tower All American 12280 Posts user info edit post |
arent you the same guy who thinks rick bonnell is actually good at his job
https://twitter.com/DavidGlennShow/status/488733639229079553 7/17/2014 10:48:25 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
AHA, tower is a buzz kill. But he can be pretty funny sometimes. 7/17/2014 11:20:56 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148354 Posts user info edit post |
Vonleh is 18 years old
WHY can't he be a polished NBA player yet?? 7/17/2014 11:28:08 PM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
Exactly why it was a bad pick. We're not a level where we can let our lottery picks mature on the bench for 2-3 years. I'm just ready to get the year started so hopefully I can be proved wrong. I'm only being a bitch about Vonleh because I thought he was the most overrated player heading into the draft, and was much more pissed about him being picked than Hairston. 7/18/2014 12:23:48 AM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
tower if you don't give a enough of shit to actually follow what's going on then stop talking
Go back and do your research on what happened with the Hornets, Lance, and his agent.
[Edited on July 18, 2014 at 6:51 AM. Reason : .] 7/18/2014 6:48:19 AM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "We're not a level where we can let our lottery picks mature on the bench for 2-3 years." |
I mean...unless you're contending for the Conference championship...then you are exactly on that level.7/18/2014 7:52:11 AM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
^ Almost every team in the East is a conference championship contender. I guess they're all set.] 7/18/2014 8:10:27 AM |
LudaChris All American 7946 Posts user info edit post |
Not a ton of guys are ready to start in the NBA and make a splash at rookies at the 9th pick. It's not like we had the #1 overall pick.
We don't need Vonleh to be a superstar his first year, just get better as the season progresses. And yeah everyone in the East is contending for a conference championship(with 2 obvious front-runners), but none of them are really contending for a NBA championship considering how much better the West is. 7/18/2014 8:17:58 AM |
tower All American 12280 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "tower if you don't give a enough of shit to actually follow what's going on then stop talking
Go back and do your research on what happened with the Hornets, Lance, and his agent." |
I know exactly what happened. Rick Bonnell is like most of the sports writers covering Charlotte in that he hates his job and isn't all that good at it. His source with the Hornets was Rod Higgins. who is no longer in the front office. For whatever reason, he really doesn't like Lance and didn't want him on the team. So the one time he talked to someone with the Hornets he was like "Are you really going to sign that Stephenson guy" in a poor tone and the FO guy, under no pressure to give anything away and unsure we were going to sign Lance anyway when Hayward was option #1 (who IIRC Bonnell said we weren't going after either) gave a non-response and Bonnell took it to heart.
I suppose there's also the possibility the the Hornets FO outright lied to him multiple times and gave him a hard "no" on Lance but that's really not indicative of him doing a great job either since multiple national guys had us going after him well before the day proceeding the signing.
On the subject of Lance, I remain quite happy with the acquisition and think there's plenty to get hyped up about there. Rookies generally don't make much impact in the NBA so I'd much rather have Lance than what looks like a great draft pick after 5 summer league games (and I still think Vonleh will pan out and even has a big upside, it's just a matter of getting him up to speed ahead of schedule).7/18/2014 10:03:10 AM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Almost every team in the East is a conference championship contender" |
Last year only two teams were contenders (Heat and Pacers).
This year only two teams will be contenders (Cavs and Bulls). There are a few other teams with a slight outside chance...but not really.7/18/2014 10:23:28 AM |
face All American 8503 Posts user info edit post |
Miami can still Contend for the east for certain if bosh returns to Toronto form. No idea if he still has any game.
McRoberts and deng are both solid and wade was still wade in the playoffs leading up to his finals meltdown. Chris Anderson is still a stud and they will rely on him more without LeBron.
Chalmers and Cole are their only weak spots so Napier could be a huge asset if he has any game..
and charlotte will absolutely contend especially if we can move Henderson expiring deal and Zeller continues his phenomenonal improvement 7/18/2014 10:35:52 AM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
^^ What did you mean by this then?
Quote : | "I mean...unless you're contending for the Conference championship...then you are exactly on that level." | ]7/18/2014 10:36:50 AM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
I meant that you're on the level where you CAN let your lottery picks develop for a couple years. If you're contending for a conference championship (like 8 teams in the West, and only two teams in the East)...then your picks need to be able to produce.
Charlotte doesn't need Vonleh to be able to be very productive right now. 7/18/2014 10:43:17 AM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
Okay that's valid. I just have a difference of opinion. 7/18/2014 10:55:48 AM |
Maverick1024 All American 4866 Posts user info edit post |
Won again tonight. Now they're in the "final four" of the Summer League. Vonleh with a double-double and very balanced scoring overall 7/19/2014 10:24:30 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148354 Posts user info edit post |
replay on NBATV if anybody is up. 3rd quarter.
[Edited on July 20, 2014 at 2:35 AM. Reason : lol TBDV] 7/20/2014 2:17:59 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
wow. You are full of energy. 7/20/2014 10:18:11 AM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
game against Houston at 6p today, followed by Kings/Wiz 7/20/2014 10:56:08 AM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
Tough task for the kings. Nobody beats the Wiz. 7/20/2014 11:22:10 AM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
he's the wiz, but he has a king's crown
[Edited on July 20, 2014 at 11:44 AM. Reason : ]
7/20/2014 11:43:07 AM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
that tall white guy #30 whoever he is suuuuuucks 7/20/2014 6:24:41 PM |
wolfpack2105 All American 12428 Posts user info edit post |
i didn't know that Nelly had part ownership of the Hornets. I feel like i should have known this...but i didnt. 7/24/2014 3:03:48 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
it was a bigger story nearly a decade ago I guess 7/24/2014 5:20:54 PM |
afripino All American 11405 Posts user info edit post |
he bought ownership with all dat country grammar money 7/24/2014 5:22:39 PM |
face All American 8503 Posts user info edit post |
it was a publicity stunt to draw attention.
everything bob johnson did was to draw black fans. The joke is black people dont have much money. His strategy backfired because he pissed off all the businesses who dont care to advertise to black people so they had no corporate sponsors and white people hated going to the games because it was so thug love in the arena.
