miami just robbed charlotte if that trade goes through.

6/26/2014 10:13:05 PM

Trade back 2 spots and pick up 2 extra picks? Seems like a win to me.

Napier is like a clone of Kemba, don't see why we need 2 of them.

6/26/2014 10:13:23 PM

spoilers say theyll take Hairston at 26

6/26/2014 10:14:37 PM

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"Trade back 2 spots and pick up 2 extra picks? Seems like a win to me."

It's not that simple. Second rounders don't have a high probability of ever playing in the league. It's basically move down two spots for a couple of D-leaguers.

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 10:15 PM. Reason : d]

6/26/2014 10:15:01 PM

6/26/2014 10:15:06 PM

Our biggest need is at SG and more specifically 3-point shooting...Hairston is the top rated SG available and is a good 3-point shooter. I don't care what school he played for, he makes a ton of sense here.

Had he played at UNC this year he'd have likely been a lottery pick.

6/26/2014 10:15:50 PM

damn it charlotte, just as I was about to go back all in on the hornets fandom you have to revert back to old habits of just handing jobs to UNC grads

6/26/2014 10:16:01 PM

damn it charlotte, just as I was about to go back all in on the hornets fandom you have to revert back to old habits of just handing jobs to UNC grads

6/26/2014 10:16:01 PM

Lol, Hairston. It was meant to be.

6/26/2014 10:16:02 PM

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"UNC grads"

dunno if PJ is a grad lol

6/26/2014 10:17:21 PM

I just dont get it with Hairston. Even if he is a great shooter (which I don't totally buy at the NBA level) he's a shit defender and you can only hide so many guys on the floor at once. Just take some random euro donk if you don't know what to do with a late first

6/26/2014 10:17:32 PM

you like this "donk" word

6/26/2014 10:18:26 PM

I hope the NBA vetoes the trade

6/26/2014 10:19:10 PM

Twitter is saying its Hairston.

Sigh

6/26/2014 10:19:31 PM

reverse jynx

6/26/2014 10:20:04 PM

PJ!

6/26/2014 10:20:14 PM

shabazz would have been a great fit on this team.... why they fuck would charlotte do that?

It's like they are trying to help stack the heat.


FUCK PJ

6/26/2014 10:20:49 PM

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

6/26/2014 10:20:50 PM

easiest prop bet ever

6/26/2014 10:21:12 PM

Same old tarcats

6/26/2014 10:21:45 PM

Hairston will be here for awhile. He's close enough to his gun sources to bea ble to live out his rookie contract.

6/26/2014 10:23:11 PM

Welp sorry Charlotte you can continue to be stuck with Walmart Carolina fans who can't afford to actually go to the games.

6/26/2014 10:23:17 PM

^You'll change your tune when we score Vandenberg at 55

6/26/2014 10:24:38 PM

i bet bogdonk bogdonkovich is better than pj

6/26/2014 10:28:12 PM

Knowing we needed a shooter, I was hoping Hood would fall to 24 so we didn't take PJ.

But Charlotte needs a shooter more than they need an undersized backup PG, so it makes sense. At least they added another draft pick in the process.

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" No possible way Hairston is a better pro than Napier"

I mean, that's a very confident statement. You well could be right. I like Napier better. But Charlotte needs shooters and PJ fills that need better. PJ is talented and has an NBA build. I don't think it's a terrible trade. If PJ wasn't affiliated with UNC we wouldn't hate it as much.

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 10:47 PM. Reason : .]

6/26/2014 10:29:36 PM

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""@PigPen The Charlotte Hornets have traded Gerald Henderson for some primo kush and a player to be named later. "

6/26/2014 10:30:38 PM

^^ No possible way Hairston is a better pro than Napier

6/26/2014 10:36:28 PM

Dwight Powell, PF, Stanford

don't know anything about him




...and he's headed to Cleveland for cap relief or something

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 11:54 PM. Reason : ]

6/26/2014 11:32:45 PM

backwards james, come on down.

6/27/2014 12:00:15 AM

Can't wait for McAdoo to show up on our summer league roster

6/27/2014 12:08:30 AM

you guys really wanted to draft a smaller, less explosive Kemba than draft a need? I think the Hornets made out like Bandits getting Vonleh and Hairston. Hairston was a top 3 shooter in this draft behind only McDermott and Stauskas and they got him at 26? But hey, Lebron liked Napier in the NCAA tournament, so all the sudden everyone wants him and he'll be this fantastic pro.

