Shams Charania reports a serious right ankle sprain for LaMelo Ball and the Hornets are expected to treat the injury cautiously. How can LaMelo stay on the court long term? Brandon Miller continues to play well against NY, battling through an injury. Finally, the guys finish with thoughts on the In Season Tournament.
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Another show another update on lamelo Ball's injury plus how did Brandon Miller perform last night and yet Another game against the Knicks despite The loss we'll focus on some of the Positives today on locked on Hornets you Are locked on Hornets your daily Charlotte Hornets podcast part of the Locked on podcast Network your team Every day in a minute cuz we Live it's locked on hold mark locked on Podcast Network it's your team every day Thanks for making us your first listen As always we're free and available Anywhere you get your podcast and that Includes YouTube you can see Doug Branson Deck Down The Mint today I like It color matching coordinating it looks Great every every Hornet boox score.com You can check him out on his substack There also his sub text which he tweeted Out on his Twitter handle Doug Branson Looh and you can follow me on Twitter at Walker mail listen to me on WFNZ every Weekday from 12:00 to 3 3 p.m. 927 FM so The Hornets lose last night Doug despite All of the things that needed to happen In order for them to continue their Inseason tournament it didn't happen and Well the Hornets didn't even take care Of their own business they lost to the New York Knicks and yes there is some Construction going on and so that's what You might be hearing in I was gonna
Comment on it I was gonna make I was if You're watching on YouTube you should Pay attention you should roll it back And pay attention to my me because you Can see my face with was trying to think Of a joke that would that would be Something in the roster Construction Construction happening at Walker's house The wheels were turning so if you want To see what my face looks like when the Wheels are turning just roll it back About 30 seconds I was thinking maybe The Knicks brought the hammer down on The Hornets last night that's a good one I like that one that's one because that I think the framework is going up now First it was just demolition destroying All the stuff at the front and then That's what the did ultimately in this Game yeah yeah some demolicious man Demolition Man um I don't know somebody Do we just have a phantom person enter The chat room by the way what happened Here I don't know what's going on but it Feels like we got a phantom okay weird Ghost person ghost person in the chat Room it's a little freaky freaky Wednesday here on lockdown Hornets all Right all of that distracting good start Beginning of the show lots of weird Things going on but what is the big news Of yesterday and today it's that we did Get an uh an up update from Shams Himself sham shiria of the athletic of
Stadium he tweeted out that quote Charlotte Hornet star lamelo ball Suffered a serious sprain in his right Ankle a serious sprain in his right Ankle that's sprain that's sprain not Strain that's a p not a t that's sprain Not strain that's right serious one at That serious sprain in his right ankle And is likely to miss extended time test Show ball avoided a fracture in the Ankle which is great which required Surgery last season season and a Cautious approach is expected but it's Not so great that this is a serious Brain I know Spencer Percy of buzzbeat Also tweeted out that the expected Timeline is four weeks we did not get That from Shams it could be longer if There is such a cautious approach just Your thoughts on the update that we got Which okay it's great that he didn't Fracture it again that would be the Worst news that would be by far the Worst but also this it's not great Doug To miss at least a month's worth of time With something pretty serious No it's super concerning because he's Missing a lot of time over the course of A young career where he's missed a lot Of time and it really means the end of Any hope of a second Allstar bid for This season and really derailing this Season overall the Hornets this was the One injury that the Hornets could not
Sustain and and it has happened and You're right it is nice that he has Avoided the fracture but what's not nice Is that they are checking the hardware And that foot trying to determine you Know what exactly was going on there I Think it's super concerning all of these Ankle injuries what are they going to do Longterm to that ankle and that foot Stability both from a physical level in Terms of limiting a player because this Isn't the first time that we've seen Like a superstar level or All-Star level Player be hamstrung by ankle injuries I Mean I think back to gr Hill I don't Know what player you think of when when That immediately comes to mind but Grant Hill who just a couple years ago blame The Detroit Pistons for misdiagnosing an Ankle injury um and and ruining his Career but it was just multiple ankle Injuries that piled on and just took Away a little bit of what made Grant Hill special I'm concerned that that's Going to happen but even if that doesn't Happen maybe maybe if lamelo's Physiology is different and he comes Back better and stronger than ever I'm Worried at this point about the same Thing that I was worried about after the Ankle fracture which is the mental Component of this does he come back the Same player that can trust that foot That doesn't have to think because he is
