Terry Rozier says losing is in Charlotte’s “DNA” + Brandon Miller selected to Rising Stars Challenge

Terry Rozier says losing is in Charlotte’s “DNA” + Brandon Miller selected to Rising Stars Challenge

Say It Ain’t So Terry Terry roier making some comments on the Hornets franchise now that he’s with heat culture now I get the heat culture Jersey on WE defended you man now he’s taking shots at the Charlotte Hornets organization we do have Brandon Miller though there is

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Mailed you can listen to me on WFNZ every weekday from 12: to 300 p.m. and we just can’t escape Escape any embarrassment whatsoever this is our lives okay these are the days of our lives where we continue to do these episodes and then we have to talk about something embarrassing that happened the

Day prior this is what our content is and so every once in a while we need a break despite the Hornets not allowing us to have said break so the latest update the latest level in reaching a certain embarrassment is Terry roier talking about the Hornets organization

And he was asked about the difference in losing with the Hornets compared to losing with Miami and they’re losing they’re losing right now they are on a a certified losing streak they are they are losing as well but there’s a difference uh Doug and and Terry told us

About it here’s what Terry had to say about the difference between losing with both franchises this is It’s just total opposite it’s total opposite you know when you’re in Charlotte you kind of used to losing it’s it’s kind of your DNA uh and it suckss to say that cuz how

Much of a competitor I am but over here is just you know it’s the total opposite nobody wants nobody wants to lose nobody you know is fine with it and uh I think today was super helpful with the video and you know I talking to one another

And I think uh you know hopefully tomorrow we can turn things around but I think everybody it’s no secret everybody know the difference between organizations some organizations in the league how well some people take win in the culture of things this is the

Top la la la la la I don’t want to hear it anymore no more I don’t want to hear it I’m done done hat tip to uh Wes Goldberg host of the locked on heat podcast who got that sound and the Hornets Reddit Twitter account that uh tipped me off on

It yeah no hat tip for sure we appreciate it yeah it’s it’s tough um so what’s unfortunate is Terry roier saying this about very team and the Very teammates that he loves but also no one can really disagree with what he’s saying I’ll go to you here I’ve talked a

Lot about this Doug uh oh you talked about it on WFNZ already no I’m sorry I’ve just talked about it a lot here right like just you know I’ve been talking a lot hogging all your airtime at the beginning of the show why don’t you share with us your thoughts on what

Terry rier had to say well I hope you do talk about it on Wesson Walker 12 to3 today because I am very interested in what the text line feels about this because I personally I personally am conflicted because what he said was true and I’m glad he said it I’m glad when

Anyone says it I’m glad when this ownership group is confronted with the shame and it’s not all on their plate although Gabe Plotkin has been a part of this organization for for a while now uh before becoming one of the primary owners but they need to be confronted with the

Shame where I’m conflicted though is hey Terry why didn’t you say that when you were a part of this organization when you could have influenced change by saying something like this publicly by applying pressure publicly instead look and we lauded you for playing hard appreciate that but but

Fundamental change did not happen in this organization while you were a part of it this is not a profile and courage to go in front of the Miami Media and and dish on Charlotte so I’m I’m terribly conflicted by this no I I am too and here I am talking about you know

The Terry’s time and Charlotte eulogy when I had my own episode and I’m saying we already went through this with Kelly UB by the way we just went through this with Kelly UB right you’re exactly right Kelly and I was comparing the two comments Kelly it felt more like he was

Talking about the city of Charlotte and the fans and how they expect to lose and it is a losing culture for sure but it was more on the fans front at least that’s the way I heard it when Kelly was talking about it Doug this feels more

Like the organization in what Terry is talking about how they care it’s in their DNA I I guess it’s in our DNA hell I’m wearing the logo right now but it’s the classic Hornet I don’t know about this new one if we can differentiate it

Yeah maybe it’s in my DNA as a fan but it doesn’t seem like he was talking about the fan base compared to what Kelly UB was saying you’re right th this this was always a little bit a part of my roller coaster relationship with Terry as a fan of the Charlotte Hornets

