David Walker joins the pod to discuss a bizarre video of Kai Jones on social media. Is there anything to takeaway? Afterwards, the guys discuss the chances Miles Bridges comes off the bench immediately after his suspension. Should he start right away? Finally, Doug brings a question about Hornets culture to the pod.
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David Walker joins us once again after a Long break we discussed The Hornet's Culture and if miles Bridges enters the Starting lineup immediately Upon Returning from his suspension all of That today unlocked 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 part of the Locked on podcast Network it's your team Every day thanks for making us your First listen we're free and available Anywhere you get your pods and that Includes YouTube David Walker the master Of the midsole he is back it has been a Long time we appreciate his presence Alongside Doug Branson of course what You can catch his work on his sub stack Every hornetsboxcore.com and you can Listen to me on the radio talking a lot Of Carolina Panthers lost today from 12 To 3 P.M sports radio 92 7 WFNZ but We're not talking Panthers today we're Talking Charlotte Hornets and we welcome David back how has the break been are You ready for more Hornets content in Your life David oh well you guys are Providing plenty of orange content as Are the Hornets right I mean let's get Some social media that's going off Exactly that's true that's the Segway Yeah the the way that they're Contributing the content though it's not
Not great so I'd seen this a couple of weeks before It actually took place I guess the video That happened with Kai Jones in question Was on Thursday or Friday when most of Hornets fans found out so there's a Video that Kai Jones was released and Really captured by somebody watching his Instagram live feed this was from a few Days back right it was sometime last Week and in that video Kai Jones is Dancing music is playing in the Background sweating profusely and saying A bunch of nonsense to be honest with You he is saying things that are really Hard to figure out what they are not There are some things that you can Figure out the Hornets are not going to Trade me if they do then I'll have my Buy at least that's what it seems like He's saying but they're very high on me And they're not going to trade me almost You know it's weird to talk about it I Almost like some kind of paranoia Speaking to Instagram feed but whatever It was a very odd video pretty bizarre And it caught fire right it went viral Then people started to talk about The Hornet's culture as it pertains to what Happened with Miles Bridges being Arrested for domestic violence and then You had James book Knight all of his Problems that he had a while back I just Want to make something clear it's not
That okay Kai Jones and the bizarre Video that was released it is not in any Of that category and I do want to create That separation because people tried to Bring that in oh see look look how bad It is surrounding the Hornets which yeah The culture I guess it's not great I Mean you for sure have a couple players That got in trouble but for this one I Think there were a lot of people that Were reaching out one you either fired Off jokes or you said man is Kai okay Because the last two weeks even before That video came out there had been some Activity that was called into question Where even I know at i o handles I know He's you know covers the Hornets very Well on social social media just a lot Of stuff that's going on and he had been Warning people yo what's going on with Kai Jones Twitter account Instagram feed Right now it's pretty wild and then the Video that ultimately was released People were talking about that's what Got all the attention so I'll throw all Of that over to you Doug real quickly Just to see what your thoughts are on it And after the video what you saw from Kai Jones and everything that income That it encompasses excuse me uh the Videos are certainly odd um but I you Know having watched Kai Jones do content And and do content for the Hornets and For his own social media accounts I mean
He seems like an odd dude and and that's Fine it's okay to be it's okay to be odd Now if you do that you put that out into The public space you know people are Going to critique it I mean I'm odd on This show I do odd things on the show All the time so I understand that some People are going to get it and some People aren't what I don't like is when These kinds of things happen that we Have people that jump on and are Suddenly mental health experts and They're suddenly you know drug experts Because their you know cousin was Bipolar and so they know what this looks Like I hate all that stuff like look if If there are people that watch this that Know him that know him on a daily basis That know know how he acted maybe you Know months ago or whatever and they see Something significantly different here And they want to figure out what's going On that's totally fine and we'll you Know ultimately that stuff will all come Out but you know if I just don't like When people jump on and make these kind Of huge jumps to conclusions Um you know we just have to keep an eye On it you know I think look these guys That get on here on social media and Start revealing stuff about inner Workings of the franchise because They're replying to comments that's That's the part where I go okay okay
