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LofJ · Post #581 » by **LofJ** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:08 am

CuseMayne wrote:Is it a bad sign that, with us only being through roughly 40% the regular season, I'm rooting against teams that are close to us in the playoff race and watching their games every single day...? With $0 on the outcomes? Lol.

I just want us to make the playoffs this year. Sure it'll hurt our draft stock, but if we want to eventually win we have to get our young players a taste of the postseason. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Maybe I have a problem. I'll just say that I'm a fanatic

The back half of the lottery this year looks pretty crappy to me. I'm all in on going for the playoffs.

DY_nasty · Post #582 » by **DY_nasty** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:55 am

if the rest of the east keeps this up we're gonna have homecourt lmao

-Ian- · Post #583 » by **-Ian-** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:33 pm

I feel as though we need to make a trade if we want to be competitive in the playoffs.

Rich4114 · Post #584 » by **Rich4114** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:28 pm

-Ian- wrote:I feel as though we need to make a trade if we want to be competitive in the playoffs.

We can't be serious about the playoffs with our lack of size/rebounding so I agree with you. I hope they consider Cousins, we have decent space and a roster spot to add him.

Post #585 » by **JDR720** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:54 pm

Read on Twitter

CuseMayne · Post #586 » by **CuseMayne** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:19 am

Pretty much best case scenario all around for playoff hopes. Losses by the Hawks, Magic, Knicks, Raptors, and Celtics.

Little side note, decided to bet 100 to profit 516 on a 3 leg parlay: GSW ML / 76ers ML / Mavs ML.

Besides a 41 to profit 37 +12.5 on our squad last night (eek), hadn't put any sports bets in for a few weeks. Guess I had a feeling

-Ian- · Post #587 » by **-Ian-** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:39 pm

Should we take a flyer on Noah Vonleh? I think he can contribute in Charlotte.

Post #588 » by **Diop** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:47 pm

-Ian- wrote:Should we take a flyer on Noah Vonleh? I think he can contribute in Charlotte.

Id like to give him a shot, i dont see much change happening with out bigs though

HornetJail · Post #589 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:24 pm

-Ian- wrote:Should we take a flyer on Noah Vonleh? I think he can contribute in Charlotte.

definitely. it's straight up weird he's not on a team right now

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #590 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:28 pm

KEMBAtheMETEOR wrote:
-Ian- wrote:Should we take a flyer on Noah Vonleh? I think he can contribute in Charlotte.

definitely. it's straight up weird he's not on a team right now

His BPM this year is -29.9

That is not a typo.

HornetJail · Post #591 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:30 pm

Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:
KEMBAtheMETEOR wrote:
-Ian- wrote:Should we take a flyer on Noah Vonleh? I think he can contribute in Charlotte.

definitely. it's straight up weird he's not on a team right now

His BPM this year is -29.9

That is not a typo.

you should know better than to use advanced stats to quantify an 11-minute sample size...

Post #592 » by **BigSlam** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:26 pm

This guy...

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Thursday he has nearly pulled of some trades this season.

HornetsFan29 · Post #593 » by **HornetsFan29** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:56 pm

I know this has prob been talk about before on here but man it just pisses me off seeing him ball out and how Center is out big weak link just drives me crazy.

I will say this glad we got rid of Clifford I could only imagine him having Melo rotting on the bench with hardly any playing time knowing him.

amcoolio · Post #594 » by **amcoolio** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:08 pm

He's putting up great stats. But the biggest knock on him is being a black hole player and not contributing to winning. We'll see if that plays out differently

SWedd523 · Post #595 » by **SWedd523** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:40 pm

HornetsFan29 wrote:I know this has prob been talk about before on here but man it just pisses me off seeing him ball out and how Center is out big weak link just drives me crazy.

I will say this glad we got rid of Clifford I could only imagine him having Melo rotting on the bench with hardly any playing time knowing him.

If only we all had the gift of hindsight

Braggins · Post #596 » by **Braggins** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:19 pm

BigSlam wrote:This guy...

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Thursday he has nearly pulled of some trades this season.

At this point it feels like hes doing a bit.

Post #597 » by **BigSlam** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:22 pm

Braggins wrote:
BigSlam wrote:This guy...

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Thursday he has nearly pulled of some trades this season.

At this point it feels like hes doing a bit.

He’s made a trade? What’d he do?

LofJ · Post #598 » by **LofJ** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:59 pm

Looks like the Knicks might save us from paying Drummond, considering his salary and how much we'd have to give up to trade for him I'm thankful for that. I think it would take us out of playoff contention.

Post #599 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:50 pm

Read on Twitter

Wowzy

Hornet Mania · Post #600 » by **Hornet Mania** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:58 pm

Great asset management by OKC, but I do wonder if they'll eventually reach an inflection point where they can't actually roster all those picks and/or find enough trade partners willing to send back fair value.