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Lamelo ball has a great game another one Against Milwaukee and Records a Record-breaking triple double plus we'll Talk about the rising stars challenge How many Hornets made it we'll discuss All of that today on lock on Hornets We're locked on hornets part of the Locked on podcast Network your team Every day in America we live It's locked on Hornets it's part of the Lockdown podcast Network it's your team Every day thanks for making us your First listen we're free and available Anywhere you get your podcast by the way This episode is brought to you by FanDuel make every moment more place Your first five dollar bet to get 150 And free bets win or lose visit Fanduel.com locked on today to get Started if you're watching on YouTube You see what is it this time your name The Footwear Phenom we've had the Pharaoh of foot candy we've had the Sultan of sneakers and now we have the Footwear Phenom it's Mr David Walker Joining us today how are you doing man I'm doing fantastic at the alliteration Game it just never never disappoints me I don't see these beforehand Walker Clearly you don't either I use it all From the mind of of Doug Branson yeah God bless that man yeah God bless that Man indeed I often leave the show Thinking that very thing God bless that
Man Doug Branson helping us out here and By the way you can check his box uh his Sub stack I've done that again sub stack Every Hornet's box score at every Hornet's box score.com let's get to this Game David Milwaukee is always an Interesting one because the Hornets just Kind of have their number I mean we've Seen it the last what couple of Seasons Lamello came into yesterday's game Averaging over 25 points per contest Over seven assists he did so on very Nice shooting close to 50 overall from The field and I think 47 from three not Only that but we've seen the narrative Type of stuff with lamello can you be The guy to take the last shot well he Did in one game where he hits the Running left floater one of the one of The more memorable shots at least for me In lamelo's young career well even with A loss yesterday they had Chris Middleton back in the lineup bench Player but still great production from Him going to the line I believe going Eight of eight from the free throw line For Middleton but even with the loss Lamello scores 27 points he dishes out 11 assists and he gets 10 rebounds five Offensive rebounds by the way and the Assist number is what came later in this Game but he was able to get two actually Within the last I don't know three four Minutes or so but it's a record-breaking
Triple double the guy's 21 years old and Now he has the most triple doubles in Franchise history you know David it's Just like this first segment is Something we can just do to take a Moment and realize you know what this Season has not been good it's been Pretty poor in a bunch of different ways That you want to measure it but lamello Is still an awesome centerpiece to have And it it goes to show just how much More important it is to try to put the Right pieces around him Yeah and on that point you know having Having guys healthy right I mean getting A healthy Hayward in there getting uh Some some help for lamello out there but You're right I mean and this is what his Third fourth game back I think from the Most recent injury and so he usually Clicks back in around that third or Fourth game and for whatever reason You're right he's really performed well Against the Bucks uh he was feeling it Last night early on I mean accounted for I think 90 some odd percent of the of The team's first quarter points either Scoring or assists so was really feeling Himself really on a roll Um you know not getting much help when He gets hit in the head uh by Superstars Like uh Giannis antetokounmpo but you Know didn't didn't uh didn't go all Lebron James full prayer in the middle
Of the lane either to try and get that To try and get that call Yeah but you know that will come but but Just talking about lamelo and how Special he is I mean to have the Franchise Mark for triple doubles is Huge I mean what you're 21 years old you Know being out there doing that stuff And the shots coming uh he's really Become a marksman out there from the Outside but you know his ability to Distribute as well you mentioned the Assists not an easy assist to get on That on that on that double on that Tenth one from Jeff Daniels a nice Finish from him but really uh you can See him and it gets one of the better Teams in the league we know being able To control the flow of the game and push It when he needs to and really impact The game on uh on three different levels So I mean yeah that's what you want Right now I think that's what we want From the Hornets we want entertainment We want good stuff from LaBella we want A fun game we want to close But I don't know if we want to Stack up Too many more wins I mean that's where We are yeah but and it's funny because You you watch the game and then a hornet Player makes a nice play and then Instinctually you say yeah awesome great And then you just don't want it to be a Win at the end of the game now look and