Calm down here yeah when he starts Bringing up Mitch cup check because that That could affect his future ultimately Yeah you never want to do that with your Boss right and like everyone has to be Careful on social media I thought I saw I don't know if it was a relative or Someone close to Kai or somebody at some Point went on said hey Like he's okay you know or or or or or Everything's fine or something but that Did happen real quick so just yeah Depending on who you trust out there I Didn't see it from an actual sourced Person right but I have seen a Kai Jones Dad message saying quote thanks to Everyone for your thoughts and prayers For Kai everything is going to be all Right and gave a couple of emojis there So that was the message Well I mean I mean that's all you can Hope for and this is that kind of that Weird in between time when the team is Not really Um you know there's he's not really I Guess around the team I'm not sure I Mean they're they're you know it's it's Still almost training camp still in the Off season like there's no summer league Um I don't know what the activities are But you hope that somebody has reached Out to him maybe from the team I mean if He's dropping Mitch's name I have to Imagine maybe someone did Miles jumped
Into that live and said you know hey uh Log off so they're aware obviously Excuse me but uh It's Tricky right I Mean to Doug's point you just don't know You're seeing one you're seeing it Through one lens none of it looks great Um but but hopefully someone can get Their arms around them and and and if It's more than that Um you know you know talk to them or get Him to talk to someone What do you have Doug you had some Thoughts well it's just another instance Of something being in the National media Uh that involves the Charlotte Hornets That has nothing to do with them being Successful on the court uh and you know They they sort of this franchise for the Past few years is oscillated between Irrelevant and joke and you know for Another weekend the Hornets were sort of A very quick National joke before Everyone went on forgetting that the Hornets exist and so you know at some Point there does need to be a winning And a culture established uh that you Know can limit some of these things I Mean you don't see these kinds of things Happening uh in Miami you don't see These kinds of things happening uh in in Denver Um you know there are organizations that Have enough veteran presences you know That can you know educate
Younger players on like what what you Should put out into the world and what You shouldn't because again even if even If you take the most innocent Explanation of all of this and say look Kai is a odd dude and he's having fun And and you know he's he just got done With a workout and so that's why he's Sweating profusely and you know he has a Bahamian accent so some of those things That he's saying you know maybe you know He's he's doing his best with his accent And people are just misinterpreting even If you go to the most innocent Explanation of all of it it's just it's Odd it's not basketball it's not what You want to see if you hope this team is Going to put together a winning season Next season so yeah yeah well I was Going to say the last update here for me Right I I do think you're right Doug I Don't want to act like a mental health Expert I don't want to do that and say Well this is clearly what's happening Now he needs help make sure everybody's Giving him help but I do have a concern Based off what I've seen based on how His behavior has changed on social media Over the last couple of weeks over the Last month or so depending on what you Whatever you think is a real change in What Kai Jones behavior is I think Miles Bridges going on Instagram live yes Interesting name to be the one giving
Out advice here but miles bridge is Saying get off love you fam get off Something like that right get off of Instagram live is what he was saying Dennis Smith Jr also Dennis Smith Jr Commented on the feed and said hey get Off the live feed get off right now stop Doing what you're doing couple players Going to Kai and saying hey this is not Great for you hop off of the camera I Think that's concerning I did see also To reference his Twitter handle again at I o handles I don't have Instagram I Didn't check I didn't do the sleuth work But he said man a lot of the Hornets Players unfollowed Kai I see I don't Like that either we don't I don't even Know you gotta confirm that stuff that's That's ridiculous like it could have Been a block situation and then none of That's helpful none of that's helpful to Me I don't understand why that that Needs to happen and then it gets spread Around and people make us assumptions This is what needs to happen the actual Report or the fact that they unfollow It's not a report that's not a report That's somebody actual tweet or the fact That they unfollowed is what you're Saying I mean we do this all the time Right like we'll even talk about hey PJ Washington got his Hornets logo out of His bio I like yes it might not have the Same kind of comment because it's the
