Al to miss 6 weeks with knee surgery

Post #1 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:26 am

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HornetJail · Post #2 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:31 am

We absolutely have to replace him sooner rather than later.

EwingSweatsALot · Post #3 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:49 am

One of the biggest years of his career and he can't stay on the court for multiple reasons.

amcoolio · Post #4 » by **amcoolio** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:06 am

Welp. No chance to buy him out either. Time to treat him like an expiring contract. Maybe the Suns or Sixers will bite if we include a 1st round pick

Post #5 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:17 am

amcoolio wrote:Welp. No chance to buy him out either. Time to treat him like an expiring contract. Maybe the Suns or Sixers will bite if we include a 1st round pick

no way in the world we trade a 1st to dump 1/2 a season of Al

amcoolio · Post #6 » by **amcoolio** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:29 am

I meant for a player like Robert Covington, not just a straight salary dump

DY_nasty · Post #7 » by **DY_nasty** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:46 am

this basically means al is done for the year and as a horncat

thanks for getting us over the h.....

....to the hump

dznutzz · Post #8 » by **dznutzz** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:12 am

anybody know how he injured it? he probably was trying to play through it

Post #9 » by **fatlever** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 4:27 am

well, that explains why he's looked so awful the past two games. Curious how long he has been dealing with this injury?

Its a shame because it would have been great if he embraced a role with the 2nd unit and feasted on backup centers. He's a trainwreck on defense, but he provided something of use which could have occasionally been exploited for wins.

Post #10 » by **fatlever** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 4:29 am

We might need to consider waiving Harrison in order to find another big body. We only have 5 bigs now and several of those guys are finesse bigs or undersized.

TinmanZBoy · Post #11 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 4:37 am

fatlever wrote:We might need to consider waiving Harrison in order to find another big body. We only have 5 bigs now and several of those guys are finesse bigs or undersized.

trade for Tarik Black who is currently in Byron Scott's dog house... very serviceable, likable player, easy to root for, the type of players that coach clifford can do wonder on

RevolDas · Post #12 » by **RevolDas** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:13 pm

Eek, feel sorry for the guy. The last day of the year and this happened. Don't know if he still has a place here after he's back.

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Eoghan · Post #13 » by **Eoghan** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 6:11 pm

Get well soon Al but I hope you never play basketball again.

Post #14 » by **fatlever** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 6:34 pm

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HornetJail · Post #15 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:48 pm

BrotherDave wrote:Get well soon Al but I hope you never play basketball again.

I really hope he gets healthy and plays another 5 years, but not for us.

MasterIchiro · Post #16 » by **MasterIchiro** » Fri Jan 1, 2016 12:05 am

His expiring has very little value. The kind of contract for centers teams might be willing to dump would be like Chandler, Asik or
Monroe. I don't want any of those guys but I also dont want to go into next year with a thin front court. Maybe Al for Markieff might make sense. I don't want to have to replace Marvin and I don't want any chance of him returning.

Eoghan · Post #17 » by **Eoghan** » Fri Jan 1, 2016 4:01 am

Dust chip 2.0.

Cheeze · Post #18 » by **Cheeze** » Fri Jan 1, 2016 5:41 pm

Yeah, well, all Al barbs aside, the Hornets' biggest issue is, in my opinion, a lack of overall strength. Charlotte has lost the beef and they're a true finesse team now. There is no 4-out-one-in anymore because there's no one that can score on the low block. NO ONE. It's an issue.

I don't expect Cho to make a move right away. But he needs to.

Forget D-league. And Larry Sanders ain't the answer. So I'm looking through league rosters for a potential fit. Keep coming back to one guy...flawed...aging...not a core player...

Lord help me. Roy Hibbert.

HornetJail · Post #19 » by **HornetJail** » Fri Jan 1, 2016 7:55 pm

Cheeze wrote:Yeah, well, all Al barbs aside, the Hornets' biggest issue is, in my opinion, a lack of overall strength. Charlotte has lost the beef and they're a true finesse team now. There is no 4-out-one-in anymore because there's no one that can score on the low block. NO ONE. It's an issue.

I don't expect Cho to make a move right away. But he needs to.

Forget D-league. And Larry Sanders ain't the answer. So I'm looking through league rosters for a potential fit. Keep coming back to one guy...flawed...aging...not a core player...

Lord help me. Roy Hibbert.

I would trade Al for him in a god damn heart beat

DY_nasty · Post #20 » by **DY_nasty** » Fri Jan 1, 2016 11:54 pm

Cheeze wrote:Yeah, well, all Al barbs aside, the Hornets' biggest issue is, in my opinion, a lack of overall strength. Charlotte has lost the beef and they're a true finesse team now. There is no 4-out-one-in anymore because there's no one that can score on the low block. NO ONE. It's an issue.

I don't expect Cho to make a move right away. But he needs to.

Forget D-league. And Larry Sanders ain't the answer. So I'm looking through league rosters for a potential fit. Keep coming back to one guy...flawed...aging...not a core player...

Lord help me. Roy Hibbert.

Frank. And he's getting better every week... Cody can't do 5 out. Hawes is just a body. Hansborough is complete trash. Marv needs to just take a vacation and get his life in order.

But yeah, we need some additional help inside immediately.

I wouldn't take Roy Hibbert's plodding here tbh. I'm really okay with the idea of D-league gambles OR long-term vets like Chandler though. Talking about soft bigs... he's up there. After his playoff stuff too? naw.