A player that is completely fueled by Instinct and feel and split-second Decisions and you can't be thinking oh Is my ankle going to hold up or if Because if you do it's going to ruin Your game and so yeah I'm super Concerned so I'm glad you brought that Up I think we got to see a little bit of That how that mental side might affect Lamelo at the beginning of the season Because Steve Clifford told us when he Was revealing a player each week that Needed to get back into Rhythm because They were only cleared a week before Training camp lamelo ball is the guy That started all of that so when lamelo Ball starts the regular season it's Pretty clear that he isn't playing the Same way we even saw him his healthy 36 Game total last year he looked different You talked about the magic wasn't there But then that fourth quarter against Dallas that's what really allowed things To take off and man he was on a freaking Tear after that it was CRA offensively I Tried to mute it but I'm talking I can't Do that this is what we're dealing with Today I this is this is how it is but With lamelo at the beginning of the Season it was not a great shooting Performance and then he turned it on we Thought okay I know you had the Hypothesis is he getting used to the Ankle braces we didn't know if he was
Wearing them and now that's all the rage Right now now a lot of people are Discussing hey are you team ankle brace Do you understand what lamelo is doing By not wearing them whatever right but He got through it he got through it and Became an even better version than we Had ever seen him before right so that Was that was the the the thing that Allowed us to have more confidence in That okay he's back in fact he surpassed Where he was he was playing at such a Level where he was easily easily an All-Star there wasn't any question about It the way that he was performing and Even that's that's with the awful Shooting numbers in the first five games Bringing him down in all those stats so He got over That now you got to do it again and I Just I hope that he can continue to do It when he comes back back I still think He's going to be a good player when he Returns but now I wonder if there are Going to be ankle braces are there is What what's the what's the hardware in The ankle going to look like now that They're checking it again or at least That's reportedly what's happening so You know what is the result what what is This four weeks what is this going to Look like what's going to change is he G To wear more protection are people going In and checking out his ankle again and
Changing something within the hardware How does that affect l when he returns Yeah like I have a lot of confidence in Lamelo just being a good player he got Over it the first time hopefully he can Do it again but it's not that doesn't Mean that I want to keep doing it just Because I was that's just because we saw Him do it this time doesn't mean okay Well he can get injured again and he'll Just be fine coming back no I would love It to stop I would imagine that we can All agree that we would love lamelo to Stay on the floor and hopefully his Ankles don't betray him anymore well and And the worst part of this Walker is that This has become the story of his career So far and he's such a special player And he he was opening eyeballs across The league eyeball emojis across the League from LeBron James and others for His special play on the court and I just So desperately wish that the focus could Have remained on that because without These injuries I think we'd be talking About a three-time Allstar and so what what really stinks About this is that this has become the Story of his career what's what's Hopeful is that it doesn't have to Remain the story of his career but You're right I do think it will take Some changes not only in in what he does
To protect the ankles in terms of the Hardware or the things that he puts Around the ankles but I think there has To be some serious consideration in this Next off seon a after he's done with all Of the rehab and the recovery of of what Do we do to strengthen the the areas Around the ankle to provide more support From from like a physical level so there There will have to be changes so that he Avoids these kinds of injuries in the Future um because at this point you're Starting to think man you know is this Is this gr Hill is this Penny Hardway is This I mean Lonzo it's not the same as Lonzo but the ball family has been Struck now twice with injuries that are That look possibly career-threatening Very different kind of situations with Those two um but you hope it's not Because look he's young so you know if This were happening in his like ninth 10th season then you go oh boy this this Might be over but even at 26 right like He's so young I might worry more even if He was 25 26 but he's not even that in Yet in in a couple of years right and so So that's what you have to hold on to And you also have to hold on to This he has no choice but to go through All of this and try to you know come out Of it and the Hornets have no choice Because he's on a Max contract starting Next season they no no one has a choice