I saw you know you see people talk about This all the time right like how to Actually feel in this situation if You're a Hornets fan and it's totally Fine to pull for a win that's that's Absolutely okay it's it's actually good To not absolutely have your confidence Destroyed here I mean if you're a young Team if you have so many young players That are going to be the foundation Going forward and nobody knows exactly How many players they're going to keep The trade deadline this go around this Off season I mean there's a lot of Uncertainty surrounding the Hornet's Future but the young players you do keep You do want them to have some semblance Of winning in their system right a part Of their DNA and they don't have that But they also don't have the all right Well we'll just lay down and this is a This is a team where we we can't win With all of the injuries we can't win Because our roster is not the expected Roster that we had at the beginning of The year at the middle portion of the Year whatever it's team doesn't lay down And so I think there's some value in That and watching lamello come in and Just try to lead this team as much as he Can like David he had 26 shot attempts In this game so he posted one game where He had 27 field goal attempts but 26 He's posted a few times and it's the
Second most that he's had but it ties With like three or four other games he Was looking for a shot the shooting Percentage was down under 40 and then it Was at 33 from three in this one but Still hunting a shot and still having uh An impact in a lot of different areas so Lamelo being aggressive is fun yeah and Look at the rest of the backcourt I mean Specifically Terry did not have his best Game out there right just couldn't seem To buy a bucket for a large portion of The night so you know that probably Clicked something in lamelo in that he Had to provide a little more scoring and They mentioned during the game I thing I Actually mentioned during the game you Know lamelo you'll see when he misses a Couple he doesn't stop shooting right he Always thinks that the net he always Thinks that the next one is the one That's going to get him back on track I Mean and usually or actually I'll say This I always want to see that at this Point I want lamelo basically to go for A triple double every night I think he Should that should be his goal for the Second half of the Season go for triple Doubles push that record out but yeah Keep shooting keep going for that dagger Keep going for the open shots when They're there uh the one thing I would Like to see him and really the team as a Whole uh really you know be more
Cognizant of you think back that to that Atlanta game they were trying to either Extend the lead or hold the lead and There was a couple of possessions where They just kept jacking three three three Three lamella was in there too every up And three went up and I'm like fellas Just go to the basket just try and get a Layup try and get a dunk you know that's How you protect that lead that's how you Can push that lead out when you want to Get a game I'm sorry I wasn't it wasn't Atlanta it was just the most recent Miami game And that's a game you do want to win Okay you lose all the rest you beat the Heat when you can yeah uh so that's an Area where I think that'll come you Forget how young lamello is I mean I Know we talk about him every day he's a Highlight of every game he's playing in But being that young having no college Experience getting fantastic coaching For probably the first time in his Career here in the NBA Um you see the growth that's coming and You see Walker there is growth to be had There's still areas of improvement you Know running that point guard position Uh being able to close out a game being Able to control it from all angles uh There's still growth and he's got that Mastery and in his back pocket he's Probably the best passer on the planet I
Mean really if you think about it at Least in the top five so you you put That all together and from a labello Standpoint uh you know there's still so Much room to grow and improve so I think You got to feel good about that oh yeah And just last thing you know since December here we are talking about the Shooting it's definitely down as far as The efficiency goes I mean he's still He's hunting a shot quite a bit we talk About 26 field goal attempts 27 is the Most that he's had this year but if you Look at what he's done since Christmas He's played 16 games and his free throw Attempts per contest is at 4.4 you know For his career it's about one free throw Attempt below that on average so you've Seen a growth and even this season it's It's like three and a half or something Like that but the last 15 games I think He's made more of an effort to get to The foul line you know there's there's Quite a bit of four and five attempt Games in in this 16-game stretch you Have the back to back games against Toronto and then the first one against Boston where he shot nine from the Charity strife and then the next game Goes eight of eight you also have the Nine of ten against Chicago man to see Three games where he gets to the foul Line and shoots eight free throw Attempts within the last 10 that they've
Played overall you're seeing it start to Click for lamello but the question is Can he continue or can he period get More of those calls let's talk about That coming up next on the lockdown Hornets podcast What's it gonna take is it going to take Giannis destroying him and swiping him Across the face no that's not it all Right we'll try to ask him questions as To how lamello can get more foul calls When it is called upon to do so this Episode is brought to you by FanDuel This year it's the only app that you Need at your Super Bowl a Super Bowl Party it is FanDuel and it's America's Number one sports book we're really Excited about our new sports betting Partner for locked on because they're The number one sports book in America And if you're new to FanDuel that's even Better they have so many great features That make betting on sports fun and easy And you can download FanDuel now so you Can bet Super Bowl 57 with a no sweat First bet you'll get up to three Thousand dollars back in bonus bets if Your first bet doesn't win FanDuel lets You bet on everything from the money Line to point spreads to who will score A touchdown the FanDuel Sportsbook app Is safe it's secure it's super easy to Use and best of all you can get paid Your winnings instantly so join FanDuel