The real irony (is it irony probably not since irony is usually used incorrectly) is that he kept hiring black front office people and white players, when obviously you want the opposite.
[Edited on July 26, 2014 at 11:47 AM. Reason : a] 7/26/2014 11:46:44 AM |
GenghisJohn bonafide 10250 Posts user info edit post |
wat 7/26/2014 9:16:26 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
apparently bidding for All-Star Game in 2017 or 2018 8/11/2014 5:38:23 PM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
Wiggins and Jabari vs the Hornets for the Hive opener Weds Oct 29th
http://www.nba.com/hornets/schedule 8/13/2014 8:24:31 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
nice of Wiggins to skip his game in Memphis to attend the Bucks/Hornets game that night 8/13/2014 9:11:21 PM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
damn. what was i thinking?
I had it my head he was traded to Millwaukee instead of Minnesota. Oh well
[Edited on August 13, 2014 at 9:29 PM. Reason : beer] 8/13/2014 9:28:09 PM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
I can't believe no one has posted Lance's rap yet
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2175311-lance-stephenson-shows-off-rapping-skills-in-new-freestyle 8/27/2014 1:58:33 PM |
Bullet All American 28342 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " The #PJHairston YMCA assault case has been continued again, next court scheduled for November 14. #Hornets #UNC" |
9/11/2014 12:38:31 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/kemba-walker-charlotte-hornets-contract-extension/ 9/23/2014 5:36:38 PM |
face All American 8503 Posts user info edit post |
This has disaster written all over it.
should ddefinitely let the season play out before we make a mistake.
Love the idea of letting him marinate and going after bledsoe, dragic, or bev to save money 9/23/2014 6:43:21 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148354 Posts user info edit post |
Jeff Taylor is probably gonna get cut for pulling a Ray Rice 9/25/2014 5:54:09 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.vipleague.se/basketball/255567/1/nba-pre-season:-philadelphia-76ers-vs-charlotte-hornets-live-stream-online.html
audio is from something else though, it's weird 10/8/2014 7:17:32 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148354 Posts user info edit post |
Opening night tomorrow night! 10/28/2014 2:45:59 PM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
WE GOT KEMBA DONE!
4/48 which is decent market value. He's a key cog in what we are building, and I'm glad we got it done before the season started so it won't be looming over the franchise and the player potentially hitting free agency after the season. 10/28/2014 7:47:49 PM |
face All American 8503 Posts user info edit post |
Fuck that really fucks us. We were building a decent squad for a second too.
No way he ever amounts to being worth more than about half of that. 10/28/2014 8:20:02 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148354 Posts user info edit post |
You said we'd go 29-53 last year 10/28/2014 8:37:25 PM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
Charles said the bobcats will be good 10/28/2014 8:46:56 PM |
wolfpack2105 All American 12428 Posts user info edit post |
^^^You batshit crazy. Look at the PG's making 6 mil per year and tell me that Kemba isn't worth alot more than those cats. 10/29/2014 6:20:10 AM |
Maverick1024 All American 4866 Posts user info edit post |
General consensus with all the NBA writers is that it was extremely fair and well deserved.
When you consider Eric Bledsoe got a max deal and Kyle Lowry (5 years older than Kemba IIRC?) is making the same thing, it seems really reasonable.
If you don't think so, just watch the Horncats play when Kemba isn't in the lineup. We turn to shit really quick. 10/29/2014 10:02:57 AM |
tower All American 12280 Posts user info edit post |
How is a player being in his prime a negative? Both those guys are way better than Kemba
It's a bad contract but I'm just going to pretend he's making 9 and Lance is making 12 10/29/2014 10:15:05 AM |
KInge21 All American 574 Posts user info edit post |
Kemba is better than Bledsoe. 10/29/2014 10:19:37 AM |
Maverick1024 All American 4866 Posts user info edit post |
Lowry is 29 this season. The window on his "prime" is quickly closing. He's also had exactly one good season (last season) and lots of mediocre years.
[Edited on October 29, 2014 at 11:44 AM. Reason : And saying either player is "way better" than Kemba is full-on retard.] 10/29/2014 11:36:28 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148354 Posts user info edit post |
thenbageek.com is down right now, so they won't be able to argue how much better they are than Kemba without regurgitating WP48 numbers 10/29/2014 11:41:43 AM |
JP All American 16807 Posts user info edit post |
You also should consider that the salary cap is expected to grow fairly well over the next few years 10/29/2014 12:16:59 PM |
dmspack oh we back 25463 Posts user info edit post |
So if I have DirecTV in southern GA do I get the Hornets games? I get Fox Sports South or whatever it's called but I dunno if it'll be blacked out. I do get the Hurricanes hockey games...but then again, there's no longer a team in ATL.
[Edited on October 29, 2014 at 2:52 PM. Reason : i am stupid and can't find this info online anywhere] 10/29/2014 2:52:29 PM |
Sweden All American 12294 Posts user info edit post |
According to the Hornets TV guy, NBA rules limit each team's viewing area to 150 miles from the city. Outside of that you'd need to league pass to watch it. Good news is league pass is free this week, so you should be able to watch tonight's game anyway.
[Edited on October 29, 2014 at 3:00 PM. Reason : https://twitter.com/hornetslmartin/status/527487933390286849] 10/29/2014 3:00:05 PM |