Problems with the Hornets and hopefully how to solve

[yasuhara2241]

This is a thread that I think will summarize all the problems with the Hornets and what we can do to hopefully solve. These are my opinions so feel free to add yours or debate mine!

1. Identity: I feel like Cliff has the identity of what he wants our team to be, but we don't have the players to fit that identity. He wants to be a strong defensive team, get to the line and shoot 3s. The problem is that we aren't playing good defense and aren't shooting well. 

Solutions: We can't change the players with the contracts they have, so we need to adjust our Identity. We have said at length that we need to sub Lamb with Batum, but I don't see Cliff doing that. Our starters seem fine but our bench is lacking both offense and defense. So let's try to get Batum/MKG in that second unit more. Sub them out earlier and start to stagger the lineups better. 

2. Realize we tanked without trying: It's sad to go into the season when we had such high expectations and be where we are. We are like 6 games out of the 8th seed and we are 7 games out of the worst record in the league. 

Solution: Let's give our young players a chance and see what we have. I think we are not going to catch up to that 8th seed because we have been so inconsistent. Even if we stay with what we have been doing I feel like we will still end up winning only 8 - 12 games. So let's play our young guys and see what we have in them and if we lose who cares. We need all the chances we can get to get a good draft pick. 

3. Contracts: We have some horrible contracts. 

Solution: Wait them out! I know everybody wants to burn everything and start over, but unfortunately in the NBA it's harder to do that. We would need to give away assets to get rid of these players. Dwight is a $23m expiring. Please do not trade him for another couple of contracts that don't expire in 2-3 years. Just let him run out and have that money to spend in the future. I will say finding a way to offload one of MKG, Cody, Marvin might be easier and less costly than offloading Batum but I may try that come next offseason. 

Will write more when I have time. 

 

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