The HOT New Look Charlotte Hornets #nba #charlottehornets

The HOT New Look Charlotte Hornets #nba #charlottehornets

The sheer joy and excitement a losing team’s fans feel when they start winning is one of the purest forms of energy we can experience as humans it’s this childlike sense of wonder that sweeps a whole Arena of thousands of Die Hard fans that have been through the thick of

It with this team it’s the rise after the fall or the continued fall depending on who it is we’ve seen it with the Pistons when they break loose losing streak but the new Hornets have been on fire since the trade deadline and that feeling is pretty

Similar so the question is am I making this video so I can talk about Trey man and vasilia muic 100% is it welld deserved yeah 100% so are the Hornets good I mean this is not my traditional are they good video by any means but I really want to

Focus on these new players so is this version of the Hornets before lamelo ball and Mark Williams Come Back are they good well I don’t really know they’ve gone three and0 and two of those have been against the Pacers and Hawks so kind of but there are a few reasons

Behind these wins that might just be temporary having so many new players that didn’t really get a lot of time on their previous teams leave SC reports pretty thin so it’s possible that the Pacers and Hawks particularly didn’t really know what they were coming into the Grizzlies of course getting the

First batch of it really didn’t know what they were getting into without much time to really learn the Playbook this new L Hornets has played a lot of really intuitive basketball a lot of really reflexive basketball so it’s kind of hard to predict what they’re going to

Do in that is a good and a bad thing for this Hornets team so far sure your opponents may not know what you’re going to do but at the same time you don’t know what you’re going to do but at least so far it seems to have work this

Along with the leadup to the all-star weekend and teams kind of maybe easing into the All-Star break could also have played a factor but all that being said these are two really solid wins and the first three and 0 stretch the Hornets had this year regardless whether or not lamelo

Ball and Mark Williams were in and playing so it’s nothing to laugh at or ignore now even if the Hornets get on a hot streak they’re probably still not making the play and they would really have to go on a hot streak I mean they’re 11 and a half games behind oddly

Enough the Hawks that they just beat Who currently sit in a 10th Place spot they’re probably not making it unfortunately so even without a real postseason to play for seeing this team resurrected is still awesome like the energy and excitement around this team that is like

Kind of the first glimpse of being good in a minute is pretty pretty cool now before we look at the new guys let’s take a look at the main guys the Hornets have been relying on this year we’ve of course got to start with one Brandon Miller the controversial

Number two pick this year the dude has been balling notching a couple of 30o wins within the last month or 30o nights I should say but of course being a rookie he’s still really up and down now being the number one scoring option typically has helped especially since

Theo ball has been out but he’s still a rookie so he’s going to have more off nights than than your your regular vets would now Lolo ball not back from injury but when he does get back it could be very interesting to say the least in

Terms of how he plays with meic and man if they play Within the same rotations now the other big name on this roster that is not the three I’ve previously mentioned is unfortunately miles Bridges and well he’s a big name largely for a lot of negative reasons

Off of the court now he has been playing like he’s playing for his job which is very possible even though I think he’s got a player option this coming year um but even the like coming fresh faced into the Hornets fans they are kind of on the page it’s

Like he’s good but can we please maybe move him yeah so those are the guys they’ve been relying on which is largely why they’ve not been doing great because two of those four guys have been out uh one of them was out for like pretty much the

Entire ire beginning of the season and then Brandon Miller’s just trying to been holding it down within various parts of those other three guys so not only has there been a lot of injuries and shakeup in terms of this roster but this organization is in transition with a new ownership group

And Mitch cup Che the GM stepping to more of a assistant role I guess it’s not like an assistant GM but more an advisory role I is the more proper term to use there and there’s been some Buzz around even head coach Steve CLI not being around next season so it’s really hard

To gauge what this team looks like next season cuz there could be a variety of changes and I I’ll talk about some of the player changes we may see next year as well but this is an organization that there’s a lot of fragile hope for because changing GMS changing coaches