It is going up to the podium and saying this team has to play better defensively we have to buy in and then them continuing to be 25th defense in the league or Worse yeah this is Terry roier who says that he has to be more vocal in

The locker room and out there on the court but then nothing changes too much at least to the point where you have a winning culture or get to some level of mediocrity because right now yeah they had it two years ago when they got to the play and then got stomped but they

Did have an over 500 record that has not happened that has not been the case the last couple of years and so that’s been the rocky relationship right ultimately Terry I didn’t question his effort whatsoever like on the court the dude gave it his all every single time he got

Better as a basketball player checks all the boxes there maybe he’s just not a leader in that regard of galvanizing the troops maybe the environment is so hard for him to do that here I give Credence to that also that may very well be true but it is unfortunate that here we are

Are we two weeks removed now from Terry being in the heat culture and he’s telling you it’s in their DNA oh man you used to be one of their not anymore now you got the heat culture Jersey on and it’s them they used to lose what that no

I don’t yeah it’s in their DNA not mine I’m Different that’s right he though you’re exactly right he he does own a part of that failure he owns a part of that losing and and any success that he had that he had while he was in

Charlotte he owns that too but he was not it wasn’t as if the failure was just happening all around him and he and he took no part in it by not applying public pressure you know he was a part of that entire culture because no one

Would stand up and say enough is enough there is there’s not enough Talent here we cannot win basketball games like this and and you know he was also a part of two playin blowout losses he was a part of that too so let’s not get it twisted

But back to his Central Point which is that losing is in this organization’s DNA I I think that that might be going a little too far but it’s certainly a part because a DNA it makes up everything that you are and you can’t change your DNA unless you’re in a comic book and

You fall into a vat of like nuclear waste or whatever but you can’t change your D DNA the Hornets can absolutely change the culture they can change what’s going on it will be very difficult it will take time but it is not impossible to do but here’s what it

Takes it takes will it takes courage it takes investment we’re here right now because the previous owner and Michael Jordan did not invest in this team like one would expect someone to invest if they wanted to actually win basketball games and not cash out at the end for

Billions of dollars because this new ownership group guess what they can continue to lose exactly like they’re losing right now and if they have zero Shame about it they will C you know three four five 10 years down the line they’re going to cash the same exact

Check that Michael Jordan did going out the door so that’s why I hope that players like Terry continue to speak out I would love if someone in the current roster would do it publicly and I hope that away away fans continue to pour into the spectum center and chant for

Their team and I hope that bird calls continue to fly out from crazy Utah fans and I hope I don’t wish that you went one step too far one step too far I hope that eventually those bird calls land on the ears of Gabe Plotkin and Rick schn

And it induces shame because that is the only thing that is going to move this organization in the right direction is the ownership group feeling Shame about what they have rought what they continue to rot on this fan base and then do something about it there we go uh that’s

It’s always the best dis out do something about it is the way that you end to take like that you take a swig you take a breath and then we’ll move on coming up next on the lock on Hornets podcast I’m glad you’re back don’t go to

Sleep on the Hornets just yet thank you I’m glad to be back immediately because it’s always better in this chair I can do it in this chair when I’m in your chair right it’s completely different there’s a responsibility I’m thinking about ads I’m thinking about moving the

Show I’m thinking about get making sure David has enough time to talk in this chair there’s freedom I love this chair do does David interrupt you when you’re in this chair no it’s great no it’s anyways it’s in our DNA I do want to have a couple of comments about the

DNA thing and the actual change I want to continue to explore that thought we’ll get to that in a moment and then another part of the change could be already on the roster with Brandon Miller it does not seem at all like losing is a part of his DNA we’ll get to

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Hornets ahead all right back to the DNA thing you know that I’m always going to think about that now Terry roier cuz it you’re right Doug it’s a big old statement I I I’m not trying to make this thing into a mountain this mole hill into a mountain I’m not trying to

Do that but when you say that it’s in the DNA you’re right it does kind of indicate that there isn’t anything that can change and then I go back over the second iteration of the franchise in Charlotte and they haven’t won the closest that they did get was 2015 and

16 and that was a seven game series when they get to game seven they get bounced they get absolutely destroyed so as we see the current state of the second iteration of this franchise because I mean a lot of people will joke about the first iteration and they at

