Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season

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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#181 » by JT3000 » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:40 am

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Rainwater wrote:Melo scored 40 but that was not winning basketball. It was NBA2k/AAU ball. He definitely a good player and pretty talented but I just don’t know how effective it is. He needs to calm down a bit.


You would not be saying this if he was on your team and just had 44 9 and 7 on 56 percent shooting. Get out of here lol


As someone who literally just got done watching him play, I do not want Mr. Turnover on my team. The only reason the Hornets didn't lose by 50 tonight is because (what's left of) the Magic also sucked. Awful, awful team.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#182 » by JustBuzzin » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:41 am

Rainwater wrote:Melo scored 40 but that was not winning basketball. It was NBA2k/AAU ball. He definitely a good player and pretty talented but I just don’t know how effective it is. He needs to calm down a bit.

Do you not realize the situation with Charlotte as a team?

We are currently without our starting center, backup center, our 2nd leading scorer from last season, our 6th man, and our backup pf.


Kind of hard to play winning basketball when you literally only have 2 guys on the court who can even get their own shot. People gotta stop watching highlights and watch the actual game. Melo is literally our offense. When he sits we don't score.

Stop slandering this kid after these crazy performances. This man just dropped 50 and 44 and all people want to talk about is what he can't do smh.

Let's see any superstar win games with Josh Green, Cody Martin, Seth Curry, Tidjane Salaun. Yeah that's what Melo is working with currently.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#183 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:42 am

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Rainwater wrote:Melo scored 40 but that was not winning basketball. It was NBA2k/AAU ball. He definitely a good player and pretty talented but I just don’t know how effective it is. He needs to calm down a bit.


You would not be saying this if he was on your team and just had 44 9 and 7 on 56 percent shooting. Get out of here lol


As someone who literally just got done watching him play, I do not want Mr. Turnover on my team. The only reason the Hornets didn't lose by 50 tonight is because (what's left of) the Magic also sucked. Awful, awful team.


Lol we're way more injury riddled than the Magic. Talking like you guys are so devastated and you still have both wagners Isaac's Anthony and black.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#184 » by JDR720 » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:42 am

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Rainwater wrote:Melo scored 40 but that was not winning basketball. It was NBA2k/AAU ball. He definitely a good player and pretty talented but I just don’t know how effective it is. He needs to calm down a bit.


You would not be saying this if he was on your team and just had 44 9 and 7 on 56 percent shooting. Get out of here lol


As someone who literally just got done watching him play, I do not want Mr. Turnover on my team. The only reason the Hornets didn't lose by 50 tonight is because (what's left of) the Magic also sucked. Awful, awful team.

We're down like half our team too, which is the whole reason Melo (and Brandon) have to score basically all our points.
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Post#185 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:42 am

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Rainwater wrote:Melo scored 40 but that was not winning basketball. It was NBA2k/AAU ball. He definitely a good player and pretty talented but I just don’t know how effective it is. He needs to calm down a bit.

Do you not realize the situation with Charlotte as a team?

We are currently without our starting center, backup center, our 2nd leading scorer from last season, our 6th man, and our backup pf.


Kind of hard to play winning basketball when you literally only have 2 guys on the court who can even get their own shot. People gotta stop watching highlights and watch the actual game. Melo is literally our offense. When he sits we don't score.

Stop slandering this kid after these crazy performances. This man just dropped 50 and 44 and all people want to talk about is what he can't do smh.

Let's see any superstar win games with Josh Green, Cody Martin, Seth Curry, Tidjane Salaun. Yeah that's what Melo is working with currently.


Hey we also have Taj Gibson now.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#186 » by JT3000 » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:43 am

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You would not be saying this if he was on your team and just had 44 9 and 7 on 56 percent shooting. Get out of here lol


As someone who literally just got done watching him play, I do not want Mr. Turnover on my team. The only reason the Hornets didn't lose by 50 tonight is because (what's left of) the Magic also sucked. Awful, awful team.


Lol we're way more injury riddled than the Magic. Talking like you guys are so devastated and you still have both wagners Isaac's Anthony and black.