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Drive to the basket so look one is a Large part his fault the other one not So much right like I think one thing That is going to have to happen is that This is a little bit new to lamelo's Game you know this is something that was They put an emphasis at the beginning of The season they talked about that Constantly Rod Boone is writing articles About it Steve Clifford is she sure to Mention it right at the beginning of the Season he needs to go to the foul line More often well he gets hurt he doesn't Play Forever what does he do when he Comes back I mean he just lets it fly From Deep all the time I don't know if It still holds true but for a while it Might even still be true he was shooting The second mode All of the NBA and the only person he Was behind was Steph Curry so the fact That he was shooting so much you're not Going to get any foul calls from out There but now that he's starting to be a Little more aggressive he's starting to Get into the pain I hope that officials Are recognizing that I hope I hope that Honestly the the swipe across lamello's Face honestly puts it into the mind of The officials like okay yeah that was Bad there's no denying that let's pay Attention to that a little bit more and Lamelo forces them to call it in the Future
Yeah so I mean a couple things right I Think just right off the bat you watch That play it's egregious I mean not a Commented it probably should have been a Flagrant one if you're going by the Letter of the law right I mean I I think If you hit somebody in the head uh it's A foul and then if you review it or Whatever it's a flagrant one It should have been a foul it's clearly A strike to the Head uh yes it's Giannis It's not hard to see he's got the Longest arms in the building so you Should be able to clearly see when the Man driving to the basket gets swiped Across the forehead so stuff like that Is gonna just infuriate people on its Own I I don't think there's an excuse or A way to talk yourself out of that one Being called but your point about Lamello just now implementing the Driving part of his game is correct like You know for so many years or his entire Time in the league he hasn't been going Through contact Um you know driving to the Lane and Forcefully seeking out that contact and Trying to finish not to say he hasn't Been foul but like that hasn't been an Element to his game and he's tried to You know contort and and make a bunch of Crazy layups and he's had success here And there doing that but you're right The the refs aren't really used to him
Seeing to seeing him go in there and try And get that contact which it feels like He is hunting that a little bit more or At least becoming more comfortable doing That Um so so that's an adjustment look I Think lamelo's relationship with the Refs is an interesting one because at One point last night Lamello stepped off the line at a free Throw you could hear him on camera Counting out the six players from the Bucks that were on the floor and then I Think he pointed to a ref and mimicked Doing a whistle you know so he's yeah They don't like that I don't know much About the refs but I know they don't Like being called out like that it was In a joking way lamelle's a people Person you know what I mean Um so so I think there is some getting Used to especially a young star uh in The league getting those calls figuring Out his personality but there's no Question he's got to get calls like that I think that will come Um and and I'll say this at some point I Think the Hornets the team the bench Someone's got to be like hey our guys Getting knocked out he's getting hit Across the head he's already been Injured you know three times this season Can we protect the guys can we protect People or they're getting knocked in the
Face as they drive to the basket so like A lot of that stuff maybe it's to come In the second half but uh it feels like Lamelo should be getting a lot more Calls than he is I will say this though I think he's made a concerted effort to Pull back his fouls right Um the stupid ones you're not seeing as Much he's not fouling out as much his Defense look Has to go under a major overall he he's Got to get better on the defensive end But he's trying not to get those silly Fouls you know at three quarters Court Grabbing in doing something stupid Whether where it doesn't affect the play At all so that's good uh but you know The lamella's relationship with the refs And his ability to keep being aggressive I think should only get better Yeah and and it's not like lamelo shows Up the officials all the time no no no Yeah right like so you would you would Think that there's not any kind of bad Blood between those two I I don't ever See Constantly there's nothing like that at All coming from lamelo ball and so Hopefully that relationship does get a Lot better in the sense that the Officials just realized lamello is Getting more aggressive and they do give Him the deserved calls not just give it To him because all right well he's a
