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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#141 » by fatlever » Fri Jul 25, 2025 3:58 am

MasterIchiro wrote:I wouldn't get too caught up in measurements. His ultimate ceiling role is point forward who can shoot, and those are super valuable and rare.

Kon is potentially an elite sniper with secondary playmaking skills.

It's been a long time since the organization struck gold on a late pick. Maybe the last one was Tobias Harris in the 2011 NBA Draft but he was 19th not 29th. That was the Charlotte Bobcats.

Maybe Desmond Bane level gold?

That dude has short arms.


and harris wasnt actually drafted by charlotte. predraft trade with sacto - sjax and 19 for 7, which became biz.
best late 1st pick since 2004 has been dudley, who we traded in 1st year - not a lot of competition - nsj, ajinca, kai, marco trade
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#142 » by HornetJail » Fri Jul 25, 2025 4:48 am

wow we really do only have 4-5 non-lottery 1st round picks since expansion... brutal

It's amazing how a perpetually rebuilding team has also been bad at collecting picks lol
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#143 » by fatlever » Fri Jul 25, 2025 6:16 am

HornetJail wrote:wow we really do only have 4-5 non-lottery 1st round picks since expansion... brutal

It's amazing how a perpetually rebuilding team has also been bad at collecting picks lol


Our non lottery draft history is actually way more hilarious

we traded for all those picks used on -> dudley, ajinca, kai and nsj - None of those were picks originally owned by the Hornets.

The 3 years that we made the playoffs we traded away those picks
2010 - we traded that pick the previous year, 2009, for the pick that ended up being used for ajinca. that pick became -> luke babbit
2014 - this was the pick that we traded to acquire tyrus thomas back in 2009 -> became nurkic
2016 - That idiotic trade we made on draft day for Marco Belinelli with our 22nd pick going to the Kings who selected -> malichi richardson

The only other non Lotto pick that we have had during that stretch was 2022 15th pick used on Mark Williams. That was the spin the bottle Luckiest draft pick in the world that we acquired for trading Devante Graham when the Pelicans won in the play-in to gift us that pick rather than a 2nd rd pick.

tldr: The post expansion Hornets have never drafted a player outside of the lottery, first round, using their own pick.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#144 » by Rich4114 » Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:01 pm

I think McNeely has the potential to be the best non lottery pick of the 2.0 era Hornets. Maybe even all time. And I'm not concerned about his standing reach given how he looked playing basketball.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#145 » by yosemiteben » Fri Aug 8, 2025 1:36 am

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Jesus **** Christ

This kid was built for this team
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Post#146 » by HornetJail » Fri Aug 8, 2025 1:37 am

yosemiteben wrote:
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Jesus **** Christ

This kid was built for this team

twitter link doesn't work, don't tell me it's an injury
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#147 » by Liver_Pooty » Fri Aug 8, 2025 1:39 am

HornetJail wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:
Read on Twitter


Jesus **** Christ

This kid was built for this team

twitter link doesn't work, don't tell me it's an injury


It’s a good thing. Watch the first 10 minutes of their little YouTube thingy. Liam is going to be good.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#148 » by HornetJail » Fri Aug 8, 2025 1:40 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
HornetJail wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:
Read on Twitter


Jesus **** Christ

This kid was built for this team

twitter link doesn't work, don't tell me it's an injury


It’s a good thing. Watch the first 10 minutes of their little YouTube thingy. Liam is going to be good.

ok lmao

my reaction to "he was built for this team" should tell you everything you need to know about how scarred I am by the last few seasons :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#149 » by yosemiteben » Fri Aug 8, 2025 1:42 am

HornetJail wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:
Read on Twitter


Jesus **** Christ

This kid was built for this team

twitter link doesn't work, don't tell me it's an injury

My bad

It's this:

https://tinyurl.com/48ryduun
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#150 » by Chapelchilla » Fri Aug 8, 2025 2:33 am

Man, that was really well done. I am impressed with the organization. Everyone seemed intelligent, committed, knowledgeable, motivated and thorough. Sure it was basically an ad but the truth was in there to see too.
From the owners on down they are all working together with a vision. Yeah, we still need more talent to be good good, but I really think we are heading in the right direction with actual DIRECTION, lol. Finally.

To go from the Jordan org crew of mediocre and generally not so smart yes men types to these guys is refreshing.

Liam seems like he is gonna be a playa! Kon has an aura too. Looking forward to watching this team grow up over the next few years and start seeing some real sustainable improvement.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#151 » by Liver_Pooty » Fri Aug 8, 2025 2:37 am

Chapelchilla wrote:Man, that was really well done. I am impressed with the organization. Everyone seemed intelligent, committed, knowledgeable, motivated and thorough. Sure it was basically an ad but the truth was in there to see too.
From the owners on down they are all working together with a vision. Yeah, we still need more talent to be good good, but I really think we are heading in the right direction with actual DIRECTION, lol. Finally.

To go from the Jordan org crew of mediocre and generally not so smart yes men types to these guys is refreshing.

Liam seems like he is gonna be a playa! Kon has an aura too. Looking forward to watching this team grow up over the next few years and start seeing some real sustainable improvement.


I liked seeing Kon D up Kemba in clips. I’m sure he got cooked but it was good for him.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#152 » by Liver_Pooty » Tue Nov 11, 2025 3:00 am

I’m a big fan. Love the headband. It’s going to take some time but he’s going to be good.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#153 » by Snidely FC » Sun Dec 7, 2025 1:59 pm

interesting deep dive by a big fan of McNeeley, esp for those wondering how he got a reputation as an "elite shooter"
https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/liam-mcneeley-how-high-would-you
McNeeley graded out in the 93rd percentile on all jumpers, the 92nd percentile on catch-and-shoot jumpers, the 91st percentile on guarded catch-and-shoot jumpers, the 94th percentile on unguarded jumpers, and once again in the 25th percentile on dribble jumpers. Weakside, off-ball shooting was an elite skill for him in high school, and the numbers clearly back that up.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#154 » by MPM » Sun Dec 7, 2025 2:21 pm

Snidely FC wrote:interesting deep dive by a big fan of McNeeley, esp for those wondering how get got a reputation as an "elite shooter"
https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/liam-mcneeley-how-high-would-you
McNeeley graded out in the 93rd percentile on all jumpers, the 92nd percentile on catch-and-shoot jumpers, the 91st percentile on guarded catch-and-shoot jumpers, the 94th percentile on unguarded jumpers, and once again in the 25th percentile on dribble jumpers. Weakside, off-ball shooting was an elite skill for him in high school, and the numbers clearly back that up.


Pretty high on him. Legit size, smart, confident, pretty shot, 20 years old. Think he'll be on this team for a while. Love him as a long-term bench scorer.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#155 » by wilson115 » Sun Dec 7, 2025 11:29 pm

Only had 2 points but the highest +/- on the team last time. Confident about him being a contributor down the line.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#156 » by wilson115 » Sun Dec 7, 2025 11:48 pm

Liam Legend

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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#157 » by fatlever » Mon Dec 15, 2025 6:29 pm

Liam had 12 assists in the swarm game yesterday. And was +22.

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Post#158 » by Bassman » Mon Dec 15, 2025 7:55 pm

fatlever wrote:Liam had 12 assists in the swarm game yesterday. And was +22.

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I’m glad he’s getting playing time, it will be good for him. With Green back he won’t see many minutes this season.
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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#159 » by Diop » Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:10 pm

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Re: The Liam McNeeley Thread 

Post#160 » by Liver_Pooty » Sat Dec 20, 2025 5:21 pm

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lol good lord. RIP.
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