maybe there's an uptick in offensive performance overall for the team?

Batum is the SF now, and quite frankly, this is Jeremy Lamb's opportunity.