So Charlotte, what's the plan?

[NCHeels2008]

Charlotte is building around a injury prone LaMelo. The problem is they are not putting serious talent around him. It's like we repeat the same cycle every season.

If you going to keep LaMelo put talent around him. It's not like we like assets. We have all these draft picks stashed and we just sitting on them.

You basically need a 2nd above average playmaker if you're serious about making the playoffs Ball is so unreliable health wise it requires a Kawhi-like infrastructure around him

[EmpireFalls]

Tanking.

[pipfan]

Made a HUGE mistake not taking Matas last year. Salaun might work out, but a core of Ball/Miller/Matas/Williams looks REALLY good, plus a top 5 pick this year

[BlazersBroncos]

I think the depth chart will look like this -

G - Ball / Sexton / Mann
G - Sexton / Green / Connoughton
F - Miller / Kon / McNeeley
F - Bridges / Williams / Salaun
C - Plumlee / Diabate / Kalkbrenner

2-Way Sion James.

Salaun over Matas is going to hurt them.

[mg]

Made a HUGE mistake not taking Matas last year. Salaun might work out, but a core of Ball/Miller/Matas/Williams looks REALLY good, plus a top 5 pick this year

Maybe but I think Kon might be a better prospect than Matas. Unfortunately Clifford may have influenced that Salaun pick but I don't have proof of it. Looking ahead the Hornets have a surprising amount of draft capital in the warchest. Mark Williams never seemed the same after the injuries. He didn't move quite the same. I can see why they were a bit cautious about investing a big extension on him especially with all the other injuries they've death with the past few seasons.

[Chuck Everett]

They have their new guy they drafted Kon, they picked up a solid veteran bench player in Pat and a good center in Miles, They don't look terrible, but it'll definitely be another year where they are just trying to see what they have/getting a healthy productive season from Ball.

Not sure how accurate this will be, but the lineup could be something, given young players growth, maybe.

Ball/Sexton
Miller/Green
Knueppel/Connaughton/McNeeley?
Bridges/Williams
Plumlee/Diabate

The rebuild isn't over. They just traded away all of their center depth over the past year or so, and the wings are mostly rookies. Ayton would have way lower expectations in Charlotte, so maybe we see them throw him a 1yr offer or something.

That roster is so bad. The frontcourt is horrific and now we have to wonder if Brandon Miller is going to develop properly. Seems the smart move would be to move LaMelo and try to get more picks, but if the organization is just going to do things like take Salaun and Knueppel with high lotto picks, it doesn't matter. I like Kon, but on this roster, dude basically has to turn into Ray Allen or something.

Looking at it again, it is the worst roster in the NBA with Utah. Josh Green is one terrible basketball player and he was starting for them. If Tre Mann can't establish himself and stay healthy this season, there's no hope for him.

This team needs like 6 new players better than what they have. Clear out the flotsam. Perhaps Jeff Peterson was a poor choice for the job leading the front office. Charles Lee is going to end up getting fired due to having nothing for him to coach.

What a shytshow.

[BigGargamel]

They added Sexton, Connaughton, Knueppel, McNeeley. Resigned Tre Mann. Still have Josh Green.

Traded Mark Williams and Nurkic. Only front court addition? Mason Plumlee. I mean, what was the point of trading a big man (yeah, Nurkic isn't great) for another score only guard?

They're really trying to just run a team of shooting guards, I suppose.

[bisme37]

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Adding washed Dinwiddie to this mess? Time for Hornets fans to put on the special education head gear. This is going to be an unwatchable trainwreck.

[BigGargamel]

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Adding washed Dinwiddie to this mess? Time for Hornets fans to put on the special education head gear. This is going to be an unwatchable trainwreck.

One ball available, and probably 10 guys who are completely useless unless they have the ball in their hands.

Four players are going to be on the court clapping their hands and looking at LaMelo while he dribbles for 23 seconds and jacks up 30 foot shots.

I just moved to Charlotte, hopefully tickets to go watch this three ring circus are cheap.

[Chuck Everett]

Adding washed Dinwiddie to this mess? Time for Hornets fans to put on the special education head gear. This is going to be an unwatchable trainwreck.

One ball available, and probably 10 guys who are completely useless unless they have the ball in their hands.

Seriously, what the heck are they doing? It's just doing stuff for the sake of doing it.

[JustBuzzin]

Feels like LaMelo about to be traded. We became PHX overnight lol

[tsherkin]

Feels like LaMelo about to be traded. We became PHX overnight lol

But like, Phoenix from Temu.

[whatisacenter]

I learned that someone believes Lamelo is a top 10 player.

[3ddman23]

I learned that someone believes Lamelo is a top 10 player.

Top 10 fun player to watch sure I'll give them that .. but top 10 overall best player is ubsurd. The guys plays absolutely no defense and his percentages are just so sub par on high volume.

[Courant]

They have some bad luck when it comes to the draft lottery. Missed out on 3 superstar big man in the past 20 years that definitely would have changed their teams outlook ( Dwight, Davis, wemby)

Drafting No. 2 in those drafts hasn't been a problem as making overall bad selections in the lottery. In 2012, Charlotte had one of the worst seasons in NBA history (7-59, averaged 87 points per game while shooting a collective .414 field goal percentage) and used the No. 2 pick on a defensive-oriented player whose comparison was Tony Allen (Michael Kidd-Gilchrist) instead of selecting Bradley Beal or Damian Lillard (I preferred Beal).

There has been a parade of other notable misses:

2005 - Raymond Felton at No. 5 and Sean May at No. 13
2006 - Adam Morrison at No. 3
2008 - D.J. Augustin at No. 9
2011 - Bismack Biyombo at No. 7
2013 - Cody Zeller at No. 4
2014 - Noah Vonleh at No. 9
2015 - Frank Kaminsky at No. 9
2018 - Malik Monk at No. 11
2021 - James Bouknight at No. 11 and Kai Jones at No. 19

From an evaluation standpoint, Charlotte has hit only on Kemba Walker (No. 9, 2011) since getting the second franchise in Charlotte. LaMelo Ball (No. 3, 2020) and Brandon Miller (No. 2, 2023) were sort of no-brainers, being the second-best prospects in their classes. You also could include Miles Bridges (No. 12, 2018), but it is tempered by the fact that he was a draft-day swap for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (No. 11, 2018).

[GoBobs]

1. collet all the 2nd round picks

2. profit

[hauntedcomputer]

When you build around the wrong rookie, you basically lose a decade.

[fuller4379]

Poverty franchise.

[KirkHinrich12]

They have some bad luck when it comes to the draft lottery. Missed out on 3 superstar big man in the past 20 years that definitely would have changed their teams outlook ( Dwight, Davis, wemby)

And landed Zo one spot away from Shaq