Star and and you know more likely than Not he's getting fouled here I mean no It's actual foul if you want to check Some of this stuff out so hopefully that Does happen Um and I I think I think that aggression Will eventually pay off you know at Least at least with this newfound way of Playing right and even here in this game He had six free throw attempts you know So so there was one technical so I guess That doesn't necessarily count towards Lamella being aggressive but still five That's still decent enough you'll take That Um yeah man uh lamello special game aim Not just the shooting efficiency wasn't Great but not only to to be more Aggressive not only to see the triple Double how about three blocks for lamelo Too yeah you know I I even think just Crashing the boards I mean he was huge We we did the the post game show for WFNZ last night and one of the plays That we chose was it was just a putback From lamelo we had a couple of them Early on he's tapping that at the goal Where he's trying to just keep the ball Alive that's how he had five offensive Rebounds and then and then also three Blocks that if if you have that size Right if you're six seven and you find Yourself down in the paint then you can Have an impact still you know so that's
That's something that I think lamella Was starting to to figure out and of Course as he puts on more muscle as he Just becomes an adult what you're seeing In the NBA it's only going to help his Game yeah and I think that block one of Those blocks you mentioned led to that Technical foul so you know what I am Going to give him credit So yeah but to your point on the refs Like you always see him talking to the Refs but not in a disrespectful way it's Always like You know tell me more about that value Just direct me or yeah yeah Mr ref so Like I think they do appreciate that I Think it's coming you're right I don't See any animosity towards him he's he's Oftentimes such a a smooth and at the Same time kind of herky-jerky player so A lot of times maybe it's it's tough for Them to see that right away but they got To get the head shots they got to get The headshots called oh yeah no doubt About it um and by the way you mentioned You just forget how young he is it's Funny because I know he's 21. I get that But then you hear something from Eric Collins on the call last night and he Says you know former rookie of the year Uh you know also participated in the Rising star challenge former All-Star It's like wait you're you're talking About him like he is a long time vet
Right former All-Star it is and to do All that at 21. you know you're just Hoping a better team is around him so he Could start to get a little bit more Respect because he had it immediately Upon stepping into the league he got it In droves and then the Hornets were Ascending and now they're very much not So we'll see what happens with the Hornets of the trade deadline we can get Your takes on that plus coming up next On the lockdown Hornets podcast don't go To sleep The rising stars challenges here we have The players that are going to be Attending it how many Charlotte Hornets Are in the rising stars challenge we'll Get to that in just a moment but now Before I talk about Bill Barr this Episode is brought to you by Bill Barr And if you're looking for delicious Treats but don't win all of the fat and The calories then you gotta try a belt Bar we've been talking about it for Quite some time now we just got through The holidays I know my goal is to eat Just a little bit healthier this year And if you're like me and you want to Eat healthier but don't want to Compromised taste then built bar is Absolutely the treat for you they're Covered in 100 real chocolate they have Amazing flavors like churro peanut Butter brownie coconut almond I'm not
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Just over a week away Terry Rozier is Playing a lot better now he he wasn't Great last night he started to heat up a Little bit as the game went on but but Mason Plumley has been absolutely Balling so is Terry these guys are Starting to maximize on their value Right now uh what do you make of those Two specifically and is Gordon who not Only did he go seven of seven the Previous game Yeah it started off five of five and This one can he just stay healthy for Eight more days can you just stay Healthy for eight more days put together Over 50 shooting nights and average Let's go 20. can you average 20 for a Stretch enough for another team to say Okay all right I'm in baby bring Gordon Hayward on board uh which one of these Players you think is most likely to get Traded mostly likely to stay who do you Hope stays on this team just give me Your trade deadline thoughts well I mean The obvious one that I think is is Plumly right I mean he's never been more Tradable I mean the guy is the darling Of NBA Twitter right now uh you know uh They're they're saying he's better than Ben Simmons out there on Twitter land Shout out Trey Kirby uh and Statistically it's not even close so I Think that one is the one you look at And you couple that with just you know
The Hornets wanted to kind of get the Young guys going play that Center Position some more Um and and and start to move on that one Makes the most sense it would be oh so Bittersweet now that Plumley has just Warmed all of our hearts I'm I'm I'm a Plumly convert now you know uh he will If he were to get traded he would go Down with Josh McRoberts and and former Legends that have just that have just Shown out yeah and been able to Um to go into to greener pastures let's Say so I think that one is the obvious One of if they can swing that I don't Know where did you guys land on the First round pick for Plumley I didn't Get to that episode this week I mean it Sounds crazy but you look at the numbers And maybe not Um yeah I I still think right if I had To bet money on it I don't think it Happens right I mean that I mean look at The end of the day Even if he's playing so much better than He has this month has been stupid for Him what he's done the guy's still on a Rental how much are you going to pay him After this you're going to do that for For a backup center like I I don't know If there's going to be a team that has We are amazing From contending right so yeah I don't Think the first round pick is going to