There’s a lot of fresh energy coming in that could also be just as easily broken depending on who comes in now on to the new guys there were two big moves at the trade deadline bringing players in a deal with OKC for Gordon Hayward and a deal for with Dallas for PJ

Washington in these deals Charlotte would get back trayman vasilia Mitch and do bans from the Thunder while getting Grant Williams and Seth Curry from the Mavs fun fact Grant Williams and Seth Curry are both Charlotte natives double fun fact Seth Curry’s father Dell Curry not only played for the Hornets but also

Does their in-game broadcast and triple fun fact they also share the same number of 30 now let’s start with the Thunder guys and we’re starting with none other than the man himself fry man raring number three number 23 rather Trey man has been balling out for the Charlotte Hornets I

Mean out of the three small game sample size he’s flirted with a double double each game and started each game he’s even got close to a triple double a couple of times in there he’s playing on average a little over 30 minutes a night and that’ll likely go down when lamelo

Comes back but still it’s impressive I mean being a thunder fan and him not really like getting a lot of run this year looking back to last year he was a scorer that’s what we kind of thought and I had no idea he could hustle rebound and pass like this I mean

I know in interviews he’s said he’s been working on his playmaking and trying to expand his game and this just really shows it when you give him the opportunity I mean the hustle the energy chasing down rebounds jumping in the middle of groups of guys to get rebounds

Making the extra pass not shying away from any of that but still doing what he does well in scoring calling his own number is incredibly impressive now he is an expiring contract so if the Hornets don’t sign him this off season I think these performances if they can continue to

Even some degree like this throughout the year we’re looking at a Trey man on a different team that could make a difference if we go over here to basketball reference go to the Charlotte games let’s take a look so he’s played just over 30 minutes a night he’s shooting 45

Almost 46% from the field he has had 4.3 attempts a game on average shooting 46% from three so dude’s been balling uh not a lot of free throws but he’s averaging seven total rebounds 7.3 assists and 1.3 Steals on 13.7 points dude is not lamelo Ball but dude is good

Like this is a guy that can help that second unit or play alongside melo’s like a secondary playmaker secondary ball handler and be very very impressive now wearing number 29 is vasilia meic the two-time Euroleague champ and Euroleague MVP well there are some aspects to the

NBA game he’s still getting used to he’s looked more and more comfortable with each passing game with the last two games not being really big block box score blowouts he’s not passing the test on like the stat sheet but he’s definitely doing on the ey test he’s doing a lot of

The work that just doesn’t show up in the Box Score while still making this team good raising the floor of everybody on the court with him he’s average just about 20 minutes ignite so far and it’s going to take some time to get him in condition ition and that’s kind of the

Same with Trey man as well having sat a lot of these Thunder games out they just aren’t in game condition yet so this is kind of I don’t say the worst they’re ever going to be but this is like the floor moving forward for at least the

Rest of this year he’s a great connector guy and he’s had a lot of confidence in terms of putting up shots now if we go over to basketball reference let’s see what me has been doing these last three games all righty so 22 and2 minutes a

Night not bad he’s shooting 52% from the floor on 8.3 attempts a game 2.3 three-pointers a game at 42% now shooting a ton of free throws getting two total rebounds a game on average six assists on average on 11 points so well individually none of the players that Charlotte got back are

Their superstars no none of these guys are lamelo ball these guys as a group do kind of what OKC does and you can have you know six to almost 10 guys potentially score in the double digits if no one’s having a hot night it’s one of those G they’re making all the extra

Passes they’re getting everyone involved and it’s worked these last few games and then of course we can’t forget about the lvan laser himself number nine Davis Berton and Berton is just doing Berton things he’s not getting a lot of minutes when he comes in he’s usually hitting a

Three or two and then he’s going out so cool that Bron is still playing but he’s definitely not been as big of an impact on the floor as trayman or vasil meic now onto the two Charlotte natives coming by way of Dallas Grant Williams and Seth Curry number two Grant Williams