Here everyone has to move forward with Best intentions and all the Hope in the World and we have to stay sick and and Understand that he he will go through This process whether it takes a month or Two months I hope they are at this point Look I understand ticket holders they Want to go and see lamelo play I Understand the motivations of Coach Clifford he wants to win ball games and Save his job I and and I'm sure lamelo Some part of him wants to get back out On the floor as soon as possible because He's a basketball addict and he wants Wants to help his team win and I'm sure All the players would want that as well But I hope some there there's some Intervention that happens that says hey Let's be as cautious as possible here Because this season is cooked there are Things to play for but but it's not Playoffs it's not play in and it Shouldn't be to get lamelo ball back on The floor as soon as possible it should Be to get him back on the floor as Healthy as possible without lamelo I Don't even know if you're playing for Playin right I mean that's that seems to Be you're right that's out the door I Want putting the bow on this segment it Goes back to something you said and we Can put it pretty simply here it it is Something has to change whether you Believe that is that the ankle can be
Fixed surgically whatever and then he's Good after rehab and he's good and you Take a long time rehabbing if it's that On top of ankle braces or just wearing Those and helping them out if it's Strengthening his lower body whether it Be go you know core training whatever Right like this is not me I don't I Don't know I don't know how to protect The ankles I I know some of the things That people have done in the past to Protect themselves but that is the Simple thing something has to change or Else you're just crossing your fingers And hoping that it doesn't happen to Lamelo again and that he somehow gets Through this that that's the only other Way and I'd rather not cross my fingers And rather just have something else Changed to allow lamelo to be on the Floor for himself too if he's a baset Addict which he clearly is I like lamelo Clearly wants to be out there I just Hope that he's going to be able to it's It sucks man this is the the second Straight year for the Charlotte Hornets And lamelo injuries are a big story a Part of it all right let's move on let's Talk about something a little more Positive coming up next on the lockdown Hornets podcast don't go to sleep on the Hornets just yet the Hornets have a Rookie they drafted second overall and He looked good last night loves playing
Against the Knicks hit a couple of Three-pointers last night we'll get to Brandon Miller's performance without Lamelo ball this episode is brought to You by eBay Motors our partners at eBay Motors have teamed up with lockon Fantasy basketball host Josh Lloyd to Bring you some of the best fantasy picks Each week all season long whether you're Prepping for a daily draft or scouting The waiver wire every week we're going To provide you players that are Guaranteed to fit on your roster so Let's see who Josh picked out for us on This week's eBay's guaranteed fit Fantasy picks of the week Um he's got a Charlotte Hornet on here Doug I'm gonna give you a guess I'm Gonna give you another guess because Lamelo ball is out yeah that's going to Open up for some people who who might be Out there on the waiver wire that could Be picked up because of lamelo's absence Who do you think that player might be oh Waiver Wire well right because you wouldn't go With Terry because Terry's already Probably picked up so you know is there Another player that might make sense Here I don't know Gordon would Gordon be On the waiver wire at this point oh if That was your guess that would be the Correct one yes Gordon Hayward he has if Hayward was dropped he should be grabbed
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Game at Madison Square Garden he was Playing very well and then he exit I Believe early in the second quarter he Was like five of six from the field Before he suffered an injury and then You know would not return in that game Would return a couple games later not a Crazy Serious injury and then the second Game against the Knicks he goes for 20 And in this game against the Knicks you Not the greatest shooting night for Brandon Miller but it was pretty solid From distance he was four of eight from Three-point range and so that'll do he Ended up with 18 points he was seven of 18 overall so that means he was three of 10 shoot shoting two-point field goals But still you could see just how he's a Dangerous player off ball somebody you Know hitting him open in the corner open On the wing Doug one thing that has Absolutely translated for Brandon I mean Just right away like I know some of the Shooting percentages aren't great at the Beginning of the Season you know even Coming in I think it was 36 which isn't Phenomenal but you can tell like you can Just watch him play and then you can Even see the percentage here four of Eight the guy is a Dead Eye shooter and It's exactly what we thought he was Going to do helping off ball maybe not This well right like I'm not saying oh I Always expected this to to go this way