Tweet it's some dude tweeting we don't Know like there's no evidence there's Nothing showing it could have been a Block situation it's not we don't Necessarily know that these players Unfollowed him that would be weird for Like uh you know 11 to 15 guys all Getting together in the summer when They're all doing that thing and getting On the phone saying hey we need to Unfollow kaija that's ridiculous and People just put this stuff out there and You know then it gets again it gets a Bunch of retweets everybody gets their Everybody gets their clout and then we All move on and think that everybody's Unfollowed Kai Jones I just don't like It well but okay I guess I guess it's Just all about the Credence you give to A Twitter handle right like I I this one I do and if you don't that's fair There's no evidence how do you give Credence to something but there's no Evidence well I mean well wait is there Evidence to the contrary I guess like I I just put it I didn't put but nobody Put out the contrary you have to if you Could have put something out if you're Gonna put something out like that you Should put you know there should be some Kind of evidence and if there is none Then I don't give Credence to that Twitter account anymore that's just a That's that's a that's a report that's
Not a report yeah that that's fair I Guess I have a different take on this Kai Jones stuff for me I think there is Something concerning and hopefully Everything's okay but I don't know that For sure you're absolutely right about That and then we'll see how it goes down With Kai Jones a little bit later on so We can move on we can talk about miles Bridges the guy that did hop on the Instagram live feed we'll talk about That coming up next on lockdown Hornets Podcast Don't go to sleep on the Hornets just Yet is he going to be fantastic as soon As he enters the starting lineup once Again miles Bridges after a 10-game Suspension that is the question in hand We'll get to it in just a moment but not Before we talk about Um one of our favorite sponsors here in Ibotta picking up burgers and hot dogs For a summer barbecue right before the Summer season ends you know you're Already about to do it so why not get Cash back for it with Ibotta it's Officially summer and a new season means New clothes but your closet should not Be the only thing growing when you make Those purchases now you can also watch Your cashback grow with each purchase With Ibotta and Ibotta gives you cash Back on hundreds of grocery items from Produce to personal care to Pantry Goods
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Text like a sub tweet but it was Actually on the on the subtext this is Yeah this is a platform called subtext Uh join subtext.com forward slash locked On Hornets you essentially get my phone Number it's one-on-one access to me Um I'm chopping it up with the official Members of the locked on Hornets sicko Brigade and one of them in one of these Conversations CT of the of the 11th Corey Higgins division of the sicko Brigade CT asked me about miles Bridges And whether or not we're all make making An assumption here on the show and Otherwise that Miles Bridges will Immediately start upon ending his uh Suspension for the the felony domestic Violence charges so I I think it's an Interesting question are we are we Assuming at this point that immediately Upon returning to the Charlotte Hornets After missing an entire NBA season kind Of unprecedented Will he start again Yeah I think he'll start at some point I Don't I don't think that is gonna look I Don't think he's going to come back and Play extremely well right off the bat I Do think that it might take some time And I don't know if he's going to start As soon as he's back from that 10 game Suspension right I do think if you're Asking me is he going to become a Starter for majority of the season I
Would say yes right after missing 10 Games let's give him a month whatever Maybe that's even too long to be honest With you so let's give him a month he Comes back you know Works off the rust Maybe has bad shooting splits maybe has Bad shooting numbers altogether in the First month maybe two months something Like that I do think that on a team that Doesn't have a ton of talent it's not Like there's a big old bar for Miles Bridges to clear so you have Gordon Hayward you have PJ Washington you have A front court that yeah there are some Interesting questions to be had there But I don't think that it's so talented To the point where Miles Bridges isn't Going to be one of the top five more Talented players on this roster because I think we all agree even me who loves PJ Washington you know player for player If they are both at their at their Highest skill level or even at their Medium skill level miles is a better Player overall than what PJ Washington Is and so I expect that floor to somehow Come back even if it is in the second Half of the season but you're right I Don't think that it's just magically Something we can expect to come back Right away after missing so much time And with a new coach he's never played With Steve Clifford before good point Yeah I think the only way that he's not