Least won Playoff series no they didn’t get to a Conference Finals but that team I mean that team actually has had some success right not this one so it’s still here maybe it couldn’t change until Michael sold majority stake of the team and I often thought well all right when

Michael purchased it everybody was excited and then it became this easy thing to do to just blame Michael for all of the problems and he was responsible for a lot but it was just always hey let’s have an intelligent conversation about the Hornets nope Michael’s thought I’m done that’s my

Take what you got that’s how things used to go the change now is the fact that we’ve already seen it with gay Plotkin and Rick schn taking over we’ve already seen it as far as the titles changing now we’re seeing seeing Stadium updates people joked because it’s like great why

Don’t you just put a product on the floor that we can actually watch that’s the easy joke to make for sure I’m not even not here for it but they are making the stadium updates they’re starting to put their fing F prints on the organization they are in information

Gathering mode yep make your jokes there too because this is the best franchise at gathering information and not actually doing anything about it but the last year or what six months that they’ve had the tenure here the the last year or so that they’ve been gathering information hopefully we can see that

Applied going into next year this offseason is going to tell us how much they’re going to try because they’re going to have cap space depending on what they do with the cap space is going to be interesting I fully expect a new general manager I fully expect a new

Head coach and this is the fresh clean slate that we so desperately need and we’re also hoping that this is the batter of radio or the the pot of radioactive batter if you will like that’s what we’re hoping that we just fall in there and this is the actual

Change that you were talking about so it look the the hope is that we just fall into that and maybe plot can schn they can figure this thing out while building around Brandon Miller lamelo ball and then whoever else like those are the two guys that matter I I like the Mark

Williams stuff is always wishy-washy the guys that matter right now are lamelo ball and Brandon Miller and we’ll see what can happen from there yeah look they’re obviously willing to invest in the stad in the arena and they’ve hinted that they are going to invest heavily into a new practice facility and those

Look those things matter the the arena matters to fans cuz they are experiencing this the ones that actually attend these games the season ticket holders you know that the that’s the lifeblood of of these organizations you know that it matters to them uh and and The Practice Facility actually does

Matter in terms of attracting Talent you want those amenities for players that you want them to know hey we’re investing in those things that are going to make your life more comfortable if you play here uh whether whether you like it or not um so th those things

Matter but are they willing to invest in getting a because it’s one thing to fire your coach it’s one thing to fire your GM but are they willing to invest in a world class coach are they willing to invest in a and and give into some of

The demands that a world class coach would would have are they willing to invest in a world class front office that’s that to me is the the delineation between franchises that have losing as part of their culture and franchises that don’t they’re willing to invest in things that actually result in winning

Basketball including players including cutting checks for players in free agency or trading for players that have major contracts and then dealing with those contracts As you move forward risk it’s all about risk this team this front office this ownership group was not willing to risk they always wanted they

Wanted to magically win something and then and then they would invest in this team if only this team would win then it was a chicken in the egg kind of thing magic thinking magic thinking has permeated through the Michael Jordan era of the Charlotte Hornets and now Michael

Jordan is still a a a part owner of the a minority owner of this franchise and Rick schn and Gabe Plotkin have both have connections deep connections with Michael Jordan and so the question is is it part of is Michael Jordan and and the nonin and the not doing what it takes

Investment wise to make this organization world class is that part of the DNA is that going to continue to be part of the DNA because if it does then maybe Terry was right and the world class coach you talk about out it doesn’t have to be Mike

Dantony right it doesn’t have to I don’t know he’s a world class coach 50 wins you know that’s right I said that to the wrong person I forgot yeah why would you say that to me that was a direct shot no Wes and Walker lock down hornets it’s

Very different no I would love Mike dantony just to be clear my point is it doesn’t have to be the big name like like this is this is why I liked what the Panthers did so much I’ve got Panthers on the brain because it’s all Panthers news coming in but hey they

Just did the normal thing and they just went after a hot assistant coach you know depending you know hot could mean a couple things there but hot assistant coach that did a great job the previous season and it’s time to promote that guy that did such a great job at multiple