What I'm saying is he is helping this Team so much off ball and he is he has Taken that responsibility and and taken Off with it to help the squad as much as He possibly can well the really positive Thing is that yes the off ball is Developing and he's he's doing that and And that's what we expected that's where I thought the like 12 to 14 points would Be generated from very similar to Miles Bridges rookie season where they looked To him in the corner a lot when Everything was happening up top drawing The defense down finding him in the Corner but it's not only that though There's the off ball plays that they're Actually running for him off screens There was one in particular that he got A three off of um there was a sort of a Flare screen up top to get uh I think Gordon open to pass to Terry and then PJ Puts a screen to two guys it looked like A sort of a football screen to get Brandon open in the corner so they're Running stuff off ball for him so There's that element and then even the Off ball the on ball misses where he's Where he's got the ball in his hands and He's creating I look at those plays and I go man if he were just a little bit Stronger he's going to knock that down Like he's going up against Julius Randall and he's getting through Julius Randall they're not like the layups that
He's missing aren't way off and he's not He got a shot blocked I think the first Attempt got blocked he's not getting his Shot blocked a ton though and so I look At those plays and go man that's just All you have to do is just Envision the Future on those plays let them get in The wait room for a year or two and all Of a sudden like those Jason Tatum Comparisons don't seem crazy at all to Me anymore and and I'm I'm totally with It man I was super impressed 18 points I Get like like the shooting efficiency Wasn't good but it wasn't really good For anyone in this game like the Knicks Defense was totally locked in and and on Everyone um but here's what you love is That after he goes down With the ankle injury goes into the Locker room that happened late first Half goes into the locker room comes Back out and guts it out for his team And limps a little bit on that first Play got kind of made a move in the lane Little Euro Step uh and knock down the Floater and then limps but works through It lets that cortisol shot kind of take Effect you can see him limp a little bit At first and then it started to take Effect a little bit and um you know he Worked through it and and he and helped The team ultimately uh through through That third quarter at least until until The Knicks really put it on him so I
Love that man that's leadership that's Gutting it out that's I mean Clifford Loves to see it I think that's respect For the teammates and I think it's good Thing if you're like thinking about Brandon Miller three or four years from Now you like you want a guy who's going To be like number one option number two Option on your team you want that guy to Be able to gut it out yeah and and so I I think we can continue to just see the Off ball stuff for most of this rookie Season and be totally cool with it and Then we'll see exactly what he's like on Ball at a higher volume the rest of the Way because you're you're making a face At that go ahead well just like the Thing about the off ball stuff is that If it were just the standing in the Corner I would be like good great doing What I think you should do your rookie Season right that's fun but it's like my Favorite play of Brandon Miller's in That game was that the Knicks threw a Double team at Miles Bridges Brunson was On was on Miller and Brunson goes over And tries to trap miles miles picks up His dribble and Brandon like immediately Recognizes it and cuts up top and and It's wide open Bridges throws over the Top of the double team Brandon Miller Splashes a three it's the recognition It's the understanding of the game it's The understanding hey double team my guy
Just left boom make the cut I mean That's to me that's where you go okay That's off ball plus there's off ball And there's off ball plus and he's Hitting offall plus plus okay I was About to say yeah that's that's still That no that and I I get your point you Want to emphasize just how good he's Been without the basketball in his hand It's recognition it's awareness that's Why off ball plus it's $9.99 a month off Ball plus all right there you go uh I'll Subscribe to your sub subtext and your Substack and all the subs with off-ball Plus this is what I was going to Tweet About Brandon Miller last night it was Going to be that Brandon Miller what what I like about him is He's gotten to his mid-range a lot this Year so he if he if he does have the Basketball somebody sets a screen uses The screen to either shoot the three or He might take a dribble or two get to His mid-range and then stop before he Gets within seven feet of the rim before The shot blockers can really get out There or because they have to protect The rim and he's just not challenging There that's fine right now so I think With those mid-range shots he doesn't Take take tough ones like which is great This is a compliment that he's not Forcing any mid-range shots and then Somebody collapses in and then he makes
