MillionDollarCam

8 minutes ago, Cheek said:

We give up Hayward and PJ and receive Turner and Levert. The money almost matches up perfectly. We could throw in a first if we have to, but this would fix our problem down low and give us a really exciting year. 
 

Melo/Ish

Rozier/Martin

Oubre/Levert 

Bridges/McDaniels

Turner/Plumlee 

A rebuilding team is not taking Hayward’s contract.

You can’t rebuild when the guy you are trading for has more years on his contract than the guys you are trading out.

I’ll say it also hurts not having our first round pick to use… unless everyone will be okay with offering Kai.

You’d have think that the Pacers would want Washington and some combination of draft picks. Since we don’t have draft picks they’d be looking at Bouknight (untouchable) and Jones.

Would the Hornets be willing to part with Washington, Jones, and Plumlee (salary filler) for Turner and a 2nd round pick?

PG - Ball, Smith

SG - Rozier, Martin, Bouknight

SF - Hayward, Oubre, Lewis

PF - Bridges, McDaniels, Thor, Kubolka

C - Turner, Richards, Carey

That’s quite a bit to give up… but a solid looking roster.

I don’t know if we really have anything of interest to the Pacers. They are going to want young players and our team is made up of young (but untouchable players).

Contending teams are going to be better equipped to make a run because they can give up young talent.

Hard fought game, just ran out of gas.

Wild game.

Holy hell this team is fun.

Nick Richards was absolute assssssss when he entered the league… JB has turned him into an actual NBA player.

I still don’t think there’s a way we pull this out… our current roster on a back to back against a good Sixers team… but the fact we are in the game is awesome.

Legs look tired.

Really wish Gordon would earn his keep. $29M in cap space for not a whole lot.

Have to give JB some props no matter what the outcome of this game is. The team has been developed properly.

Damn… the kids can play.

Hayward is going to have to earn his paycheck tonight, can’t have him throwing up bricks tonight.

So what’s the depth chart lol?

G - Martin, Bouknight

G - Oubre, Lewis

F - Hayward, Kubolka

F - Bridges, Thor, Jones

C - Richards, Washington, Carey

Lololol… so we don’t have a true PG…

Expect this to be the first game where Bouknight gets a lot of burn.

We’ve gone through four QB’s (Bridgewater, Walker, Darnold, and Newton) in two years… maybe it’s time to address the offensive line before trying a fifth and a sixth QB.

Let’s be real… it doesn’t matter who the QB is as long as we continue to trot out JV offensive linemen against Varsity defensive lineman.

Another thing I forgot to mention, I had to watch the Hawks broadcast and they stated that we’ve played the most road games in the NBA thus far. If that’s accurate, this 14-11 start is even more impressive as 16 of our 25 games have been on the road.

That was fun!

Back up to sixth with the Sixers coming to town tomorrow.

Sheesh between Kelly and Miles they were not going to let us lose.

Field goal percentage and three point percentage is identical… it’s truly going to come down to who shoots a better ball down the stretch.

Survived their run, now we have to finish it out.

Haven’t watched a lot of ball outside of the Hornets but Cody Martin is my MIP.

If there was ever a time to play defense it would be now. Not sure if anyone expected this roster to be able to compete tonight but here we are… might as well finish the job.

10 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

I think volleyball is the only sport I watch where defense is played anymore or hasn't been neutered.

The hand check foul killed defensive basketball, even more so in college basketball in my opinion. It almost makes its unwatchable at times with the constant stoppages for fouls.

NBA players have adjusted as in they just don’t play defense anymore.

We see final scores now that were previously unheard of outside of the NBA All-Star Game… the NBA may want to believe that it’s due to better players in today’s game but I disagree. It all comes down to the NBA no longer letting guys play defense.

Ish is fun to watch… he just races all over the floor making things happen.

Hopefully we stay hot and put together a few defensive stops.