Hornets Gameday Thread

[YoungPanthers89]

Need to find a way to move Batum and Lamb + picks for a Drummond or Beal + Wing 

[MillionDollarCam]

Parker comes back and amazingly gets us all squared at 45 at the half. Both Parker and MKG are above their season averages in the first half.

Paker: 13 points (100% FG, 100% FT), 3 assists, 1 rebound

Walker: 11 points (50% FG, 60% 3PT), 2 rebounds, 1 assist

Kidd-Gilchrist: 8 points (66% FG, 100% FT), 1 rebound, 1 steal

[MillionDollarCam]

Just now, bull123 said:

I saw a pass hit batum in the back of the head on a fast break

Biyombo tossed it right off his noggin. At least he didn't throw it as hard as Henderson did when he annihilated that lady walking by on the front row.

[MillionDollarCam]

Well, we managed to escape with a win. Who would have thought that Monk, Marv, and Biz would come up huge in the fourth. We didn't shoot the ball great but we got contributions from five different players which was huge.

Walker: 23 points (83% FT), 4 assists, 3 rebounds

Monk: 20 points (50% 3PT, 100% FT), 3 rebounds, 1 block

Williams: 16 points (50% FG), 4 rebounds, 1 steal

Parker: 15 points (66% FG, 100% FT), 7 assists, 1 rebound

Kidd-Gilchrist: 10 points (50% FG, 100% FT), 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

Key Stat: Monk led the team with a +17

I find it odd that Miles hasn't tried to find his offense yet as he had zero field goal attempts tonight but I assume his time will come.

[Eazy-E]

Everyone and everything on this team except for Kemba, Devontae, Malik, and Miles should be available for trade. Only problem is I don't know who we could acquire worth a damn without giving one of them up.

Still would love Marc Gasol since I think he would be the cheapest, most impactful player we could get.

[MillionDollarCam]

Malik Monk 4th quarter alert. 

7 points in 3 minutes.

[MillionDollarCam]

JB has Bridges and Monk on the floor in the fourth quarter and the Hornets are closing a game as well as they have all season.

Clifford would never.

[Eazy-E]

It may take a few more years but Monk is going to be a stud.

[OldNorthPowell]

Monk, Bridges, and Kemba are future assets for the franchise. Everyone else is meh.

[MillionDollarCam]

The Hornets looked like garbage while Bobby Portis was lighting them up in the first half but they put together a real nice second half scoring 74 points in a 125-118 win over the Bulls.

Couple of notes:

Kemba has passed Alonzo Mourning on the Hornets all-time rebound list, he is now at 6th. He also leads all guards in the eastern conference with 14 games of 30 or more points.

This is Monk's fourth straight game in double figures, he is averaging 17 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.25 assists during this impressive stretch, the big thing for him is keeping the turnovers down as he is also averaging 2.25 turnovers a game (which is a PG number), even Nic only averages 1.6.

The Hornets now sit 1.5 games ahead of Miami for the 7th seed in the east and only 1 game back of Brooklyn for the sixth seed.

STATS

Miles Bridges: 13 points (71% FG, 66% 3PT), 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal

Marvin Williams: 13 points (55% FG, 50% 3PT), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block

Jeremy Lamb: 13 points (100% FT), 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal

Nic Batum: 16 points (60% FG, 57% 3PT), 5 assists, 1 rebound, 1 steal

Malik Monk: 18 points (66% FG, 100% FT), 5 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 block

Kemba Walker: 37 points (92% FT), 10 assists, 6 rebounds, and 1 steal

[MillionDollarCam]

I don't care if we finish 41-41, if it gets us the opportunity to hang a southeast division champs banner that would be pretty neat.

[MillionDollarCam]

Harrison Barnes has been traded to Sacramento and is no longer on the floor in tonight's game against us.

[Shocker]

The Hornets have lost an amazing amount of really close games this season.

[Shocker]

1 hour ago, bull123 said:

We can’t stop anybody from scoring...our defense is horrible

If Biz isn’t defending he is worthless here and this team is atrocious defending right now.