You're tripping. The Magic are missing two of their three best players, three starters in total, and just lost another guy tonight. You're playing scrubs because your other scrubs are injured. Whoopty-doo.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#187 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:45 am

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Liver_Pooty wrote:
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As someone who literally just got done watching him play, I do not want Mr. Turnover on my team. The only reason the Hornets didn't lose by 50 tonight is because (what's left of) the Magic also sucked. Awful, awful team.


Lol we're way more injury riddled than the Magic. Talking like you guys are so devastated and you still have both wagners Isaac's Anthony and black.


You're tripping. The Magic are missing two of their three best players, three starters in total, and just lost another guy tonight. You're playing scrubs because your other scrubs are injured. Whoopty-doo.


You guys are the better team. That's obvious. So let me ask you if you could have Lamelo Ball on your team right now would you decline?
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Post#188 » by JustBuzzin » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:45 am

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Liver_Pooty wrote:
Rainwater wrote:Melo scored 40 but that was not winning basketball. It was NBA2k/AAU ball. He definitely a good player and pretty talented but I just don’t know how effective it is. He needs to calm down a bit.


You would not be saying this if he was on your team and just had 44 9 and 7 on 56 percent shooting. Get out of here lol

That team doesn’t look good at all.

Yeah the team missing half their roster wasn't good lmao.

Who else you expect to step up Cody Martin and Tidjane Salaun. You probably never heard of those guys before this game lol
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#189 » by Rainwater » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:45 am

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Rainwater wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
You would not be saying this if he was on your team and just had 44 9 and 7 on 56 percent shooting. Get out of here lol


I was watching as a Magic fan. Dude is good but he is erratic with 7 turnovers. And this coming from a guy who likes him and thought they would be a play in team. That team doesn’t look good at all.


Of course they don't. We're missing half our team and relying on players like Taj Gibson to give us minutes.


The Magic also had half their squad playing and were without their best player and defender
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Post#190 » by Rainwater » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:48 am

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Rainwater wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
You would not be saying this if he was on your team and just had 44 9 and 7 on 56 percent shooting. Get out of here lol

That team doesn’t look good at all.

Yeah the team missing half their roster wasn't good lmao.

Who else you expect to step up Cody Martin and Tidjane Salaun. You probably never heard of those guys before this game lol


The Magic had half their team playing as well and were missing their best player and best defender. They literally had their summer league guys playing, lol.
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Post#191 » by tooler » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:48 am

It's probably best for fans of both teams to quietly forget the game that just happened.
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Post#192 » by JT3000 » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:49 am

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JT3000 wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
Lol we're way more injury riddled than the Magic. Talking like you guys are so devastated and you still have both wagners Isaac's Anthony and black.


You're tripping. The Magic are missing two of their three best players, three starters in total, and just lost another guy tonight. You're playing scrubs because your other scrubs are injured. Whoopty-doo.


You guys are the better team. That's obvious. So let me ask you if you could have Lamelo Ball on your team right now would you decline?


I already answered this question, and the answer is NO if he's going to be that careless with the ball. He can score, but what good is that if he can't keep the ball in his hands? It was like watching a quarterback purposely throwing the ball out of bounds repeatedly because he was out of options, except he wasn't doing it intentionally.
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Post#193 » by 3ddman23 » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:50 am

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Rainwater wrote:Melo scored 40 but that was not winning basketball. It was NBA2k/AAU ball. He definitely a good player and pretty talented but I just don’t know how effective it is. He needs to calm down a bit.

Do you not realize the situation with Charlotte as a team?

We are currently without our starting center, backup center, our 2nd leading scorer from last season, our 6th man, and our backup pf.


Kind of hard to play winning basketball when you literally only have 2 guys on the court who can even get their own shot. People gotta stop watching highlights and watch the actual game. Melo is literally our offense. When he sits we don't score.

Stop slandering this kid after these crazy performances. This man just dropped 50 and 44 and all people want to talk about is what he can't do smh.

Let's see any superstar win games with Josh Green, Cody Martin, Seth Curry, Tidjane Salaun. Yeah that's what Melo is working with currently.


