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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#821 » by BatumtheGlue » Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:14 am

If only we have Kel'el Ware in our rosters. We got 2 slow footed guys and an undersized center instead. Can only hope Kalk will be better and Diabetes will be useful in limited time when we play small ball line up. As for Plumbee, i don't give a ****.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#822 » by Diop » Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:16 am

amcoolio wrote:**** sitting anyone, give the Hornets fans what they want, which is a SL championship. This is a franchise that hasn't won anything ever, not even a division. Time to start teaching these guys how to win

they need to sit Baugh then
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#823 » by amcoolio » Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:19 am

BatumtheGlue wrote:If only we have Kel'el Ware in our rosters. We got 2 slow footed guys and an undersized center instead. Can only hope Kalk will be better and Diabetes will be useful in limited time when we play small ball line up. As for Plumbee, i don't give a ****.


I blame Mark Williams for this one, it was really puzzling we passed up Ware last draft with Lee and Peterson desperately searching for a center who can shoot since they've been here, but I guess they believed in the Mark Williams hype too much.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#824 » by Snidely FC » Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:48 am

I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many Moussas you can have on a team but that Moussa Cisse guy on Dallas ate Kalk’s lunch
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#825 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:49 am

gold = kon
silver = kj
bronze = kalk

bf = baugh
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#826 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:59 am

baugh was insufferable. getting noticeable annoyed when the inbounds went to kon, even tho kon was getting teammates wide open looks every trip. Summer League really does bring out the most selfish qualities in fringe players. I get that they feel they need to put up stats to make a roster but sometimes just playing smart unselfish basketball is the best way to get yourself added to a team, especially as a so-called point guard.

i counted 6 plays where kon created a WIDE open shot for a teammate that was missed. counted countless other Times where he initiated a give and go gave the ball up repositioned himself for a wide open shot only to see the person he had passed it to not even look in his direction. Like somebody else said if there's a smart play to be made he's going to make it. He's going to look much better when he's surrounded by quality teammates. Feel much much better about him After Tonight. He's gonna be fine.

Defensively he was in the right place pretty much every possession. When he did get beat he was trailing Exactly the way you're coached.

The gravity he creates both off ball and on ball is going to do wonders for the spacing for melo, miller and miles.

another really Solid game from KJ. That's three out of three for him. I keep saying it and I was saying it last year that if there's a roster crunch and I have to choose between him and Nick I'm choosing the guy who brings more to the table and that's KJ.

thought tonight was the best game from kalk. Felt like his feet were less rooted in concrete on both ends. plus I wanna see him fire away those threes even if he's missing them.

I haven't looked back through Twitter since I caught up on the game, but did something happen to tiddy?

The scrubs at that end of our bench managed to score three points in the last five minutes of the game. rough.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#827 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:59 am

MPM wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:Kalk's shot takes like 17 seconds


It's beautiful - like waiting for a geyser to explode.


If he didn't already have 17 great nicknames I'd start calling him Yellowstone
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#828 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:03 am

amcoolio wrote:Good on Kon for settling down in the 2nd half, we absolutely need him to hit

I'm also glad the new ownership came in with the directive they want to win summer leagues. That was a point that was hammered before we started playing this year, the goal is to win the SL championship and it is showing... playing with a plan, playing the good players a lot, etc.


we'll see How serious they are about that during the last two games. I won't be surprised if we've seen the last of tiddy and kon. just a hunch.
I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see us continue to rock the full lineup all the way through the championship game. hornets v kings. lets go.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#829 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:03 am

UNCNYC wrote:
MPM wrote:
UNCNYC wrote:
I didn't hear it and am regretting having have not heard it.


Me:

What? For real? Nah. What?


lmao


im pretty sure i heard it.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#830 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:07 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:Absolutely imploring all of you to not look deep into stats in SL with Kon. Or really anyone for that matter. Think Yose said it best SL isn’t meant for him for gaudy stats. Next game he may go 2 for 11 and look like dog ****. But others will benefit from his smarts. If that makes any sense.


kon is like sour cream. by itself, its white and boring. but it makes everything else better.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#831 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:08 am

I would’ve rather brung back leaky black for a potential 3 and D than Baugh. No idea what leaky is doing these days but I do know that dude has legit size and can lock a guy up.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#832 » by Diop » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:09 am

BatumtheGlue wrote:If only we have Kel'el Ware in our rosters. We got 2 slow footed guys and an undersized center instead. Can only hope Kalk will be better and Diabetes will be useful in limited time when we play small ball line up. As for Plumbee, i don't give a ****.

the comments by Spoelstra about Ware were interesting. saying he needs to work harder and be more professional.
not sure Charlotte have the right environment for him.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#833 » by JDR720 » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:10 am

fatlever wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:Absolutely imploring all of you to not look deep into stats in SL with Kon. Or really anyone for that matter. Think Yose said it best SL isn’t meant for him for gaudy stats. Next game he may go 2 for 11 and look like dog ****. But others will benefit from his smarts. If that makes any sense.


kon is like sour cream. by itself, its white and boring. but it makes everything else better.

We need to sign Tacko Fall to be our center.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#834 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:11 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:I would’ve rather brung back leaky black for a potential 3 and D than Baugh. No idea what leaky is doing these days but I do know that dude has legit size and can lock a guy up.


he's on wiz summer team
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#835 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:12 am

fatlever wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:Absolutely imploring all of you to not look deep into stats in SL with Kon. Or really anyone for that matter. Think Yose said it best SL isn’t meant for him for gaudy stats. Next game he may go 2 for 11 and look like dog ****. But others will benefit from his smarts. If that makes any sense.


kon is like sour cream. by itself, its white and boring. but it makes everything else better.


Sour cream and mayo is absolutely disgusting.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#836 » by Diop » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:12 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
fatlever wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:Absolutely imploring all of you to not look deep into stats in SL with Kon. Or really anyone for that matter. Think Yose said it best SL isn’t meant for him for gaudy stats. Next game he may go 2 for 11 and look like dog ****. But others will benefit from his smarts. If that makes any sense.


kon is like sour cream. by itself, its white and boring. but it makes everything else better.


Sour cream and mayo is absolutely disgusting.

well thats just straight out wrong
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#837 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:13 am

Diop wrote:
BatumtheGlue wrote:If only we have Kel'el Ware in our rosters. We got 2 slow footed guys and an undersized center instead. Can only hope Kalk will be better and Diabetes will be useful in limited time when we play small ball line up. As for Plumbee, i don't give a ****.

the comments by Spoelstra about Ware were interesting. saying he needs to work harder and be more professional.
not sure Charlotte have the right environment for him.


Exactly one of those situations where it just goes to show that all of these dudes are names on a box score or a person on my TV. We have no idea what's really going on behind the scenes with their personal lives and in the locker room and their relationships with their other teammates. Building a roster is complicated.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#838 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:14 am

PJ Hall had his best game tonight. I thought he and Kon Had good chemistry in the minutes they played together.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#839 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:16 am

fatlever wrote:PJ Hall had his best game tonight. I thought he and Kon Had good chemistry in the minutes they played together.


Seen a lot of him at Clemson. Hes improved a ton. Should be in Greensboro for sure. Had glimpses of looking better than Kalk to be honest.
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Re: 2025 Summer League 

Post#840 » by fatlever » Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:16 am

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gravity. one of the SIX wide open missed shots created by kon.

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