2023 Charlotte Hornets Summer League

[MillionDollarCam]

In addition to Miller, I liked what I saw from Justin Robinson, Nathan Mensah, and even James Bouknight at times.

Nick Smith, Bryce McGowens, Kai Jones, Amari Bailey, and Leaky Black left a lot to be desired.

[HardcoreHokie]

Thing about Brandon Miller too is he doesn’t just shoot a high 3P percentage, dude has RANGE.  Like he takes and makes threes easily from 3-5 feet behind the 3P line.

Watch his form.  He shoots quick and from eye level like Steph, but is 6’9.  And he plays D at multiple positions.  

That’s the new NBA, IMO. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

9 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Honestly we probably should sit him out the rest of summer league. These guards are just chucking up shots and not looking to pass him the ball. 

Disagree.  He shouldn’t be playing 34 minutes a game but he needs to be playing right now.

[Cam Lawter]

He looked like ass early on but surprised me down the stretch. He is pretty smooth with the ball. I'm coming around to him. I don't know who coaches for the Summer League but they need to be fired. 1st half looked like a pick up game at the local gym

Edited July 4, 2023 by Cam Lawter

[PNW_PantherMan]

7 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Nick Smith Jr plays like he is the star of the team. He shoots entirely too much.

He does shoot too much but he showed some potential.

[MechaZain]

He can play shooting guard no question. Just needs to bulk up a bit.

[Matthias]

5 hours ago, MechaZain said:

He can play shooting guard no question. Just needs to bulk up a bit.

 

[ForJimmy]

5 hours ago, MechaZain said:

He can play shooting guard no question. Just needs to bulk up a bit.

We need to put him there and we would have one of the tallest backcourts in the league. My main question is can he lock down other SGs? I think he can play good defense against SFs, but SGs seem like a pain the guard. 

[mickeye76]

I bet ya Scoot dominates in his debut.  25 points and looks like he belongs.  We will see Friday.  That said now that Miller is a hornet, I hope he will develop but.  As my last hurray as a scoot train guy I'm gonna take the over on scoot scoring more than Miller in summer league debut. 

[ForJimmy]

19 minutes ago, mickeye76 said:

I bet ya Scoot dominates in his debut.  25 points and looks like he belongs.  We will see Friday.  That said now that Miller is a hornet, I hope he will develop but.  As my last hurray as a scoot train guy I'm gonna take the over on scoot scoring more than Miller in summer league debut. 

I wouldn’t look too much into it. Scoot is going to be the PG so he will get way more touches. Miller’s PGs weren’t a fan of passing. 

[Cam Lawter]

1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

I wouldn’t look too much into it. Scoot is going to be the PG so he will get way more touches. Miller’s PGs weren’t a fan of passing. 

I've been on the Scoot train but Miller really did surprise me in his summer league debut. He was pretty awful in the first quarter but quickly turned it around. He is surprisingly very smooth with the ball and he can play defense. As much as I wanted Scoot, Miller probably is the better choice since we already have Lamelo. 

Don't think he will score more than 18. I guess it depends where they play him though. 

Edited July 4, 2023 by Cam Lawter

[frankw]

I'm not worried about Miller after one summer league game. The talent is there. But looking at some of the other  performances the Hornets clearly still have a knack for putting players on the court that look like they don't even belong in the sport.

[App Panther]

Another lackluster start for Miller. 4 Fouls and 3 TOs in the 1st quarter and no points. I'm sure he will pad the box score when the game is out of hand though. 

Edited July 5, 2023 by App Panther

[jayboogieman]

Sure would be nice to have an actual modern NBA offensive system or at least ball movement