Lol did you look at the magic injury report?? Stop it

Franz just won with bidtaze, tristan da Silva, the ghost of kcp & Anthony black
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Post#194 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:51 am

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Liver_Pooty wrote:
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You're tripping. The Magic are missing two of their three best players, three starters in total, and just lost another guy tonight. You're playing scrubs because your other scrubs are injured. Whoopty-doo.


You guys are the better team. That's obvious. So let me ask you if you could have Lamelo Ball on your team right now would you decline?


I already answered this question, and the answer is NO if he's going to be that careless with the ball. He can score, but what good is that if he can't keep the ball in his hands? It was like watching a quarterback purposely throwing the ball out of bounds repeatedly because he was out of options, except he wasn't doing it intentionally.


Lol he did that twice. I can't take anyone serious that says they wouldn't welcome Lamelo Ball on their team. I hope you have a nice evening.
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Post#195 » by JustBuzzin » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:51 am

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Rainwater wrote: That team doesn’t look good at all.

Yeah the team missing half their roster wasn't good lmao.

Who else you expect to step up Cody Martin and Tidjane Salaun. You probably never heard of those guys before this game lol


The Magic had half their team playing as well and were missing their best player and best defender. They literally had their summer league guys playing, lol.

Your role players got you a playoff birth.

Our role players got us a lottery pick.

Don't act like we have the same rosters.
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Post#196 » by Rainwater » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:52 am

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JT3000 wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
Lol we're way more injury riddled than the Magic. Talking like you guys are so devastated and you still have both wagners Isaac's Anthony and black.


You're tripping. The Magic are missing two of their three best players, three starters in total, and just lost another guy tonight. You're playing scrubs because your other scrubs are injured. Whoopty-doo.


You guys are the better team. That's obvious. So let me ask you if you could have Lamelo Ball on your team right now would you decline?


To be truthful, no. The Magic already have two high usage guys in Paolo and Franz, they really don’t need a third. And Ball would probably kill the defense which is their identity. The Magic need shooters and 6th man honestly.
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Post#197 » by JDR720 » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:52 am

Rainwater wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:
Rainwater wrote: That team doesn’t look good at all.

Yeah the team missing half their roster wasn't good lmao.

Who else you expect to step up Cody Martin and Tidjane Salaun. You probably never heard of those guys before this game lol


The Magic had half their team playing as well and were missing their best player and best defender. They literally had their summer league guys playing, lol.


The Hornets are currently without:

- Mark Williams (starting C)
- Nick Richards (backup C)
- Grant Williams (backup PF)
- Miles Bridges (starting PF)
- Tre Mann (6th man)

That's 5 of our top 7-8 players.
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Post#198 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:53 am

Rainwater wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
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You're tripping. The Magic are missing two of their three best players, three starters in total, and just lost another guy tonight. You're playing scrubs because your other scrubs are injured. Whoopty-doo.


You guys are the better team. That's obvious. So let me ask you if you could have Lamelo Ball on your team right now would you decline?


To be truthful, no. The Magic already have two high usage guys in Paolo and Franz, they really don’t need a third. And Ball would probably kill the defense which is their identity. The Magic need shooters and 6th man honestly.


At least you have reasoning. Although I know you're full of it. Melo and Banchero would be deadly. Melo is high usage right now because he has to be for us to be competitive.
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Post#199 » by Infinite Llamas » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:54 am

I mean, even if healthy:

Ball
Green
Bridges
Miller
M Williams

That team isn’t scaring anybody. It’s a horribly constructed roster that’s going to need a lot of luck in the draft to turn it around.
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Post#200 » by Rainwater » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:55 am

JustBuzzin wrote:
Rainwater wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:Yeah the team missing half their roster wasn't good lmao.

Who else you expect to step up Cody Martin and Tidjane Salaun. You probably never heard of those guys before this game lol


The Magic had half their team playing as well and were missing their best player and best defender. They literally had their summer league guys playing, lol.

Your role players got you a playoff birth.

Our role players got us a lottery pick.

Don't act like we have the same rosters.


I agree to certain extent but You saw how our role players played. You guys literally allowed them to shoot.

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