The right pass it's funny to see how Easy it is to it's funny that most fans Are like oh yeah this guy just makes the Right play 90% of the time like 95% of The time as a rookie oh defense is Collapsing I'm gonna kick it out on the Perimeter because that's the right shot Oh this might turn into a turnover with Me dribbling one more time I'm going to Pick it up and I'm going to pass it to The guy that's open in the corner on the Wing whatever but what happened was and I think this is because lamelo balls out And there was more responsibility like Brandon took 18 shots last night it's a Lot and I think there were a couple Times in the second half that he took Contested mid-rangers you're right that He might be able to hit more of those as He gets stronger and he already has hit A couple of tough ones at the beginning But I I think we asked what lamelo's Absence would mean for Brandon I think What that means Doug if we see what Happened last night against the Knicks Continue I think we're going to see Tougher shots for Brandon Miller I think Now one because lamelo is such a gifted Passer any anyway he's always gonna set Brandon up with the right shot and and Then you can run some secondary stuff With him when you want to but I did Think as the game went on in that it you Know maybe late first and and uh I know
He got hurt but when he came back there Were some contested mid-rangers and I Was like okay M maybe you see some Tougher shots that he's going to have to Pull off here because you just don't Have a point guard it's Terry it's Teo Malon and it's Brandon like it's it's Brandon who is somebody else that's Gonna handle the basketball every now And and every now and then yeah and I Want him I want him on ball I want him Taking honestly like him and Bri like I Think if if he or Bridges aren't taking The most shots each game and throw Terry In there occasionally too but I think Terry's got to facilitate more so you Probably don't want him taking the most Shots and facilitating I want those guys taking the most shots Every game I want them working through The on ball issues like and again again Against the Knicks who have like big and Strong guys everywhere he's going to be Less successful against other teams he's Going to be more successful I think 30 Points 35 points it's around the corner And he'll get to 40 once he starts Getting bigger and stronger and able to Get fouled here here's the thing we are In dark times as Hornets fans because of Injuries because of a lot of different Things because the Hornets are cursed Because Steve Clifford bought a haunted House but if you want to feel hope if
You want to feel giddy then just look at The shot chart for Brandon Miller over The past couple of games and what you're Going to see is a little green circle Inside you're going to see a little Green circle in the middle of the floor And you're going to see a little green Circle outside of the three-point uh Line you're going to see it almost every Game and and what that tells you is that Right now as a rookie he he has a Three-level score mentality and and he Will he will just continue to expand That over the next couple years there Was one play against the Knicks where he Gets a screen from Mar Mar Williams and They jump and the Knicks jump it and so He resets gets another screen a little Bit deeper from Mark Williams and takes A mid-range shot now he missed it but You love that he again he's hunting the Best shot and that to me is another Quality that you look at for Allstar Superstar level Super Wings is are they Hunting the best shot or are they taking First shot available he's hunting the Best Shot he looked good and he continues to Look good his rookie season and so that Is the positive we'll try to focus on That as we move on in this season all Right one more segment to go coming up Next on the lock on Hornets podcast Don't go to sleep on the Hornets just
Yet in season tournament started off With a win not great after that but the Hornets are awarded two more games I you Know you can you can figure out whether You think that is an award or if that is A detriment to this team but there's two More games for the Charlotte Hornets We'll get to that and we'll give you our Inseason tournament thoughts but this Episode is brought to you by FanDuel as The weather gets colder especially here In Charlotte it's like 22 degrees out It's cold now the NFL offers stay hot on FanDuel right now new customers get $150 In bonus Bets with any winning $5 Moneyline betat that's 150 bucks if your Team wins and if you've been thinking About joining FanDuel there's no better Time to get in on the action the app is So easy to use there's a wide range of Betting options including spreads player Props over unders even more than that And if you wanted to take the over under On a player for the Charlotte Hornets Maybe now is the time to take the over On those shot attemps if FanDuel has not Accounted for lamelo's absence and you Were trying to think what prop do I want To roll with here maybe Brandon Miller Shot attempts is something you can roll With and just overall points 18 last Night took the most shots was the Leading score I think you start hitting That over before FanDuel accounts for it
Either way fanduel.com lockon is the Place to fit and you can kick off the NFL season and continue the NBA season With it FanDuel it's the official Partner of the NFL we got a lot of noise In the background let's hurry and get to Break more to come on lockdown Hornets If it's zero ankle injuries you Hammer That over that's right Yeah before we get to the end season Tournament thoughts why don't you empty The every Hornets box score synopsis on Us here Doug what were some other Thoughts you had on this Nicks game well Listen I'm starting to think they're not Going to win this tournament I don't Think uh that's the kind of hard-hitting Analysis you pay for when you subscribe To every Hornet boox score.com the other Thing that I'll say is that I think it's Easy analysis to say well this is the First game without lamelo ball and boy You could see the effect but I honestly I don't think lamelo's absence was the Re I don't think he well I'll say like I Don't think that if he had played this Game it would have changed the might Have changed the margin but I don't Think it changes the outcome of this Game like I don't think he prevents Julius Randall and RJ Barrett from Attempting 17 of the 20 free throw Attempts and maybe he increases slightly The number of free throw attempts that
