Update: MKG Out 6 months with Reported Torn Labrum

[Proudiddy]

Sigh... 

https://twitter.com/HornetsPR/status/650520867034820608

[ThinkAboutIt]

If this thread is any indication, no one cares. 

[Omega Atrocity]

MKG is out 6 months per Woj.

Well I guess debating if Batum can play 2 is pretty worthless now since he'll be the 3 for a lot of the year. Lamb will probably take his starting spot and it will give us more shooting, if you're trying to look for positives. MKG was really smart to take that extension, in hindsight.

[Zaximus]

This is why the contract wasn't a good decision.   MKG is the glass man and has always been.  His play deserved the money, but his injuries made it risky.    Injuries are crushing this city man.

[cbarrier90]

This is the Murphys Law of NBA franchises.

[RoaringRiot]

Unreal

[Proudiddy]

Season's off to a great start lol... 

Also, local radio here in Raleigh was saying "he should be back in time for the playoffs..." 

 

No. 

That is a horrible idea.  I'm also worried about his shooting coming back off this injury, so imo, may as well let him sit the season out, rehab, and come back next season.   If we make the playoffs, which I think we will (I'm projecting 4 or 5 seed), I don't want to mess with whatever chemistry we will develop by the time MKG would be ready to come back. 

Also, I was finally starting to come around to MKG after years of ripping him...  But these injuries are ultimately negating any progress he has made developmentally because he can't even make it to the floor.  I liked the extension when we signed him to it, but this automatically makes it a bad deal. 

[MichaelNewtonII]

We should be ok i think, he is a valuable member to the team, we can still make playoffs, i mean it is the eastern conference... but we arent winning a title this year anyways right so MKG or no MKG the outcome of losing is a lock

[cbarrier90]

What should happen:

Trade Al, Batum to a contender at the deadline. Get some good assets. Go for the youth movement. Lamb should see a lot of minutes. Decide if he has a future on this team as a shooting guard. If not, deal him as he's also expiring.

What will happen:

They will try their darndest to sign Batum to an extension because they sold the farm for him. They won't have the depth or defense to get to the playoffs. They will wind up picking 9th. Al probably gets re-signed. Clifford probably gets fired a la Fox getting blamed for all the problems with the 2010 Panthers. 

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

[CarolinaNCSU]

What should happen:

Trade Al, Batum to a contender at the deadline. Get some good assets. Go for the youth movement. Lamb should see a lot of minutes. Decide if he has a future on this team as a shooting guard. If not, deal him as he's also expiring.

What will happen:

They will try their darndest to sign Batum to an extension because they sold the farm for him. They won't have the depth or defense to get to the playoffs. They will wind up picking 9th. Al probably gets re-signed. Clifford probably gets fired a la Fox getting blamed for all the problems with the 2010 Panthers. 

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

Basically.  This team wasn't going to be very good anyway. 6th seed in the East at best maybe?  Blow it up this year, or keep striving for mediocrity. 

[JJman Returns]

We might have it worse out of all fanbases.

[Proudiddy]

What should happen:

Trade Al, Batum to a contender at the deadline. Get some good assets. Go for the youth movement. Lamb should see a lot of minutes. Decide if he has a future on this team as a shooting guard. If not, deal him as he's also expiring.

What will happen:

They will try their darndest to sign Batum to an extension because they sold the farm for him. They won't have the depth or defense to get to the playoffs. They will wind up picking 9th. Al probably gets re-signed. Clifford probably gets fired a la Fox getting blamed for all the problems with the 2010 Panthers. 

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

 

Basically.  This team wasn't going to be very good anyway. 6th seed in the East at best maybe?  Blow it up this year, or keep striving for mediocrity. 

I don't see it that way guys.  Even without MKG, I think this team is a 4 or 5 seed as is.  Our biggest problem since this second incarnation of charlotte pro basketball has been lack of outside shooting.  It has been the one consistent every season since our inception.  We finally have that, and it will make a huge difference. 

And despite my protests, Frank appears to be a great pick. 

The piece I agree with you on CB, is dealing Al.  While offensively I feel he fits well by giving us a legitimate 4-out look, he is a walking minus due to defensive limitations (read: absolute inability to play defense).  For the long term, he has to be moved.  He is not a franchise player, and I certainly hope our FO doesn't make the mistake of thinking he is and re-sign him. 

Imo, we have enough young pieces that trading Al for more assets, be it picks or players, would only make us better, not worse. 

[cbarrier90]

We might have it worse out of all fanbases.

There's no "might" about it. In terms of luck, management, and success you'd be hard pressed to find a worse option.

The thing is, even when they get it right, it somehow turns out the worst way possible.

Tank for Davis? Finish 2nd to the franchise stolen away from you in the first place. Oh, and Davis is the only franchise player worth having in the draft.

Sign Lance Stephenson to a steal of a deal? He somehow forgets how to play basketball. 

Draft BPA in Vonleh and PJ? Vonleh looks like he's never played basketball before and PJ punches a high schooler a week after we draft him.

Sign MKG to a reasonable extension? He gets hurt in the first preseason game.

Mind you, this is just in the last 3 or 4 seasons! Just think of the possibilities if you go back to 2004, or 1988, even!

[Daddy_Uncle]

cant this dude ever stay healthy