Game thread

[jayboogieman]

The Hornets haven't just let the Nets back in this one, they played the Nets back into it.

[philit99]

No fouls on one end. Turnovers, hard to watch. I changed the channel 

[Sir Big Spurr]

Turnover after turnover after turnover after turnover. And Lee just stands there clapping. Drives me nuts. 

[jayboogieman]

Classic Hornets. One dude going off from 3 on the opposing team, a lack of defense, sloppy turnovers, and bad shots.

[jayboogieman]

Yeah, the NBA is rigged by the refs. That was a horrendous call on Green. Dude got pushed to the ground by Simmons, who extended his arm, and called for the foul. Then Ball gets called for offensive foul on the other end.

[jayboogieman]

Terrible shot by Bridges

[jayboogieman]

Miller with two nice drives back to back

[jayboogieman]

Ball really takes some stupid shots. I know people love him and think he's a star, but he's not a smart player.

[philit99]

Now I remember why I stopped watching the NBA. The refs don’t even try to make it look fair. Horrible TV, ill find something else to watch.

[jayboogieman]

Lee not being afraid of benching his star is a promising sign for him. It shows he wants to hold everyone accountable for their play. That's a good thing even if it ticks off the Ball fanboys.

[Shocker]

11 hours ago, philit99 said:

Now I remember why I stopped watching the NBA. The refs don’t even try to make it look fair. Horrible TV, ill find something else to watch.

The NBA is literally unwatchable bullshet.  I really don’t know why people even watch this league anymore.  There is absolutely no integrity at all with the NBA.

[frankw]

Much like the Panthers this season and next season at minimum are all really just about development for the Hornets.

We can't actually compete for anything without viable center play regardless of shot selection from our playmakers. At this point if Charles Lee is the coach we expect him to be then he already knows Mark Williams is not his franchise center. I'm assuming next season we take a big swing at correcting that. In the meantime just let the young guys get their work.

[frankw]

14 hours ago, jayboogieman said:

Lee not being afraid of benching his star is a promising sign for him. It shows he wants to hold everyone accountable for their play. That's a good thing even if it ticks off the Ball fanboys.

I agree with you. And I say that as a big LaMelo fan.

I've been watching the Locked on Hornets take on this and reading some comments and the common thought seems to be doom and gloom about the future and that Charles Lee made a catastrophic decision. But I personally do not understand that take. We've seen LaMelo now with 3 head coaches. He's shown some really good flashes and glimpses of what could be a great player. But there have also been moments of immaturity and for the most part Borrego and Clifford handled him with kid gloves. Now we have a head coach with championship experience. It's time to put his grown man pants on. At some point he has to be able to handle some tough love and if he can't then he is not the guy to lift this franchise to title contention. Hopefully this is a turning point.

[Daddy_Uncle]

Time to release or trade mark williams. So soft and pathetic seeing him on the bench every night. Seriously needs to toughen up. Doesn't act like he cares about playing