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6/20/2019 11:24:51 PM

We picked the wrong Martin. This team is such a Trainwreck. Kinda hope Kemba gets away from this shit.

6/21/2019 12:09:52 AM

Jordan once again proves he's the WOAT.

6/21/2019 9:24:06 AM

The PJ Washington pick makes sense assuming this is Marvin's last year. Definitely not a sexy pick, but he seems like a solid modern-day stretch 4. He's long, semi-athletic, can shoot, scores inside, passes well, rebounds well, plays unselfish.

The Cody Martin pick ... hmmmmm. I know it's the 2nd round, and 2nd round picks are crapshoots, but I don't get it. At least pick the good Martin.



[Edited on June 21, 2019 at 9:39 AM. Reason : ]

6/21/2019 9:35:20 AM

I assume by picking either one, you have the inside shot at signing the other.. Seems like taking a PG at some point might have been nice

6/21/2019 9:41:37 AM

Caleb is the better scorer but Cody is probably the higher bball IQ and better defender.

6/21/2019 10:14:01 AM

You can see some semblance of a plan from most of the other also-ran franchises. The Hornets obviously lack one, and show zero signs of putting one into place. What a complete gong show of an organization.

6/21/2019 10:16:57 AM

Quote :

" Kinda hope Kemba gets away from this shit."

I start to agree now. He may accept the invitation from Lakers and join with AD, Lebron to form a new Big 3. Good for him.

6/21/2019 12:13:58 PM

Quote :

"Seems like taking a PG at some point might have been nice"

(Cody Martin is a point guard)

6/21/2019 12:43:32 PM

^yup

6/21/2019 1:15:22 PM

Wilson and Parcell played a montage of the audio of the Hornets shitty picks going back over 10 years. Hilarious!

6/21/2019 1:34:19 PM

a cringeworthy montage indeed

the Friends intro song to the 1 o'clock hour was great though

6/21/2019 1:39:34 PM

if cody martin is a pg i'll suck everybodys dick

[Edited on June 21, 2019 at 2:42 PM. Reason : on earth]

6/21/2019 2:27:07 PM

Get to suckin'

Quote :

"At North Carolina State, Martin averaged 5.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. But the move to Nevada allowed him to display his talents as he shifted to the full-time point guard role in 2018-19."

http://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/nevadas-cody-martin-drafted-in-second-round-by-charolette

[Edited on June 21, 2019 at 4:38 PM. Reason : Just because dumbass Gottfried tried to play him as a power forward doesn't mean that's what he is]

6/21/2019 4:35:08 PM

Yeah maybe he WAS a point guard.. I'll believe it when I see him playing point guard in the NBA.. Hell, I probably could vs Wyoming and Colorado St

6/21/2019 4:54:21 PM

He got drafted to play point guard. It's why his draft stock was higher than that of his brother.

[Edited on June 21, 2019 at 7:47 PM. Reason : Seriously you better start sucking all the dicks in the world]

6/21/2019 7:46:57 PM

Kupchak looks at him as a "ball handling guard"

6/21/2019 8:06:21 PM

Well he's an idiot, and he'll soon realize that he's wrong.

Gonna start with myself.. Gonna take a while

6/21/2019 11:12:42 PM

6/21/2019 11:15:38 PM

Torin Dorn will play with the Hornets summer league team.

6/26/2019 3:30:23 PM

Zion of NCSU?

6/26/2019 4:03:48 PM

http://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/caleb-martin-in-discussions-to-join-twin-brother-on-charlotte-hornets

6/26/2019 6:45:02 PM

But I thought they only ever wanted UNC and duke players.

6/26/2019 7:57:26 PM

And Nevada players

6/26/2019 8:17:47 PM

Lol Michael Jordan is going to cheap out and let the best player in franchise history walk.

6/27/2019 3:20:12 PM

as opposed to signing him and remaining in 8-9 seed perpetuity?

getting Batum, Biz and Marvin off the books in a year will help the franchise a lot, no matter what happens with Kemba

[Edited on June 27, 2019 at 3:25 PM. Reason : .]

6/27/2019 3:22:46 PM

He should go elsewhere. Absolutely no reason to max him out (or anything close to it) and have him play for a perpetual 36-46 team. You could fairly easily argue the better long-term play is for him to leave, have the team bottom out again, and shed these terrible contracts over the next few years.

That argument would generally be based on the possibility of competent ownership and management though, which the Hornets have shown absolutely no sign of having or developing. The much more likely scenario is Kemba leaves, the team bottoms out, and the team bones the resulting great draft picks, and signs more gutter trash to long-term, high-money deals.

6/27/2019 4:03:54 PM

Yes, because this franchise has been just great with making lottery picks!

The Horcats have had 15 lottery picks since their inception. Kemba is easily the best, followed by Emeka Okafor and then it falls off a cliff.

I mean look who they've selected in the top 5: Raymond Felton, Adam Morrison, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Cody Zeller. Those are some pretty big fucking whiffs. The new lottery system doesn't reward tanking, and yet that's exactly what the hornets will be doing by letting Kemba walk.