Pretty quickly uh injected back in the Starting lineup is if they're undefeated 10-0 still possible mathematically still Possible or if he's just not showing it Right if he's like a step or two behind In the practices and I guess in the Priest I guess he could play in the Preseason Um you know if he's not showing it to The team Um outside of the games and they really Want to slow roll him back in but this Has been the plan for two years I mean There was no other plan if he had not Had the the trouble off the court he Would have they would have signed him uh Last summer he would have been you know Right back in the starting lineup and Done his thing so like this is the plan Uh you're right that Steve Clifford is Kind of the one interesting thing here But you know Steve Clifford uh sees what Else they have he knows he's aware of Their roster at this point and I think Miles Bridges was a uh borderline All-Star player when he left they're Counting on that to be the case when he Comes back I mean I think that's Certainly their their hope that's their Plan so he's going to be starting uh I Think it's a safe assumption to say and Just as soon as they can get him up to Speed I think is their plan Yeah I mean the big question is is he
The same player that he was when he was That borderline All-Star because I don't Know how you can become a better player When you don't play actual NBA games for A year I don't I just don't know how That's possible so the question really Is is he the same player uh physically And just game wise that he was back then And I think the Hornets will have a firm Understanding of that by the time Training camp closes and they you know Go through their preseason process and So if the answer to that question is yes Then I think going to David's point it Will be up to Steve Clifford after those 10 games to evaluate what he has and Steve Clifford is someone that's known If he finds a playing group if he finds A starting group in that first 10 games That he really likes and is playing well He's not going to be so easily moved off Of that so yeah I think we have to be Careful in making that assumption that Miles will immediately go if he were on A longer term contract I think I would Be more willing to assume that he would Find his way back in the starting role Sooner rather than later but I don't Know that there's a lot of pressure to Necessarily make that happen because I Think regardless of whether miles has a Giant role on this team or a reduced Role compared to two seasons ago miles Is going to explore the open market
That's what this is all about at the end Of this road as miles going out there at Every other team and saying this is who I am who wants me and and that will Might include the Charlotte Hornets but There's no you know what what happens This season is not necessarily going to Be I think giving Charlotte an advantage Or disadvantage when we get to that Process but it is fascinating because I'm trying to think of another time Where we've seen a player take a year Off right and essentially just train you Know he hasn't been playing 82 games he Hasn't been playing all of the uh you Know there's not really the the uh the Wear down right or the grind on his body Of that there has been other players I Was listening to a fantasy football uh Podcast guys and they were mentioning You know with this covered year and some Of these guys taking years off before They go into the draft and just training Football is different than basketball I Get it Um but you know they're seeing some of These instant Returns on some of these Rookies coming in by just training all Off season instead of playing and not Taking those hits on the body we haven't Seen it on the basketball court I'm Trying to think I'm sure there's some Example of someone sitting out but it's Usually for injury right there is there
Is one there is one can you I I did a Little research because I was interested In this question as well there is one Instance non-injury where a player Missed uh almost 82 games pretty close And had to sit down an entire system That wasn't due to injury that was not Due to injury there's one pretty famous Case of it happening well Michael Jordan Well Michael took a little baseball Okay not Michael division I'm thinking Of a player that would was kind of had Already been an All-Star or a fringe All-Star at least Who was suspended after playing seven Games it was suspended for the rest of The season and had to come back and was Essentially I mean statistically was the Same player so I have football on the Mine so this is why I'm going with this Example but we can go to Calvin Ridley Calvin Ridley yes another example but Nominal wide receiver with the Atlanta Falcons who misses an entire season Because of because he was gambling on The NFL a big No-No when they're trying To be in bed with gambling and so then He comes back and then in week one that We just saw yesterday goes off for 100 Yards because the talent isn't lost and I remember Dominique Foxworth talking About this again in a football fashion But I think we can apply it to Basketball as well the talent doesn't