Stops the the Hornets could do the same thing instead of doing the retread they did it with James bgo like at the time that they hired bgo I was totally cool with it like that was a it it was one of those hey who knows like the ceiling

Could we we don’t know what the ceiling is but that was a a smart move at the time and then they decided to move on and that’s been polarizing but whatever they did it and then you go after Steve Clifford and that was an issue right from the get-go even if it’s not

Necessarily all his fault as to why they’re so underperforming right now but you could just do the right things that winning organizations do or that organizations that make that jump do hey let’s go after the assistant coach that did a great job with a winning franchise

And see if it’s time and then we can apply it with a bunch of new players we have two young core guys already on the roster that we would like to build with now it’s up to us to put that Talent next to the new head coach next to the

Two guys that we want to move forward with and if we can’t do it then we’ll fail again but those decisions are the ones that are going to lead this team out of the mud that they’ve been stuck in since 2004 and by the way no more trading players to Eastern Conference

Title contenders okay that’s out Kelly and Terry they ruined it for everybody if I’m the front office I’m marching into the locker room and being like listen if we trade any of you bums you’re going to I don’t know you’re going to Toronto you’re going to ship

You to Chicago but no no no more of this sending them to Miami or Philadelphia or anything like that sorry Terry and Kelly ruined it kids it it is it is happening like that which is very weird right perhaps it’s because they don’t cost as much money in the other cases outside of

Terry because it Malik wasn’t traded but Malik eventually goes to the Lakers and that’s when they’re competing and then Kelly goes to Philadelphia now Terry is going to Miami as this Mason goes to the Clippers yeah right everybody sorry Nick sorry Nick I hope you like museums

Because you’re heading to DC buddy jayen McDaniels goes to Philly they all go somewhere it is actually amazing that’s a great Point qu it’s a great point it’s not an Eastern Conference title Contender but they’re all conference they’re all title contenders yeah it’s nuts all right we’re doing fruit here

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Up Doug it’s about time we get to Brandon Miller who received good news it’s it’s been the loudest the noisiest shiniest bright spot with the Charlotte Hornets this year it’s that Brandon Miller at number two turned out to be pretty damn good pick we’ll see how it

Goes going forward but that guy has been very good shot making at an elite level Doug I have now crossed over in my feelings with Brandon going to the mid-range and I just expect it to go in right like now now I feel so comfortable

When he gets to his spot and he shoots it within 15 feet now oh yeah it’s a it’s a great shot I’m cool with that the shot making has been ridiculous from the perimeter and let’s just go over the last month or so and really even just

Like the last quarter or maybe the the last half of this month right so it all started when he went for 24 points in the victory over San Antonio so he had one point on the road against San Antonio gets hurt out for a couple of

Games comes back the next week the next Friday scores 24 in the win against San Antonio 23 against Philly 27 in that win against Minnesota 23 and the loss but 23 against Detroit 5 and 12 and then 29 against against New York so a little blip as you declared yesterday not a dip

But just a little blip on the radar and then he bounced back strong with New York Brandon Miller has been fun and I think what most people are more appreciative of yeah you got to be good at basketball that’s okay check right box is checked there but the attitude

This guy so clearly caring as much as anyone it’s not just with him having the towel on his head it’s not we don’t have to deduce it just to that right we can go back at the beginning of the season when Brandon Miller was showing quality and characteristic after characteristic

Of I care about winning basketball even in the summer league making the right Play You could argue was him caring about trying to win those basketball games even in summer league and he continues to do it the Knicks performance Doug being the latest example of that yeah for sure and let’s

Focus on the news for a second so he’s going to Allstar Weekend he’s not an Allstar yet but he is going to all-star weekend and that’s important and and it’s not it wasn’t a given you know number two o overall selection you’re thinking most likely heading to rising

Stars but he could have gotten injured early in the season he could have uh just come out of the gates terrible and and not really recovered or possibly fallen out of a healthier rotation there were a lot of different things that could have happened that would have resulted in him not necessarily getting

This bid to the rising stars but none of that happened instead the exact opposite happened he’s performed on an elite level and he would be in the conversation for Rookie of the Year and literally any other year I think that didn’t involveed two aliens at their