Has been showing out for his hometown recording a double double against the Hawks and scoring double digits in all three games he’s played is a Charlotte Hornet he’s been really vocal in a big part of keeping this team organized on the floor he’s averaging about 30

Minutes a night so far and he’s been a big part of this new look Hornets team now if we go over to his basketball reference page and look he’s actually played quite a few games for the the Mavs this year so he’s much more in game

Shape than anyone else so far uh or anyone else in this trade to be honest or at least coming into Charlotte so he’s played just over 30 minutes a night averaging 51% from the field on almost 12 attempts a game he is shooting almost six three shot attempts I did not

Realize that a knight scoring about 35 so definitely know is not the higher tier but for that volume that’s pretty good for a guy that’s not like known as a three specialist um I actually still think that’s like a right around or just below Le coverage but still this is a pretty

Good stat line so far 7.3 total rebounds two assists almost to steal and coming out with 17 points a game he has been on fire these three games he’s really doing quite a good job for his hometown team and last but most definitely not least is number 30 Seth Curry coming

Home to play for his family team his home town team as it were and it’s really all that more interesting that his dad is the voice of the Hornets or one of them it is listening to Hornets broadcasts like is so fun cuz when they get energy they get

Energy did is feast or famine with them sometimes and just like hearing them talk about Seth Curry is so fun um he’s he’s not been necessarily blowing it up like the other guy guys but he has been doing Seth Curry things and been doing them quite well so as we look through

His basketball reference page here he has played quite a few games not probably not quite similar uh to that of Grant Williams um not quite as many but pretty close but he’s played more limited minutes so if we look at the span here with Charlotte he’s played

Just under 20 minutes about 18 and a half a game 7.3 attempts from the field on 54% shooting for three attempts at 33% I imagine we’ll probably see that take up just a little bit in the future uh not really getting a lot of free throws 1.3 assists and odly enough rebounds a

Game one steel a game and coming out with 10 points on average so out of the four new guys not counting Davis bons the four guys getting real minutes here all of them are scoring in the double digit so far and that is nuts to me that

Is at the minimum 40 points your team is scoring additionally um because let’s face it Gordon Hayward being out in PJ Washington we not 40 points a night so that might do a little bit of explaining in terms of their overall skill and their overall ability to win

Games now as I said this season’s kind of lost this is really the New Management Group trying to gain favor with the fans basically and this this these winning streaks or this winning streak has been really helpful now there’s no real hope for the postseason so they’re kind of not

Looking towards that but if they really can hold this team if they can keep these four guys kind of forget Dolphins Burtons for a minute here I think this this team could actually be quite good next year I know seeing how lamelo and Mark Williams kind

Of come back in is going to complicate things but I do think they can work it out and I would really like to see trayman vasilia Mitch be here I mean vasilia Mitch is probably going to be here anyway uh he’s got I think two more years on his contract trayman has

Expired or his his contract has expired so he’ll need to be signed um Grant Williams has a couple more years and I think Seth Curry I think his contract expired this year as well so if he does come back to continue to play uh I can for sure see him

Um sticking with the Hornets I think the curry connection is just something they don’t want to pass up and for a relatively cheap contract that would make a lot of sense uh he’s 33 so I could see him coming back for like a short contract but who knows who knows

Regardless this new Charlotte Hornets team can be very good right now they’re fun but I don’t know that this current iteration would be playoff worthy like I said making the plane is a huge stretch for them I don’t really see happening but if this team stays together these

Four new guys Brandon Miller hopefully my there another there lamelo ball Mark Williams Nick Richards Cody Martin if that if they can stay together I think this will be a really fun team to watch next year that can be playoff Good

With Tre Mann, Vasa Micic, Davis Bertans, Grant Williams and Seth Curry joining the struggling Charlotte Hornets, this team feels brand new. Racking up 3 wins back to back against the Memphis Grizzlies, Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks, this new look Hornets team is on fire. With Lamelo Ball and Mark Willaims returning, could this team even make the Play in? Hopes are high in Charlotte but are they a little too high?