Just go away you're right I do think That there's a lot of concerns as far as How effective miles will be immediately But I don't think that Miles Bridges Talent is just going to vanish in thin Air so much point where it's safe to say Oh I don't know he's not going to start I feel very good about it it would be to Me an outlier case of somebody that Gifted losing his talent altogether Especially in the second half of the Season and then even Beyond I totally Agree hey there were three uh Charlotte Franchise players that were involved or Or were around the malice at the palace Quickly can you name the three Charlotte Franchise players that were involved in Malice at the palace Up there at that point Eldon Campbell That's number two that is with the Pistons at that point um another piston One more piston I don't know if I can give you the Piston quickly enough DC Derrick Coleman Derek Coleman who apparently was like Protecting Larry Brown and Larry Brown's Son who was a ball boy like Derrick Coleman was big enough to protect two People at once He was uh Derrick Coleman was protecting Them during the malice at the palace oh So Larry Brown I guess you could count Him as well if you want to count four uh Play a player and a coach Larry Brown I
Was involved in miles of the battles as Well all right nice little mallets at The palace talk and uh yeah miles Bridges those guys didn't lose their Talent either you know so hopefully Hopefully uh Walker doesn't suspend me For the season after that After after our malice in the podcast After our malice in the first segment Yeah all right well it wasn't even mad At you I'm not even I wasn't even I'm Not even mad at you I'm not mad at you Matted bad journalism All right listen we go to the final Segment let's go okay let's go to the Final segment coming up next lockdown Hornets Don't go to sleep on the Hornets just Yet all right coming up next we'll talk A little bit more about maybe the Rotation get David's thoughts on the Rotation coming up this season because We finally have the roster in place After the PJ Washington deal got done so We'll get some thoughts there and just Close this thing out coming up next Lockdown Hornets All right so when we were talking about The rotation uh I think it was just last Week we'll get to a couple of other Takes here real quickly but miles Bridges coming in Um I don't know how many people saw did You allow your uh graph dug to be
Downloadable because I did see somebody Ask if you could have your graph out There can they find it on your sub stack Uh no I'm working on it I'm working Yeah it's it's gonna hit one one or all Of those platforms at some point there There are a lot of Subs there but either Way David here's the question I want to Ask you when Doug on his graph had the Lineup that most people want to see what Was that category called the lineup that Everybody sicko's wet dream thank you The citgo's wet dream lineup that's Right we brought that to the table as Well what what is David Walker's wet Dream Charlotte Hornets lineup oh my god Um I'm gonna start at the ends uh lamello And Mark Williams and honestly just real Quick on that Duo I think that's one of The things I'm looking most forward to This season to see how those two can get Off to a hot start hopefully and kind of Pick up where they left off and their Limited time together last year I think That's a little bit under the radar Duo nationally because we just haven't Seen it but I think the skill is there And I think you know I don't I don't Want to tip my hand for for maybe a take Will get off but I mean Mark Williams Future USA basketball center I don't Know we'll see do they need some help do They play centers anymore I thought Kerr
Was just going like five six foot two Guys I don't know they don't I don't Think they play centers anymore yeah but I think you know I mean I feel like They're going to run it back to me Walker I mean I I guess Terry is going To slide into the shooting guard you'd Have miles there and then uh who am I Forgetting well there's Brandon Miller Too and I know we wanted to see Brandon Into the top five that that's the one That people yeah so Um the the Brandon Miller I wonder how Much shooting guard he's gonna play this Year like if if there's going to be that Much you know well that's the Tantalizing thing right that's what we Talked about so much around draft night Is like if that could be a thing yeah Then you're really talking about Unlocking something special in the Backcourt but it just it feels like We're maybe a little bit away from that Yeah Um all right so I know you also had some Uh USA basketball today exactly they Lost yes they lost in Germany they are The world champion of nothing much to Know Noah Lyles they lost to Canada in The bronze game as well so they don't Even meddle yeah which by the way the Whole new Lyle stuff it this is not this Is not some piece of evidence for him And being right it what people are like