The Hornets made which was only seven They only got to the line what's that 2 3 4 six to four times I guess um so That's not good uh so you know this I Don't think this game is uh Changed by Lamelo honestly I think if you wanted to Flip the margin or if you wanted to flip The outcome instead of the margin you Probably go with Nick Richards like the Center play I think uh was was a big Factor especially at the beginning of That fourth quarter because look this Game essentially miles Bridges and a Little bit of Brandon Miller and PJ Washington uh brought them back uh from A game in which they were down 10 most Of the second half or most of the first Half brought them back to within three In the middle of that third quarter and Then the final four minutes of that Third quarter they were just getting Hammered by Josh hardt of all people and Then but then in the fourth quarter they Had a chance to kind of you know get get Back get the momentum back and it all Went South because of offensive Rebounding and because because of Fouling and so I think you know not Having a back not having a backup center It's it's going to show itself against The Knicks yeah Mark only had two only Two personal fouls in this game and yeah They just got killed on the glass that's What Steve Clifford talked about after
The game 20 for Julius Randall 10 for Mitchell Robinson and PJ's always had a Weakness in rebounding some of that's Because he's on the perimeter he's Shooting he's back to he's shooting a Lot right now from from the perimeter And so I wonder if that changes with Lamelo at all they're going to look for Him to score you know he did put it on The deck a couple times but with PJ Washington uh I I do think there were Some tough rebounds that he grabbed like I I think he forced tight pick and roll Coverage for Julius Randall to help Mark Williams out I think they did all they Could like I think Julie is just too Strong this is a two-time third team All-nba player there's only so much you Can do but you're right like it the Knicks are tough and they're already at A weakness in rebounding And so it's it's just not a great match Up for this team it's just not and you Saw that bear out in this game well you Mentioned the two personal fouls for Mark Williams I think that's a result of Not having Nick Richards because if You're Mark Williams you cannot be in Foul trouble like you just absolutely Cannot be in foul trouble and that H you Know that going into every one of these Games and that has to affect the way you Play I mean it has to mean that you play A little less physical than you would
Normally knowing hey I've got a little Bit of leeway here you've got no leeway Uh and then when you're off the floor I Think it forces guys uh to play out a Position and when you play out a Position other teams know it they drive On you and then you end up racking up Fouls in that scenario as well and so Yeah I mean I think Nick Richards you Know or or any just you know average Backup center it's not really about Nick Richards although he's a decent rim Protector but but any average backup Center would would actually help this Team um have a chance against bigger Stronger more physical teams like the New York next they've got no shot Against these particular teams all right So the construction is picking up Monster Le SS a sound effect I'm gonna take that I'm gonna take that sound effect as like Uh a point for me that was like a it was Like a Around the Horn they gave me a Point There Doug you're gonna have to take us Home within season tournament thoughts Like it's just it is it's an it is loud In my face right now and uh and so why Don't you end us with some inseason Tournament thoughts I'll not act like I Can hear you and then you can even take Us to the end of the podcast so it's not Just massive sawing Lumber out kind of
Noise in the background perfect Walker Is going to be my audience for the rest Of the show I love this um I I'll just Say that uh I feel like uh that I would Be better on the radio than Walker um That that I feel like you know I I I Think I would do a better job I think That the Doug and oh hey no don't unmute Yourself don't unmute yourself I think The Doug and I think Doug and West rolls Off the tongue a little bit better but Anyway all right so inseason tournament Thoughts well my thoughts are that I Think it was a success and I think all Of the teams that are crying about you Know the margin of Victory you didn't See Steve Clifford crying because the Knicks played all their starters to the Very end of the game the Hornets had to Get their baby be's in uh Nick Smith Jr Immediately coming in and splashing Threes that has to make you happy uh I Wouldn't expect to see Nick Smith Jr in The lineup anytime soon I think Clifford Is going to play the vets and play Players that he trusts until it doesn't Make any sense anymore or until he's not Employed anymore uh James Bight did make His debut thought he thought he you know He hit a good three there thought he Passed up a good opportunity to throw it To the corner to Nick Smith Jr instead Got a little selfish hit a tough he hit A tough reverse layup no doubt but I