Happen but you know unprotected seconds Some young Reclamation project in a Second like I don't I don't know like I Mean you're right the value is as high As it's been for him yeah and we love Second draft picks second round picks we Can't have we can't get enough Terry is Also one that's really interesting to me Because I think he in years past it Really seems like he would be the ideal Guy for a teaming contention to give Them another shot in the armor on Offense you know whether it's Off the Bench or in a or in a third scoring role Or something like that like he and he's That guy I mean that's really something You could add to your roster and Immediately have an impact on offense Who could make and has made a difference In Big Time playoff games you know in His career he has been that guy in the Past so he's the one that me of course The money is the main sticking point There obviously it's a lot but like for Someone looking to make a push I think He he makes sense of course he's got his Shortcomings Um anytime you start talking about Packaging with these picks though it Just gets so much more complicated you Know what I mean like if you're Packaging one or two players and then uh God forbid you bring in a third team on One of these deals it just lowers the
Percentage of it happening to me uh but Those would be the two guys I think with Uber hurt it's going to be super tough You know for anyone to take a swing on Him that would have been another option Um you know could it be somewhere out of Some guy that we're not thinking about Out of nowhere sure but to me those seem Like the three obvious ones especially With Plumley getting so much love right Now well and you're in Doug's boy Jayla McDaniels is is the one that is most Pursued so yeah I know bad stretch for Him now you know what's funny last night He actually I you don't want to say Broke out of the salon because he Definitely didn't but may made more Threes did hit the three-pointer at the End of the first half but it was not a Good game for Jalen he's not been Shooting the ball well at all it was Really he had a great game against Boston and then since then the shooting Has gone down so that that's the thing About Jalen um 15 points on his birthday But yeah made some mistakes in this one Yeah and I don't know you know you Really have to watch these games uh to See some of the shortcomings in Jalen's Game or some of just the mishaps because He he is enticing you know if you see Him out there uh he's got the link there You're it's understandable why teams are Looking to add him so that's another
Possibility yeah you know that seems Like an easy one to make happen too but Uh but certainly you know he's had some Uh some ups and downs as of late Um yeah I mean and so you know if those Guys get traded any of them you're gonna Have to have young players step up Problem is you don't have any of them in The rising stars challenge David so it Depends on how high you are on some of These younger players so the the player Pull came out and among the players that Are in for the sophomores you're talking About Jose Alvarado Scotty Barnes the Rookie of the Year last year Josh giddy Quentin Grimes Jalen Greene Evan Mobley Alperin Shen goon Franz Wagner you know There's a lot of those guys and then Some of the rookies that are in that Might be of interest to Hornets fans Jalen Duren is in there Walker Kessler Is in there AJ Griffin made it as well Yeah Andrew nembard for Indiana which is You know somebody that was drafted in The second round very impressive there Jalen Williams from Oklahoma City I Think taken the pick before two picks Before uh the Charlotte Hornets were Selecting as well but no Mark Williams No Kai Jones no James book Knight no JT Thor no Bryce McGowan's what do you make Of no Hornets being selected for the Rising stars challenge well Unfortunately I think you can skip over
That sophomore class there just hasn't Been enough impact on the court for the Hornets uh their two first-round draft Picks and book Night and Kai Jones just Have not made impact here enough to play So they're certainly not going to get a Look on the larger stage League wide I Think the Mark Williams thing is he's Only played you know counting last night 21 games and so that's that's his Downfall there uh he just hasn't had Enough time on the court Um and it's just now starting to come on Um and and I think people are seeing That calling for him to play more uh Which he is but just hasn't enough time I wouldn't feel too bad about that one If I'm the horness or the or Hornets fan Or Mark Williams you know what I mean Like he's his numbers are are really Right there kind of with Kessler and Some of the other guys that have made it But but Kessler's played twice as many Games so is Jaylen during Um that one stings of course because the Hornets drafted during so that's a tough One for for Hornets fans to to swallow But Um overall it would have been really Tough for Mark Williams to get in right Now 20 games yeah so so the sophomore Class you're right you got to skip right On over that there's just there's just Not a case the James book tonight is the