Also, we'll have to pay Hairston less at 26 than we would have at 24, so its a win/win in that regards.

6/27/2014 12:36:52 AM

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"No possible way Hairston is a better pro than Napier"

that's a miiiighty bold statement

I hate Carolina as much as the next guy, but PJ is a legit talent, regardless of where he went to school. his ceiling is infinitely higher than Napier's, and I like Napier

6/27/2014 12:41:23 AM

Infinitely, huh

6/27/2014 12:47:09 AM

fighting hyperbole with hyperbole

6/27/2014 12:49:34 AM

What a great draft for once. Gotta be thrilled to get vonleh who is probably the 4th best prospect in the draft behind embiid, wiggins, and parker.

Plus he'sa sure thing .


Pj is definitely worth the pick. He's likely to be a rotation player with really high upside. I like him a lot

6/27/2014 1:21:12 AM

very impressed with the draft. Can anyone confirm if Vonleh came to Charlotte for any workouts or did we take him solely on him being the best available guy on the board at 9?

6/27/2014 8:13:11 AM

Hilarious that the spurs might have gotten the best player in the freaking draft. Charlotte really coulda used kyle anderson

6/27/2014 8:57:07 AM

^^i'm pretty sure i read that he did not work-out with charlotte b/c they assumed he'd already be gone

6/27/2014 9:22:25 AM

them horncats done good this year. as long as pj can STAY THE FUCK OUT OF TROUBLE, it should make for an interesting season on dat 190% honeycomb woodgrain

6/27/2014 9:29:20 AM

https://twitter.com/jasonwalker419/status/482500616120324096

6/27/2014 12:59:03 PM

this ones good too

https://twitter.com/knotts_jeff/status/482414869913010176

6/27/2014 1:14:31 PM

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2014/story/_/id/11139035/2014-nba-draft-grades-every-team

any insider care to post what they said about the hornets?

6/27/2014 2:45:01 PM

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""No possible way Hairston is a better pro than Napier""

I think Hornets make a big mistake.

6/27/2014 2:54:26 PM

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"CHARLOTTE HORNETS | GRADE: B+ Round 1: Noah Vonleh (9), P.J. Hairston (26) Round 2: Dwight Powell (45), Semaj Christon ( 55) Analysis: It's hard to believe that the Hornets are adding four rookies to a team with an itch for the postseason. But the truth is they got some serious talent with all four picks. Vonleh slid because teams worried he wasn't going to maximize his obvious physical talents. He can shoot, run the floor and play in the post, but questions about his motor and toughness and conditioning caused him to slide a bit. He's a steal here, albeit a bit repetitive with Cody Zeller. Hairston would've been a lottery pick had he not been kicked off the Tar Heels team for various offenses. He can shoot and has an NBA body. The Hornets need shooting, and Hairston can fill it up right now. Powell has talent, but he has never maximized it. Christon is a great athlete with good size at the point guard position. Both second-rounders could make the roster."

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"PHOENIX SUNS | GRADE: B Round 1: T.J. Warren (14), Tyler Ennis (18), Bogdan Bogdanovic (27) Round 2: Alec Brown (50) Analysis: The Suns addressed three big needs in the draft. They needed a small forward who can score the ball. Warren can do that. He's an incredible scorer who just has a nose for the hoop. They needed a back-up point guard and Ennis is as steady as they come. They also needed another 2-guard, and while I doubt Bogdanovic comes over right now, he's a terrific scorer who could play in the NBA someday. What the Suns didn't add, and what I think they could use more of, is athleticism. Neither Warren, Ennis nor Bogdanovic are great athletes. All three of these players have the potential to be solid rotation players. Ennis has starter potential someday and Warren's ceiling may be even higher than that. But I'm not sure what they got here puts them into true contention in the West any time soon."

I threw in the Suns for TJ.

6/27/2014 4:51:32 PM

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"Both second-rounders could make the roster.""

OF THE TEAMS THEY WERE TRADED TO.

6/27/2014 5:58:51 PM

what?

6/27/2014 6:13:45 PM

powell - traded to cleveland
backwards james - traded to OKC

pretty silly to grade them as part of the hornets draft class. i mean, unless you're grading money. because that's what they got traded for.

6/27/2014 6:16:44 PM

Somewhere else gave Hornets an A+!

6/27/2014 6:22:48 PM

What do YOU give them Shoot?

6/27/2014 6:27:19 PM

F
B/c they didn't pick Napier.

6/27/2014 6:53:09 PM