Position and and shed and wimy right and so he’s he’s everything that you could have asked for at that second overall pick and now he’s going to all-star weekend and I think it’s going to be important for him to be around all of that winning it’s going to be important

For all this entire team to get a break to just like get a breather right now because especially Brandon who looks just Gass I don’t know if maybe he’s so tired he’s he’s so tired Doug he is and I don’t know maybe we misinterpreted uh the

Towel over the head of of being about entirely about losing maybe part of it was just like I am exhausted I’m not upset I’m not frustrated I’m just tired because he has put the uh really the team on his back and that’s a lot to when he talked about this last week it

Was when he said he didn’t hit the rookie wall he’s like nope I’m not hitting the rookie wall I don’t believe in it which is a great mentality to have and there were two games that weren’t great of him but then he goes out and he

Scores 29 the thing is maybe we should clarify the rookie wall might not be that you just aren’t producing the rookie wall is that you are damn tired you ain’t used to this volume of basketball and at halftime of that Knicks game I thought he was going to

Pass out he could not answer the questions from Ashley Ashley asked two two it was yeah we just have to come out and we had a good focus and uh we competed on the defensive end and then he answered one more question and then Ashley said go catch your breath because

We all knew like that you’re going to need him in the second half and it didn’t matter but it wasn’t because of Brandon Miller well because he’s getting up and down the floor he’s making shots he’s setting screens he he is there were a few games there where he wasn’t

Involved on the boards but but mostly in this little good stretch that he’s had he’s had good rebounding numbers defensively you know it’s it’s it’s been uh difficult for him to stay with some of these quicker matchups but he is he is giving effort and he’s trying to talk

Which is the most important thing like communication like look he can’t keep anyone in front of him right now but in terms of just the team defense when they go to Zone and stuff like he’s one of the few guys on this team that will consistently communicate with with the

Other guys that he’s around in order to keep this defense organized so all of all of that is is important and and I love Brandon’s attitude I just don’t believe in the rookie wall I wish I wish that not believing in something made it not true made made it not so you didn’t

Hit the rookie wall because if that were the case then I wouldn’t believe in in in hitting you know 190 pounds I just wouldn’t believe it I don’t believe it I could eat whatever I want I don’t believe in gaining weight so I won’t gain it but unfortunately that’s not how

It works I I think he is getting tired and he needs this All-Star break but he also he needs to be around the winning he needs to be like I think it benefited lamelo when he went to all-star weekend to just see what that Elite company was

Like and so you know I think it will be good for him to be a part of that and and Vault him into the success to come I also believe that pints of Ben and& Jerry’s doesn’t have, 1300 calories in every so what what is this what what is

What are these calories you speak of yeah Doug I I made this point last week when I I went solo and it was about lamelo so it was when the the All-Star starters were introduced and we found out who was going to be the starting bador for the Eastern Conference and you

Know lamelo isn’t going to make it because he hasn’t played as many games you see the voting lamelo I think when we were seeing the voting results he was like eighth at the highest in the backourt of the Eastern Conference and so you know there were a couple shots

For him to make it but he’s not going to he had played enough games and that’s what I talked about was just missing out on some of those things now where he didn’t when he goes to the rising stars he wins rookie of the year he goes to

The allar game the second season but the injuries have taken away all of the accolades and all of the things that you could do and I brought this in when he wasn’t one of the 40 US participants he wasn’t one of the 40 guys that could possibly compete with Team USA that’s

That one hurts I think too you know that that one sucks because talking about being about winning and just an Uber Uber competitive culture i you to make Team USA it’s a lot of B bers out there trying to make that team and so now because of injuries cuz I have to

Imagine right if lamelo is fully healthy then lamelo would be a top 40 player to go see if he can compete for Team USA I would think that I would certainly hope that but because he’s injured he’s just not getting this opportunity now he didn’t make Allstar

This year he didn’t make Allstar last year so there’s no reason for him to go to those breaks and I do think that matters just having the experience or if you don’t think missing one matter then I think missing all of them it starts to build up as these things continue so

You’re right I think it’s a good point by you to emphasize the rising stars challenge because you’re right the experience does matter the the fact that you’re you’re you’re still young good foundation piece your whole future is ahead of you everybody’s excited about it now you get with all of the other