Think if they go back and look at the Tape it's pretty clear like get it to The guy who just hit two threes he's Wide open in the corner you're drawing The defense that you know make the right Read that's all I'm saying James book Knight make the right read that's what Anyone someone on Tech said the the bar For James book Knight at this point is Don't get lost in the sauce that's the Bar that we've set for James book Knight And I guess he cleared it I guess he Cleared it he looked like he was aware Of his surroundings in the sauce in that Game uh that's going to be important for Him as he searches for his next job on The n Season tournament there is news The Hornets are not in the tournament Obviously and the losers the 22 teams That didn't make this n Season Tournament tournament uh they all get Two new games that were to be determined On the schedule the Hornets play at Chicago on uh December 6th and on December 8th they've got a home game Against the Toronto Raptors those two Opponents are actually important if you I don't know if you care about the rest Of the regular season and what the Hornets have to play for in that Toronto Is the team that sits directly above Them in the Eastern Conference standings And Chicago the team that sits directly Below them so those are two important
Games for uh this team that that is Still I mean the goal is still to make Some kind of postseason run uh no Walker You don't get to unmute yourself no no I I don't I don't I'm I'm unmuting myself I'm going to talk during the free time That I have a couple things good CU I Was running out of breath there I don't Know why I decided to try to fill all of The space with as many words as possible But I did what I think happened is that You started going on a rant with more James book Knight Nick Smith Jr stuff And then you just couldn't get off the Nsj ex it like you were trying but for Some reason you're I trying to fill both Roles I think I was trying to talk for Both of USM you really were um but I I Just wanted to have some thoughts real Quickly on the players complaining like This is this has bothered me over even Like the last 10 years I remember Against the Raptors one time it was Either the Raptors or against him but You know maybe it was Lance Stevenson Who hits a layup at the end when they're Up like 40 and I think Demar D rozan or Kyle Lowry they were angry and this Happened a long time ago and it's always Like look it's I I get you in some Situations why you might be a little Frustrated but inseason tournament it This is this is something that you can Just go ahead and and this is okay like
Tom Tibido leaving his Nicks players out There his his starters to play against The Charlotte Hornets thank you Steve Clifford for not being frustrated or Thank you players for not having in Comments afterward bu you know they're Buddies I know they are but Al like even The players just like who cares man Anyways the point differ Jason Jason Tatum Jason straight him you know he's Okay yeah it's okay as long as no one's Guarding him no one's happening you know He's he's fine to blame the Hornets in That situation but then when things get Really competitive you know all of a Sudden he has a problem him and Jaylen Clown like get out of here but here's Here's the thing the fact that players Are getting frustrated means that it's Working you want that to happen if Players weren't getting frustrated if Players were just laying down and and Taking the other team running up the Score then I think if you're Adam Silver You have to look at it and go man my League really does have a problem with Competitiveness but this is great Because it means that next season Jason Tatum and all these other and Missoula And all of these other guys that are Crying about it they're going to Remember they're going to remember oh Yeah inseason tournament I'm not only Going to kick the bleep out of the other
Team if we have the opportunity but if We're getting our bleep kicked I'm going To try to ruin it for the cell for the Nick I'm going to try to ruin it for the Other that's what happens in soccer you See bad teams that are down you know Three goals or whatever they're still Playing at the end of the game because They want to ruin it for some other team That's the whole idea of the n Season Tournament if players are frustrated That means it's working because that Means that the competitive juice that They would not have on November 28th in Any other regular season before this They've suddenly got it all right That'll do it for lockdown Hornets Thanks to Doug for Manning it the third Segment we are free and available Anywhere you get your podcast remember That always and thanks for making us Your first listen now tomorrow we will I Guess what do you want to talk about With Brandon Miller some positives like What are some other positives to get to So we can try to entice the people to Keep coming back and listening to a Daily Hornets podcast we'll find Something folks we'll find something and Then we will uh preview the rest of the Week thanks for listening to us check Out Doug every Hornets boox score.com me WFNZ 92 7 FM 12:00 to 3 p.m. every Weekday have a great rest of your
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