Oh no allows was right all along no They're not calling themselves world Champions if they aren't the champion of Anything it's NBA players calling Themselves world champions if they win The NBA time that's weird that was such A thing like that's your platform that's What you chose to speak about well no it Lies yeah he does lie he was lying there Um so what do you think about Team USA Dropping this game against Germany there David You have to start at the top and really This is a failure uh of Grant Hill uh of Coach K and ultimately Duke basketball Is right because most of this blame I Think you could look at the play you Know the searching for fouls uh the Roster construction and uh just you know You know coach K's got four or five Different podcasts he's he's on New York Times he's featured in an article but I Mean where is he now I mean look I know Kurt played at Arizona but it feels like He played a Duke you know I mean get out Of here Steve Kerr well I mean when we Were going into the summer I was trying To figure out particularly the big man Rotation and I mean watching some of These games it's like who's getting These rebounds and and no one was really And for a small team like that to be out Shot from three is is also baffling so Just say say what you want to say which
Is that lamello needed to be on this Team right he wasn't because of injury And that he's you know that this puts More shine on him in the in the lamello Anthony Edwards Anthony Edwards couldn't Do it he took four 40 shots a game and Couldn't do it Halliburton couldn't do It Reeves couldn't do it that's right You know what I mean are you listening Matt Moore are you listening Matt more Put that man's name higher on the list All these guys that have pumped up ahead Of lamella over the summer you know Couldn't bring home any medals for the USA and so the big winner of the summer I mean it has to be lamelo ball Boxing gloves and all Boxing Day Canada It's frustrating all right Doug you had One subtext question you wanted to get To before we end oh subtext question no I don't think it's a subtext question What did I want oh no this is not a Subtext question this was a something That just popped up on the locked on NBA DM you know the host all talk and a lot Of shows right now are doing what Channels yeah so many I mean yeah you Can't subscribe to that one that one's Private I can't let anyone into that Feed Anyway but a lot of these locked on NBA Shows are talking about what their team Culture is And so I just thought since we have
David here uh you know we've got a Couple of hornets historians here uh What is Hornet's culture what is it is It is it does it exist what is it The whole I mean go ahead Walker Oh no I Don't I don't know what the Hornets Culture is to be honest with you I have No clue I mean unfortunately yeah it's a Starter jacket I mean well and I I guess yeah it's it's The fashion right it's going back to Alonso and Larry and you know doing the Whole Nostalgia thing over and over Again I you know some of this is fair There's not a whole lot of winning History with this organization so we can Only really go to the starter jacket and We can only go to the purple and teal But to be fair I mean Yeah it's not like I point to a lot of Other teams in the NBA and say at least In the the mid markets the smaller Markets whatever we can say yeah they Have a culture of of winning sometimes Like a lot of yes teams will have More success in the postseason at Different points are we saying that's The culture of some of these other mid Or small Market teams in the NBA so yeah I don't know what it is with the Hornets But like even you know watching the Pacers I the Pacers have been a Mid-market team that constantly competes And they've been very good but I guess
That was like what more than five years Ago like I don't know what it is now you Know I think it's just all fluctuating At different eras of each of these you Know periods in time for the franchises Yeah when the Hornets were first Established they did have a culture that Was fashion it was colors that that Allowed it I think to spread nationally Uh even globally uh because it just was So perfectly 90s but the culture locally Was more than that it was hey Charlotte Is on the scene where small town big City now because we have a professional Sports franchise people love I think They love that identity of that like Upstart team that they they they beat The Bulls you know to get their their First win like or to get that big win Like it was there were so many of those Moments where it was like you know Leading up to the Alonso morning shot to Win the playoff game that was just like Yeah we're The Underdogs there was an Underdog culture and then of course all Of that melted away with the moving of The franchise to New Orleans and then The Bobcats and you're right they have Not established a new identity a new Culture that really isn't bathing in the Nostalgia of a past that isn't even Fully connected because they left and And had to come back several years later It's not even fully connected with the