6/27/2019 4:38:56 PM

The smart/right, but tough move SHOULD have been trading Kemba last summer and waived the white flag for a rebuild. Management held out hope we could salvage this sinking ship, but it's stupid not to get anything for the only asset you have. And he's going to walk, for free. I love Kemba, but I was prepared to let him go last summer knowing the Batum/Marvin/MKG contracts were poison.

If the All Star game wouldn't have been in Charlotte in 2019, would the Hornets been more eager to deal him this year? Hmmmm........

6/27/2019 5:22:12 PM

guys, its kemba we are talking about here. you had fun, he was a very nice boy, you invited him on trips with your parents -- it's hard to let a good thing go. but we all knew he had plans to join the seminary so lets just be happy for him.


and who knows, maybe after the hornets suck shit for four years and hit on a few picks, you'll call in the middle of the night and he'll pick up. sure he's older, the world has changed him, but you can at least lie to yourself for a middle of the road playoff run that the magic is still there.

6/27/2019 5:54:23 PM

You have to have stars to win, Kemba is a star. Pretty crazy to lowball him.

6/27/2019 9:30:26 PM

Stars do win, but a star with nothing else keeps you in the middle and the middle is death

6/28/2019 2:23:18 AM

High lottery picks are also death for the hornets

Quote :

"and who knows, maybe after the hornets suck shit for four years and hit on a few picks"

They haven't hit on a few picks the entire existence of this franchise. And the only star they've ever had is going to walk for nothing because the owner is too cheap.

KASPIRITUS is right. If MJ/Kupchak knew they weren't going to offer Kemba a max deal this offseason, they should have traded him. They bungled this horribly. The hornets may be a worse run franchise than Sacramento or Phoenix.

6/28/2019 11:34:23 AM

Most lottery picks don’t hit, spare me the narrative that the Hornets will obviously squander all future high picks. That’s some pathetic defeated fan shit.

6/29/2019 8:46:37 AM

I don't think it's correct to say most lottery picks don't hit. Most lottery picks don't become superstars, but most become serviceable NBA players. The hornets draft awful shitty players.

I say that while acknowledging that I like the hornets last 2 picks of Bridges and Washington, but every lottery pick between them and Kemba have been massive failures.

6/29/2019 9:12:31 AM

You dont consider cody zeller serviceable?

I mean...mkg, hairston, the other big from indiana...yeah, complete wastes...but i think cody is serviceable

6/29/2019 11:48:13 AM

^^ that’s fair, when I said most don’t hit it was meant to be in context of players able to change the fortune of a franchise, which isn’t exactly what “hit” means

for a team like Charlotte, those players aren’t gonna come in FA, not without a player or two already in place

the 76ers didn’t do a great job drafting, but yet enough chances and lucking into picks high enough and they are in an ok spot. well before Embiid breaks down completely in a year and a half. And Simmons will never develop a shot. And they pissed away so much for Butler and Tobias who likely both walk

[Edited on June 29, 2019 at 11:59 AM. Reason : .]

6/29/2019 11:54:06 AM

AHH ROZIER BITCHES

[Edited on June 30, 2019 at 5:23 PM. Reason : NOW the hornets are in business ]

6/30/2019 5:23:36 PM

Lmao this team will be lucky to win 10 games next season.

6/30/2019 7:11:48 PM

^lets hope.

9 ppg on 38% shooting last year.

lol...fuck this franchise. They'll be lucky to get 5,000 ppl per game next year.

They're paying a man averaging 7.7 ppg over his career 58 million dollars for 3 years. Mother of God. Now you know why high schoolers wanna say fuck college, get me in the G-League.

[Edited on June 30, 2019 at 10:38 PM. Reason : sdf]

6/30/2019 10:35:19 PM

Rozier
Monk
Bacon
Bridges
Zeller

Play the youngins and win 15 games

[Edited on June 30, 2019 at 11:27 PM. Reason : Lol worse than the Suns even]

6/30/2019 11:26:58 PM

No first round picks in a trade for Walker!? A career 7.7 ppg guy for almost $20,000,000 per year?!

Seriously, how does MJ allow this to take place?

For the record, I do not believe the Hornets could get better by keeping Kemba and giving him a huge contract.

7/1/2019 7:17:10 PM

At least Kupchak is bringing in high character guys

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article232152047.html

7/1/2019 7:33:50 PM

Blah blah

7/1/2019 8:27:55 PM

Quote :

"HORNETS MGM RESORTS NBA SUMMER LEAGUE 2019 SCHEDULE July 5 - Golden State Warriors (6 p.m./9 p.m. - Cox Pavilion) NBATV July 7 - San Antonio Spurs (12:30 p.m./3:30 p.m. - Thomas & Mack) ESPN2 July 8 - China (8 p.m./11 p.m. - Cox Pavilion) ESPNU July 10 - Chicago Bulls (2 p.m./5 p.m. - Cox Pavilion) NBATV"

7/3/2019 2:40:09 PM

So Team China kicked their asses. They beat the shit out of the hornets.

7/9/2019 9:20:48 AM

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-michael-jordan-selling-large-piece-of-charlotte-hornets-222331640.html

Couldn't get any worse with some new minority owners I guess

9/14/2019 6:55:29 PM