Guys that are somewhere in your neighborhood they’re not having as good of a rookie year as you in most cases but they’re in your neighborhood they they want what you have right now and Beyond and that’s why I I totally agree with you it sucks that lamelo is missing

Out on this stuff because of injury and it’s great that Brandon is going there because he’s so good but but also don’t compete too hard you know just take it you know I want the All-Star Game to be competitive this Rising Stars challenge I’m okay with them just uh hooping it up

A little bit and having some fun he you know what’s interesting about this too is that they are now including some of these g-league ignite players into the player pool so Brandon Miller might get some minutes with a few names that are showing up on uh some mock drafts that

Are already out waserman Bleacher Report has Ron Holland going to the Charlotte Hornets at number four going on uh buis also uh in this mock draft up top uh he’s going seven to the Grizzlies uh buis will be part of this player pool as well so Brandon could be uh little early

Minutes with a future teammates you just hit me with the mock draft melee and it’s January it’s January 31st you Mele yummy yummy um we we got to hit the last bullet point here it’s not going to be long for me I can tell you that right

Now the lamelo laugh gav Doug can you summarize what your take was having talked about this yesterday the clip I don’t know about you know at least Hornet’s Community viral of lamelo during a loss that had turned into borderline blowout maybe just even outright blowout against the Knicks it’s

He James book Knight Bryce mcgowens they’re all laughing it’s after Steve Clifford gets ejected for wanting a foul call on Brandon Miller people thought it was an awful look that lamelo book Knight and Bryce mcgowens were all laughing what was your summarized take uh was basically this this whole

Conversation is silly that I don’t think that uh one game laughing on the sideline is like indicative of an entire attitude of an 82 Game season uh I’m basically where Steve Clifford is on it they they asked Clifford in a media availability yesterday about it and he

Was basically like look I’m in there with the guys they all want to compete this this season has been Cur he didn’t say this but I I will I will put some words in his mouth the season was cursed he bought a haunted house like there are ghosts everywhere

Guys are getting injured there’s not enough talent and so like there are there are reasons why this team isn’t winning now if this team were fully healthy and everything was going their way in that respect and they were still losing and there was some of that stuff

Going on on the bench well then I might you know give some Credence to this but you know I I I think that it’s a little bit of a silly conversation honestly I do two I I hate yeah I hate these conversations because one I mean it’s

Like one moment and we want to make this sweeping statement about their General attitude towards losing in a clip of watching your coach get ejected which doesn’t happen we laugh at Steve Clifford getting so mad I I think everybody has a story if anybody played sport Sports you have a story about how

Funny it was when your coach was seething at whatever it was you were putting out there on the court I have my stories about my high school basketball coach getting so angry and they’re hilarious to think about on this day and the team was trying to hold in laughter

During one of his tie raids in the locker room the thing is the intended purpose I think or what the intention is from Steve Clifford is to get his team focused and rallying the troops I do think there is part of that right like that’s part of the what you do when you

Get ejected is to rally the troops and then you look over on the bench and then you see them laughing it’s like oh okay well maybe it didn’t work lamelo’s not playing Bryce and James book Knight aren’t playing for different reasons but all right you know maybe it didn’t work

Maybe it did work for the guys that was supposed to work for I don’t know but that’s why I hate all of it because I just I I I have near enough evidence for my liking to say okay now we know those those guys don’t care at all about

Winning I I don’t I don’t have that frowning is not going to magically make this team better okay keeping a sour face on the bench is not going to make this team if if you take anything away from this episode it’s that the issues that this franchise have run way deeper

Than a couple of guys yucking it up on the sideline like that is not going to magically fix that and if you focus on that if you critique that and you’re not critiquing everything else that’s going on within this organization then you’re the problem not not those guys although

James book Knight you know what you know maybe maybe you know that’s like the one guy that I’m like you know what maybe maybe you actually should take it a little bit more seriously all right let’s end on that one that’ll do it for lockdown Hornets thanks for making us your first I’m

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This book night I hope you like the Alamo because you’re heading to San Antonio Buddy a

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