One if you're just talking about this Selection process and the rising stars Challenge to criticize the Hornets as Much as possible James book Knight is The one that would give you the best Evidence Kai Jones was always going to Be a project and and you could still Find ways to criticize the Hornets for It for it I'm just saying Kai Jones Always gonna be a project J.T Thor Second round pick right okay book Night's the one that kind of hurts here With Mark Williams you're right I mean They just didn't play them Um I guess you could argue the Hornets Could have played him earlier I I Thought they should have played him a Little earlier but it's not anything That I'm like angry at Steve Clifford at This was the system he comes in he plays Well immediately totally fine he's gonna Get Rookie experience I'm cool with all Of it the Mark Williams compared to Jalen Durham and Walker Kessler if if You look at the amount of games that Mark Williams has played compared to Those two other Sinners it's way down But as far as the impact and what They've provided is there any one of Those centers that have just so vastly Outperformed the other one right like Kessler's been very good and I was way Wrong on him I didn't want him in the NBA draft I know he was like one of 15
Guys that Doug Branson liked yeah just Heard Doug screaming right Tennessee Yeah well of course he wanted Jalen Duran and then you know Rick Bonnell you Know he would always clown dog hey which One of the seven giraffe roses did you Give which one of these but Walker Kester was a guy that Doug liked and and Uh would have fit a need for this team And he's been great in Utah two blocks Per game 71 percent from the field it's Outrageous but I I watch Mark Williams You see Walker Kessler you know he's Also not shooting well from the Free-throw line at all it's like 53 Mark Williams clearly a way better shooting Touch than Walker so he projects well in That area yeah I just I think you just Saw a really talented pool of centers in This class and you know what David I I Think the Charlotte Hornets got one and I I don't I don't think him not being in The rising stars challenge is an Indictment on his play this season it Just it just didn't start early enough No no not at all and I think so the During cases he just played a lot more Had some early success and I guess you Know had a massive numbers that that was That was tough to turn down you gotta Remember the All-Star game is in Utah uh Kessler does play for Utah he had a Little pop maybe two weeks ago or so We're starting a couple games and got
Some some national attention I think From those performance says he's played Well but yeah I mean Mark Williams is Not going to have the eye-popping Numbers I don't think that since songs Kessler had did he have he didn't have Like a 20 and 20 did he or he had he he Did have a ridiculous game here lately I Can look it up though yeah so he had Something that popped out on NBA Twitter One night but you know Mark Williams has Been a little bit more under the radar Just hasn't played as much uh as we Mentioned so yeah I think you're feeling Great about Mark Williams right now I Think across the board Hornets folks There were a lot of doubters you know That didn't like the Mark Williams Coming in a lot of concerns about him Being able to move in the NBA and affect The game I think it's clear he's been Able to affect the game on offense and Defense I mean I think that's where you Have to be excited about yeah from The Mark Williams standpoint it looks like a Guy that can contribute and be a piece Of this team and that is what you Desperately need and want from Hornets Draft picks at this point I think he's On track to be in that game next year And you know what these games aren't for Sinners so don't know don't even sweat It especially especially like the Williams and Kessler types right like
During maybe because he's just lightning In a bottle too at that spot so maybe During a little bit more yeah he might Be able to get some but but this it's Like putting Rudy gobert in the All-Star Game like nobody wants to see him yeah Well Kessler shoot a three I guarantee He's shooting a three in this game Yeah yeah Hasn't attempted one yet in the NBA that Was a big sticking point in college So there's one going up in Utah uh my my Last thing on on the Utah All-Star I Think we've got to hold out uh I don't Think lamelo he would he get an invite To the Three-Point Contest probably not I don't do they still have the skills I Should know this do they still have the Skills challenge I think they do maybe I Mean they do I'll look it up research Team working overtime that might be the NBA needs to find a way who else do you Want in these skills challenge outside Of lamelo I mean plays with such Flair He did he did a windmill uh bounce pass Last night I've never seen it before Yeah so I think that's the guy you Wanted the skills challenge NBA come on Open your eyes absolutely yes Saturday February 18th 8 o'clock it is all those Events the skills challenge is still up And running babies let's start it right Now guys today hashtag it out Lamelloskills hashtag lamella skills
Utah come on let's go let's get them in There all right that is David Walker the Footwear Phenom the Pharaoh of foot Candy the Sultan of sneakers you can Find them on Twitter at David B Walker And I'm Walker mail catch me on WFNZ From 12 to 3. David appreciate you man Thanks again amen absolutely all right That uh thank you so much for listening To us making us your first lesson we're Free and available anywhere you get your Podcast make your second listen game to Game NBA yay they cover every game from Across the NBA with local analysis that Only lockdown can deliver follow game to Game unlocked on NBA available on the Odyssey app YouTube and wherever you get Your podcast have a great rest of your Day we'll be back with you tomorrow
Charlotte North Carolina – Things to Do and See
Events, Life & Sports
Charlotte North Carolina is one of the top 20 fastest growing cities in the US. It boasts a strong financial industry, a moderate climate, and an up-and-coming food scene.
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