Hornets Can't Escape Mediocrity

[HeatCheck]

It's a cycle...we try to "rebuild" and go young but we can't draft. As a result, we go to a  "win-now" mode and sacrifice the future. 

Minus the bit I pointed out, I'm not knocking the article, it's truth obviously.

This franchise has a bad history. We know that. Now you can either live in that history, and allow it to define you, or you can move forward.

I'm sorry, but anyone still moping around at this point about passing on Justice Winslow might need to get their life in order.

I'd rather be optimistic, and no I don't mean absurd expectations about winning, like a complete homer. Just being competitive.

I agree there's no point in moping over moves like passing on Winslow but you can only be cautiously optimistic because of our track record.

[TheRed]

It's a cycle...we try to "rebuild" and go young but we can't draft. As a result, we go to a  "win-now" mode and sacrifice the future. 

I agree there's no point in moping over moves like passing on Winslow but you can only be cautiously optimistic because of our track record.

Oh absolutely. Cautiously optimistic is basically where I'm at.

Football season, and basketball season are around the corner. Why waste the next few months being bitter?

poo, I'm gonna enjoy myself.

[cbarrier90]

Minus the bit I pointed out, I'm not knocking the article, it's truth obviously.

This franchise has a bad history. We know that. Now you can either live in that history, and allow it to define you, or you can move forward.

I'm sorry, but anyone still moping around at this point about passing on Justice Winslow might need to get their life in order.

I'd rather be optimistic, and no I don't mean absurd expectations about winning, like a complete homer. Just being competitive.

Credit to you for your optimism.

I was optimistic heading into this offseason tha they could dump Lance, make some small signings and, with the progress from the young players and Lance out of the picture they could pick up right where they left off with another top ten pick in tow.

So what did they do? Completely overhaul the roster because Golden State won a championship over LeBron and scrubs.

I'd be more optimistic if there appeared to be any semblance of a plan, but as I said earlier, it appears we just go with the flavor of whatever worked the previous season instead of establishing our own identity and building a young team and team culture. That's what troubles me the most in all this, and until that changes this franchise will never have any sustained success.

[cbarrier90]

Oh absolutely. Cautiously optimistic is basically where I'm at.

Football season, and basketball season are around the corner. Why waste the next few months being bitter?

poo, I'm gonna enjoy myself.

And I WAS enjoying things until Zach Lowe had to open these wounds and fill them with salt. Blame him! Haha.

[TheRed]

Credit to you for your optimism.

I was optimistic heading into this offseason tha they could dump Lance, make some small signings and, with the progress from the young players and Lance out of the picture they could pick up right where they left off with another top ten pick in tow.

So what did they do? Completely overhaul the roster because Golden State won a championship over LeBron and scrubs.

I'd be more optimistic if there appeared to be any semblance of a plan, but as I said earlier, it appears we just go with the flavor of whatever worked the previous season instead of establishing our own identity and building a young team and team culture. That's what troubles me the most in all this, and until that changes this franchise will never have any sustained success.

Well I guess eventually if you keep throwing poo at the wall, something has to stick, lol.

The Lance signing is one of those things that most people were heavily on board with, it just completely went south in the worst possible way. I figure we've got to be due some good karma for at least the next year off that fiasco alone, right?

[pantherfan49]

Good grief, this place is like a suicide hotline.

You can't live in the past forever. We're due some good luck.

You mean like a dynamic two way player with fantastic upside and already having a decent amount of polish for a freshman falling to us in the NBA draft?

[Batman]

You mean like a dynamic two way player with fantastic upside and already having a decent amount of polish for a freshman falling to us in the NBA draft?

Is that Duke homerism for "tiny SG that can't shoot or handle the ball well"?

[bLACKpANTHER]

Good grief, this place is like a suicide hotline.

You can't live in the past forever. We're due some good luck.

..said every Cleveland Browns fan, and Oakland Raider fan, and Timberwolves fan, and Chicago Cubs fan, and to top it all off- every Charlotte Hornets/Bobcats fan.

[TheRed]

..said every Cleveland Browns fan, and Oakland Raider fan, and Timberwolves fan, and Chicago Cubs fan, and to top it all off- every Charlotte Hornets/Bobcats fan.

Well if that's the way you look at it you're gonna be pretty miserable. To each his own.

The Browns, and Raiders have been pure ass for decades. We only became the Hornets last year. The Bobcats were poo from the beginning to the end. I look at it as a fresh start.

The disparity in the NBA isn't a problem with just Charlotte though. There are way too many bottom feeder teams. That speaks to a larger problem with the talent pool, which goes back to the stupid draft lottery.

[Batman]

As bad as the Hornets were, it was still a million times better then the joke of a franchise when Johnson was here. He might legitimately be the worst owner in sports history.

[bLACKpANTHER]

Well if that's the way you look at it you're gonna be pretty miserable. To each his own.

The Browns, and Raiders have been pure ass for decades. We only became the Hornets last year. The Bobcats were poo from the beginning to the end. I look at it as a fresh start.

The disparity in the NBA isn't a problem with just Charlotte though. There are way too many bottom feeder teams. That speaks to a larger problem with the talent pool, which goes back to the stupid draft lottery.

naw, im hopeful we get in the playoffs this year- the squad they have put together really interests me. But waiting around for 'luck' to fall our way just because we a due- it's gonna be a long wait.

You gotta go out an make it happen and not rely on luck

[TheRed]

naw, im hopeful we get in the playoffs this year- the squad they have put together really interests me. But waiting around for 'luck' to fall our way just because we a due- it's gonna be a long wait.

You gotta go out an make it happen and not rely on luck

Oh, I agree with you then.

My comment about being due some good luck wasn't meant to be taken completely serious. Just trying to brighten the situation with a little humor.

[teeray]

Good grief, this place is like a suicide hotline.

You can't live in the past forever. We're due some good luck.

QTF

 

[pantherfan49]

naw, im hopeful we get in the playoffs this year- the squad they have put together really interests me. But waiting around for 'luck' to fall our way just because we a due- it's gonna be a long wait.

You gotta go out an make it happen and not rely on luck

The only way I see them being a playoff team is if Kemba plays well all year, Batum returns to his solid form, and Frank balls out.  

 

Ultimately, this team has the pieces to score some points but nobody that's a killer scorer.  And I think it is fair to say that they don't plan to play much defense.  

 

Weirdly enough, it will likely be the second string that wins games for the Hornets.  Lin, Lamb, Frank, Hawes, etc are all players that have the possibility of lighting it up.