Franchise people there are still people Out there like notable people that cover Sports that still think that those stats Belong to New Orleans like where it's Not even fully known that Charlotte owns That history and and so that would be my Challenge to this new ownership Group Which is hey your job is to win Basketball games that's absolutely a the Main part of establishing a culture but You also have to stop leaning into the Nostalgia and start developing a culture Within your franchise starts with Winning but there are other things Including highlighting particular Personalities and and figuring out a Message what is the message when the Hornets win have a message ready to go That says this is who we are this is What we're about and it's not about Alonso we appreciate Alonso it's not About Mugsy or LJ or Baron or Mash we Love those guys but what's the new thing What's the new idea people need Something to connect with yeah this is a Great timing I love this pitch by you Right before they start their 35th Anniversary uh celebration forget all That guys we had a bunch of stuff Planned but that's just it had to cancel Those flights that's just it we're doing Our list right now a little bit Tongue-in-cheek because we just did this Five years ago we just did the list five
Years ago and now we're doing it again Because the Hornets are once again Celebrating a history that didn't even Result in an Eastern Conference 5 finals Appearance appearance yeah I to be fair Though I think they were as close as They've been two years ago right they Were kind of uh League past Darlings Lamella was getting going miles was There I mean they were a fun team they Were the most fun team in the league I Mean that's that's a real argument you Could have and a lot of people said that So I mean they were close to Establishing some sort of I don't know If you want to call it a culture I mean Culture obviously is overused these days But certainly an identity right to to to Stamp and to move forward on so their Hope is they can kind of pick up where They left off we'll see uh but they were They were you know taking steps to get There to some sort of identity uh two Years ago when things kind of went over When awry well I'll tell you what They're not going I love Steve Clifford Okay no one's more of a Steve Clifford Defender on this show than yours truly But I don't think they're going to Establish a culture under a Steve Clifford Mitch cupcak regime I think if You want to establish a culture it has To start with cleaning house saying this Is a totally new situation that we're
Dealing with and we're going to bring in A coach uh that that can establish Here's the new identity of this team not The old identity not the way that things Used to be uh and and we've got a front Office now that is committed to using All of the tools that you can use to Make this team better and that's how you EST that's how you begin that's not how You do it but that's how you begin to Establish a culture yeah I mean it was One question was Kenny Atkinson on the USA bench was he was Kenny Atkins Involved with us I have no clue it was He was he David I feel like you know the Answer to this question I'm gonna find Out Um yeah I mean for me I guess last thing With culture it's I think we can go back To a few years ago when we discussed us At least the camaraderie and the culture Of the locker room with Kimba in there With bismack biyombo with Marvin Williams I look it depends on how you Define this because your right culture Is overused I'd you know I try to Refrain from culture talk as much as I Possibly can to be honest with you Identity is something that's interesting All right what's the identity of this Team well we're going to turn over over The basketball as you know as less as Possible we're not going to do it and We're going to take care of it we're
Going to be highly efficient with our Offense whatever like what whatever your Identity is but with the culture with The Charlotte Hornets I think within the Locker room it had been strong they also Had one playoff appearance to show for It so you know it's how about how about You yeah winning Winning culture like that yeah that Would be that would be the one so no They don't have a winning culture that Would be safe to say about this Hornet's Organism the cool thing is the cool Thing is and this is what I tell sickos All the time is that you know the hope That we hold on to is sickos It is rooted in this idea That as soon as the Hornets start Winning they start winning playoff Series again it's been so long since This happened 21 years and 20 almost 22 Years since it happened That it's gonna feel like our thing like No one else the culture that is instead The next culture that is established Will just fully be born like it's just Gonna be a new thing that is everyone's To embrace uh and and the the old heads Can come along the the newer play the Newer folks that that jumped on board With Kemba and then the newer folks that Jumped on board with lamello like all we All get to be together because it's been So long since this Hornet's team had
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